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eisensteinprime · 12-15-2008, 09:08 PM

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Stats:

SAT: 2280 (800 CR, 770 M, 710 W)
SAT II: 800 Math 2, 800 Physics, 800 Chemistry, 750 US History, 540 Japanese (shouldn't have attempted this . . .)
GPA: I'm homeschooled. For my independent study classes, my parents basically grade me (they gave me all A's). I've also taken a LOT of college classes and gotten all A's in those.
Rank: 1 out of 1 . . .
Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): A lot of math competitions. Best AMC series: AMC 12 130.5, AIME 9, USAMO 11

Subjective

Essays: Pretty good, I thought.
Teacher Recs: Math club coach - excellent. College professor (philosophy) - should be good. Mathcamp instructor - should be excellent
Counselor Rec: My parents - typical parent stuff, I doubt they took this too seriously.
Supplementary Material: I sent my term paper from philosophy for some reason. I'm not sure why I included it, but it was pretty good.
Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Homeschooled? I don't know what effect that has.

Personal

Location: Maryland
High School Type: Homeschooled
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male

Other

Extracurriculars: Few. Mainly a ton of involvement with my homeschoolers' math club and math team, general extracurricular math, and then I listed a few interests, like politics and reading.
Awards: Math competition stuff - USAMO Qualifier, Tiebreakers at ARML, first tier Mandelbrot . . .
Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Agh. I was accepted at Caltech and UChicago, so I was getting sort of cocky. Should have known that MIT was going to be tougher.

12-15-2008, 09:08 PM	#16
eisensteinprime Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 84	Deferred Stats: SAT: 2280 (800 CR, 770 M, 710 W) SAT II: 800 Math 2, 800 Physics, 800 Chemistry, 750 US History, 540 Japanese (shouldn't have attempted this . . .) GPA: I'm homeschooled. For my independent study classes, my parents basically grade me (they gave me all A's). I've also taken a LOT of college classes and gotten all A's in those. Rank: 1 out of 1 . . . Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): A lot of math competitions. Best AMC series: AMC 12 130.5, AIME 9, USAMO 11 Subjective Essays: Pretty good, I thought. Teacher Recs: Math club coach - excellent. College professor (philosophy) - should be good. Mathcamp instructor - should be excellent Counselor Rec: My parents - typical parent stuff, I doubt they took this too seriously. Supplementary Material: I sent my term paper from philosophy for some reason. I'm not sure why I included it, but it was pretty good. Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Homeschooled? I don't know what effect that has. Personal Location: Maryland High School Type: Homeschooled Ethnicity: White Gender: Male Other Extracurriculars: Few. Mainly a ton of involvement with my homeschoolers' math club and math team, general extracurricular math, and then I listed a few interests, like politics and reading. Awards: Math competition stuff - USAMO Qualifier, Tiebreakers at ARML, first tier Mandelbrot . . . Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Agh. I was accepted at Caltech and UChicago, so I was getting sort of cocky. Should have known that MIT was going to be tougher.
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