Consolidated EA/RD 2012 results thread

[kate25]

Deferred

Stats:

• SAT: 2400 superscore
• SAT II: 800 Math I, Math II, Chem, Physics, 730 Lit
• ACT: 35
• GPA: 4.0 unweighted
• Rank: 1/424
• Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP: 5 - Calc BC, Physics B, Chem, US History, US Government IB: History SL - 6 AMC: 122 AIME: 6

Subjective

• Essays: Ok to pretty good. I wrote on the second topic.
• Teacher Recs: Pretty good. My math teacher is also my Math Club sponsor, and my Spanish teacher is my Scholar's Bowl coach.
• Counselor Rec: Pretty good, I think.
• Supplementary Material: Resume
• Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):

None
Personal

• Location: Kansas
• High School Type: Public
• Ethnicity: Asian
• Gender: Female
• Applied for Financial Aid: Y/N Yes

Other

• Extracurriculars: Science Olympiad, NHS, Spanish NHS, Spanish Club treasurer, Math Club founder, piano, Scholar's Bowl, Tri-M
• Awards: AP Scholar with Distinction, Siemens AP Award, National Merit Semifinalist, National Spanish Exam Silver, 3-time AIME qualifier, etc.
• Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:Waiting. Congratulations to those who were accepted.

[coolrunnings89]

Decision: Accepted

• Fee Waiver Used?: NO
• SAT I 650 Math 610 CR 700 Writing
• SAT IIs: 600 World History 580 Spanish (with listening)
• GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.9 Weighted
• Rank: 3/30
• ACT: 28
• APs (including this year's): Environmental Science AP
• IBs (including this year's:
• Senior Yr Courseload: Rigorous (Note: Environmental Science AP). Marriage & Family, Pre-Calculus, Honors Biology, World Cultures, Short Story, (haha yes, that is an easy class...sue me!), Spanish 4
• Number of Apps from Your School: none
• Other stats (Awards, etc.):
• ECs listed on app: Class Representative (one of only 4 in class), Poetry, Captain of Baseball team (won league)
• Job/Work Experience: Work at my farm, but only during the summers, and not too much, so i doubt this really helped
• Essays (subject and responses): AMAZING. Wrote about how I feel like the animals i live with on my farm are people...hard to explain, but it was really good, my teachers said it was one of the best this year
• Teacher Recs: incredible, especially since i was one of the top three in the class
• Counselor Rec: Don't have a counselor at our school...
• Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): Ehh, this could have been a weak point. I felt really awkward and clammy. I perspired a lot and mumbled too much. This isn't the strongest part of my application
• Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): One of the top students in my school (one of the top 3 students), work hard, play hard, etc.
• State or Country: Missouri
• School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): NA
• Ethnicity: White
• Gender: Male
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Parents went to iowa
• Strengths: Class rank, SAT writing (got a 700 out of 800 woot woot!)
• Weaknesses: Not enough extra-curriculars
• Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I think they noticed that i've overcome struggles in order to achieve greatness, and therefore accepted me. I'm also a very good writer.

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Very surprised I got in early, but happy. Definitely feel like I will thrive at MIT. I'll be on this forum throughout today so feel free to shoot me (no pun intended!) some questions about how to get in.

[tintin220]

Deferred

Stats:

• SAT: 2310 (Math 790, CR 730, W 800)
• SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chemistry, 760 US History
• ACT: 35 Composite, 12 Writing
• GPA: 4.67W, 3.95UW
• Rank: 1/1018
• Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):
  AP Chemistry 5, AP US History 5, AP Calculus BC 5, AP English Language 5, AP Spanish Language 4, AP European History 5, AP Statistics 5

Subjective

• Essays: I thought they were good as I consider myself a good writer (as seen in my writing scores)
• Teacher Recs: One was total flattery, the other I didn't read but that teacher and I are tight
• Counselor Rec: I'd assume good
• Supplementary Material: regretfully, none
• Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): n/a

Personal

• Location: Midwest USA
• High School Type: Public
• Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)
• Gender: M
• Applied for Financial Aid: No

Other

• Extracurriculars:
  - Track & Field
  - Cross Country
  - Intramural Basketball
  - National Spanish Honors Society (Publicity Committee Chair)
  - Model United Nations
  - Asian Students? Association (Senior Leader)
  - NVHS Math Team (Team Captain, Oralist)
  - Star Raiders
  - Junior State of America (Co-founder, Executive Officer)
  - Scholastic Bowl
  - Theatre
• Awards:
  - Siemens-Westinghouse Competition Regional Semi-Finalist
  - National Merit Scholarship Semi-Finalist
  - President?s Education Award
  - Indian Prairie Scholar
  - Academic Achievement Award
  - AP Scholar with Distinction
  - All-Conference Oralist
  - Division 1st Place Oralist Champion
  - NSML Team Conference Champion
• Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:
  - Should have sent my Siemens-Westinghouse research paper?
  - Maybe also should have done an interview (which I scheduled today).

I've got to say, this was surprising and somewhat disappointing. :/ I thought the rank would help for sure, considering how ridiculously competitive a class of over 1000 is (our school has over 4250 people). But oh well, I guess I'll just submit my research paper and do the interview for RD....

[sunshine_breeze]

Sorry this is a little late, but here goes.

Accepted

Stats:

• SAT:2330 (800 CR, 770 M, 760 W)
• SAT II: Chemistry: 800, Math IIC: 770
• ACT: N/A
• GPA: weighted, 4.588 (out of 4.8)
• Rank: 1/361
• Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP US History: 4, AP Chemistry: 5

Subjective

• Essays: Excellent essays. I think these are what got me in. I chose to write about the "Describe where you come from" prompt, and my English teacher said it was really cute. It also conveyed why I wanted to be an engineer.
• Teacher Recs: One I read, it was decent, above average. The other one, I didn't read, but my teacher said it was long and well written.
• Counselor Rec: Counselor barely talks to me. It was one of those generic template ones that all students get.
• Supplementary Material: I wrote the "what have you created" essay about band. It was a creative essay, not the formal type. I mainly used it to convey my passion for music.
• Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): No hooks, I'm pretty normal.

Personal

• Location: Suburbia, NJ
• High School Type: Public
• Ethnicity: Asian
• Gender: Female
• Applied for Financial Aid: Yes

Other

• Extracurriculars: Marching Band, NJ Science League, Envirothon Club, Track, Ultimate Frisbee, Piano.
• Awards: State placement for Envirothon, two NJ Science League plaques, awards my marching band has won.
• Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I'm just really really excited. Normal people DO get into MIT! Don't loose hope, everyone.

[Kriportheroneo]

Deferred

Stats:

• SAT: 2290 (800 Math, 760 Read, 730 Writ)
• SAT II: 800 Math 2, 750 Physics, 770 Chinese, History...horrible.
• ACT:Not taken
• GPA:3.9* UW 4.3* W
• Rank:21/553
• Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Calc-5, AP Physics C- 4, AP US HIST- 4, AP Econ- 5, AP psychology- 4, IB econ- 6

Subjective

• Essays:I thought they were okay.
• Teacher Recs:Pretty good- I'm tight with both my teachers
• Counselor Rec:We don't talk a lot...
• Supplementary Material:Recommendation from a professor who employed me in his chemical engineering lab over the summer.
• Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none

Personal

• Location:West Coast USA
• High School Type:Public
• Ethnicity:Asian
• Gender: Male
• Applied for Financial Aid: Y

Other

• Extracurriculars:Science Honor Society (president), Interact Community Service (Director of Activities), piano, Computer science and construction, guitar, website construction.
• Awards:Not very many that I can remember. D:
• Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:Arg. There's still March, but for some reason I feel like I've been rejected already...
  Anyone know roughly how many people deferred from EA get in RD?

[nick-tux]

Deferred

Stats:

• SAT: 760M + 690CR + 660W = 2110 Overall
• SAT II: 750 Math 2, 760 Physics
• ACT: Did not attempt
• GPA: ~4.3 W, 4.0 UW. My school does not offer AP, only honors in grades 11 and 12. I have gotten As in the most difficult classes I could take.
• Rank: School does not rank by exact numbers (4 of 100, for example), but I'm in the highest percentile ranking.
• Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): None

Subjective

• Essays: I really liked my essays. I wrote about how witnessing my mother return to college while I was in middle school helped motivate me. I also submitted a supplementary essay about my senior project. I'm currently researching various ways to grow algae on an industrial scale (for biofuel production).
• Teacher Recs: These should have been fantastic. I have a great friendship with both of the teachers, and they both seemed very enthusiastic about me going to MIT. I also had my dean of students (who I also know quite well) submit a recommendation. I haven't read any of these recommendations, but I believe the letter from my dean spoke of my leadership abilities within the community.
• Counselor Rec: This should have been decent as well, although I don't know him quite as well as the aforementioned staff members.
• Supplementary Material: Essay on algae-based biofuel (see above)
• Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Probably my senior project on algae-based biodiesel. If not, my school has really helped me develop my skills in public speaking and teamwork.

Personal

• Location: San Diego, CA, USA
• High School Type: Public Charter
• Ethnicity: Caucasian
• Gender: Male
• Applied for Financial Aid: Y

Other

• Extracurriculars: Internship in the SPAWAR Unmanned Systems branch, Tutoring (math), Summer Camp Counselor, COSMOS at UCSD (2005), FIRST Robotics (2 years), Botball (2 years). I also founded an engineering club at my school with a friend of mine (this year).
• Awards: Rotary Youth Leadership Award (Rotary International)
• Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I don't have too many comments, but I think I still have a decent shot in regular decision. I'm guessing that I was deferred because of my standardized test scores. In hindsight, I probably should have tried the ACT as well (or maybe studied a bit more). However, MIT still admits many people at my level. I believe there is hope

"People don't fail because they aim too high and miss but because they aim too low and hit." - Les Brown

[niceilike]

Accepted



Stats:

• SAT: 760 M (lol), 800 CR, 760 W (12)
• SAT II: 800 Math Level 2, 790 Bio M
  
• GPA: 4.128/4.33 Unweighted, school gives 4.33 for A+
  
• Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): did not take AMC, thought it would hurt, but didn't. AP's-Bio, Calc BC, English, USH, US Govpol, Comp Gov Pol, all 5's. Taking Physics C, Chem, Lit, German, Euro, and Calc III/DiffEQ this year.

Subjective[ list][*]Essays: teh secks[*]Teacher Recs:teh secks[*]Counselor Rec: sort of teh secks[*]Supplementary Material:abstract that was banging from siemens paper, 2 reccs from research mentors, gov school recc[*]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):research a lot, Siemens semis, all kinds of nerd stuff in lab[/list]Personal[list] [*]Location: New Jersey[*]High School Type: Large Public[*]Ethnicity: Brown[*]Gender: have *****[*]Applied for Financial Aid: N
Other

• Extracurriculars: If you want to know, u can look up one of my chances threads
• Awards:siemens semis, nj governor's award for debate, PF debate state champ/national qualifier. others less sexy ****
• Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:

be yourself, chill with it.

[kalamity116]

Deferred

Stats:

• SAT: M:660 CR:600 W:540 (Okay, don't laugh yet--Look at my ACT)
• SAT II: 800 Math II 790 Physics
• ACT: C:33 E:35 M:33 R:30 S:33 Essay:10
• GPA: 4.00 (School does not do weighted GPA)
• Rank: 1/261 (1 of twelve)
• Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): None, but took every AP course offered besides AP English

Subjective

• Essays: I think my main essay was awesome--I wrote how I lost an important school election and then rebounded from it. The point of the essay was to show my resilience and determination.
• Teacher Recs: I'm pretty sure they were great, especially my Humanities rec.
• Counselor Rec: Most likely GREAT. He and I really get along.
• Supplementary Material: Two recs: One from a camp counselor who was really impressed by my ability and work ethic during a summer camp, and another from my Taekwondo instructor (known him for seven years)
• Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Mostly my character and resolve to make a difference in the world (and that was no B.S.) I was the Student Government Tech Director during Junior year and did a LOT of stuff with computers.

Personal

• Location: Oregon
• High School Type: Public (about 1100 students)
• Ethnicity: Korean
• Gender: Male
• Applied for Financial Aid: Yes

Other

• ASB Technology Director (11), Senior Class President (12)
• Taekwondo 3rd Dan Black Belt and Assistant Instructor
• School Orchestra
• Tutoring
• Flying airplanes

Reason why I think I got deferred: While I think I met all of their criteria for the "match" between me and MIT, I never entered any competitions and never won major academic awards. Had I done some of that, I think I would've gotten in.

[TritiumKnight]

Accepted

Stats:

• SAT: 690 CR, 740 M, 570 W (11)
• SAT II: 800 MII, 780 Chem, 760 USH
• ACT: 32 (28E, 32M, 32R, 35S)
• GPA: 3.83/4.51
• Rank: 5th of 500
• Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): Calc BC - B (AB - 5), Psych - 5, USH-5, Chem - 5, Art Hist - 4, Euro Hist - 4, Env Sci - 4 ( ), Eng Lang -4, Taking: AP Govt, AP Macro/Mirco Econ, AP Eng Lit, AP Physics B ( No C at my school.), AP Bio, AP Stats, MV Calc/Physics with Calc I <- dual enrollment

Subjective

• Essays: Main one was pretty good, I wrote about risk for the fun one and a typical ChemE one for the second one.
• Teacher Recs: From Env Sci teacher (who is sponsor for several of my clubs) and AP USH Teacher (who is the sponsor for my main club.)
• Counselor Rec: Pretty good...He calls me Mr. FLVS and Mr. MCC because I took a lot of classes there...
• Supplementary Material: None
• Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None

Personal

• Location: Florida
• High School Type: Public
• Ethnicity: Chinese
• Gender: Male
• Applied for Financial Aid: Y/N. Not yet but will in January

Other

• Extracurriculars: Academic Team, Environmental Service Organization, Drama, MATH Club and Envirothon
• Awards: AP National Scholar
• Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Be honest

[Aequorea]

Deferred

Stats:

• SAT: 2350 (800 M, 800 W, 750 CR)
• SAT II: 800 Math II, 750 Chem, 750 Lit
• ACT: none
• GPA: 4.0 (97.42/98.00)
• Rank: not released
• Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5 AP Chem, 5 AP Euro, 5 AP US, 5 AP Calc BC (5 AB subscore), 5 AP Bio, 5 AP Macroecon, 5 AP Microecon, 5 AP English Language; this year, AP's Stat, Studio Art, Psych, English Lit, Spanish, Physics C

Subjective

• Essays: pretty good, I feel; my strongest one was about my love-hate relationship with violin
• Teacher Recs: good and great
• Counselor Rec: great; my counselor says I'm the best student he's had in his 20-odd year career
• Supplementary Material: violin recording; I thought this was pretty strong
• Hook (recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): nothing really

Personal

• Location: upstate NY
• High School Type: public
• Ethnicity: Asian
• Gender: female
• Applied for Financial Aid: Y

Other

• Extracurriculars: math league captain, philharmonic youth orchestra (violin), wind ensemble (flute), art club, yearbook editor, National Honor Society
• Awards: honor roll, Scholastic Arts Awards (2 silver keys, 2 honorable), American Chem Society award, Sokol High School Literary Awards (poetry, $100 prize), Spanish National Honor Society, National Spanish Exam Medalla de Oro, Math League All-County Awards, Wellesley Book Award, National Merit Scholarship Semifinalist, AP Scholar with Distinction, National AP Scholar
• Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I think the weakest part of my application was the interview, which for me was to be expected. Maybe I also portrayed myself as spread too thin...?

[swarnamuki]

DEFERRED

Stats:

* SAT: 2310 - 780(M), 770 (R), 760 (W)
* SAT II: Math -760, Physics - 730, French -800, US history - 750
* ACT: Did not take
* GPA: 4.00 UW (school does not weight)
* Rank: 1 out of 425 (one among 10 students having perfect A's in all HS courses)
* Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 7 APs, 4 taken until now (a score of 5 in each of them), taking three this year (including Calculus BC).

Subjective

* Essays: Very good.
* Teacher Recs: 1 outstanding, 1 great.
* Counselor Rec: Should have been very good.
* Supplementary Material: None
* Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Girl Scout Gold Award candidate. Gold Award project shows initiviative, creatitivity and commitment to community.

Personal

* Location: Seattle, WA
* High School Type: Inner-city public
* Ethnicity: Asian Indian
* Gender: Female
* Applied for Financial Aid: Yes

Other

* Extracurriculars: Girl Scouts, Dance, French Club, Girl Scouts
* Awards: AP Scholar, Northeastern Univ. Book award, nothing outstanding.
* Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Another example of female + near-perfect scores + excellent EC doesn't necessarily mean EA Accept.

[balladechina212]

Deferred

Stats:

* SAT: 2310 (800M, 770CR, 740W)
* SAT II: 800 Math II, 780 Chemistry, 770 Physics
* ACT: 35
* GPA: 4.0 UW/4.7894W
* Rank:1/252
* Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): APs: Chemistry - 5, Physics B - 5, Physics C: Mech - 5, Calculus AB - 5, Psychology - 5, World History - 4, U.S. History - 4, English Language - 4, Computer Science AB - 3, taking at least 5 more this year; AMC 12: 109.5, AIME: 5

Subjective

* Essays: Ok to good, threw in an extra essay about a piece i arranged for electric violin/guitar (mailed the music along with app)
* Teacher Recs: Solid
* Counselor Rec: Probably really good
* Supplementary Material: none
* Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none

Personal

* Location: Charleston, WV
* High School Type: Public
* Ethnicity: Chinese
* Gender: Male
* Applied for Financial Aid: Y

Other

* Extracurriculars: MathCounts coach, Science Bowl Captain, Quiz Bowl Captain, Student Council Rep., Youth Symphony 1st Violin, Church Basketball Team starter, Beta Club, Videogame Club President/Founder
* Awards: National AP Scholar, National Merit Semifinalist, National Chemistry Olympiad, ARML, State Math Field Day 1st Place, West Point Bridge Design National Semifinalist, SCORES Competition Winner
* Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: No real hook made me a typical Asian male candidate. Nothing I could do... Four more months.

[IBaboveIB]

Deferred

Stats:

• SAT: 2230 (780M, 700CR, 750W)
• SAT II: 790 Math II, 690 Bio M, 680 US History
• ACT:31(did not report)
• GPA: 3.97 UW, 5.22W
• Rank: Top 1% of 5500+ Lee County Sniors
• Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5Calc Ab, 4Calc bc, 4English Lang, 4Macroecon, 3Microecon, 3Us/Euro History, 4IB Econ

Subjective

• Essays: ?
• Teacher Recs: Did not read them but the teachers think im the best thing since Adderall
• Counselor Rec:Idk hes dumb but it should have been great
• Supplementary Material: Letter from employer at Engineering Firm
• Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Recruited Athlete

Personal

• Location:Fort Myers, Florida
• High School Type: Large Public (2000-2500 students)
• Ethnicity: White (Crap! I yell at my dad for not marrying an eskimo)
• Gender: Male
• Applied for Financial Aid: Y

Other

• Extracurriculars: Math Team Captain, Mu Alpha Theta, Youth in Government State Officer, Varsity Baseball Captain, Boy Scouts, Order of the Arrow, NHS, Duke Tip 3 yrs
• Awards: Eagle Scout (age 13), Vigil Honor OA, USC RHP, numerous math Team Awards
• Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:

[DannyWrigley]

DEFERRED

Stats:

SAT: 2180 - 760(M), 760 (R), 660 (W)
SAT II: Math 2c-670, Physics - 640, Lit - 700
ACT: Did not take
GPA: 5.9/7 (Weird grading scale, had a kid get into columbia with a 5.9 last year) Upward trend.
Rank: N/A
Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5 microeconomics 5 calc ab 4 macroeconomics

Subjective

* Essays: Decent.
* Teacher Recs: Have no idea, I would assume good. My calc teacher considered me the equivalent of Will Hunting, according to a friend who talked to him about me, and my Econ teacher continually lauded my ability to foresee patterns and know the material intuitively before he taught it last year, often stopping to literally applaud me in the middle of class.
* Counselor Rec: He likes me, we share laughs on occassion, I assume it's good.
* Supplementary Material: Wrote the extra essays, submitted a URL to my music.
* Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): MIT's top basketball recruit, experienced singer/songwriter.

Personal
* Location: I live in Reston, VA. My school is located in Hudson, OH.
* High School Type: Top shelf boarding academy.
* Ethnicity: White
* Gender: Male
* Applied for Financial Aid: Yes

Other

* Extracurriculars: Music and basketball
* Awards: Nothing egregious.
* Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: My grades aren't on par with my potential; I hadn't sent in a mid-year grade report because it was not yet available. Perhaps they want to see that before they make a final decision?

[Oisin]

Deferred

Stats:

• SAT: 2200 best single day, 2290 composite
• SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Biol, 790 Chem, 720 US Hist
• ACT:
• GPA: 4.5 approx weighted
• Rank: Not ranked, top 5% approx in 300
• Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AMC dont remember, just short of AIME qual. AP 5 in USH, Biol, CalcBC, AP 4 in MacroEcon. (Studied AP Econ in online course during Summer 06) Taking AP Stats, Psych, Spanish, Physics this year.

Subjective

• Essays: Fairly good but not exceptional
• Teacher Recs: Saw one, very good. Didn't see the other
• Counselor Rec: Didn't see
• Supplementary Material: Short essay about preferred major/minor
• Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none except possible URM

Personal

• Location: MA
• High School Type: Public
• Ethnicity: Mexican American, Caucasian
• Gender Male
• Applied for Financial Aid: Y/N

Other

• Extracurriculars: 4 yrs varsity tennis (all conference Jr year), cross country, football (1 yr varsity), Math team, Science Olympiad (State champion), Tenacity volunteer 1 month (tennis coach inner city children)
• Awards: National Hispanic Scholar finalist, AP Scholar, National Merit Commended (PSAT not good)
• Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: My son would really like to have been accepted. I am in awe at the qualifications of both accepted and deferred candidates posting here. I just don't believe that these qualifications are all that common and I suspect that many of the deferred candidates posting here will get good news in the Spring -- from MIT or somewhere better. My son's deferral notice mentioned providing mid term grade reports which will be available in January. His interim grades this semester look quite promising so I hope those boost his chances in the next round.