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locke · 12-18-2007, 10:43 PM

Deferred

Stats:

SAT: never took it =] no one does over here
SAT II: 740 MathIIC, 720 Bio, 700 Chem
ACT: 33 Comp
GPA: 4.809/5 weighted
Rank: 1/450
Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): Stats 5, Bio 5, World Hist 5, Chem 4, Euro Hist 4, US Hist 3
Current Classes: AP Econ, AP Calc, AP Physics, AP English, Spanish 4, AP Env. Sci

Subjective

Essays: creative, one on dreams and how my out of the ordinary education and diverse school shaped them, and another one on how I create stuff? how I create facial expressions. =] cool.
Teacher Recs: one exceptional, one average
Counselor Rec: good I think.
Supplementary Material: none, I filled out the additional essay.
Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none.

Personal

Location: Midwest
High School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Caucasian/Asian
Gender: Female
Applied for Financial Aid: Y

Other

Extracurriculars: varsity swim captain, varsity soccer team, community art council director and intern, band, math team, nhs officer... other stuff. Environmental advocacy (i'm really involved in this and didn't tell MIT about it except in the interview- I think I'm going to write them about it. =] that was dumb of me.)
Awards: nm commended, ap scholar, state science contest, team sportsmanship award... etc.
Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I've got a lot to update them about. to all you deferred... we get another chance, and we're good enough to be competitive in the applicant pool, and that's good enough for me! My counselor was like, "Wow, you got deferred!? Nice job!" lol. oh and also, someone told me: we're all motivated and will probably be working together to engineer stuff to save the world when we get out of school, regardless of where we go to college. and it's true. =]

12-18-2007, 10:43 PM	#64
locke Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 31	Deferred Stats: SAT: never took it =] no one does over here SAT II: 740 MathIIC, 720 Bio, 700 Chem ACT: 33 Comp GPA: 4.809/5 weighted Rank: 1/450 Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): Stats 5, Bio 5, World Hist 5, Chem 4, Euro Hist 4, US Hist 3 Current Classes: AP Econ, AP Calc, AP Physics, AP English, Spanish 4, AP Env. Sci Subjective Essays: creative, one on dreams and how my out of the ordinary education and diverse school shaped them, and another one on how I create stuff? how I create facial expressions. =] cool. Teacher Recs: one exceptional, one average Counselor Rec: good I think. Supplementary Material: none, I filled out the additional essay. Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none. Personal Location: Midwest High School Type: Public Ethnicity: Caucasian/Asian Gender: Female Applied for Financial Aid: Y Other Extracurriculars: varsity swim captain, varsity soccer team, community art council director and intern, band, math team, nhs officer... other stuff. Environmental advocacy (i'm really involved in this and didn't tell MIT about it except in the interview- I think I'm going to write them about it. =] that was dumb of me.) Awards: nm commended, ap scholar, state science contest, team sportsmanship award... etc. Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I've got a lot to update them about. to all you deferred... we get another chance, and we're good enough to be competitive in the applicant pool, and that's good enough for me! My counselor was like, "Wow, you got deferred!? Nice job!" lol. oh and also, someone told me: we're all motivated and will probably be working together to engineer stuff to save the world when we get out of school, regardless of where we go to college. and it's true. =]
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