<p>**
Accepted
** Domestic - US citizen living in Taiwan</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2290 (690 Writing)
[</em>]ACT: N/A
[<em>]SAT Subject Tests: 800/800/800/770/770/750 (WHS,CHL,MA2,PHY,CHM,USH)
[</em>]GPA, Class Rank/Size: ~3.94 UW, 4.11 W (max: 4.12), 1 of 55
[<em>]APs / other stats: Seven 5's, one 4
[</em>]AMC/AIME: ~115 AMC 12, 4 AIME (2 years)
[/ul] Major awards/ECs:
[ul]
[<em>]Yearbook Editor
[</em>]Student Government for 3 years
[<em>]Museum tour guide for 3 years
[</em>]Math and essay competitions
[<em>]Mission trip
[</em>]Research paper on Geometry
[<em>]National Merit Finalist
[</em>]AP Scholar
[/ul] Subjective:
[ul]
[<em>]Essays: I was happy with them.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: School ones were fine, one supplemental was great!!
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Pretty good, I think.
[</em>]Interview: My most awesome interview experience this year...=D
[<em>]Hook (if any): clueless smile</em>
[/ul]
**Personal:*
[ul]
[<em>]Location (State or Country): Taiwan
[</em>]Ethnicity & Gender: Asian male
[<em>]Major strength/weakness: I think I'm one of those "well-rounded applicants." The main weakness is that I don't have significant awards (like Intel or Siemens)
[</em>]Your thoughts on your decision: YAYYYY!!! I had been in a love relationship with MIT since my visit in July 2004. After almost 3 years...I'm soooo happy.
[/ul] Any other comments: I'm so thankful! =D And, by the way, people with sub-700 scores on a single SAT section can make it (my Writing score scared me for so long...)</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2280
[</em>]SAT Subject Tests: Chinese:800; Math:780; Bio:780; Chem:740
[<em>]GPA 4.0 UW Class Rank/Size: 2/700
[</em>]APs / other stats: 8 APs. 6 5s and 2 4s
[/ul] Major awards/ECs:
[ul]
[<em>]National Merit Finalist
[</em>]National Council of Teachers in English Writing Award (NCTE)
[<em>]National AP Scholar
[</em>]National Kodak Young Leaders
[<em>]National Federation of Music Superior (sent in awesome CD)
[</em>]Hugh O'brien Leadership seminar candidate
[<em>]Sunshine State Scholar Nominee in Science and Math
[/ul] Subjective:
[ul]
[</em>]Essays: Amazing
[<em>]Teacher Recs: One awesome, one great
[</em>]Counselor Rec: Great
[<em>]Interview: So-so
[</em>]Hook (if any): Personality was shown (leadership) in school: captains of two varsity sports, founder and President of a club, and two vice presidents. Also I have deep passion in biomedical engineering (two summers of research including one at University of Pennsylvania). And my piano CD was amazing.
[/ul] Personal:
[ul]
[<em>]Location (State or Country): FL
[</em>]Ethnicity & Gender: Asian Female
[<em>]Major strength/weakness: Personality was shown (leadership)
[</em>]Your thoughts on your decision: Kinda expected it b/c of likely letters from Columbia and Duke
[/ul] Any other comments: Still waiting from Harvard.</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2300 single sitting (800 M, 750 V, 750 W)
[</em>]ACT: 0
[<em>]SAT Subject Tests: 800 M2, 780 Chem, 740 Phys
[</em>]GPA, Class Rank/Size: 4.0 uw, 2/650
[<em>]APs / other stats: horrid AP scores (no 5's out of 7 tests)
[/ul] Major awards/ECs:
[ul]
[li]FSU's Young Scholars' Program[/li][</em>]National Merit Finalist
[<em>]35+ Math awards
[</em>]National table tennis awards
[<em>]Work experience -Sushi chef for 3 years
[</em>]Math team for 4 years
[<em>]AP scholar w/ distinction
[</em>]Guitar for 6 years
[<em>]Competition table tennis for 8 years
[</em>]Mu Alpha Theta Vice Pres, Science Club Co-Pres
[/ul] Subjective:
[ul]
[<em>]Essays: My peers loved em
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Good? Never read em
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Ditto ^
[</em>]Interview: Great. 2 hours long.
[<em>]Hook (if any): Table tennis? Sushi chef? Ability to speak 4 languages?
[/ul] Personal:
[ul]
[</em>]Location (State or Country): FL
[<em>]Ethnicity & Gender: Asian Male .... haha
[</em>]Major strength/weakness: My essays were pretty heartfelt. My AP scores were bad though.
[li]Your thoughts on your decision: WOW. I'm still trying to digest the news.[/li][/ul] Any other comments: I'm an early action deferee! I've got a hard decision to make now..</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: 2320 (800 CR, 770 M, 750 W)
* ACT: n/a
* SAT Subject Tests: Math II 800 Physics 800 Chemistry 790
* GPA, Class Rank/Size: 82/100, 2/32
* APs/ other stats: Not applicable.
</code></pre>
<p>Major awards/ECs:</p>
<p>Debates, MUN, NTSE scholarship, national science/math olympiads.</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: Were very good in my opinion. Certainly rather literate, and generally well-received by everyone whom I showed them to first.
* Teacher Recs: Enthusiastic.
* Counselor Rec: Good, if not very well-written.
* Interview: Went brilliantly.
* Hook (if any): Licensed pilot, interning at MIT for two summers.
</code></pre>
<p>Personal:</p>
<pre><code>* Location (State or Country): India, but UK citizen
* Ethnicity & Gender: Asian (Indian) female.
* Major strength/weakness: Strong essays, weak ECs and GPA.
* Your thoughts on your decision: I expected this.
</code></pre>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2240
[</em>]ACT: N/A
[<em>]SAT Subject Tests: Math 2: 800, Chem: 800, Bio: 800, US Hist: 800
[</em>]GPA, Class Rank/Size: 4.40 Weighted, 3.95 UW (top 2%)
[<em>]APs / other stats: 5?s on Chem, Bio, Calc BC, US History
[/ul] Major awards/ECs:
[ul]
[li]Lots of piano stuff[/li][</em>]Science Olympiad, Bowl, etc. (first place at regional, second at state), Bio Olympiad Semifinalist, Summer Research
[<em>]Chinese instruments
[/ul] Subjective:
[ul]
[</em>]Essays: Ripped off of Common App (not bad, except didn?t really fit prompt_
[<em>]Teacher Recs: Never read them, but probably pretty good
[</em>]Counselor Rec: Never read it, but probably good
[<em>]Interview: Pretty good. Had a good conversation
[</em>]Hook (if any): N/A
[/ul] Personal:
[ul]
[<em>]Location (State or Country): CA
[</em>]Ethnicity & Gender: Asian male
[<em>]Major strength/weakness: Strength: EC?s, personal qualifites; Weakness: SAT I
[</em>]Your thoughts on your decision: I?m so happy!!!!!!!! I can?t believe it!!
[/ul] Any other comments: None</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 1800 ish
[</em>]ACT: none taken
[<em>]SAT Subject Tests: In the high 500s and low 600s (Bio, Math2, US Hist)
[</em>]GPA, Class Rank/Size: 3.89 uw, 5/750+
[<em>]APs / other stats: 4 on BC Calc & Psych; taken a ton of upper division college classes (almost 60 units & currently am a candiate for an associates degree in mathematics)
[/ul] Major awards/ECs:
[ul]
Employed as a math tutor at a local community college
Spanish club- President
Envirothon- Team captain
American Cancer Society- vice president
School Site Council
[/ul] Subjective:
[ul]
[</em>]Essays: very good
[<em>]Teacher Recs: One great, other don't know
[</em>]Counselor Rec: very good
[<em>]Interview: Was excellent...we connected. I wanted to be a math professor and he was one.
[</em>]Hook (if any): apparently none....but i would've thought my full-time enrollment in a community college would be my "thing"
[/ul] Personal:
[ul]
[<em>]Location (State or Country): CA
[</em>]Ethnicity & Gender: Asian male
[<em>]Major strength/weakness: my low SATs & some weak APs (i would've thought that by taking classes such as multivariable calculus, differential equations, linear algebra, and 1st year bio course, everything would balance out)
[</em>]Your thoughts on your decision: confu-sed as to what they want :~(
[/ul] Any other comments: cornell here i come! (MIT....maybe i'll see you in graduate school)</p>
<p>For someone waitlisted, if s/he is accepted in May, isn't MIT encouraging unethical behavior? The student has to tell another school (which he accepted) that he's breaking his promise to attend! Won't that school then find that it is underenrolled, because of MIT???
Can a student accept a spot in the waitlist and if MIT does finally send an acceptance, can the student reject it in late May?</p>
Yes, a student can choose not to come if accepted off the waitlist. (Students can also choose not to remain on the waitlist.)</p>
<p>Schools expect that not all of the students who send deposits will end up coming; if a student is accepted from one school's waitlist after sending a deposit at another, he or she should notify the original school that he or she will not be attending.</p>
<p>It is considered unethical to double-deposit (to send deposits to two schools before May 1), but students accepted from waitlists cause a shift in enrollment from school to school, and that's expected.</p>
<p>what should u do in order to be accepted from the waitlist?
Like, what sort of actions should be made for the particular school to take u off the waitlist and accept u?</p>
<p>Accepted
Domestic Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2030
[</em>]SAT Subject Tests: Phy:650; Lit:560; Math2:710
[<em>]GPA, Class Rank/Size: 4.37 w, 10/250
[</em>]APs / other stats: 5-US
[/ul] Major awards/ECs:
[ul]
[<em>]EIC Yearbook Staff
[</em>]National Honors Society
[<em>]Beta Club VP
[</em>]SGA Senior Class VP
[<em>]Internship in Computers
[</em>]4 Years football – Captain Senior Year
[<em>]3 Years Track and Field
[</em>]Small Amount of Community Service
[/ul] Subjective:
[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Very Good, I spent a lot of time and thought on them
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Fantastic
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Pretty good
[</em>]Interview: Went well
[<em>]Hook (if any): Well rounded, sports (playing football for MIT next year!)
[/ul] Personal:
[ul]
[</em>]Location (State or Country): NC
[<em>]Ethnicity & Gender: White male
[</em>]Major strength/weakness: Well Rounded, even though I don’t have perfect grades
[li]Your thoughts on your decision: I wasn’t sure at all![/li][/ul] Any other comments: MIT isn’t looking for robotic nerds with perfect SAT’s. They want real people with people skills. I spent my 4 years in high school getting the most out of everything, personal life, academic life, and athletic life. Oh, and I posted a “will I get in?” thread in December and some dude said “never in a million years” here’s the link: <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=280737&highlight=MIT+chances%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=280737&highlight=MIT+chances</a></p>