The Official Decisions Thread!

[Seiken]

Yes lets get some stats rolling to appease the curious masses:

Here is an appropriate format from the MIT decisions thread. Just delete the spaces on the left side of each box.

[ size=+1][ color=green][ b]Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]

[ size=+1][ color=red][ b]Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]

[ size=+1][ color=blue][ b]Waitlisted[ /b][ /color][ /size]

[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *]SAT:
[ *]SAT II:
[ *]ACT:
[ *]GPA:
[ *]Rank:
[ *]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):
[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays:
[ *]Teacher Recs:
[ *]Counselor Rec:
[ *]Supplementary Material:
[ *]Interview:
[ *]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): [ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[ *]Location:
[ *]High School Type:
[ *]Ethnicity:
[ *]Gender: [ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *]Extracurriculars:
[ *]Awards:
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[ /list]

[robertkim]

I got my letter today, and I got in!
I will just do a quick stat here:
SAT 2220 (M800 CR 740 W680)
SATII Math II 800 / Physics 800
GPA: 4.76 Rank: 1/580 ish
Some math ecs like AIME, ARML, etc..

[elscorcho429]

Accepted

Stats:

• SAT: 2350 (790 CR, 760 M, 800 W)
• SAT II: 790 Math 2, 770 Chemistry, 710 US History
• ACT: 35
• GPA: 5.something (4.0 unweighted)
• Rank: 2
• Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I have NO idea how I got in, but I'll gladly take it. Good luck to all of you. <("<)

[cathaychris]

Rejected

Stats:

• SAT: 2270
• SAT II: 770 Math 2C, 760 Physics, 640 Spanish
• GPA: 3.87 unweighted, 4.14 weighted
• Rank: top 5%
• Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Physics: 5; AP English/Spanish: 4

Subjective

• Essays: One very strong,
• Teacher Recs: One amazing, one should be pretty good, didn't know me for long though
• Counselor Rec: Very good, HMC called her and she was even more supportive then
• Interview: Admissions director came to my school; I was the only student who came to meet him; made a good impression

Personal

• Location: Southern California
• High School Type: Public
• Ethnicity: White
• Gender: Male

Other

• Extracurriculars: Show Choir 4 yrs, ASB 3 yrs, voluntary tutoring
• Awards: Comm. Service, Student of Quarter, etc.
• Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:

[mycornell]

if they want to reject me,just send me an e-mail, then i can make my final decision!!!!
i'm going to write an email....

[munich95]

For those who got in, when's the pre-frosh weekend/ days? (this is hoping I get a nice fat envelope tomorrow!)

[wheeloffantasy]

cathaychris, how did you get your acceptance already? Did it come in the mail? I didn't receive mine yet, but I am in Northern California.

[kkahuna]

Rejected

SAT: 2110
SAT II: Math 2C 760, Bio M 740, Chem 700, Lit 650
GPA: 4.0 wt
Rank: Top 5%
Other Tests: AP Chem 4, AP Bio 5, AP Calc 4, AP Psych 4
Essays: experience in Academic Decathlon
Teacher Recs: Great one from Ac Dec coach
Location: So Cal
High School Type: Small Private Catholic
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Extracurriculars: Ac Dec
Awards: High School Science Fair

Mudd was a reach for me anyway. got into UCLA and UCSD, rejected at UCB. Also rejected at Rice, and wait-listed at Hopkins. UCLA, here I come!

[dhruv17590]

Accepted



Stats:

• SAT: 2030 (You better believe it! SATs aren't everything)
• SAT II: Math IIc: 800 Physics: 800
• GPA: 92.6% (Indian System, Not sure what that'd translate to)
• Rank: Top 3

Subjective

• Essays: Different I guess. About "blurring the lines" between art science and engineering
• Teacher Recs: One was very positive. Other one was patchy.
• Counselor Rec: Pretty fantastic I think
• Supplementary Material: Reccomendations from my advisor professors in Math and Physics (From the Indian Instiute of Technology) which basically said I knew Math and Physics 2 years ahead of my time
• Interview: I live in India for god's sake!! hehe
• Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): I guess the supplementary materials said what my test scores couldnt.

Personal

• Location: Madras India
• High School Type: Private, Tiny and Rubbish
• Ethnicity: Indian
• Gender: Male
  

Other

• Extracurriculars: Indian/Western Classical Violinst, Vocalist, Part time programmer/computer maintainence, Tennis, Sprinting, Photography, Network administration for a company and VoIP systems consulting
• Awards: Nationally ranked well up on a few occasions in Math/Physics/Science olympiads, Couple of National Quiz wins, Multiple track and field gold medalist, A couple of computer projects for a couple of companies, Some other stuff that I put there too lazy to remember
• Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:
  
  If the SAT scores were everything there's not a chance in hell I would have gotten in. I'm pretty sure I will have the lowest SAT score of any admitted student this year (there is a weird reason as to why its so low but thats for later)
  
  If you didnt get in, it means nothing. The applicant pool is so self selecting for this place that most likely you will get into a place that is absolutely fantastic. And honestly I think that when you're into the top institutions, you make the difference not the college.

[wheeloffantasy]

"I have NO idea how I got in"

I'd guess it has something to do with the near perfect SAT and ACT scores and 4.0 GPA

Congratulations.

[dhruv17590]

^^^Could be! Could be!!

[Seiken]

I got admitted twice with a 2080, 2030 isnt all that low, especially if you have a sink in writing which is not looked at as much as the other two sections. Though kudos for getting in as an international; thats very tough.

[dhruv17590]

^^Thanky...My writing section was the dip but my Math section was only 700...Because...and this is good...I skipped one question but filled in the circle for that question number. So every single question till the end of the section was wrong I think. By the time I realised I couldnt change it.

[714nD1]

If you didnt get in, it means nothing. The applicant pool is so self selecting for this place that most likely you will get into a place that is absolutely fantastic. And honestly I think that when you're into the top institutions, you make the difference not the college.

I fervently second you here dhruv, and congratulations on your admission to this wonderful school.

[Pwninjaga]

Accepted!

Stats:

• SAT: 2250, 800 Math, 700 CR, 750 Writing
• SAT II: 800 Math IIC, 800 Physics, 800 Chemistry
• ACT: N/A
• GPA: 4.9 weighted? Something like that.
• Rank: School doesn't rank, but somewhere in the top 10%
• Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5's on AP Calculus BC and Physics B. Also qualified for AIME, though I don't remember my exact score.

Subjective

• Essays: Very proud of a few. Somewhat unsure about others. To be honest, I did end up having to rush through a couple.
• Teacher Recs: Teachers say they wrote good things, liked me a lot in class, so I can't complain.
• Counselor Rec: Also very good. According to her.
• Interview: Visited the campus and had a nice chat with the dean of admissions. I really liked the guy, he even sent me a nice email to congratulate me on my acceptance.

Personal

• Location: New York (Long Island)
• High School Type: Public
• Ethnicity: Asian
• Gender: Male

Other

• Extracurriculars: Bunch of science/math stuff. Also play the cello. Does unicycling count?
• Awards: Nothing too prestigious. Placed well in local math tournaments, science competitions, etc.
• Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:
  
  I have to admit I was extremely worried and stressed before Harvey Mudd's decision came in, having been rejected by a handful of the schools I'd applied to. All I can say is I agree with dhruv entirely. If you're strong enough to consider Harvey Mudd, a few rejections should mean nothing; you'll no doubt end up successful wherever you go. Don't let admissions get you down for too long. When you're enjoying life and doing great things next year, you'll realize how pointless stressing over colleges really is.