<p>So, I have the main essay about failing an important test in Karate, the first optional one about a project I did once, and for the additional info one, I can do one of two essays:</p>
<p>-An essay about my passion for science
-A more lighthearted one that takes place at MIT where some friends and I did some pretty crazy stuff.</p>
<p>MIT is my like my last hope, so I really need a good decision on this. Which should I use?</p>
<p>hey zogoto you were on the stanford boards too, right? yeah... i got rejected too.</p>
<p>Personally I think MIT would be more accepting of nerdy essays than Stanford, so the passion for science one might be good.</p>
<p>It depends how original and compelling it is, though. I'm sure there are a lot of MIT essays that share your topic.</p>
<p>Also, I think MIT cares about demonstrated interest. So if the essay that involves MIT reflects a heavy interest in them, that would be good too.</p>
<p>I dont know, try writing and completing both of them, then chilling out for a day, and then reading them to see which one you like more.</p>
<p>I already wrote and completed them (they were essays for my EA school, from which I was deferred).</p>
<p>The passion one is pretty original, I suppose, but the other one is WAY more original. I think they already know that I'm interested. Usually about half of the participants of RSI go to MIT, so if they accept me, there's a 50% chance I matriculate (actually higher, since not all Rickoids apply to MIT).</p>
<p>The passion one is good because it makes the awards/activities I've done in science more than just words on an applicantion--it adds some emotion to it all.</p>
<p>The other one is good because it shows a quirky, fun side of me, and MIT seems like the place for that. If they're wondering if I would fit in at MIT, that would put them to rest. Plus, it takes place at MIT :P</p>
<p>Bumpppppppp</p>
<p>I vote for quirky and fun!</p>
<p>you're an inspiration, mollie</p>
<p>MIT most likely has so many math/science essays that they'd already lose count of it (and get bored). go for the lighthearted one! and maybe you could inject some of that passion for science in it too.</p>
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you're an inspiration, mollie
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Hee, why? Because I use lots of exclamation points?</p>
<p>because you write like an angel, with a unique voice, down-to-earth detail and indominitable spirit</p>
<p>sounds like a stalker... one with... 4 posts</p>
<p>How would the 50% rate of RSI participants enrolling at MIT reassure them of your interest, when the matriculation rate of MIT is actually much higher than 50%?</p>
<p>Ok I don't know what I meant by that lol</p>
<p>I think it's rather funny that we meet again in the MIT boards. Whereas you see MIT as your last hope, I actually thought MIT would be much tougher to get into than my EA school. In not choosing to apply to MIT early action, I thought I was taking a slightly easier way out (not that any of them is easy). And now here I am, a few days before the deadline, still working on my MIT application. Good luck on yours.</p>
<p>Aren't you in at Harvard EA?</p>
<p>And MIT being my last hope doesn't mean I think it's easy to get. It's just my last hope.</p>
<p>Ah I see. I wonder, then, suppose you were given the choice, which would you choose? I am still unable to make up my mind, and I only refrained from applying to MIT EA due to the perceived difficulty of admittance here.</p>
<p>Oh, and to get back on topic a bit, I think you should use the passion of science essay. I guess I have no other reason to think that, except I wrote an essay on the same topic, LOL. From what you said, it seems we sent our essays on this topic to the same school, too.</p>
<p>Given the choice, I'm not sure. People on this board thing that RSI = MIT so anyone that went to RSI will do just fine at MIT, but MIT is a really really tough school. Harvard also has a more well-rounded education.</p>
<p>Yeah, and I don't know about which essay to send still. ugh.</p>
<p>I vote for the lighthearted and fun one as well. It'll balance out the tone/theme of failing the Karate exam. Good luck!</p>
<p>The thing is, some people say it doesn't sound as much about ME as it does an advertisement for RSI...because I basically talk about how cool RSI is and how much I liked all the fun/crazy things we did. I could write another fun/lighthearted one though.</p>
<p>In that case, why not send the passion about science one? LOL...</p>
<p>I accidentally submitted that one lol. I was probably going to anyway, but I put it in the application and then pressed the submit button, thinking it would give me a preview link and have another button to actually submit, but nope. Heh oh well.</p>