Consolidated EA/RD 2012 results thread

[Jarn]

Deferred

Stats:

• SAT II: Math IIC: 760; Physics: 710; World History: 750
• ACT: 34
• GPA: 3.82 UW
• Rank: 19/189
• Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5 on AP Stats, 3 on AP World History and AP U.S. History

Subjective

• Essays: Very interesting, about Slashdot
• Teacher Recs: Stupendous
• Counselor Rec: Unknown, probably crap

Personal

• Location: Minnesota
• High School Type: Small public
• Ethnicity: White
• Gender: Male
• Applied for Financial Aid: Y

Other

• Extracurriculars: Quiz Bowl Captain (3 years, Captain 1), Math League (3 years), Science Olympiad (4 years)
• Awards: 1st in regional Science Olympiad, 7th in state, NMSF

[cory123]

Deferred

Stats:

• SAT: 2310
• SAT II: 800/770/760 iic/bio/ush
• ACT: n/a
• GPA: 4.79
• Rank: 2/15x
• Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): calc - 4, stats - 4, apush 5, bio 5, amc12 - 109.5, aime - 3

Subjective

• Essays: pretty good i thought. didn't do the optional essay, but wrote one of my own about my passion for running. main was how i overcame my fear of public speaking through a summer internship
• Teacher Recs: one was good from my coach/history teacher. other no idea but i imagine it was decent
• Counselor Rec: generic
• Supplementary Material: rec from my boss, the cmio at cornell medical college
• Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): supported by the xc/track coach at mit

Personal

• Location: NJ
• High School Type: Public
• Ethnicity: Asian
• Gender: Male
• Applied for Financial Aid: Not Yet

Other

• Extracurriculars: xc/track, 6 week paid internship at cornell in manhattan, summer teaching poor children in china, hospital volunteering, other random stuff
• Awards: bunch of running awards, amc/aime school winners, nothing amazing
• Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Reasons why deferred was probably just my lack of big awards, and perhaps not writing the optional essay

[lsmsa]

Accepted

Stats:

• SAT: 2150 (740 verbal, 720 math, 690 writing)
• SAT II: 800 Math II, 760 Chemistry
• ACT: 35
• GPA: 4.0 UW
• Rank: School does not rank
• Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Calculus AB: 5, AP Chemistry: 4

Subjective

• Essays: I thought they were pretty good. My optional was about delivering speeches.
• Teacher Recs: I bet they were excellent.
• Counselor Rec: We're pretty close, so probably more specific than usual.
• Supplementary Material: Rec from my research mentor.
• Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Hmmm...I'm senior class president, and I think that's not a type MIT sees often.

Personal

• Location: Natchitoches, Louisiana (My family is in New Orleans)
• High School Type: Public, residential (Louisiana School)
• Ethnicity: White
• Gender: Female
• Applied for Financial Aid: Yes, I submitted the PROFILE.

Other

• Extracurriculars: Class president, MAO, Science Quizbowl, French Club, Research, employed when I was at home.
• Awards: Graduation with Distinction, National Chem Olympiad, National French Exam, National Merit, ACS exam
• Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Wow- I really can't believe it. It's been a hoot, guys. Just need to find out about other schools now. (Read: Caltech)

[njtitans16]

Accepted! I love God



Stats:

• SAT: 800 Math, 760 Reading, 680 Writing, 2240
• SAT II: 800 Math IIC, 770 Physics, 780 Chem
• ACT: N/A
• GPA: 3.99/4 unweigthed (B in freshman health -_-), about 4.65 weighted
• Rank: not ranked but definitely top 5 out of about 300
• Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AMC12 about 106. didn't post my AIME scoer
  AP Chem/Lang/Calc BC all 5's

Subjective

• Essays: Pretty Good
• Teacher Recs: Should've been good.
• Counselor Rec: Good, atlked a lot about my leadership.
• Supplementary Material: I think i got a good rec from my xc coach because he talked about how I wasn't the best runner, and this was one of the few thigns iw asn't good at in life, but I worked hard regardless. I can work through disappointments.
• Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): I'm giong to play lacrosse at MIT, got a letter of support from teh coach. I also am the NJ Boys State Governor.

Personal

• Location: NJ
• High School Type: Top top Public
• Ethnicity: Korean
• Gender: Male
• Applied for Financial Aid: I will

Other

• Extracurriculars:4 Year Varsity Hockey, 3 Year Captain, 3 Years Varsity Lacrosse, Sr captain, 2 Yrs Varsity XC, Did some Siemens, but didnt submit, Math Club at times, Spanish Honor Society, Peer Leader, Acapella Group, Choir
• Awards: Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science Award, MVP/Coach's Awards, Honorable mentions for hockey/lacrosse
• Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I think my Boys State Governorship really clinched it. Theres only one a year. Also I had some extracurricular leadership that probably made me stand out. I didn't just paly sports but I was a captain in a lot of them and Boys State helped that too.
  
  What I tried to show in my application/interview/essay/recs was my match potential. I did my best to "fit" what MIT wanted in a student, but I didn't do it JUST to fit MIT, they were thigns taht are true about me that I tried to show them to the best that I could. I showed them that I'm a good student, but that I've gone through failures. In my interview i explained why I wanted to go to MIT and what it would mean to me but that I'm also a normal kid. In the explain what you like to do for fun section, i didnt talk about research or anything, I said I like to hang out with my friends. Be yourself, show that you match Good luck!

[la montagne]

Deferred *sniffle* No Tube.

Stats:

• SAT: 2350 (800 W, 780 M, 770 CR)
• SAT II: 800 Chem, 780 Math IIC (and 770 French and 740 Bio M)
• ACT: 36
• GPA: 4.0UW, 4.72W
• Rank: 3/320
• Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Calc AB 5; AP Chem 5; AP Bio 5; AP French 4; AP US History 5; AP English Lang 5; AMC 100.5, AIME 1 (eww)

Subjective

• Essays: I thought it was creative.
• Teacher Recs: Stellar
• Counselor Rec: Above Average
• Supplementary Material: None, but will probably be sending some in now.
• Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):

None
Personal

• Location: NJ
• High School Type: Public, not magnet
• Ethnicity: White
• Gender: F
• Applied for Financial Aid: N

Other

• Extracurriculars: FBLA, Science Club, Math Club, History Club, Girl Scouts, Drama Club, Fencing, a bunch more
• Awards: Too many to name, none overly important.
• Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: *Sniffle* It's what I expected, though. I can only save my hope for RD and start working on those god-forsaken applications. I want to finish Princeton's by tonight, its priority app deadline.

[.:Indian:.]

Deferred

Stats:

• SAT: 2310 (1580 M + CR, 730 W, 8 E) First time
• SAT II: 770 Math 2, 740 USH, 730 Bio M
• ACT: 34 (35 Math, 34 everything else)
• GPA: 3.63 UW, 4.24 W
• Rank: N/A I think at least top 10%
• Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): Euro History (4), US History (5), Biology (5), Calculus AB (5); AIME (3)

Subjective

• Essays: I thought the main one was awesome (in hindsight, perhaps not?), I wrote the optional one with something I created for Science Fair
• Teacher Recs: Good, I think, they both love me...
• Counselor Rec: Decent? She likes me, so...
• Supplementary Material: I sent in an abstract from my summer research at JPL - I'll send in another rec as part of the deferral "appeal".
• Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Nothing really...I've moved around a lot in my life...?

Personal

• Location: Sunny Los Angeles, CA
• High School Type: Public
• Ethnicity: Indian
• Gender: Male
• Applied for Financial Aid: Y

Other

• Extracurriculars: Chess (10 years) - lots of national/state awards; top 65 in the nation in my age group. Paid Summer Internship at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA. Science Fair projects...tutor/teach chess at the Boys and Girls Club of Pasadena. Some other stuff...w/e
• Awards: AP Scholar with Honor, National Merit Commended, couple of other awards and stuff - nothing spectacular...
• Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Damn...I gotta work on apps now
  
  I think the problems in my app were my GPA and my lack of conspicuous awards. We'll see.

[Chelmar]

Decision: Deferred

No tube here.

Objective:

• Deferred EA?
• SAT I (breakdown): 2340 (800 M/800 CR/740 W, 11 essay)
• ACT: never took
• SAT II: 800 Bio E, 800 Math 2, 800 Lit, 800 USH
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/~300
• AP (place score in parenthesis): four 5s (Euro, Bio, Calc BC, USH), one 4 (English Lang)
• IB (place score in parenthesis): none
• Senior Year Course Load: 6 APs (English Lit, French, US Gov, Stats, Physics C, Chem)
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): ARML, AIME, National Merit Semifinalist

Subjective:

• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Founding Academic Team Varsity Captain (11-12), Founding Math Team Captain (11-12), Founding Mock Trial Co-captain/Attorney (11-12), Science Olympiad Captain (12), Literary Magazine Assistant Editor (12), Varsity Swimmer (9, 11-12), Research on mammalian taste receptors (summer 2007-present). Will probably be President of French Honor Society. Include regional/state math and science awards. Since we are a new school, I took the responsibility to involve students in clubs and the International Olympiads (Chem, Bio, Physics).
• Job/Work Experience: Research (see above)
• Volunteer/Community service: Major ones total ~300 hrs at library (2005-present), camp counselor (summer 2006). I have a theme of informally teaching students math, physics, etc.
• Summer Activities: Volunteer, research (see above)
• Essays: Unique, unifying, very good!
• Teacher Recommendations: Excellent!
• Counselor Rec: Excellent!
• Additional Rec: From research mentor, also excellent!
• Interview: Went very well! Lasted one and a half hours.

Other

• State (if domestic applicant): PA
• School Type: Public, opened 2006
• Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)
• Gender: M
• Income Bracket: ~$100,000
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM? Not much of a hook

Reflection

• Strengths: Good recs, took major initiative at new school, showed sensible risk-taking?
• Weaknesses: No very major awards, e.g. USAMO/USAPhO? Then again, I helped start those at school
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No USAMO etc.?

General Comments: Good Luck!!

[BPKO43]

I was deferred as well with similar stats (2390/36), rank 1/190, and amazing recs. I am a white male, applied for financial aid as well, if that means anything

[Flying]

I usually just lurk, but I'm so excited, so I'm posting:

Accepted

Stats:

• SAT: 2240 (760M, 760CR, 720W)
• SAT II: 800 Math II, 770 Bio E
• ACT:
• GPA: 4.02/4.33 UW
• Rank: N/A
• Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Bio, US History, and Language and Composition: 5, Calc BC: 4 (5 on AB subscore)

Subjective

• Essays: All very strong except for the short one asking about what dept I was interested in
• Teacher Recs: Didn't read, but probably very good
• Counselor Rec: Don't know her that well but she loves me
• Supplementary Material: Optional essays describing some of my personal quirks
• Hook: None

Personal

• Location: New Jersey
• High School Type: Large Public
• Ethnicity: White
• Gender: Female
• Applied for Financial Aid: N

Other

• Extracurriculars: Jazz band, Environmental Club, Envirothon, Hebrew High School, Chinese Honor Society
• Awards: Best jazz band in the state (2006, 2007), best saxophone section in the state (2005), 3rd place at NJ Envirothon and best in 3 other categories, National Merit Semifinalist, Smith Book Award, NJ Governor's School on the Environment
• Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I think my essays were what pulled me through.

[Rainalai]

Accepted!

Stats:

• SAT: Math -780, Verbal - 800, Writing - 800
• SAT II: Biology - 730, Chemistry 790, Chinese - 800, Math IIC - 800
• ACT: n/a
• GPA: 4.63 weighted
• Rank: top 5% (school doesn't rank)
• Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Calculus - 5, AP Physics B - 5, AP Language and Composition - 5, AP Psychology - 5, AP US History - 5

Subjective

• Essays: I personally really liked them; I thought they reflected all different sides of me well. My English teacher loved them, so I hope they helped in the decisions.
• Teacher Recs: one from junior year physics teacher, one from sophomore year history teacher. I'm close to both of them, so I think they must have written great recommendations.
• Counselor Rec: Same as teacher recs. I go to a small school, so I really got to know my counselor well.
• Supplementary Material: art portfolio of my best work, extra recommendation from a professor of the lab in which I worked for the past three summers
• Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none

Personal

• Location: Central Jersey
• High School Type: small public
• Ethnicity: Chinese
• Gender: Female
• Applied for Financial Aid: Y

Other

• Extracurriculars:
  - Volunteer at Local Library for four to twelve hours every week ever since summer before freshman year all the way to summer of junior year before taking on a job at the same library and working until present time
  - Volunteer at soup kitchen first Friday of every month
  - Volunteer/Internship at Rutgers University Cell Biology and Neuroscience Lab every summer since freshman year - 9 am - 5 pm Monday through Friday
  - Editor-in-chief of school newspaper since junior year
  - Student Congress: Freshman - representative, Sophomore - Treasurer, Junior - Vice President
  - Captain of Science Bowl (senior year)
  - 4 Model UN and 3 Model Congress conferences
  - Physics Captain of school NJ Science-letes team
  - Art since freshman year
  - Achieved ABRSM certification in Level 8 piano at the age of 13
• Awards: a bunch of art awards - 1 international winning piece, 2 international second place, 1 national winning piece, 1 state winning piece, multiple local and state honorable mentions, Model UN distinguished delegate award and best journalist award. Science-letes: Bio 7th in state, Physics 11th in state, AP Scholar.
• Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:

I'm unbelievably excited right now, and this is the best Christmas present I could have hoped for. I'm glad the admissions committee recognized how much I really want to go to MIT, and how much I would be willing to take advantage of every resource they have as well as give back to the MIT community. That's probably all it came down to - the fact that I expressed my passions well and that I showed I'm a normal person who has weird quirks like an obsession with cultural Chinese movies. I also have to thank all the people who wrote me recommendations and my interviewer, and basically everyone that made a difference.

Good luck to everyone who got deferred, and those who are applying regular decision! Don't lose hope yet! I thought getting into MIT was impossible, but here I am... still slightly in shock. My thoughts are with all of you! Hang in there!

[holt1926]

Accepted!!!!!

Stats:

• SAT: 2250 (800 M 720 CR 730 W)
• SAT II: 800 MathIIC; 740 BioE
• ACT: n/a
• GPA: 3.9 UW 4.2 W
• Rank: 7/442
• Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Biology - 5; AP Calculus - 5; APUSH -5; AP Language - 4; AMC 12 - 105; AIME - 5

Subjective

• Essays: I thought they were pretty good. My lit teacher said they were "excellent."
• Teacher Recs: One amazing rec and one pretty good rec.
• Counselor Rec: Didn't really know her but she talked to my teachers and I think it turned out fine.
• Supplementary Material: I turned in a pretty flawless French Horn recording and also the abstract of a research project I worked on last summer at my internship.
• Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): URM

Personal

• Location: California
• High School Type: Public
• Ethnicity: Caucasian/Hispanic
• Gender: M
• Applied for Financial Aid: Y

Other

• Extracurriculars: Young Peoples Symphony Orchestra; Brass Quintet ; Private lessons (6 years); Classical Piano (12 years); Wind Ensemble - Section Leader; Marching Band - Section Leader ; Musical Pit Orchestra - Lead Horn ; Interlochen Arts Camp ; Scuba diving for 8 years; Active in Project AWARE (underwater conservation program); Founder and Vice-president of the Science Club; Marine research with a professor; Biotechnology Research at School; Chess Club; Volunteer at a rock wall; Environmental Consulting Internship
  
• Awards: AP scholar with honor, two time AIME qualifier, three time principals honor roll, most outstanding musician award, two time California all-state wind symphony, two time All Northern California honor band - principal horn, two time All Solano Country honor band - principal horn, all Northern California honor band scholarship
• Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I'm so happy! I cannot believe this!

[LesOs]

Deferred

Stats:

• SAT: 800W 760CR 700M
• SAT II: 800 Chemistry, 740 Math IIc
• ACT: 34 (but not submitted)
• GPA: 5.038/5.3
• Rank: 2/330ish
• Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5 Chem, 5 APUSH, 5 Envi Sci

Subjective

• Essays: I thought it was creative... my teacher loved it, too. It might not have been literal enough, though.
• Teacher Recs: One amazing, the other I'm not too sure about... I wasn' t that close to him, but he gave me an award, so...
• Counselor Rec: Very good
• Supplementary Material: N/A
• Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Nope

Personal

• Location: NE
• High School Type: Public
• Ethnicity: White
• Gender: Female
• Applied for Financial Aid: No

Other

• Extracurriculars: 1st clarinet for all 4 yrs, clarinet choir, pep band, select wind ensemble, tutor, NHS VP, town council workshop coordinator, French Club secretary, Habitat for Humanity, Model UN, varsity XC/track, etc. etc. etc.
• Awards: USNCO Semi-Finalist, Harvard Book Award, Scholastic Art and & Writing Awards RAL Gold Key, science fair grand prize winner, National Merit Commended, AP Scholarish-thing, other silly school departmental awards (Outstanding Student of AP Chemistry, etc.)
• Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I'm obviously not too happy, but I'm getting over it. My test scores in Math did me in...

[tongchen1226]

I just came back from volleyball. I checked on my cell, my friend and my parents confirmed it. And....

Accepted!!!

Stats:

* SAT: 2340 (R740, M800, W800)
* SAT II: World His-800, Math II-800, Physics-800, Chinese-800.
* ACT: 35
* GPA: 4.0/4.8
* Rank: 2/329
* Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):
5s on Calc BC, Stat, Chem, Phys B, Phys C M, Phys C EM, Euro His, US His;
AMC 12: 126.5, AIME: 9, USAMO Qualifier.

Subjective

* Essays: Katrina essay: how Katrina helped me
* Teacher Recs: Math teacher commented on personal qualities while Econ/Euro teacher concentrated on academics
* Counselor Rec: something good, i forgot.
* Supplementary Material: I emailed them saying that I won Siemens AP for Louisiana
* Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none (mini-hooks: came to US in 8th grade; going through Katrina; USAMO qualifier)

Personal

* Location: New Orleans, LA
* High School Type: Public
* Ethnicity: Chinese
* Gender: Male
* Applied for Financial Aid: YES

Other

* Extracurriculars: Mu Alpha Theta: President, VP/re-founder; Engineering Club, VP*2; Student Council: VP, Treasurer*2; Quiz Bowl: Captain; Varsity Soccer, district champions
* Awards: USAMO Qual., AP National Scholar, Siemens AP (Louisiana), National Merit Semifinalist.
* Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: OMG IM CALLING EVERYONE IN CHINA.

[pwafflesprinkles]

Accepted!!


Stats:

• SAT: 2370 (800M 770R 800W)
• SAT II: 800 Math IIC, 780 Bio M, 760 US History
• GPA: 4.76W, 4.00UW
• Rank: 1/311
• Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5's on Calc AB, US History, Bio, 109.5 AMC 12, 3 AIME

Subjective

• Essays: main one about how science research has shaped my goals and dreams, excellent... optional one about a dream house i designed, liked that one ^^
• Teacher Recs: one amazing (i'm guessing that's what got me in, didn't actually read it but she was determined to get me in lol), one great (really good writer)
• Counselor Rec: no idea, probably good
• Supplementary Material: research abstract
• Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):

Personal

• Location: OH
• High School Type: Public, 1-3 grads to HYPSM per year
• Ethnicity: Chinese
• Gender: Female
• Applied for Financial Aid: Y

Other

• Extracurriculars: science research!! antibiotic research/lymphoma research (big part of my life), orchestra (concertmistress/president), science olympiad, speech & debate, interact volunteer organization (200+ hours from tutoring/gift-wrapping for charity)
• Awards: Siemens Semifinalist, National Merit Semifinalist, AP Scholar
• Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:

i still can't believe i got in early!!!! eeeeeeeeeeeee

[GleasSpty]

Deferred

Stats:

• SAT (superscore): CR 680, 800 M, 660 W
• SAT II: Math Lvl. 2 800, Physics 800, Chem. 790
• ACT: Composite 34, E 31, M 36, R 35, S 34
• GPA: UW 3.77/4.00, W 4.36/5.00
• Rank: 25/640
• Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AMC 12 99, Physics C Mechanics 5, Physics C E&M 5, BC Calculus 5, Chemistry 5, AB Computer Science 4, APUSH 3

Subjective

• Essays: ?
• Teacher Recs: ? Probalby good, but not amazing.
• Counselor Rec: ? She has hundreds of kids, and does not really know me, so probably sucked.
• Supplementary Material: Extra rec.
• Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Upper (300 and 400) level math courses?

Personal

• Location: Ohio
• High School Type: Semi-competitve large public
• Ethnicity: Caucasian
• Gender: Male
• Applied for Financial Aid: Y

Other

• Extracurriculars: Three research projects, one of which I have written a paper for. Two were just started recenetly (including the one I wrote the paper for) so mit did not know about them. Independnet studies. Tutoring. Blah blah blah.
• Awards: Some state, some regional, some school. All either math, science, or latin awards with fiew excpetions. Nothign spectacular, yet not horrible.