<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 770 M / 770 R / 730 W
[</em>]ACT: N/A
[<em>]SAT Subject Tests: US History: 790; Math 2: 800; Physics: 740 (but school only covered mechanics, themodynamics)
[</em>]GPA, Class Rank/Size: 4.49 W, 4/343
[<em>]APs / other stats: My school doesn't offer many but I took some online through Florida's online school and what was available at school.
[/ul] Other stuff:
[ul]
[li]Part of GCAAP, ONE, etc. Developed endpovertytoday.com[/li][</em>]Founded Philosophy Club, it has no President since its just a community of people interested in the purpose of life and such but I'm the only senior so I play a leadership role
[<em>]National Merit Finalist (at my school this happen once every 5-6 years)
[/ul] Subjective:
[ul]
[</em>]Essays: Original was terrible, about my background and enviornment. Supplemental was about ethical/political convictions and paired with an editorial published in the St. Pete Times about the issue.
[<em>]Teacher Recs: Probably good, Supplemental I got to read: "best in 31 years of teaching" basically
[</em>]Counselor Rec: Probably good since she said she'd never had a national merit finalist student before and she knows about my poverty work and such in my spare time; she also knows my house burned down last year but I never mentioned it and hope she didn't b/c I think its irrelevant
[<em>]Interview: lasted 100 minutes, was my first and worst but suprisingly well since I'm shy
[</em>]Hook (if any): My right is devestating but I don't know what boxing has to do with this. Oh, I get it. Philosophy, Ethics aspect probably since most people are much better at Math (and attend much better schools!)
[/ul] Personal:
[ul]
[<em>]Location (State or Country): FL
[</em>]Ethnicity & Gender: Irrelevant but its clear from my name
[<em>]Major strength/weakness: Ethical convictions drive me 24/7
[</em>]Your thoughts on your decision: I was accepted because of part luck, partly pity because they didn't want to reject a 100% Irishman on the Feast of St. Patrick (my grandfather was born in a bar and my parents met in a bar; I'm as Irish as they come), and probably pity because my house burned down last year. I didn't mention it but a teacher/counselor might have.
[/ul] Any other comments: I was deffered EA. But more importantly, this isn't a judgement of anything that matters because at the end of the day we are all equally valuable people. We all do our best, struggle through difficult times, and light up the world with our unique talents. I'm on Spring Break though and live in FL though so it would be a nice time to party on the beach if I didn't burn after 10 minutes (literally). </p>
<p>God bless! (I'm actually not Catholic but I still say that, go figure.)</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2260
[</em>]SAT Subject Tests: Physics:790; Literature:790; Maths II:800
[<em>]GPA, Class Rank/Size: 9.76, top 3%
[/ul] Major awards/ECs:
[ul]
[li]participation national math competitions[/li][</em>]participation national computer science competitions
[<em>]participation and prizes international and national debate competitions
[/ul] Subjective:
[ul]
[</em>]Essays: Pretty good
[<em>]Teacher Recs: I hope they were good
[</em>]Counselor Rec: She knew me very well
[<em>]Interview: Didn't have one
[</em>]Hook (if any): I am a girl :)))
[/ul] Personal:
[ul]
[<em>]Location (State or Country): Romania
[</em>]Ethnicity & Gender: White female
[<em>]Major strength/weakness: I have diverse interests
[</em>]Your thoughts on your decision: Incredible!
[/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2080 (790M, 660W, 630R)
[</em>]ACT: N/A
[<em>]SAT Subject Tests: IIC:760, Chinese: 800, Bio:780, US History: 730
[</em>]GPA, Class Rank/Size: 4.4w, 3.87uw, top 10%, 600
[li]APs / other stats: 5 Chem, 5 US History, 5 Calc BC (AB subscore 5), 5 Stats, 5 Enviro, all taken in junior year only [/li][/ul] Major awards/ECs: Intel semifinalist, training award at NIH (for the internship), AP scholar with distinction, a bunch of art awards in Taiwan + a bunch of science awards in Taiwan</p>
<p>Subjective:
[ul]
[<em>]Essays: one good, one ok
[</em>]Teacher Recs: One great, other ok
[<em>]Counselor Rec: never read it
[</em>]Interview: I didn't know what I was supposed to arrange this myself and didn't have one
[<em>]Hook (if any): Came to the US for just 2 years, low income (18,000/year), overcame great difficulties
[/ul] Personal:
[ul]
[</em>]Location (State or Country): CA
[<em>]Ethnicity & Gender: Asian female
[</em>]Major strength/weakness: very low SAT score, no major leadership/activities at school (I only studied in that school for a year), said in my essay that I want to major in visual art (painting)
[li]Your thoughts on your decision: I kind of applied for fun because I have fee waiver but now since I am waitlisted, I really want to go there!!![/li][/ul] Any other comments: How many people actually get waitlisted?? Is it possible AT ALL to get accepted after being waitlisted??? Can I send in a letter saying about my achievement done after I submitted the application?
Big congrat to those who got in!!! Great gob!!!!!</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: 800M / 800R / 790W
* ACT: N/A
* SAT Subject Tests: US History: 800; Math 2: 800; Physics: 800
* GPA, Class Rank/Size: 4.08, like 20th out of 450
* APs / other stats: USHistory5, CalcBC5, PhysicsC both parts 5, Chemsitry 5, CompSciAB 5
</code></pre>
<p>Major awards/ECs:
* 2x USAMO qual
* Near perf AMC12
* Pretty high AIME
* Summer Teaching Assistant
* Math Team Capt
* Track (not terribly good)
* Guitar (for kicks)</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: tasty
* Teacher Recs: nothing exceptional, nothing ********
* Counselor Rec: she likes me
* Interview: I showed up in a pair of beautiful white leather shoes. Otherwise, pretty typical. Discovered during the course of the hour that one of my buds was this interviewer's cousin.
* Hook (if any):
</code></pre>
<p>Personal:
* Location (State or Country): VA
* Ethnicity & Gender: Eastasia, male
* Major strength/weakness: impeccable sense of fashion/disastrous circumstance of race
* Your thoughts on your decision: bright day in Hell? I wasn't surprised, but perhaps I should have been?</p>
<p>Any other comments: Good plan. I hope they give me a sizable chunk of cash.</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2260- M800, CR690, W770
[</em>]ACT: N/A
[<em>]SAT Subject Tests: Phy:720; U.S. History:740; Maths II:800; Maths I:730
[</em>]GPA, Class Rank/Size: 3.99 uw, approx 17/10000
[<em>]APs / other stats: 5s in Calc AB, EuroH, USH; 4 in English Lang, IB Diploma Candidate, with HL Maths, Physics, Chemistry, History, and SL Spanish, English, and Biology.
[/ul] Major awards/ECs:
[ul]
[li]XC, Track, random science and maths awards[/li][/ul] Subjective:
[ul]
[</em>]Essays: I liked it. They did not, probably.
[<em>]Teacher Recs: One excellent, the other I suppose was at least good.
[</em>]Counselor Rec: Probably good, but you never know.
[<em>]Interview: Was excellent!
[</em>]Hook (if any): Family situation? Single parent (Mum died when I was very young)<br>
[/ul] Personal:
[ul]
[<em>]Location (State or Country): Central Florida
[</em>]Income bracket: <60K
[<em>]Ethnicity & Gender: Male Hong Konger, but I am a U.S. Citizen
[</em>]Major strength/weakness: Crappy SAT, 690, and Math L1 SAT II..
[li]Your thoughts on your decision: Ah well, I did not expect to get in. Given that college admissions are not independent events of one another, I expect to be rejected from many other schools.[/li][/ul] Any other comments: I hope you all get in wherever you want to go. Cheers!</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2330-800 Math, 730 CR, 800 Writing
[</em>]ACT:
[<em>]SAT Subject Tests: Bio: 800, Chem 800, Math 2 800
[</em>]GPA, Class Rank/Size: 4.0/4.67, 4/500
[<em>]APs / other stats: 5s on Chem, Calc AB, Bio, USH, Calc BC, 3 on Spanish, taken the hardest classes out of anyone at my school
[/ul] Major awards/ECs:
[ul]
[li]State Champions Mock Trial (Captain, Lead Attorney)[/li][</em>] Math Club (President, Highest Scorer)
[<em>] Raised $55,000 for charity through a non-profit that my econ class organized
[</em>] Cross County Captain, Track and Field
[<em>] Lots of science related stuff-research at a university, COSMOS, etc
[/ul] Subjective:
[ul]
[</em>]Essays: Good I thought
[<em>]Teacher Recs: 2 really good (said stuff like best in 20 yrs of teaching)
[</em>]Counselor Rec: Ok
[<em>]Interview: Didn’t have one (I decided to apply after the interview deadline)
[</em>]Hook (if any): None
[/ul] Personal:
[ul]
[<em>]Location (State or Country): CA
[</em>]Ethnicity & Gender: White male
[<em>]Major strength/weakness:
[</em>]Your thoughts on your decision: Well, I was preparing myself to get rejected, so I guess I’m ok. Of course, I would have liked to have gotten accepted, but its fine. Considering I didn’t have an interview and am another white male interested in science trying to get into MIT, I’m content.
[/ul] Any other comments:</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2220 M-790 R-760 W-670
[</em>]ACT: N/A
[<em>]SAT Subject Tests: Phy:760; Chem:720; Maths:800
[</em>]GPA, Class Rank/Size: 3.80 uw, Top tenth
[<em>]APs / other stats: 5's on U.S. History, B.C. Calc, and Statistics
[/ul] Major awards/ECs:
[ul]
[li]4x Varsity XC, Track, and Wrestling (Captain of XC and Wrestling)[/li][</em>]Japanese Language Proficiency
[<em>]Will wrestle at MIT
[</em>]Play the piano -- not competively
[/ul] Subjective:
[ul]
[<em>]Essays: I submitted three essays. The main one was on wrestling. The something you have built one was on building a trebuchet after playing AoE. The supplemental one was on my favorite restaurant.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: One from a math teacher and one from a history teacher.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: ??
[</em>]Interview: I didn't feel too good about it. I had no idea our interview would take so long.
[<em>]Hook (if any): I guess wrestling / good teacher recs. I go to a good private school.
[/ul] Personal:
[ul]
[</em>]Location (State or Country): VA
[<em>]Ethnicity & Gender: East Asian Male interested in math
[</em>]Major strength/weakness: Strengths - Math, Science Weaknesses - English, History, being asian male
[li]Your thoughts on your decision: I didn't think my application stood out all too much. I am an Asian male who likes math / science. I first heard about AMC/AIME when I filled out the MIT application. I'd never entered a science fair - my school doesn't have any and sports are my life outside of the classroom. My English and history grades weren't that stellar (mostly B's). I guess my teacher recs and wrestling hook were good. [/li][/ul] Any other comments: Asian Power</p>
<p>Wow, in about a 30 hour period my son was admitted to Olin, MIT and became an Intel ISEF Finalist for 2007. Probably monday he'll get the cal tech letter. I am still too wound up to sleep. But, as the decisions roll in the hard choices have to made. They are all great schools albeit with different strengths and weaknesses. As a mom I'll try to stay out of the discussions, but I have been following the MIT/Olin threads with great interest.</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2280
[</em>]SAT Subject Tests: Phy:790; Chem:790; Maths:780, USH:740
[<em>]GPA:3.96 UW, 4.2 W
[</em>]APs Physics B:5, Chem:5, USH:5, English+comp:4, EuroH:4
[/ul] Major awards/ECs:
[ul]
[<em>]National merit semifinalist, ap scholar w/distinction
[</em>]AMC:110 AIME:2
[<em>]Some other not too important awards i put down
[</em>]Viola(8 years, play in a bunch of different groups noncompetitively)
[<em>]FIRST Robotics (a couple of awards, was team captain for a while)
[</em>]Varsity Tennis
[<em>]JETS TEAM+S (Captain for three years, won 1st place at regional every year)
[</em>]Volunteer work at local museum observatory and peer tutoring (100 hours)
[/ul] Subjective:
[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Not sure, but i tried hard X-)
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Should be good, but i dont know
[<em>]Counselor Rec: same
[</em>]Interview: I guess it was good?
[<em>]Hook (if any): none
[/ul] Personal:
[ul]
[</em>]Location (State or Country): VA
[<em>]Ethnicity & Gender: White male
[</em>]Major strength/weakness: No research XP
[li]Your thoughts on your decision: I sent in a couple of things after being deferred but i guess it didnt help.[/li][/ul] Any other comments:
Congrats to everyone who got accepted! Looks like im going to be on the other side of the country at Caltech next year! X-)</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2330 (800M/750CR/780W)
[</em>]ACT: n/a
[<em>]SAT Subject Tests: M1:770; M2:800; Chem:800; US:700
[</em>]GPA, Class Rank/Size: 4.00 UW (4.27 W); 1/99
[<em>]APs / other stats: 5?s on 3 APs (Chem, Music Theory, US); taking 6 APs in my senior year
[/ul] Major awards/ECs:
[ul]
[li]Musical Theatre ? leads in three musicals; learned to tap dance last year; Excellence in Musical Theatre Award; International Thespian and Dramatic Societies; performing overseas this summer[/li][</em>]Instrumental Music ? piano (11 years); French horn (5 years); trumpet (Jazz Band; self-taught); guitar (~2 years)
[<em>]Vocal Music ? chorus; select a cappella group; Tri-M Music Honor Society
[</em>]Baseball ? JV freshman and sophomore years; Most Improved Player Award; Varsity junior year
[<em>]Student Government ? Junior Class President; Senior Class President; Student Council Representative
[</em>]Varsity X-C ? First Team All-Prep; Third Team All-State; Scholar-Athlete Award
[<em>]Math League
[</em>]Geometry Tutoring
[<em>]NHS (President)
[</em>]~20 school awards...
[/ul] Subjective:
[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Very good, I thought.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Both excellent.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Great.
[</em>]Interview: Went well, although it was a bit unnerving that my interviewer was constantly typing while I was talking...
[<em>]Hook (if any): My grandfather went there? Big hook...
[/ul] Personal:
[ul]
[</em>]Location (State or Country): NJ
[<em>]Ethnicity & Gender: White Male
[</em>]Major strength/weakness: Well-rounded, lots of leadership, etc. / Too much of a social life?...haha JK. I wrote an extra essay about how I admire my grandfather and adamantly wanted to follow in his footsteps, but the Admissions Committee probably thought I was just trying to play a legacy card. Other than that, no Olympiads or international awards?
[li]Your thoughts on your decision: <sigh> Well, it was a good run and I pretty much saw it coming after my deferral. I?ll live.[/li][/ul] Any other comments: Pray for Princeton...</sigh></p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2270 (800 M, 760 V, 710 W)
[</em>]ACT: N/A
[<em>]SAT Subject Tests: Physics 800, World History 800, Math 2C 800
[</em>]GPA, Class Rank/Size: 3.91 UW, 4.59 weighted, school doesn?t rank, but around top 2%
[<em>]APs / other stats: 5s on Spanish Lang, Comp Sci AB, World History, US History
[/ul] Major awards/ECs:
[ul]
[li]National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar with Honor, AIME Qualifer x2[/li][</em>]National Council of Teachers of English Writing Award nominee
[<em>]bunch of school awards; 1st place Massachusetts Music Teachers Association (MMTA) Bay State Contest (piano competition)
[</em>]Varsity football, varsity lacrosse
[<em>]Classical piano, sent in a CD which I think helped
[</em>]Class office (Class treasurer) for three years
[<em>]Comp Sci Team
[</em>]Chorus, a capella group
[/ul] Subjective:
[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Long one (option B) was very good, friend described it as "sick". I wrote about the outrage I once felt in a tenth grade English class, when my teacher asked "would you want to live in Huxley's Brave New World" and half the class said yes, and then wrote about how my own life experiences and the environment I grew up in shaped the reasoning behind my anger.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Didn?t read, but should have been stellar.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Didn?t read, but she loves me.
[</em>]Interview: Went well, I think. Two and a half hours long.
[<em>]Hook (if any):
[/ul] Personal:
[ul]
[</em>]Location (State or Country): MA
[<em>]Ethnicity & Gender: ASIAN (Chinese and Korean)
[</em>]Major strength/weakness: My achievements in piano combined with my nonstandard sports (football/lacrosse, not very common among Asians), excellent recs, and essays that conveyed who I am. Weaknesses ? not as amazing academically as a lot of other MIT admits (ie ones with USAMO, IPhO, ICO), Asian, from the Boston area (10 miles from MIT)
[li]Your thoughts on your decision: Happy, although I?ll feel bad if I say no because others from my school really wanted this[/li][/ul] Any other comments: Do activities you love, work your ass off, be an active participant in the classroom and school activities, come alive in your application so that the adcoms can really visualize you on campus making an impact, convey your hopes and dreams through your essay, and pray for a lot of luck. </p>
<p>Condolences to those denied.
Congratulations to those admitted! Hope to see you at CPW!</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2190
[</em>]ACT: 30
[<em>]SAT Subject Tests: US History:790; Math I:740
[</em>]GPA, Class Rank/Size: 4.0 uw, 1st Decile, that's all my school does
[li]APs / other stats: BC Calc: 5, US History: 5, Stat: 5, Eng Lang and Comp: 4 (w/o taking the class!)</p>[/li]
<p>Major awards/ECs:
[<em>]Girl Scout Gold Award - started a program to collect soccer supplies for kids from Haiti - I'm sure this is what got me in!
[</em>]Co-Captain of Fencing Team
[<em>]President of Spanish Club
[</em>]National Honors Society
[li]Play the oboe (sent a tape)</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>]Essays: Really good, wrote about how I saved my Dad from choking by using the Heimlich Maneuver
[</em>]Teacher Recs: One great, other fantastic
[<em>]Counselor Rec: AMAZING
[</em>]Interview: Wonderful! We talked for an hour and a half, and he was in love with me.
[<em>]Hook (if any): Gold Award?
[/ul] Personal:
[list]
[</em>]Location (State or Country): CT
[<em>]Ethnicity & Gender: White female
[</em>]Major strength/weakness: Not a math genius? Frankly, I don't know why they accepted me. I only got 740 on math SAT, only an A- in AP BC Calc, I'm really not that good at math - but whateva!</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2390
[</em>]ACT: none
[<em>]SAT Subject Tests: Physics 800, U.S History 800, Math 2C 800 Biology 800
[</em>]GPA, Class Rank/Size: 4.00 uw
[<em>]APs / other stats: 5: Spanish,Comp Sci AB,US History, European History,Calculus BC
[/ul] Major awards/ECs:
[ul]
[li]Intel STS semi-finalist[/li][</em>]Book on Selling more on Ebay
[<em>]Book on Fermat's Last Theorem
[</em>]AMC12B:138/144 // AIME:6/10 // USAMO: :(
[li]300 Hours of Community Service</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul] Subjective:
[ul]
[<em>]Essays: My friend who skipped three grades told me they were great. His essays won first place in numerous International contests.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: I love my teachers and they love me too
[<em>]Counselor Rec: My counselor likes me... I think
[</em>]Interview: Four hours long. Talked about a lot of stuffs that interested both of us immensely.
[<em>]Hook (if any): witting Books?
[/ul] Personal:
[ul]
[</em>]Location (State or Country): CA
[<em>]Ethnicity & Gender: Asian / Korean
[</em>]Major strength/weakness: Came to the US 10th grade. never Made IMO or IPho. Came to the US 10th grade. Weak in English (in an English examination test before coming to my new school, I was rated Very Good, Not Excellent) TOEFL Perfect score. No instruments.
[li]Your thoughts on your decision: Still waiting for Harvard but I like MIT so much better. I'm so excited to get in![/li][/ul] Any other comments: No comments.
Still sad because Yale deferred me :( but don't really care. Really surprised I got in, considering all those IMO,IPho,ICO people.</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2110/2140
[</em>]ACT: n/a
[<em>]SAT Subject Tests: Phy:800; Chem:790; Maths:800 chinese 800 US history 670
[</em>]GPA, Class Rank/Size: 4.00 uw, 1/563
[<em>]APs / other stats: 5s on physics c mech, e&m, chemistry, psychology, macro and micro econ, calculus bc and ab, and 3 on us history
[/ul] Major awards/ECs:
[ul]
[li]published articles (8 in total) in worldwide leading journals, first author for all[/li][</em>]Eight patents for invention applied, 4 granted patent rights, first author for all
[<em>]Played badminton and ping-pong for many years and A bunch of activities in high school
[/ul] Subjective:
[ul]
[</em>]Essays: sincere
[<em>]Teacher Recs: should be good
[</em>]Counselor Rec: should be good
[<em>]Interview: bad, bad
[</em>]Hook (if any): come to the united states in 2005 although permanent resident since 2001, and got the highest GPA in school during my first year here, grabbed a few leader position in school, and founded some organizations in school
[/ul] Personal:
[ul]
[<em>]Location (State or Country): CA
[</em>]Ethnicity & Gender: Asian male
[<em>]Major strength/weakness: My thinking is unique, they say I?m an Alien from Mars
[</em>]Your thoughts on your decision: I was placed in the ?Retarded pool?, in which if your IQ is 60-, you get in that pool, and if it?s 30-, you get likely letter, and if its absolute value is greater than itself, you get full scholarship
[/ul] Any other comments: great school, but have to decide and consider financial aid packages and visit all schools? campus to make the final decision.</p>
<p>are they paying for the plane ticket? lol I wanna go but I don't think my parents have a couple of hundred dollars to spare (sorry we're kinda poor)</p>
<p>I'm not sure.... I've heard of other schools doing it however. Perhaps when the letter arrives in the mail or the CPW portal pops up you will be able to find out?</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: >.< ick
[</em>]ACT: 34 (36 science)
[<em>]SAT Subject Tests: Phy:790; Bio:800; MathII: 720
[</em>]GPA, Class Rank/Size: 4.8 w, 16/563
[<em>]APs / other stats: Phys B, Bio, Phys C, US Hist, Lit, Lang, Vergil, Chem, Psychology, Stat; 5s in phys b, bio, psych; 4 in lang, others will prolly suck...
[</em>]Harvard SSP: biochemistry A-, calculus 1 B+
[/ul]</p>
<p>Major awards/ECs:
[ul]
[<em>]summa cum laude on national latin exam (lol)
[</em>]president of symphony orchestra
[<em>]secretary of junior classical league
[</em>]varsity lacrosse goalie, 4 years</p>
<p>[/ul] Subjective:
[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Pretty good
[</em>]Teacher Recs: both best in career
[<em>]Counselor Rec: probably good, but she may not really know who I am (she has 300+, minus druggies)
[</em>]Interview: Was excellent!
[<em>]Hook (if any): pilot for USAF auxiliary (search and rescue)
[/ul] Personal:
[ul]
[</em>]Location (State or Country): dixie
[<em>]Ethnicity & Gender: female, sino-hibernian
[</em>]Major strength/weakness: elected to prom court whoo!
[li]Your thoughts on your decision: not too sure how I got in there but they probably need a resident make-up adviser somewhere on campus...[/li][/ul] Any other comments: I think I'm going to make sure that letter really has my name on it...</p>