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Old 03-15-2008, 11:56 AM   #72
bballdude
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: MI ---> Cambridge, MA - MIT 2012
Posts: 355
Accepted

Stats:
  • SAT: 2240 (M: 780, R: 720, W: 740)
  • SAT II: Math II: 800, Chem: 780, Physics: 770
  • ACT: 35 (W: 34, M:36, R: 34, S: 36)
  • GPA: UW 4.0, W: 4.911
  • Rank: 1/350 both UW and W
  • Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AMC:101ish, 5 APs with 5s, taking both Physics C, AP CS AB, and AP Bio this year
Subjective
  • Essays: alright
  • Teacher Recs: should be good
  • Counselor Rec: should be good
  • Supplementary Material: Scholarship apps (got research scholars and biomedical summer)
  • Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): research
Personal
  • Location: MI
  • High School Type:semi-competitive. Selects top applicants from across the county
  • Ethnicity: Caucasian
  • Gender Male
  • Applied for Financial Aid: Y
Other
  • Extracurriculars: Extracurriculars: Research, Captain of tennis team, Editor in chief of literary magazine, piano for 7 years, computer programming team, coach for a FIRST lego mindstorms middle school team (counts as volunteer), volunteer at hospital, started a tutoring program
  • Awards: Siemens semifinalist
    AP Scholar with Distinction
    NM finalist
    Caltech Signature Award
    won tennis state championship as a team last year, fourth place this year
    multiple AIME qualifier, top 202 in Michigan Math Prize Competition (14000 take it)
    USACO silver division, ACSL awards
    many regional, local awards in math/science
  • Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:I was deferred, but i got in. I cannot believe it! This is amazing. See you all at CPW
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