View Single Post
Old 04-02-2008, 12:48 PM   #140
Chone
Junior Member
 
Join Date: May 2007
Location: teh oc ftl :(
Posts: 213
Decision: Wait-listed
Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?:no
SAT I (by section):800 math, 750 writing, 700 cr
SAT IIs:750 mathII, 750 bio, 710 ushistory
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 5.01, 3.96
Rank:2/527
ACT:35 english, 34 math, 33 science, 32 writing
APs (including this year's):bio-5, compscia-4, ushistory-5, englang-5, musictheory-4; this year i'm taking englishlit, macroeconomics, americangov, calcbc, arthistory, worldhistory
IBs (including this year's:not offered
Senior Yr Courseload:most strenuous possible
Number of Apps from Your School:1
Other stats (Awards, etc.):ap scholar w/ distinction, national hispanic scholar, more but lazy/****ed
Subjective:
ECs listed on app:varsity tennis, boy's state, eagle scout, literary magazine, captain of science olympiad team
Job/Work Experience:lollicup, held same job for 18 months
Essays (subject and responses):too lazy. they were good.
Interview:incredible. lasted two and a half hours.
Teacher Recs:good, one best in career
Counselor Rec:good but impersonal, counselor changed between junior/senior years
Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):bleh
Location/Person:
State or Country:CA
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):half hispanic, not the best
Ethnicity:half hispanic half white
Gender:male
Income Bracket:100k to 150k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):half mexican that learned spanish at school only, long story.
Strengths:lots of APs
Weaknesses:nothing incredible
Why you think you were waitlisted:i suck
Other Factors:

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: sorry this is late, but i was so wrapped up in getting the same response from stanford that i unfortunately almost completely forgot about MIT. i'm hoping to get off the waitlist for either MIT, stanford, or harvard...at least i didnt get rejected anywhere.
Chone is offline   Reply