<p>You'll probably feel a little better by getting it out than constantly thinking about it in your head. Also, it'll definitely make everyone calm down (as much as possible) when they realize that not everyone who's applying has perfect numbers and activities. </p>
<p>:) And once again, good luck!</p>
<p>I'll start - I think my weak points are probably that I don't have straight A's, I have a few B's :( And my EC's probably aren't AS strong as a lot of others' EC's.</p>
<p>I have a few B's, could've done a lot better freshman year. My SAT's are below par, and I lack national science honors and awards that other applicants have. Other than that, I think my app is pretty decent.</p>
<p>Weak:
SAT Math Score
ECs</p>
<p>Strong:
Grades
Recs
Other SAT scores/AP scores/SAT II scores
Possibly the essay...</p>
<p>It's not that I have any part of my application that I would describe as a weakness, it's just that I don't think I have anything that majorly stands out. I wish I had clarified a few things, but other than that, there's nothing I could have changed.</p>
<p>Yea, that's true too, I know what you mean. I mean my grades aren't BAD and EC's are things I love to do but nothing exxtrraa special that would make them unable to reject me =</p>
<p>Frankly, at a school like MIT, once you're "in the game" (competitive standardized test scores), everyone's got a decent chance IMO. Everyone's admission chances are higher than the quoted stats, once the definite rejects are eliminated (non-competitive stats). There are things we'll
never know about the process (does MIT need a bassoon player?), so control what you can - your own emotions. Once the application was submitted, I think the time for second-guessing was past - though the anxiety level is definitely going up, now that it's December! Good luck to all.</p>
<p>Basically, compared to some of these other MIT-caliber students, my entire application is weak, but some of the more prominent points is my SAT Math II score...which is extremely low compared to everyone else... but i have a decent Math score on the Reasoning test. Other than that, my grades are on the lower scale, but based on the context of those years, Im ecstatic about them. My recommendations hopefully were good and I chose the people I did to hilight some of my better characteristics, and my essays I think really conveyed the strongest aspects of my personality. Hopefully theyll see the effort through the extra recommendation and essay....but who knows</p>
<p>Neuron, as obvious as it is, I had actually never thought about the increase in admission chances once definite rejects are taken out of the pool. That's actually slightly soothing lol..</p>
<p>Just wondering but about how many of those people do you all think even bother applying to MIT? (People who have failed a science/math class, far too low SAT scores, no EC's..) I know there ought to be atleast SOME.. but do you think there are a significant number?</p>
<p>I think I saw numbers somewhere that said in EA they reject about as much as they admit</p>
<p>My SAT subject scores by far. If it's anything that is a hindrance, it will be that and possibly my lack of amazing ECs.</p>
<p>Oh, really? Wow.. never realized that.</p>
<p>@ Jags - What kind of extra recommendation did you send in? Just curious.</p>
<p>Well, stats</a> from last year might be interesting to review in this context:</p>
<p>Early action (class of 2011)
Applicants: 3,493
Admitted: 390
Deferred to regular action: 2,638</p>
<p>Which means 465 applicants were denied (I don't like the term "rejected") during EA last year (slightly more than 13% of the EA applicant pool). It's not clear how many of those were outright non-competitive, but certainly some of them. Whether this is "a significant number" or not is left as an exercise for the reader.</p>
<p>Ah, thanks mootmom. It never even crossed my mind that that many people were denied (you're right, better term than rejected) EA. Scares me a little bit haha..</p>
<p>My grades. I'm hoping my essays, SATs (That was internal rhyme, assonance and alliteration. I feel good!), mad extracurriculars and letters of rec make up for that.</p>
<p>We'll see. Probably not, but that's what applying to a lot of colleges and only one dream school is for!</p>
<p>Weak:
1) The typo in my essay :(. I thought I put a period but instead I typed a comma into the template. Now it looks like one huge sentence.
2) My short answers (the department one)... I think I overdid it to the extent that I didn't answer the question...Gahhhh.
3) My long essay was a bit cliche (how I was the really quiet girl who was not confident at all, but then entered a pageant and did pretty darn good). But hey, sometimes one of the most defining moments in life can be one big cliche.
4) I have never done science research. Well, I tried but it didn't work out.
5) My Verbal SAT score.</p>
<p>Hopefully my extracurriculars will help (Student Body Pres, Math Team Pres, Science Team Pres, Pageant titles, Fencing State Titles).</p>
<p>1) NOT diverse AT ALL.
2) Nothing spectacular.
3) My short answers.<br>
4) My optional essay.</p>
<p>@Jadore & montagne - you both said your short answers.. what didn't you like about them? Jadore, you said you over did it to the point that you didn't answer the question.</p>
<p>I don't really KNOW, but I have a feeling MIT leaves their questions very open to interpretation so as long as it was somewhat relevant, i wouldn't worry about it :)</p>
<p>I kinda also feel like my essay wasn't that great because I didn't write about some great creative topic. I wrote about my decision to go to a different school (not my zoned high school) to be in the IB program and how at the time it was the "end of my world" blah blah blah.. =</p>
<p>Everything sounds cliche once you think about it hard enough. I wrote my essay over how I had always hated physics until I took it my junior year and then fell in love with it. It was completely sincere but I hope they don't think that it sounds like I'm trying to suck up or something =|</p>