<p>*Decision: accpeeted!! * </p>
<p>*General Comments: the package never came, but i called in. last time i gave my stats, lots of people got mad at me :(. so if youre super curiouis/bored search on the old forums under chances and author "shafted" *</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted </p>
<p>Stats:
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[<em>]SAT: 1540 (780 M, 760 V)
[</em>]SAT IIs:800, 790, 760, 750
[<em>]GPA:102/99
[</em>]Rank:1/115
[<em>]Other stats:
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Subjective:
[ul]
[</em>]Essays:about my research over the past 3 years, volunteer work, future goals
[<em>]Teacher Recs:OK
[</em>]Counselor Rec:OK
[<em>]Hook (if any):?
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Location/Person:
[ul]
[</em>]State or Country:NY
[<em>]School Type: Parochial (Catholic school)
[</em>]Ethnicity: asian+white
[li]Gender:Female[/li][/ul]
Other Factors:
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<p>General Comments:</p>
<p>Decision: Admit </p>
<p>Stats:
[I find it funny that you guys here at CC put SAT before GPA. You must be sad, lonely, people lol]
SAT I : 800M, 730V
SAT II : 800 math2c, 800 writing, 790 chem, 800 bio
GPA : Our school does GPAs really strange, but I get all As and A+s
Rank : School doesnot rank
AP scores: Fives on BC, Bio, Euro, US, CompSci and four on Lang. Taking 6 this year.</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essay: This piece was about my interaction with my aunt who has bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. I discuss how my relationship with her inspired me to become a medical researcher. I tied it into MIT's motto, mens et manus
Teacher Recs: My physics teacher knows me really well, thought I was funny, and is my advisor for my independent study. My French teacher coordinated my research project.
Counselor Rec: My counselor is also my history teacher. We got along really well.
Hook (if any): really deep focus with biological research, creative writing.</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Kansas -- ha ha
School Type: private
Ethnicity: caucasian
Gender: male</p>
<p>Other Factors:
I'm really big with science olympiad and science bowl. We go to nationals in both, and I have national medals.
Really good interview -- I think it was 4 hours long. She was an author so I had a chance to talk about my writing and the manuscript I have. This conversation, I think, revealed to her that I was creative and fun.
Won a trip to Canada to study French.</p>
<p>Decision:Accepted </p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: (didn't take it) ACT: 32 (34 Math, 34 Reading, 31 English, 29 Science)
[</em>]SAT IIs: 700(M/C Bio) 650(Math IIc) 640(U.S. History)
[<em>]GPA: 3.9 unweighted 4.1 or 4.2ish weighted
[</em>]Rank: 1 (tied a few others though)
[<em>]Other stats:
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Subjective:
[ul]
[</em>]Essays: Fairly informal essays that I didn't really think about using "good" formal formatting, but I just told about myself.
[<em>]Teacher Recs: VERY good recommendations. These probably had the most impact on getting me accepted.
[</em>]Counselor Rec: I didn't get to read it.
[<em>]Hook (if any): Lived in Sweden when I was young. Having a Swedish father and Native American mother. Something like that.
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Location/Person:
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[</em>]State or Country: Oklahoma
[<em>]School Type: Public (260ish people in my class)
[</em>]Ethnicity: White/Native American(1/4 + 1/16)
[<em>]Gender: Male
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Other Factors:
[ul]
[</em>]I didn't really have any "leadership" positions and the only clubs I was in were band(although that isn't really a club), math club, and the rocket team.
[li]My interview went fairly well.[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>General Comments: I think being from Oklahoma and having Native American blood might have had an affect since there are a lot people that were deferred with better "paper" credentials than I have.</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred </p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 1560 (800M/760V)
[</em>]SAT IIs: 800 Math IIc, 800 Chemistry, 760 Writing
[<em>]GPA: 4.0 UW/4.28 W
[</em>]Rank: 1/410
[<em>]Other stats: 6 AP's taken: Calc AB, Stat, Chem, Env. Sci, US Hist. Euro. Hist (all 5's except a 4 on Euro. Hist.)
[/ul]
Subjective:
[ul]
[</em>]Essays: Good, I'd imagine, teachers loved them.
[<em>]Teacher Recs: Both very good
[</em>]Counselor Rec: Very good
[<em>]Hook (if any): N/A
[/ul]
Location/Person:
[ul]
[</em>]State or Country: Small suburb in Maryland
[<em>]School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: White
[li]Gender: Male[/li][/ul]
Other Factors:
[ul]
[/ul]</p>
<p>General Comments:</p>
<p>Wow, all of you are really qualified and interesting. I hope I can go to school with you all.</p>
<p>"[I find it funny that you guys here at CC put SAT before GPA. You must be sad, lonely, people lol]"</p>
<p>I genuinely hope you're kidding... no one can be THAT insecure.</p>
<p>
[quote]
Stats:
[I find it funny that you guys here at CC put SAT before GPA. You must be sad, lonely, people lol]
[/quote]
</p>
<p>that or we're following the given format. don't be so quick to judge :) what with this entire process, the one thing learned should be that few people are well-represented on paper.</p>
<p>kinda late, but i'm bored...</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted </p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 1600
[</em>]SAT IIs: 5 x 800 + 780 (but that was lit so MIT doesn't care)
[<em>]GPA: 4.5?
[</em>]Rank: officially unranked, but my psychic powers tell me 3/400
[<em>]Other stats: APs: 7 x 5 (3 self-studied/comm. college)
[/ul]
Subjective:
[ul]
[</em>]Essays: "i suck at physics." not the greatest topic, but i made it semi-funny.
[<em>]Teacher Recs: english teacher: =) chem teacher: =| math advisor: =D
[</em>]Counselor Rec: the principal wrote mine. so it was probably good compared to what the school admin usually chugs out.
[<em>]Hook (if any): i can increase the concentration of X chromosomes on campus.
[/ul]
Location/Person:
[ul]
[</em>]State or Country: silicon valley, calif.
[<em>]School Type: public, competitive but not magnet, 1700
[</em>]Ethnicity: chinese
[li]Gender: female[/li][/ul]
Other Factors:
i don't know how mit considers humanities strengths, but i had some creative writing awards and talked about my passion for french.
also, supposedly the math & science camps i went to were pretty competitive/high-level (though nowhere near the olympiad ones or RSI) </p>
<p>*General Comments: i <3 you marilee jones!!! * where's my SIR? ^^</p>
<p>to SDFried: WOW, you had a 4 hour interview?? mine was barely 45 minutes...</p>
<p>Im sorry anjien21</p>
<p>My interview went until the coffee shop closed. It was about 2.5 hrs. Sadly, we ran into my really sketchy english teacher from junior year and his new girlfriend. That was a bit interesting.</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred </p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 1520
[</em>]SAT IIs: 800iic, 800 phy, 710 writing
[<em>]GPA:n/a
[</em>]Rank:1/108
[<em>]Other stats: IMO 9
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Subjective:
[ul]
[</em>]Essays: good short answers, alright essay
[<em>]Teacher Recs: good
[</em>]Counselor Rec: good
[<em>]Hook (if any): international competitions and background.
[/ul]
Location/Person:
[ul]
[</em>]State or Country: trinidad
[<em>]School Type: public
[</em>]Ethnicity: indian
[li]Gender: male[/li][/ul]
Other Factors:
[ul]
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<p>General Comments:I'm a sad panda. :(</p>