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StacyOgie · 12-15-2008, 09:48 PM

Deferred

Stats:

SAT: 1870 (630 Critical Reading, 600 Math, 640 Writing)
SAT II: 550 Math 1, 520 Biology
ACT:N/A
GPA: 3.81W (honors courses taken in Texas but not factored into this GPA)
Rank:Top 1%
Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):

Subjective

Essays: Intended major: Computer Science. What you do for fun: Drawing.
Personal Statement: how working as a "janitor" along with my parents started my love for animation. Creation: website made for friend who is a rapper. Optional: how my mother's cancer motivated me to want to research cancer to find a cure. Supplemental:how much I wanted to go to MIT
Teacher Recs: Humanities:lukewarm. Science teacher's was absolutely amazing
Counselor Rec: Don't know about the quality but I assume it was good.
Supplementary Material: Art portfolio
Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): low-income, inner city school, obstacles

Personal

Location: Boston, MA
High School Type: Inner-city (you start pre-algebra type classes in the 10th and start pre-calc in 12th. Science courses are a joke. No APs, IBs only four "core" classes)
Ethnicity:Nigerian
Gender: Female

Other

Extracurriculars:C++ Programming, 3D Animation, drawing, Computer graphics,<-- all self taught Future Engineers Club, Harvard GSD summer program, Harvard GSD citizen's schools
Awards: Radioshack Scholar, various school awards
Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:

First of all, congrats to everyone who got in, and I'm really sorry to those who did not.

I am really excited(weird huh). I seriously thought that my application would've been flat-out rejected. Now before anyone says anything, I'd like to put myself within context because many feel that minorities have the "easy way out." First off, I'm not even from Boston; I'm originally from Texas. I stayed there until my sophomore year. However during my freshman year, I had to follow my parents to the janitorial service jobs. Every Friday, my parents would take my brother and I to this gas station/Wendy's at 12 o'clock at night. We would help them sweep and mop. On Sundays it was even worse. My father had suffered from many strokes and could not do the work so I had to vacuum sixteen rooms and sweep a huge warehouse. My mother at this time was working double shifts at a nursing home and soon contracted sarcoma cancer. We were forced to move to Boston and stay with my aunt. After a year, we moved from shelter to shelter and finally to the projects we currently reside in that has a rep for murders and shootings.

I know that I'll probably get blasted for even being deferred but I wanted to give hope to those who are in situations like mine.

12-15-2008, 09:48 PM	#37
StacyOgie Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Boston, Massachusetts Posts: 31	Deferred Stats: SAT: 1870 (630 Critical Reading, 600 Math, 640 Writing) SAT II: 550 Math 1, 520 Biology ACT:N/A GPA: 3.81W (honors courses taken in Texas but not factored into this GPA) Rank:Top 1% Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): Subjective Essays: Intended major: Computer Science. What you do for fun: Drawing. Personal Statement: how working as a "janitor" along with my parents started my love for animation. Creation: website made for friend who is a rapper. Optional: how my mother's cancer motivated me to want to research cancer to find a cure. Supplemental:how much I wanted to go to MIT Teacher Recs: Humanities:lukewarm. Science teacher's was absolutely amazing Counselor Rec: Don't know about the quality but I assume it was good. Supplementary Material: Art portfolio Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): low-income, inner city school, obstacles Personal Location: Boston, MA High School Type: Inner-city (you start pre-algebra type classes in the 10th and start pre-calc in 12th. Science courses are a joke. No APs, IBs only four "core" classes) Ethnicity:Nigerian Gender: Female Other Extracurriculars:C++ Programming, 3D Animation, drawing, Computer graphics,<-- all self taught Future Engineers Club, Harvard GSD summer program, Harvard GSD citizen's schools Awards: Radioshack Scholar, various school awards Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: First of all, congrats to everyone who got in, and I'm really sorry to those who did not. I am really excited(weird huh). I seriously thought that my application would've been flat-out rejected. Now before anyone says anything, I'd like to put myself within context because many feel that minorities have the "easy way out." First off, I'm not even from Boston; I'm originally from Texas. I stayed there until my sophomore year. However during my freshman year, I had to follow my parents to the janitorial service jobs. Every Friday, my parents would take my brother and I to this gas station/Wendy's at 12 o'clock at night. We would help them sweep and mop. On Sundays it was even worse. My father had suffered from many strokes and could not do the work so I had to vacuum sixteen rooms and sweep a huge warehouse. My mother at this time was working double shifts at a nursing home and soon contracted sarcoma cancer. We were forced to move to Boston and stay with my aunt. After a year, we moved from shelter to shelter and finally to the projects we currently reside in that has a rep for murders and shootings. I know that I'll probably get blasted for even being deferred but I wanted to give hope to those who are in situations like mine.
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