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03-28-2008, 12:25 PM
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#136 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Kenya
Posts: 35
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Not Admitted
Stats: - SAT: CR620 M630 W610
- SAT II: M2: 720, Chem:710, Physics: 740
- ACT:
- GPA: NA
- Rank: school doesn't rank but top 20.
- Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): British curriculum student: IGCSE O levels all A's, 'A' in A level Math, four A levels in progress, Physics, Chemistry, Geography & Further Math; predicted all A's.
- Essays: good, short was about learning languages, long was written by 'the future me' looking back.
- Teacher Recs: One was good, one was generic.
- Counselor Rec: Quite good.
- Supplementary Material:
- Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):
- Location: Nairobi, Kenya
- High School Type: Private, British curriculum
- Ethnicity: Asian
- Gender Male.
- Applied for Financial Aid:yes
- Extracurriculars: I have been in drama since 7th grade, had the lead many twice & one best actor award, stage manager, backstage, drama competitions;writer, director, actor best actor award.Model United Nations six years; Ambassador thrice, junior chair, senior chair of security council and ICJ, best resolution award. Deputy head boy, 12th grade student council rep, yearbook editor, school paper writer. Presidents award Gold standard . Lots and lots of community service (I live in an LEDC)
- Awards: School awards for drama theory, geography, IGCSE International certificate of education with distinction, regional german verse speaking winner
- Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I feel...dejected yet stoic
Last edited by molliebatmit; 08-02-2008 at 11:41 PM.
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03-28-2008, 11:57 PM
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#137 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Miami
Posts: 72
| Accepted Stats:- SAT: Math 730 Reading 660 Writing 690
- SAT II: Math IIC 720 Biology E 720 US History 700
- ACT: N/A
- GPA: 4.0 UW 6.367W
- Rank: 2/550
- Other Tests: (AMC, AP, IB) APUSH 4 Calculus AB 5 Biology 5 English Language 5
Subjective- Essays: i thought that they were really sincere and touching, about how my trainable mentally handicapped classmates inspire me
- Teacher Recs: good, i think? didn't read them
- Counselor Rec: awesome
 - Supplementary Material: (research abstracts, music recordings, art slides)
- Hook: (recruited athlete, cured cancer- only major ones that actually would have made a difference, please)
Personal- expanded a local reading tutoring program to my home elementary school (started the new chapter from scratch-3rd yr of operation), Best Buddies President, job coach for 2yrs, UF SSTP one summer, yr-long extensive research abstract about work at Bascom palmer, won 1st place in regional science fair, going to ISEF, 1st generation american, national achievement scholar
- Location:Florida
- High School Type:Public Magnet
- Ethnicity:Black
- Gender: Female
- Applied for Financial Aid: (just yes or no) Yes, but $0
Other- Extracurriculars:see "Hook", swim team one yr, science national honor society co-president
- Awards: National Achievement scholar, 1st place regional science fair (12th), various school awards (best chem, english student)
- Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:
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03-29-2008, 11:18 AM
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#138 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 180
| Waitlisted Stats:- SAT: 650 CR, 780 Math, 590 Writing
- SAT II: 800 Math 2, 740 Chem
- ACT: n/a
- GPA: 3.96 UW
- Rank: 8/842
- Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): IB Math SL - 7, IB Chem SL - 5, AP Eng. Lit. - 3, AP Government - 3, AP Psych - 4
Subjective- Essays: Must have been good. I wrote about how my parent's low income status has influenced me and my decisions in life.
- Teacher Recs: Didn't read. Good I'm assuming.
- Counselor Rec: Didn't read either. Must have been good because she knows me very well.
- Supplementary Material: None
- Interview: It was a fun conversation. Talked about MIT, sports, my strong interest in math and wanting to partake in the Putnam Exam
- Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None
Personal- Location: Florida
- High School Type: Large Public
- Ethnicity: Chinese
 - Gender: Male
Other- Extracurriculars: Mu Alpha Theta, Phi Beta Chi, and other basic honor societies.
- Awards: None when I applied. I won like 2 regional math competitions for Mu Alpha Theta in November.
- Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Really surprised I got waitlisted. MIT is my dream school and I will do my best to get in from the waitlist. Congratulations to everyone who got accepted!
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03-31-2008, 12:24 PM
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#139 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 33
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For my son: Rejected Stats:- SAT: 800Cr/750M/780W
- SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Physics
- GPA: 3.9? uw
- Rank: top 5 of 300
- Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Physics B, AP Comp Sci A, AP lang, all 5
Subjective- Essays: okay
- Teacher Recs: don't know
- Counselor Rec: don't know
- Supplementary Material: none
- Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none
Personal- Location: NJ
- High School Type: mediocre public
- Ethnicity: white
- Gender M
- Applied for Financial Aid: Yes
Other[list][*]Extracurriculars: FIRST robotics (4 years, captain as senior), debate (3 years, captain as senior), math elague, science league[*]Awards: NMF, AP Scholar[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Didn't interview. Not sure if MIT was the right place for him. Congratulations to class of '12
