<p>are recs really that important? Please forgive my ignorance :o I'm a junior</p>
<p>yes. they are. i think its good for a college to see that you stand out in your environment, teacher recs can usually convey that quite well.</p>
<p>nasty juniors- is this any time to seek advice?</p>
<p>lol jk.</p>
<p>You can tell from teacher comments and things like that.</p>
<p>Hmmmm, I don't know, I think I may be tempted to wait for the mail now... someone in another post said they saw the bucket of "admit" getting ready to be sent out today... so if I don't get anything today, maybe that is good news..... auuuuuggghhhhh.... I must stop the insanity!!</p>
<p>word of advice: breathe really deeply before clicking the decisions button. and dont have breakable objects near you. this goes for accepts and rejects</p>
<p>On the mit site, Matt has posted that the acceptance rate this year was 12.3%, and that they offered 499 places on the waitlist.</p>
<p>thanks for answering my question - not spacepirate though</p>
<p>......... jk</p>
<p>**
Rejected
**
Domestic</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2120
[</em>]ACT: 33
[<em>]SAT Subject Tests: Bio:760; Lit:710; Math L1:680
[</em>]GPA, Class Rank/Size: 4.7+ w, 14/280
[<em>]APs / other stats: Taken 8/10 at my school: World Hist , Bio , English Language, Art, English Lit, Calc, Physics, European History (Not music or US History).
[/ul]
Major awards/ECs:
[ul]
[li]National Merit commended[/li][</em>]AP Scholar
[<em>]School/City wide stuff
[</em>]Really into Art and Theater
[<em>]Studied ECE at WPI in the Frontiers Program
[/ul]
Subjective:
[ul]
[</em>]Essays: Could have done better- last minute
[<em>]Teacher Recs: They were good, but the teachers were too busy/didn't undestand the importance of it (had typos/didn't fully answer questions)
[</em>]Counselor Rec: Fine
[<em>]Interview: Went well.
[</em>]Hook (if any): Nothing really
[/ul]
Personal:
[ul]
[<em>]Location (State or Country): Massachusetts (Where we're currently having a blizzard in March- have fun next year those of you who got in and aren't used to this)
[</em>]Ethnicity & Gender: White female
[<em>]Major strength/weakness: Weaknesses- Didn't put enough time into my app (procrastinated) and didn't prep for the SAT's or anything. But I don't regret it. Wasn't meant to be.
[</em>]Your thoughts on your decision: I'm not surprised, and I don't think it was unfair. You can see from my stats it would have been a miracle for me to get in, and no one can be lucky all the time.
[/ul]
Any other comments: I still love you MIT! Congrats to everyone who got in! See you in Boston, and hey, maybe in grad school!</p>
<p>**
Rejected
**</p>
<p>International</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2330
[</em>]SAT Subject Tests: Phy:800; Maths:780; French:790;
[<em>]No GPA, Rank - Top 10%
[</em>]APs: 3 5s, 2 4s
[/ul]
Major awards/ECs:
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
Selected for ISTDF (affiliate fair of ISEF)
Some awards
Subjective:
[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Very good
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Good I guess
[<em>]Counselor Rec: No Idea
[</em>]Interview: Waived
[<em>]Hook (if any): None
[/ul]
Personal:
[ul]
[</em>]Location (State or Country): India
[<em>]Ethnicity & Gender: Asian male
[</em>]Major strength/weakness: No major awards
[/ul]
Any other comments: Congrats to those accepted</p>
<p>Rejected</p>
<p>International</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: 2360
* ACT: N/A
* SAT Subject Tests: 800 in Math, Lit, Phys, Bio and Chem
* GPA, Class Rank/Size: 95% 1/2 of 70
* APs / other stats: Not Applicable
</code></pre>
<p>Major awards/ECs:</p>
<pre><code>* International and National Debate, Quiz, Essays. (Stats Profile check really)
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays:Good
* Teacher Recs:Great
* Counselor Rec: Great
* Interview: Ho Hum
* Hook (if any): Debater Engineer?
</code></pre>
<p>Personal:</p>
<pre><code>* Location (State or Country): India (Not a great help, is it)
* Ethnicity & Gender: Asian Male
* Major strength/weakness: Weaknesses- 3-5 Indians are accepted
* Your thoughts on your decision: Expected in the end.
</code></pre>
<p>Any other comments: MIT is and always will be my dream school. It'll have to be grad school I guess.</p>
<p>Somebody get in... please?</p>
<p>ACCEPTED!!!!</p>
<p>post my stats later</p>
<p>so it's now columbia, duke, mit...all in...yeah!</p>
<p>xixi, got in</p>
<p>Yay accepted. I got my mail before the online decision :)</p>
<p>OH MY GOD ACCEPTED
no time to post stats also that **** is irrelevant
congrats guys!!!</p>
<p>**
Accepted
**
Domestic</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2400 (superscored); 2300 (single sitting)
[</em>]ACT: n/a
[<em>]SAT Subject Tests: US Hisotry:800; Chem:780; Math II:780
[</em>]GPA, Class Rank/Size: 4.0 uw, 1/59
[<em>]APs / other stats: APUSH: 5 (no other AP?s offered before senior year)
[/ul]
Major awards/ECs:
[ul]
[li]CMU Pre-College (ECE/CS)[/li][</em>]National Merit Finalist
[<em>]Presidential Scholars Candidate
[</em>]Varsity Cross Country
[<em>]Religious Activities
[</em>]Everything else isn?t worth listing; I did however talk about sewing and web design as creative outlets.
[/ul]
Subjective:
[ul]
[<em>]Essays: I liked them, but some of my proofreaders didn't
[</em>]Teacher Recs: ?The best in 41 years of teaching? and another good one
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Good, two pages long, but riddled with grammatical errors
[</em>]Interview: Not bad, but could have been better?
[<em>]Hook (if any): none
[/ul]
Personal:
[ul]
[</em>]Location (State or Country): NV
[<em>]Ethnicity & Gender: White female
[</em>]Major strength/weakness: I wouldn?t consider myself weak in any academic area, but I?m not standout in any either.<br>
[li]Your thoughts on your decision: I'm still shaking... I can't believe it![/li][/ul]
Any other comments: Congrats to everyone who is accepted. To those who haven't been, it isn't the end of the world. As cliche as it may sound, I'm sure you'll all end up somewhere fabulous.</p>
<p>Rejected</p>
<p>International</p>
<p>SATS: 2360
Subject Tests: Math II/Physics - 800, Chemistry - 770</p>
<p>Your thoughts on your decision: Sigh.</p>
<p>**
Rejected
**
*Domestic *</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2320
[</em>]ACT:
[<em>]SAT Subject Tests: bio:690; Chem:720; Math 2:760
[</em>]GPA, Class Rank/Size: 4.00 uw, 1/148
[<em>]APs / other stats: only 1 ap offered
[/ul]
Major awards/ECs:
[ul]
[li]pilot[/li][</em>]no major awards
[<em>]few CS competitions
[</em>]prez of 2 clubs, officer of 2 others – bunch of other leadership
[<em>]soccer and track (captain)
[/ul]
Subjective:
[ul]
[</em>]Essays: my first sucked – the others were OK
[<em>]Teacher Recs: mediocre at best
[</em>]Counselor Rec: not personal
[<em>]Interview: 1 hour 45 mins ; OK
[</em>]Hook (if any): Absolutely none
[/ul]
Personal:
[ul]
[<em>]Location (State or Country): rural PA
[</em>]Ethnicity & Gender: White male L
[<em>]Major strength/weakness: well-rounded – the essays killed me; I wrote the first one the day the app was due
[</em>]Your thoughts on your decision: No hooks
[/ul]
Any other comments: Good luck to everyone!</p>
<p>10.........................</p>