<p>heh nvm about the spudgun thing. thought it was a person you were talking about, not the activity. But why is that East-like?</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2230 (780 V 750 M 700 W)
[</em>]SAT II: 740 Math IIc, 700 Physics, 800 Spanish
[<em>]ACT: 33
[</em>]GPA: 3.75, a bit misleading because I had a bad frosh year when I moved here from another country, and basically a 4.0 from end of soph year on.
[<em>]Rank: School Doesn't
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):
AP Music Theory 3
AP Physics B 5 (self-studied)
AP Gov 5
AP Spanish Lit 5
AP BC Calc
AP Physics C
AP Lit
AP Chem (self-study)
(my school has a limit of 3 APs per year, and you can't take any before junior year, so that's why I don't have too many)
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: I thought they were good, they were about random things like riding my bike and rubik's cubes and how physicists are like kids making snowballs :P
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Great I think, I didn't actually see them but when I got deferred from another school one of my teachers offered to call them up and brag about me and the other one told me they were wrong.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Good, I seem to amuse him for some reason.
[</em>]Supplementary Material: Physics teacher rec, didn't see it but I'll bet it was great & very enthusiastic, I knew him well. Newspaper clipping of microcontroller company I helped found. Summary of the 11 tutorials I've taken (self-studies) in programming, Quantum Phys & Relativity and Spanish.
[<em>]Interview: None
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): URM, have done research at HSHSP in a genetics lab, sent them my abstract.
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: TX
[</em>]High School Type: Private
[<em>]Ethnicity:Hispanic
[</em>]Gender: Female
[/ul]*Other *[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars:
Sci Oly (Captain)
Amnesty (Treasurer)
Web Page design both in and out of school, for non-profits and independent contracts
Started microcontroller company, do tech & web page design
Founding member of Shakespeare club, treasurer
Research at HSHSP over the summer (best program ever)
Debate--qualified for state tournament
[</em>]Awards:
Tech Student of the Year
Lots of Sci Oly medals at regional & state level
Language awards, multiple-time medalist for national french exam
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] Hmm...I think I got in because I've taken a lot of initiative on my own, and did a lot of things because I like to do them and think they're fun, not necessarily because they 'looked good'. Anyways, my advice is just have fun, and you'll get in places where you'll be happy :P</p>
<p>So, are you enrolling at MIT?</p>
<p>I believe so, 99% sure since it looks like it's all going to work out financially. Kind of sad to say no to Harvey Mudd though, because it looks like a pretty cool place! :P</p>
<p>Just a question, jj_heylookatme, I would like to know what it is that is inspiring you to choose MIT over HMC. I am not upset or accusing you of anything, I just want this for my own informative purposes so that I can understand what HMC may be lacking that we could potentially improve to enhance our yield further?</p>
<p>On the yield though, HMC sends out about 600 acceptance letters out of 2,500 applicants, and about 180 freshman enroll.</p>
<p>I got in also!
international asking for aid...but how come I haven't received my accptance package?
Any internatioanl has gotten his mail?</p>
<p>Yup; just got it today!</p>
<p>(Singapore is my land.)</p>
<p>lol
I'm from S'pore as well</p>
<p>Your overall Statistics:</p>
<p>Looking at the 787 admitted students
from both early and regular decision, here are the highlights:
Female: 312 (39.6%)</p>
<p>Male: 475 (60.4%)</p>
<p>African or African-American Students: 3%</p>
<p>Latino/Hispanic Students: 8%</p>
<p>Top States Represented</p>
<p>California</p>
<p>Washington</p>
<p>New York</p>
<p>Texas</p>
<p>31 Non-US Citizens</p>
<p>India, Korea, China, Thailand, Nepal, Germany, Poland, Greece, Sweden,
Philippines, Taiwan, Japan, Ghana, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, United
Arab Emirates, Kenya</p>
<p>14 US Citizens Living Abroad</p>
<p>France, England, Turkey, Canada, British Virgin Islands, Saudi Arabia,
Germany, Egypt, India, Singapore, Taiwan, China</p>
<p>Admit rate: 31%
Top 10% of class: 65.5% of admitted students</p>
<p>Of those from schools that give specific class rank:</p>
<p>Valedictorian: 35%
Either Valedictorian or Salutatorian: 43.4%</p>
<p>Test scores: These scores are as high or higher than last year's scores
which is encouraging with the larger number of admitted students.</p>
<p>Critical Reading
Median: 730
Middle 50%: 690-770</p>
<p>Writing
Median: 720
Middle 50%: 690-770</p>
<p>Math
Median: 780
Middle 50%: 750-800</p>
<p>Math 2 Subject Test
Median: 790
Middle 50%: 760-800</p>
<p>If our yield on these students is the same as last year at 23%, we would
expect to begin the summer with 206 students including our 33 early
decision students. This would be an optimal number if we anticipate a
summer melt similar to last year's. If our yield on this group is lower
than last year's, we will be able to fill in the class with our waitlist
which is also larger this year. As you can imagine from the above
statistics, there are some amazing students on our waitlist, so we would
be happy to be able to include some of them in the class of 2012.</p>
<p>So about that expected 206, who thinks there will be overenrollment and a class of ~220?</p>
<p>Yeah. There is going to be some significant over-enrollment this year. Judging by how enthusiastic everyone was at ASP this last weekend I wouldn't be surprised if 240 enrolled...</p>
<p>I have mixed feelings about this. Of course, good for all of you who got in but I'm not one that thinks Mudd's student body should get larger...</p>
<p>Count me in on the enthusiastic tab :) I was already 99% set on going to Mudd over all of those other poor schools, but ASP weekend sealed the deal. The lanyard for the nametag was so cool, I actually carry my keys on it now and the end hangs out of my pocket. Pimp HMC bling ftw ^^</p>
<p>I was feeling bad about not getting into Stanford because some other guy with WAY lower stats got in until I finished the ASP program... now whenever somebody goes "I'm going to [prestigious school here]", under my breath, I go "hehe... sucker" :D</p>
<p>Seriously. I knew that HMC physics and engineering were incredible, but now I'm convinced that they're the BEST in the nation nearly hands-down. I could rant for hours... but then again I'd just be preaching to the choir :P Whenever people ask me what Mudd is, I just say it's the better and LAC version of Caltech :)</p>
<p>Muddslinger- I couldn't go to ASP, what's the lanyard? By the way, I'm psyched that I'll be seeing you at Mudd this fall!</p>
<p>At the beginning of the ASP program they gave us all nametags to wear on a yellow and black lanyard - Harvey Mudd College written in yellow on a black background. On the "back" of the lanyard (the side that probably shouldn't be seen), the colors are reversed and the text is backwards. It's also the first lanyard I've ever used on a daily basis now. I didn't see any like it in the book store, but I bet the admissions office has a few left over if you want one.</p>
<p>Do I know you from somewhere? Nice name btw... mostly because it involves particle physics and I love particles <em>nerd moment :O</em></p>
<p>As for RocketDA's comment... I think you better plan on a LOT of people because I got the same feeling. The second day when I was eating lunch with one of the professors, the two other ASP attendees were 90% set on it and just about everyone else I talked to said that they were probably going to Mudd also. I tried using Facebook to get a sense for how many people were attending, but all of the 5C's link to the same "Claremont 2012" category in Facebook Search -.-</p>
<p>As the official forum suggests, it just might be due to the sheer amount of food. I have never been dined like that <em>ever</em>. One of my friends who went to Columbia's version of ASP explained that they gave her, not her parents, two meal passes and a few tours and a bunch of propaganda.</p>
<p>Mudd, on the other hand, made us feel part of the community there for two days. I swear to God, the "I found my people" thing is true. The Easties kinda weirded me out with the duct tape dagger game, the people in Linde were cool and even they're rumored to be one of the lamer, quieter dorms :D</p>
<p>I love particle physics too! (One of the things I love about Mudd is that I can take my car with liscence plate QUARK there, and people will actually get it). I'm bummed I couldn't go to ASP, but given that I was ED and had already visited the campus (and live so far away), it really didn't make sense. I got the same feeling from the campus when I was there though. </p>
<p>The facebook page is Harvey Mudd 2012. If you can't find it by searching for it, PM me and I'll send you my info so you can search me instead. There are some interesting discussions going on. :D</p>
<p>*One of the things I love about Mudd is that I can take my car with liscence plate QUARK there, and people will actually get it</p>
<p>*
TACHYON would be better</p>
<p>You're not going to believe this, but it was taken. So were ATOM, HIGGS, LEPTON, and BOSON. Apparently there are scientifically literate people around here, though goodness knows where they're hiding themselves. :P</p>
<p>Who the hell has ATOM for a vanity plate? What is the reference?. HIGGS works if you have like a Ford pick up truck, or if you have a thing for theorists I suppose. BOSON and LEPTON are almost as bad as ATOM. QUARK has some functionality,</p>
<p>though I might consider:</p>
<p>NEUTRINO (probably taken)
LOLSTRINGS</p>
<p>Though this raises and appropriate question, just what would you have to pay to get a Feynman diagram for a vanity plate?</p>
<p>"NEUTRINO (probably taken)
LOLSTRINGS"</p>
<p>Too bad the CA license plate is limited to 7 characters</p>
<p>Is it a bad thing if I had to look up what a tachyon was and if I have no idea what a local string is?</p>
<p>That's it. I'm finding the ISBN number for the physics book my teacher told me about that's written by Hawking and explains lots of cool physics things.</p>
<p>Would the Higgs work for a Ford Pickup because that boson is responsible for mass?</p>
<p>Wow I feel dumb already and senior year hasn't even ended :)</p>