<pre><code>* Location (State or Country): TX
* Ethnicity & Gender: asian female
* Major strength/weakness: difficult courseload and internship/ essays
* Your thoughts on your decision: I'm really happy because this is totally unexpected, but now I have to decide between MIT and caltech.... which is going to be a very hard decision to make.
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<p>Btw,there's now a MIT Rejects Facebook group. =P</p>
<p>Hm though, the main problem with such a group would be that people's interests are so diverse that few would be in groups for upper-level classes. Though it would still be really nice for us to create a forum for anyone to discuss OCW. We could create an Invisionfree forum, but Invisionfree doesn't support LaTeX.</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 1700
[</em>]ACT:
[<em>]SAT Subject Tests: Math IIC: 640, Physics: 650, Chem, 630
[</em>]GPA, Class Rank/Size: 3.81 UW
[<em>]APs / other stats: my school doesn't offer AP
[/ul] Major awards/ECs:
[ul]
[li]Volunteered for homeless shelter[/li][</em>]Award for lots of community service
[<em>]Best in my school for math
[/ul] Subjective:
[ul]
[</em>]Essays: so personal, so touching. i work really hard to overcome my disadvantages.
[<em>]Teacher Recs: really good
[</em>]Counselor Rec:
[<em>]Interview: went fine
[</em>]Hook (if any): I'm poor, this is so awesome I got in!
[/ul] Personal:
[ul]
[<em>]Location (State or Country): MD
[</em>]Ethnicity & Gender: Hispanic female
[<em>]Major strength/weakness: Disadvantaged but I'm a very hard worker
[</em>]Your thoughts on your decision: Thank you for giving me so many opportunities, MIT. Affirmative action is going to change the world in a good way
[/ul] Any other comments: I am so speechless. This is so exciting</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2270 (800 Math, 730 CR, 740 W)
[</em>]ACT: didn't take
[<em>]SAT Subject Tests: Chem:720 (don't laugh, I took it a long time after taking the class); Math IIC:800; Literature: 720 (you can laugh)
[</em>]GPA, Class Rank/Size: dunno exactly how it works, so I won?t mislead you. But I moved soph year and no credit was transferred, so rank is ~39/630
[<em>]APs / other stats: AP Scholar w/Distinction
[/ul] Major awards/ECs:
[ul]
[li]RSI[/li][</em>]Grand prize in reg. Science fair
[<em>]4th place at ISEF
[</em>]Rensselaer Medal
[<em>]Published in Chicken Soup for the Soul: the real deal school (this will probably come back to haunt me...)
[</em>]Nat'l Merit Finalist
[<em>]2nd Place UNA-USA National Essay Contest
[</em>]Calculus 3-4 (multivariable and diff. Eq.) student of the Year
[<em>]Top 10 State Math Contest
[</em>]Officer in several clubs at school (Science Research ? president, NHS ? community chair, you get the idea)
[<em>]volunteer and mentor with an after school program, organized book drives & programs
[</em>]science research at local university (~10 hrs/week)
[<em>]job at a clothes store (I will not expound on my newly-found, jokingly misogynistic views), 15-20 hours/week
[</em>]took linear algebra at university, maxed out of math classes by senior year
[<em>]other small stuff
[/ul] Subjective:
[ul]
[</em>]Essays: main one was way off topic. I did B, and I wrote about my hair (common app rip off because I'm lazy)
[<em>]Teacher Recs: Great! One I know for sure was "top of 30+ year career". My teachers are a blessing.
[</em>]Counselor Rec: Awesome letter, not so great box-checking (as in, she didn't rank me as one of the top few students in career)
[<em>]Interview: Awesom...we had a lot in common and talked about nerdy stuff such as chairing and going to math contests and doing math for fun/punishment when were little.
[</em>]Hook (if any): I Don't Know? I don't think RSI is a hook...
[/ul] Personal:
[ul]
[<em>]Location (State or Country): AZ
[</em>]Ethnicity & Gender: Eastern European Female
[<em>]Major strength/weakness: I'm feeling quite indifferent right now :D
[</em>]Your thoughts on your decision: YYYYAAAAAYYYYY!!!!! It's a really big deal for me, and even though most of my relatives in Romania and none of my neighbors or co-workers have heard of MIT, they can sense the weight of this decision, I'm sure.
[/ul] Any other comments: w007, but why hasn't EVERYBODY heard of MIT? Why do I get asked, "Oh?out in California?" Why do they think it?s some sort of vocational school where I'll learn how to fix computers?</p>
<p>This is kind of late, but I've just gotten over my depressed stage and feel enough strength post my stats with the last testing dates with up to date stuff. Sigh.</p>
<p>Here we go: </p>
<p>Waitlisted/Rejected. </p>
<p>International</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT I (by section): Too lazy; 2370, best combined after sittings.</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 800Math, 800WH, 800 in Physics after some sweat and toil.
I took others, but didn't do as well. Like, I got a 670 in physics the first time.</li>
<li>ACT: 34.</li>
<li>APs: 5 5's, 4 4's and one 3</li>
<li>IBs: None.</li>
<li>GPA, Weighted and Unweighted:4.0UW</li>
<li>Rank:~ 1/500</li>
<li>Senior Yr Courseload: Hardest</li>
<li>Number of Apps from Your School: 2 </li>
<li>Other stats: Took the AMC/AIME. Not significant enough for MIT. </li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>ECs listed on app: Bunches, many leadership positions, mostly Amnesty & Volunteer Work</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: Not much; private tutoring.</li>
<li>Essays (subject and responses): Mediocre->Strong. Sort of pulled together at the last minute.</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: Glowing/Really good.</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Glowing/Really good.</li>
<li>Interview (feel and general location): Decent. Nothing to tip the scale.</li>
<li>Hook (if any): Sucks to be asian and poor and international, what can I say?</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: South Korea</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Asian.</li>
<li>Gender: Female.</li>
<li>Hooks: Some state/regional math competitions, decided to graduate a year early.</li>
<li>Strengths/Weaknesses: Applied as math major, applied for FULL financial aid, too much international competition from Korea/Asia in general, no science fair, nothing national, nothing too extraordinary, mediocre essays, even.</li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Not good enough for MIT. </li>
</ul>
<p>Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
This sucks. AHH. Oh well, congrats to those accepted!</p>
<p>wow, kisstheskyxx, you're almost exactly identical to me!
hopefully next year i won't get rejected...
(same here, asian, international, poor, and also MALE)</p>
<p>Erick Fuentes and Hispanic Hottie, did you guys post your real stats/decisions? Because i've always dreamed of going to MIT but I've recently lost hope that I would be able to since my grades and PSATs(I'm a junior) are significantly lower than most of the people here who posted there were rejected. If you really were accepted, congratulations and maybe I'll be lucky and see you there in a few years :)</p>
<pre><code>* SAT I: 2400 (one try)
* SAT IIs: 800, 800, 790
* ACT: N/A
* GPA:4.0
* Rank: Top of the class
* Other stats:
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<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: good to excellent
* Teacher Recs: Excellent
* Counselor Rec: Excellent
* Hook (if any):
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<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: USA
* School Type: Private Competitive
* Ethnicity: A
* Gender:M
* Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: No research?
* Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Not focus on math/engineering. I have too many interests.
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<p>Other Factors: Don't know
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: No offense, decided long time ago not to go to MIT even admitted. Stanford is a better place and better fit for me.</p>
<p>Astrodaughter: NOT Accepted (nicer way of saying the D**** word)... :)</p>
<p>Here's her stats....SAT: 2250; SATII: physics 800, Math II 790, GPA 4.0 uw, >5.0 weighted; 12 APs by the end of this yr; class rank 1/575...good ec's, awesome recs, etc. </p>
<p>She didn't have any over-the-top activity/research/etc. that made her more unique than most other valedictorian science/math nerds. We had a long talk on Friday night.....she was not expecting to get in; but hoped that she would--more for the self-satisfaction of being able to say she'd been admitted here; didn't think she'd go there if she did get accepted because of the money differential between MIT and other schools that are offering her lots of merit $$$. </p>
<p>She's still hoping that MIT may be an option for Grad school. It was kind of like a big relief to finally get it behind us. No negative feelings at all...it helped that we'd just come from an awesome on-campus experience at one of her other choices. Good luck to all!!!</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: funny</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: Excellent</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Excellent</li>
<li>Hook (if any): sorry i don't have any....maybe i have a weird name</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: USA</li>
<li>School Type: public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: SA</li>
<li>Gender:F</li>
<li>Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Math Genius</li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: it was a combination of research, math awards, and UIL math contests, and Physics State award stuff</li>
</ul>
<p>Hispanic Hottie "Affirmative action is going to change the world in a good way"</p>
<p>Yes it is a wonderful tool so that people who normally would have trouble getting into a mediocre state school can get accepted to whatever university their heart desires. Everyone else who managed to get by on 3 hours/night sleep while taking legitmitely hard classes and balancing demanding E.C.s? They get rejected left and right, but who cares if they are discriminated against, as long as MIT can report acceptable diversity statistics </p>
<p>"i work really hard to overcome my disadvantages"
Clearly, I don't think MIT has ever seen a 1700 SAT before</p>
<p>Hispanic Hottie, if your post wasn't a joke and you actually got in with those stats, go make the most out of this gift MIT has given you but don't be surprised when the real world discounts the value of your degree</p>
<p>trackstar, I somehow doubt MIT lets every hispanic or african american with a 1700. As I've mentioned previously, MIT looks for academic potential, charcater and personal qualities.</p>
<p>That said Hispanic Hottie, Are you serious ?</p>
<p>Trackstar were you rejected? If so why do you think it was, because undeserving minorities took your place?</p>
<p>I think affirmative action could use some work, but without it a lot of underrepresented people wouldn't get the same opportunities. Not because of racism, but networking and limited resources. Diversity is a good thing to have, a college filled with the same kind of people would not be representative of the real world and it would be a disservice to the college experience for me not to meet different types of people.</p>