<p>S is accepted! Will post stats later! Stats similar but slightly higher than KB07dc... team captain, but not recruited athlete. Very well rounded, social, smart, athletic, musical. Same philosophy of approaching h.s. life!</p>
<p>**
Rejected
**</p>
<p>Domestic</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2290
[</em>]ACT: didn't take
[<em>]SAT Subject Tests: Chinese 790, Math IIC 770, Literature 790, US History 740
[</em>]GPA, Class Rank/Size: 4.32/4.0 weighted, not sure what UW is; rank 17/1277, went up for midyears
[li]APs / other stats: I've taken 6 AP classes (4 5s and 2 4s) and I'm taking 6 this year[/li][/ul]
Major awards/ECs: National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar with Distinction, a lot of writing/foreign language awards; misc. clubs and a lot of volunteering</p>
<p>Subjective:
[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Pretty good, probably the strongest part of my app
[</em>]Teacher Recs: didn't read
[<em>]Counselor Rec: didn't read
[</em>]Interview: interesting, a bit awkward though
[<em>]Hook (if any): non-science/math applicant (prospective major = linguistics)... since MIT doesn't care about what major you want to do, though, I don't think it was much of a "hook"
[/ul]
Personal:
[ul]
[</em>]Location (State or Country): TX
[<em>]Ethnicity & Gender: Chinese female
[</em>]Major strength/weakness: In retrospect, MIT really wasn't a match for me. I wanted to go at first, but it later dawned on me that I probably wouldn't fit in (I still think it's an incredible school, and probably one of the most unique... just not for me).
[li]Your thoughts on your decision: Expected. See "Major strength/weakness"[/li][/ul]
Any other comments: Congrats to those who got in! I have really deep respect for MIT, and I'm happy for those of you who really deserve it.</p>
<p>**
Deffered -> Rejected
**</p>
<p>Domestic</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 1570/2260
[</em>]SAT Subject Tests: Phy:740; USH:760; Math2:800
[<em>]GPA, Class Rank/Size: 96.5 UW, 3/727
[</em>]APs: 4 5s, and a 4
[/ul]
Major awards/ECs:Student Council Pres, theater, math team, chess team
[ul]
[/ul]
Subjective:
[ul]
[<em>]Essays: OK, not up to MIT standard, might have been the first and worst essays I wrote.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: 3 Ballin ones
[<em>]Counselor Rec: 1 Ballin one
[</em>]Interview: I made her laugh a lot.
[<em>]Hook (if any): I win beauty contests? [/ul]
Personal:
[ul]
[</em>]Location (State or Country): NJ
[<em>]Ethnicity & Gender: White male
[</em>]Major weakness: *I DID NOT SEND ANY UPDATE LETTER AFTER NOT GETTING IN EA *
[li]Your thoughts on your decision: MIT doesn't want my ballin recs, or my WASP NJ maleness.[/li][/ul]
**Any other comments:RICE - in, UCHICAGO - in, COLUMBIA - in, I didn't need more stuff to complicate matters, especially when I didn't care as much about the school as I used to.</p>
<p>Hi all, looks like i am the only Cambodian student accepted. God, MIT is my dream heaven.</p>
<p>*Rejected *</p>
<p>*International *</p>
<p>Stats:
• ACT: 26
• SAT Subject Tests: Phy:750; Math2:760
• GPA: 3.5, Class Rank/Size: 5% out of 350
• APs / other stats: never seen any (but heard)
Major awards/ECs:
• Editor and designer of student magazine
• Designer and Programmer of Robot project named Vision Sensitive Robot (during 11 and 12 that is) + emailed them 9 pages thesis about it.
• School Swim team for 3 years (some silvers and bronzes hanging in my room)
• Won 2nd place in all-Nepal Quake3: Arena multiplayer deathmatch in 2003
• Community Service for approx. 60hrs (in total)
• Engaged in sketching and painting. (emailed them some samples)
Subjective:
• Essays: Friends told me that it was very good and creative.
• Teacher Recs: polished
• Counselor Rec: rubbish
• Interview: went smooth and funny.
• Hook (if any): Hook, what hook? Perhaps I left it somewhere under the pond.
Personal:
• Location (Country): Nepal
• Gender and Color: Male, somewhat white currently tanned
• Major strength/weakness: strength: 770N, Weakness: Test scores, everything plus International applicant.
• Your thoughts on your decision: I was almost sure about getting trashed!!
Any other comments: I hate cold place which was the only thing I was worrying about. But now I don’t have anything to worry :)</p>
<p>Oh I forgot to write my SAT II Physics score... I guess that's kind of important, considering it was required for application, huh? Not that it matters, but in case anyone cares, I got a 750.</p>
<p>Doensn't change the fact that I was rejected, though :p</p>
<p>^ that's a good score!</p>
<p>How important is the interview? My counselor said that it is just to get a face to the application -> I don't know if I trust that.</p>
<p>**
Deferred -> Accepted
**
Domestic</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2300
[</em>]ACT: n.a
[<em>]SAT Subject Tests: Lit:750; Bio:730; Math:750
[</em>]GPA, Class Rank/Size: 3.99 uw, 3/450
[<em>]APs / other stats: three 5's and one 4; taking 6 this year
[/ul]
Major awards/ECs:
[ul]
[li]Interact Club, National Honor Society, National Beta Club[/li][</em>]Junior Service Chair for NHS
[<em>]President for Model United Nations
[</em>]Varsity Captain for Academic Bowl
[<em>]Member of Georgia Governor's Honors Program for Chemistry
[</em>]Chamber Orchestra for 2 years, then Metropolitan Youth Symphony Orchestra for another 2 years
[<em>]National Merit Finalist
[</em>]Gold for Latin I-III National Latin Exam
[<em>]Outstanding Student for Latin II, Latin III, and US History
[</em>]3rd place at regional science fair
[/ul]
Subjective:
[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Not bad
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Wonderful
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Okay, but what can you expect?
[</em>]Interview: Was fine, around 2 hours long
[<em>]Hook (if any): ... I really don't know. I'm well rounded? I do more community service and fine arts things than the typical math/sci major.
[/ul]
Personal:
[ul]
[</em>]Location (State or Country): GA
[<em>]Ethnicity & Gender: Asian female
[</em>]Major strength/weakness: I'm more of an all-around student than one focused on math/sci, but I want to major in biomed eng.
[li]Your thoughts on your decision: Totally surprised.[/li][/ul]
Any other comments: Rejected from Caltech, so I didn't really think MIT would take me.</p>
<p>Did anyone get accepted as a Transfer student?</p>
<p>**
Rejected
**</p>
<p>Domestic</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2310 [800M, 800CR, 710W]
[li]ACT: 35[/li][</em>]SAT Subject Tests: Bio M:800; Math Level 2:800; Spanish:730
[<em>]GPA, Class Rank/Size: 3.9 UW, 4.3 W
[</em>]APs / other stats: 10 APs [US History (4), Bio (5), Comp Sci AB (5), English Lang (4), Eng Lit, Spanish, US Govt, Calc BC, Physics B, Statistics]
[/ul]
Major awards/ECs:
[ul]
[<em>]Key Club [chairperson of canned food drive 11/12, volunteered at many MANY events]
[li]Science Olympiad [qualified for states this year][/li][li]Model United Nations [president (12); won outstanding delegate award][/li][li]Future Problem Solvers [Internationally for CmPS, 2nd (11); qualified for states twice for FPS team packets, once for scenario writing][/li][li]Staff for Literary Magazine[/li][</em>]Speech (12)
[<em>]Mock Trial (11)
[/ul]
Subjective:
[ul]
[</em>]Essays: Pretty good
[<em>]Teacher Recs: One absolutely amazing, other great
[</em>]Counselor Rec: Very good
[<em>]Interview: Ehhhh not so much :\
[</em>]Hook (if any): First generation college student
[/ul]
Personal:
[ul]
[<em>]Location (State or Country): OH
[</em>]Ethnicity & Gender: White male
[<em>]Major strength/weakness: Str: Test scores/GPA, Wkns: No chem until 12th, calculus not before senior year, stars did not align properly over Cambridge, no athletics
[</em>]Your thoughts on your decision: Expected, but I'm into Cornell w/ Likely Letter, so not bitter whatsoever. Actually MUCH happier than I have been in a long time. :D
[/ul]
Any other comments: Deferred from EA</p>
<p>**
Rejected
**
*Domestic *</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2310
[</em>]ACT: n/a
[<em>]SAT Subject Tests: Math II: 720; Chem:760; US History:750
[</em>]GPA, Class Rank/Size: 2/600something with a 99.667
[<em>]APs / other stats: Chem – 5, Phys B – 4, World Hist. – 5, Psych - 5, Human Geo – 5, US History – 5, taking 7 other APs this year
[/ul]
Major awards/ECs:
[ul]
[li]AP Scholar with Distinction[/li][</em>]National Merit Scholarship Finalist
[<em>]11th grade Science Student
[</em>]Published in school literary magazine
[<em>]Science Olympiad Medal in Five Star Science (Regional)
[</em>]VP of Beta Club (2 yrs)
[<em>]VP of Mu Alpha Theta (1 yr)
[</em>]Key Club
[<em>]National Honors Society
[</em>]Math Team
[<em>]Science Olympiad
[</em>]Senior Cabinet
[<em>]Junior Marshall
[</em>]Reading Bowl Team
[/ul]
Subjective:
[ul]
[<em>]Essays: The first two were just okay, the extra one I sent in after being deferred was much, much better.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Both were probably really good. I sent in an extra one that was also probably excellent.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Also probably really good, I go to a big school but she still knew me decently well and actually went to my teachers for things to quote.
[</em>]Interview: It was okay, his accent made him kind of tough to understand and I think he might have thought I was slow. But it was an hour and he was nice.
[<em>]Hook (if any): Dunno
[/ul]
Personal:
[ul]
[</em>]Location (State or Country): GA
[<em>]Ethnicity & Gender: Asian female
[</em>]Major strength/weakness: Weaknesses? I suppose I just filled the profile of the typical smart kid. I didn’t have anything major like Intel Finalist or good AMC scores to set me apart.
[li]Your thoughts on your decision: I’m naturally disappointed, but I’m a little distanced from it after having been initially deferred. I’m also frustrated because people emphasize all over this board how you have to be different and have a social life and do all this other stuff like science competitions or whatever, but all of that is practically impossible with my parents. I have the typical strict Asian parents and had to struggle just to get them let me join community service clubs because they hated the thought of me volunteering! I would have loved to join a sport or done something else that wasn’t strictly academic, but my parents just flat out won’t let me. Even with academic things it was difficult - I qualified for the Governor’s Honor Program, but my parents made me withdraw because it meant I’d be living in a dorm for the whole summer and they said I didn’t need to be living anywhere else before I was 18. I had the opportunity to intern at the CDC but my parents wouldn't let me because they didn't want me driving or being driven to a more inner city area 3 times a week. Maybe I came off as bland, but there wasn’t a whole lot I could do. The chances I had to do something really amazing that might have made me stand out were forbidden me by my parents. I tried to do as well as I could academically to try and compensate, but apparently that just makes me seem like a robot devoid of personality. I think in college I will be a better person without these restrictions, but no college is going to let you in for that. [/li][/ul]
Any other comments: Ironically enough, I am a legacy through a sibling. This person was an amazing writer though and just as smart if not smarter, and my parents were a little less strict then (a decade ago) and let my sibling get jobs and whatnot. Even so, I’m only mentioning this to maybe console people who feel cheated because they didn’t have legacy – because it’s really not that big of a factor.</p>
<p>I can completely sympathize with you! My parents are like that too. THat's why I am so worried about not being able to get into the colleges that I want to get into. I'm hoping my personality during the interview will make up for my lack of "amazing" EC's.</p>
<p>Congrats to the MIT accepts...for the rejects, I'll feel your pain in 11 days when the Ivy rejection letters start coming in.</p>
<p>Internationals accepted to MIT'11</p>
<p>1: bas007. (India)
2: aspiringpat (Romania)</p>
<p>Anybody else?</p>
<p>oops</p>
<p>just realized i used the wrong color for "accepted"</p>
<p>used green instead of blue</p>
<p>**
Rejected
**</p>
<p>International</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2260 (M800, CR 710, W750)
[</em>]ACT: n/a
[<em>]SAT Subject Tests: Phy:800; Chem:790; Math2c:800
[</em>]GPA, Class Rank/Size: 95%, 1/109
[<em>]APs / other stats: Full IB Diploma
[/ul]
Major awards/ECs:
[ul]
[li]lots of math/science awards (but nothing major)[/li][</em>]lots of school subject awards; highest academic honors
[<em>]varsity basketball team
[</em>]lots of volunteering (many leadership positions)
[<em>]biomedical research at a local university
[/ul]
Subjective:
[ul]
[</em>]Essays: the main one was good, i sent one that was amazing as additional info
[<em>]Teacher Recs: One good, other fantastic
[</em>]Counselor Rec: good
[<em>]Interview: okay
[</em>]Hook (if any):
[/ul]
Personal:
[ul]
[<em>]Location (State or Country): South Korean (living in Canada)
[</em>]Ethnicity & Gender: Asian male
[<em>]Major strength/weakness: strength: well-rounded; weaknesses: international, generic, no major international awards, asked for </em><em>load of money
[</em>]Your thoughts on your decision: I expected it, but I am still disappointed. O well, I guess I will have to wait for my other school decisions. Congrats to everyone that got in!
[/ul]
**Any other comments:* No comments.</p>
<p>Accepted :) :)</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: N/A
ACT: 34
SAT Subject Tests: Bio M:760; Math Level 2:750; Lit: 690
GPA, Class Rank/Size: 4.63 W, 4.0 UW, 1/410
APs / other stats: haha. Calc AB 4.</p>
<p>Major awards/ECs:
Secretary-Mock Trial- 10-12
Academic Decathlon - 4 years
Youth commissioner of city commission - 2 years
Treasurer of Environmental Club - 3 years
President of Christian Club - 4 years
Some more stuff but not unbelievable notable</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: Really good.
Teacher Recs: One amazing, one good
Counselor Rec: No idea.
Interview: VERY good.
Hook (if any): Female?</p>
<p>Personal:
Location (State or Country): CA
Ethnicity & Gender: White girl
Major strength/weakness: Str: um. a lot of clubs and displayed interest in astronomy. Wkns: no sports, few APs, nothing spectacular, low scores
Your thoughts on your decision: Wow. Wow. Wow.
Any other comments: Nope.</p>
<p>**
Deferred=>Waitlisted
**
*Domestic *</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2210 (M790/W710/CR710)
[</em>]SAT Subject Tests: Phy:770; French:590; MathII:800
[<em>]GPA, Class Rank/Size: 3.8/4.7, 1/320
[</em>]APs / other stats: CaclAB 5, Eng 3, USHist 4, PhysB 5
[/ul]
Major awards/ECs:
[ul]
[<em>]Track/Cross Country Recruit
[</em>]Regional Math Competition Awards
[<em>]Full Scholarship to NYLF Tech Forum
[</em>]Peer Resource Coordinator (Tutor, Counseling, Orientation, etc.)
[<em>]Piano for 10 years (compositions, accompaniment, nothing competitive)
[</em>]ECO Club President (Nominated for Community Youth Service Award for my local paper)
[/ul]
Subjective:
[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Fantastic essay about the environment
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Teachers said I was more outstanding than I am
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Pretty good
[</em>]Interview: Best interview she?s had in 7 years she told me
[<em>]Hook (if any): Running
[/ul]
Personal:
[ul]
[</em>]Location (State or Country): CA
[<em>]Ethnicity & Gender: White male
[</em>]Major strength/weakness: I?m sort of run of the mill; piano, club president, athlete, ok academics. I had no niche that truly made me stand out. I?m kind of quirky/interesting so I think my voice in my essays worked in my favor.
[li]Your thoughts on your decision: I was scared that I would get in. The way circumstances played out, I visited the school a week before the decision came out and I didn?t like it. So I?m kind of glad I don?t have to tell the coach, who contributed effort to help my app, that I don?t want to really go to the school nearly as much as I did before (I had told him it was my number 1 for the longest time, and it was before I visited the campus).[/li][/ul]
Any other comments: Good luck all! We'll all end up where we belong!</p>
<p>**
Accepted
**
*Domestic *</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2350 (Math 800, Critical Reading 760, Writing 790)
[</em>]ACT: Decided not to take
[<em>]SAT Subject Tests: Math IIC 800, Chemistry 760, US History 750
[</em>]GPA, Class Rank/Size: 3.97 unweighted, 8/274 unweighted
[<em>]APs / other stats: AP Chemistry, AP Calculus AB, AP US History, AP Latin Literature, AP English Literature (averaged 4.6 on all) Senior year AP: AP Microeconomics, AP Macroeconomics, AP Physics C (both parts) AP Physics B, AP Latin Vergil, AP Calculus BC
[/ul]
Major awards/ECs:
[ul]
[li]Intel ISEF Finalist (2007, 2006, 2005), Siemens Competition Regional Finalist, Junior Science and Humanities Symposium Regional Finalist, USA Math Talent Search Silver (10), Bronze (11), AIME 5, USABO/USNCO Semifinalists, National Scholastics Writing Gold Keys, NCTE Writing Award, Perfect Score on National Latin Exam, MMPC Honors/ Concertmaster of various orchestras including Interlochen All-State, President MAT, Editor-in-Chief of Lit. magazine, Assistant-manager of local flower-shop, and many more…[/li][/ul]
Subjective:
[ul]
[</em>]Essays: I felt these were what got me in
[<em>]Teacher Recs: I didn’t see but my Latin teacher told me he gave me highest recommendation. Supplementary rec was stunning.
[</em>]Counselor Rec: Didn’t see but she and I get along great.
[<em>]Interview: My first one and probably the best. He gave me the highest recommendation.
[</em>]Hook (if any): Recognized by Rev. Jesse Jackson for work with poor neighboring community.
[/ul]
Personal: I really think I came off as a person who didn’t stress about taking 10 AP classes a year. I looked for other opportunities to show MIT that I was an ambitious learner.
[ul]
[<em>]Location (State or Country): MI
[</em>]Ethnicity & Gender: Asian Male
[<em>]Major strength/weakness: Research, well-rounded, sense of passion in whatever I do, risk-taker, essays (definitely)/my weakness was that I really didn’t submit new awards or distinctions after I applied RD.
[</em>]Your thoughts on your decision: Very surprised considering that many people who applied were absolutely amazing
[/ul]
**Any other comments: Accepted by University of Michigan Honors Program and Duke so far. Deferred SCEA By Harvard. Congrats to all who are accepted and best of luck to those not offered admission. You are all brilliant in every possible way and remember that a college admission denial is not a reflection on your personal or academic credentials. There are just too many outstanding candidates for too few spots. A college education is what we each make out of it.</p>
<p>ACCEPTED!! :D</p>
<p>International/India</p>
<p>Will post stats later :)</p>