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wildchartermage · 12-16-2008, 05:17 PM

Accepted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMGGG OMGGG OMGGGG OMGGG SOO UNEXPECTED!!!!!!

Wow....after looking at those deferred people's stats...I now truly feel humbled and honored to have been to accepted...though be warned....I'm pretty much an oddball and my stats = crappy, so my stats below prob won't help you too much.

[/list]Stats:

SAT: 2160 (M: 760 CR: 720 W: 680)
SAT II: Math 2 = 800, Physics = 760, USH = 750
ACT: N/A
GPA: UW GPA > 3.8, W GPA>4.0
Rank: 16 out of ~250 in this Connecticut HS I transferred to 10 months ago from NJ.
Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Calc AB (5), AP Physics B (4), AP USH (4), currently taking AP Environmental Science, AP Biology, AP English Literature, and AP European History

Subjective

Essays: Talked about my physical disability in context of my whole life, low expectations from my teachers, relatives, and peers, and academics.
Teacher Recs: Said to be very good. One was awesome..said "clearly, she is the best of the best."
Counselor Rec: Said to be very good
Supplementary Material: Sent in a co-authored research paper & a letter of recommendation from a MIT professor I had worked with over the past summer @ Harvard Medical School.
Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): life impacting physical disability (?) & the fact I had worked with a MIT professor for the summer (?)

Personal

Location: Southeastern Connecticut...moved from northern New Jersey 10 months ago.
High School Type: 1000 ish public
Ethnicity: Asian (chinese)
Gender: Female

Other

Extracurriculars: Year long research internship at University of Connecticut's Mercury Lab, Founder and president of the math club at CT HS, founder and president of the book club at NJ HS, Science Olympaid at CT HS, and school newspaper editor at CT HS and a reporter at NJ HS. Those aren't much compared to what all of those deferred people's are....
Awards: National merit commended, and ap scholar...seriously. that is all the awards I have....none of those math or science awards that a lot of other people seem to have. I've also done NO math or science competitions throughout my high school career. NO ISEF, WESTINGHOUSE, SIEMENS or anything like that!! I even never took AMC tests!
Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:

Congrats to those who got in! For those deferred, don't be discouraged. You still have a chance. Make sure to write a very good essay and get good people to write you a stellar letter of recs...those might make a diff more than you think.

12-16-2008, 05:17 PM	#64
wildchartermage Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 845	Accepted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMGGG OMGGG OMGGGG OMGGG SOO UNEXPECTED!!!!!! Wow....after looking at those deferred people's stats...I now truly feel humbled and honored to have been to accepted...though be warned....I'm pretty much an oddball and my stats = crappy, so my stats below prob won't help you too much. [/list]Stats: SAT: 2160 (M: 760 CR: 720 W: 680) SAT II: Math 2 = 800, Physics = 760, USH = 750 ACT: N/A GPA: UW GPA > 3.8, W GPA>4.0 Rank: 16 out of ~250 in this Connecticut HS I transferred to 10 months ago from NJ. Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Calc AB (5), AP Physics B (4), AP USH (4), currently taking AP Environmental Science, AP Biology, AP English Literature, and AP European History Subjective Essays: Talked about my physical disability in context of my whole life, low expectations from my teachers, relatives, and peers, and academics. Teacher Recs: Said to be very good. One was awesome..said "clearly, she is the best of the best." Counselor Rec: Said to be very good Supplementary Material: Sent in a co-authored research paper & a letter of recommendation from a MIT professor I had worked with over the past summer @ Harvard Medical School. Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): life impacting physical disability (?) & the fact I had worked with a MIT professor for the summer (?) Personal Location: Southeastern Connecticut...moved from northern New Jersey 10 months ago. High School Type: 1000 ish public Ethnicity: Asian (chinese) Gender: Female Other Extracurriculars: Year long research internship at University of Connecticut's Mercury Lab, Founder and president of the math club at CT HS, founder and president of the book club at NJ HS, Science Olympaid at CT HS, and school newspaper editor at CT HS and a reporter at NJ HS. Those aren't much compared to what all of those deferred people's are.... Awards: National merit commended, and ap scholar...seriously. that is all the awards I have....none of those math or science awards that a lot of other people seem to have. I've also done NO math or science competitions throughout my high school career. NO ISEF, WESTINGHOUSE, SIEMENS or anything like that!! I even never took AMC tests! Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Congrats to those who got in! For those deferred, don't be discouraged. You still have a chance. Make sure to write a very good essay and get good people to write you a stellar letter of recs...those might make a diff more than you think.
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