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Old 03-15-2008, 12:10 PM   #76
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Princeton
Posts: 344
Rejected

Stats:
  • SAT: 780M 790R 800W
  • SAT II: Math2c - 800, Phys - 800
  • ACT:
  • GPA: 4.8-4.9ish
  • Rank: Top 1% / 519
  • Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AMC 10 - 116, AMC12 - 112.5, AIME - 4. AP: Euro-5 US-5 BC-5 CompsciA-5 CompsciAB-5 Chem-5 Eng-4 French-3. Full IB: IB Phys-6 Chem-6 French-5
Subjective
  • Essays: so-so, I'm not that great of a writer :/
  • Teacher Recs: no idea, I would assume just average
  • Counselor Rec: should have been above average
  • Supplementary Material: None
  • Interview: Meh, average.
  • Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): A weak legacy (my dad was visiting scientist for 20 months there) I doubt it matters at all.
Personal
  • Location: California
  • High School Type: Very good. I think top 20-40 in nation or something.
  • Ethnicity: Asian >_<
  • Gender: M
Other
  • Extracurriculars: Math Club, ARML, Research, Religious Activities
  • Awards: Nothing big
  • Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I wish I focused more on EC's since my freshmen year... I never knew it was such an important thing :/ Oh well. Congrats to everyone who got in I guess I'll be ending up at Caltech unless Stanford/Princeton/Harvard accepts me o.O.
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Old 03-15-2008, 12:12 PM   #77
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 133
Accepted!!!!

Stats:

* SAT: 2280 (780M, 790W, 710CR)
* SAT II: 780 Chem, 800 Math 2 (and 790 US History)
* ACT: NA
* GPA: 3.89 weighted
* Rank: NA, top 10%
* Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 3 5's on APs

Subjective

* Essays: really good
* Teacher Recs: dont know, decent
* Counselor Rec: Pretty good
* Supplementary Material: my art teacher letter
* Interview: amazing
* Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): NONE, girl?

Personal

* Location: Northern VA
* High School Type: Public
* Ethnicity: Asian
* Gender: Female

Other

* Extracurriculars: art, martial arts, volunteer, internships, website designer
* Awards: alot of art awards and martial arts awards, not very prestigious tho
* Advice? Commiserations? SOOOO HAPPY RIGHT NOWW!!!! GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE
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Old 03-15-2008, 12:14 PM   #78
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Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 185
Accepted

Stats:
  • SAT: 2120 subscored, 670CR, 750M, 700W
  • SAT II: 780 Chem, 760 Math IIC, 740 US History
  • GPA:103.5W, converted is 4.3
  • Rank: 1/208
  • Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 4 5's on APs (Chem, Bio, US History, Psychology), 2 4's (English Lang, World History)
Subjective
  • Essays: I liked it- it was about my experience in the emergency medical service and how it has changed me. It did have several typos in it that I noticed after sending it in EA and getting deffered, but I did not update them.
  • Teacher Recs: Good
  • Counselor Rec: Probably really good, though I did not read it.
  • Supplementary Material:Music CD
  • Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Intel STS Semifinalist, if that is considered anything?
Personal
  • Location: New York State
  • High School Type: Suburban Public High School
  • Ethnicity: Korean
  • Gender: Female
  • Applied for Financial Aid: Yes
Other
  • Extracurriculars: A whole lot. Primarily, marching band, figure skating, R.E.P.S., Volunteer ambulance corps., Key Club, a lot of musical organizations. Lots of leadership in many areas.
  • Awards: Many local and school awards. Biggest award: Intel STS Semifinalist.
  • Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:I really did not think I would get in, especially with my SAT scores (especially CR). But it is possible, and I am Asian!
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Old 03-15-2008, 12:16 PM   #79
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: East Coast
Posts: 611
Accepted


Stats:
  • SAT: 2360 (780 CR/780 M/800 W)
  • SAT II: 770 Math IIC, 770 Chem, 790 World History
  • ACT: n/a
  • GPA: 4.00 UW/4.79 W
  • Rank: 1/317
  • Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): A ton of APs, all 5s except a 3 on Studio Art
Subjective
  • Essays: Good, not outstanding
  • Teacher Recs: Probably great
  • Counselor Rec: Generic, but very nice woman
  • Supplementary Material: sent in a CD of my photography
  • Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None
Personal
  • Location: MD
  • High School Type: Public, semi competitive
  • Ethnicity: Asian
  • Gender: Female
  • Applied for Financial Aid: Yes
Other
  • Extracurriculars: Young Democrats, Model UN, Math Team, Mock Trial
  • Awards: None major
  • Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I CANT BELIEVE I WAS ACCEPTED AFTER BEING DEFERRED! This is like my dream come true, I've wanted MIT for the longest time...and now I have it!
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Old 03-15-2008, 12:23 PM   #80
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: GATech, CompE
Posts: 114
Rejected

Stats:
  • SAT:
  • SAT II: 780 M2, 720 Chem
  • ACT: 33 Eng 34 Math 27 sci 27 reading
  • GPA: 3.59 / 6.123 weighted
  • Rank: 5/92
  • Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Chem 4, AP Calc AB 5, APUSH 3, taking many this year

Subjective
  • Essays: good
  • Teacher Recs: great
  • Counselor Rec: bad
  • Supplementary Material: n/a
  • Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): really involved in open source community. Talked about it in my app.
  • Location: FL
  • High School Type: Public, dual enrollment school.
  • Ethnicity: Hispanic
  • Gender: Male
  • Applied for Financial Aid: No
  • Extracurriculars: weak ... programming was my main activity
  • Awards: random awards, nothing special
  • Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I wasted my ass taking lots of math classes. Currently taking a partial differential equations class at a local university. I don't think I'll care much about this last semester.
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Old 03-15-2008, 12:25 PM   #81
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Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 105
ACCEPTED!

Stats:

* SAT: 2260 730R 780M 750W
* SAT II: 800Math2 800Bio
* ACT:
* GPA: 3.9UW
* Rank: 1/547
* Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): US Hist:5, Bio:5, Calc AB:5, 4AP's this year.

Subjective

* Essays: i liked it.
* Teacher Recs: pretty good
* Counselor Rec: also pretty good (considering she barely knows me..)
* Supplementary Material: none sent
* Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): nope

Personal

* Location: MA
* High School Type: Public (A really large ghetto school)
* Ethnicity: Indian (Asian)
* Gender F
* Applied for Financial Aid and Fee Waiver: Y
* Extracurriculars: Varsity Soccer, Winter/Spring Track, Debate Team (2 yrs.), UMASS Dartmouth Spotlight Program (2yrs.), Youth Court Lawyer, Key Club (President)
* Awards: nothing special
* Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: ***? I still can't believe I got in --- after being deferred early action, I was pretty convinced that a rejection letter was coming my way. Congrats to all who were accepted and Good luck to those waitlisted/rejected!!!
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Old 03-15-2008, 12:30 PM   #82
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 181
Rejected



INTERNATIONAL
Stats:
  • SAT:none
  • SAT II: math IIc 770 physics 790 chemistry 800
  • ACT:none
  • TOEFL iBT: 100
  • GPA: 18.65/20 (school don't weigh, the valedictorian was 19.45)
  • Rank:30/107 I suck I know
  • Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): IB certificates: Math HL 6 physics HL7 english A2 HL 5 chemistry SL 6
[ b]Subjective[ /b][ list][*]Essays: pretty good. lit teacher corrected grammer[*]Teacher Recs: a lot adjective ish[*]Counselor Rec:no clue[*]Supplementary Material:none[*]Interview:waived[*]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): IMO participation??[ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list][*]Location:Ecuador[*]High School Typerivate, pretty good one[*]Ethnicity:asian[*]Gender: [ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list][*]Extracurriculars:math club(Ecuador team in IMO and iberoamerican MO twice in each)
physics club: school team won national competition, I was the best scorer in individual section [*]Awards:bronce medal IMO HM IMO 2 bronces at IbMO, physics national first place[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:international rejectie.... not rare at alll only this time with imo medal[ /list]
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Old 03-15-2008, 12:37 PM   #83
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: NoVA ->Cambridge, MA
Posts: 694
Accepted

Stats:
  • SAT: 800-M, 770-CR, 800-W
  • SAT II: 800-Math 2, 800-Chem, (770-BioM)
  • ACT: 36 composite/reading/English/math/science, 8 essay
  • GPA: 4.000 unweighted, 4.119 weighted
  • Rank: unranked
  • Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 109-AMC12, 3 AIME, five 5s AP (bio, chem, stats, bc calc, US history), one 3 AP (french!)
[b]Subjective[b]
  • Essays: fun: people-watching; major: course 9; end of the world: frustrations of research; creation: a debate team
  • Teacher Recs: idk
  • Counselor Rec: idk
  • Supplementary Material: abstract
  • Interview: casual, good; not horrible or phenomenal
  • Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): no
Personal
  • Location: Virginia
  • High School Type: magnet
  • Ethnicity: Chinese
  • Gender: M
Other
  • Extracurriculars/Leadership: debate, editing a school research journal, some science clubs, research
  • Awards: Intel STS SF, Siemens SF, USABO SF, NMSF, full qualifier to the National Tournament of Champions in Public Forum Debate
  • Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I'd say approach the application like an essay; create a coherent thesis and focus.
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Old 03-15-2008, 12:48 PM   #84
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 875
Rejected

Stats:
  • SAT: CR: 740, M: 710, W: 720
  • SAT II: M2: 800, Physics: 740, Chemistry: 710
  • GPA: 3.6 UW
  • Rank: 50/250 ish
  • Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):
    5 AP Computer Science A
    5 AP World History
Subjective
  • Ethnicity: White
  • Gender: Male
  • Extracurriculars: Nothing spectacular

I saw this coming, but it's still unfortunate.
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Old 03-15-2008, 12:52 PM   #85
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 272
Rejected

Stats:
  • SAT: M-800, CR-680, W-660
  • SAT II: M Lvl. 2-800, Physics-800, Chem.-790
  • ACT: 34
  • GPA: 3.78
  • Rank: 25/640
  • Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AMC-99,
    Physics C Mech-5, Physics C E&M-5, Calc BC-5, Chem-5, Comp Sci AB-4, APUSH-4
Subjective
  • Essays: Not too good.
  • Teacher Recs: Probably said I was good, but not amazing.
  • Counselor Rec: Same
  • Supplementary Material: Research paper that was just mediocre
Personal
  • Location: Cleveland, OH
  • High School Type: Large public
  • Ethnicity: Caucasian
  • Gender: Male
  • Applied for Financial Aid: Y
Other
  • Extracurriculars: Not many.
  • Awards: Several things. The best I ever did was just mediocre placements at the state level.
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Old 03-15-2008, 01:18 PM   #86
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 193
Waitlisted

Stats:
  • SAT: N/A
  • SAT II: Math2: 730 Physics:700
  • ACT:33
  • GPA:4.00 (School doesn't weight)
  • Rank: 1 of 25
  • Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): N/A
Subjective
  • Essays: Good, wrote about growing up on a farm
  • Teacher Recs: Best in Career type
  • Counselor Rec: Also very good
  • Supplementary Material: N/A
  • Interview: I think it went very well.
  • Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Geographic Diversity?
Personal
  • Location:Kansas
  • High School Type: Small Rural Public
  • Ethnicity: White
  • Gender: Male
Other
  • Extracurriculars: NHS President, Class VP, Stuco Treasurer.
  • Awards: Won a programming contest, don't have time to list them.
  • Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I didn't fill out the optional info lol, regretting that now.
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Old 03-15-2008, 01:21 PM   #87
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: New York
Posts: 47
Rejected

Stats:
  • SAT: CR: 740, M: 770, W: 720
  • SAT II: M2: 790, Physics: 720, Chemistry: 770
  • GPA: 3.9 W
  • Rank: 5/250
  • Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):
    5 AP Chemistry
    3 AP US History
Subjective
  • Essays: Fun - world I come from
  • Teacher Recs: Excellent
  • Counselor Rec: Excellent
  • Supplementary Material: Sent CD of cello performance
  • Ethnicity: White
  • Gender: Female
  • Extracurriculars: Orchestra, Girl Scouts
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Old 03-15-2008, 01:26 PM   #88
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Wichita, KS --> Cambridge, MA
Posts: 61
Accepted

Stats:
  • SAT: 800 M 800 CR 800 W
  • SAT II: 800 Math II 800 Physics 800 Chem
  • ACT: 35
  • GPA: 4.0 unweighted
  • Rank: 1/424
  • Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Calc BC 5, AP Chem 5, AP Physics B 5, AP US Hist 5, AP US Govt 5, IB SL History 6, AMC 12 122, AIME 6
Subjective[list][*]Essays: I would say average to fairly good. I'm not a great essay writer.[*]Teacher Recs: Excellent[*]Counselor Rec: Pretty good.[*]Supplementary Material: I sent in another essay about my interest in math.[*]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None[*]Location: Kansas[*]High School Type: Large public with IB program[*]Ethnicity: Asian[*]Gender: Female[*]Applied for Financial Aid: Y[*]Extracurriculars: Math Club founder and president, Scholar's Bowl (state team captain), Science Olympiad, NHS, Spanish NHS, Spanish Club treasurer, Tri-M Music Honor Society[*]Awards: National Merit Finalist, Siemens Award for Advanced Placement, AP Scholar with Distinction, Governor's Scholar, Kansas Honor Scholar, various Science Olympiad and Scholar's Bowl medals, various music awards, National Spanish Exam Silver, 4-time AIME qualifier, top in grade in KS on AMC 12 and AIME
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Old 03-15-2008, 01:59 PM   #89
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 56
Accepted

Stats:
  • SAT: 740 Math, 690 Critical Reading, 630 Writing
  • SAT II: 690 Math 2, 710 Physics, 730 German with Listening
  • ACT: 34
  • GPA: 3.93 UW
  • Rank: 71/845
  • Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 2 fives and 2 threes

Subjective
  • Essays: Very good
  • Teacher Recs: One was... well shocking, but apparently good. I do not know about the other, but it was evidently good.
  • Counselor Rec: Good
  • Supplementary Material: The two optional essays
  • Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): I don't think so...

Personal
  • Location: Minnesota
  • High School Type: Giant public
  • Ethnicity: Halfrican
  • Gender: female
  • Applied for Financial Aid: Ohh yes

Other
  • Extracurriculars: Lots and lots
  • Awards: A few band things, a few girl scout things, National Achievement, other stuff..
  • Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Juniors - Don't join activities or take classes just because it will look good. Have fun! Be yourself! If you do that, schools will see that you aren't a robot, and that you actually enjoy learning.
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Old 03-15-2008, 02:22 PM   #90
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 72
Accepted

Stats:
  • SAT: CR: 660, W: 710, M: 800
  • SAT II: M II: 800, Chem: 790
  • ACT: 35
  • GPA: 4.0 for Junior/Senior, 4.193 for Fresh/Soph (different school)
  • Rank: No rank in 11/12, 17/983 in 9/10th.
  • Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AIME: 3 : (
Subjective
  • Essays: Meh. I thought it was *maybe* decent.
  • Teacher Recs: Nothing special.
  • Counselor Rec: Didn't really know her : p
  • Supplementary Material: Art, Architecture, and Photography Portfolio
  • Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None xD ...I can do Rubik's cubes (This was my for fun essay)
Personal
  • Location: Texas
  • High School Type: Magnet
  • Ethnicity: Asian. I wasn't born in the US so that's my excuse for my sucky CR score!
  • Gender: Female
  • Applied for Financial Aid: Y
Other
  • Extracurriculars: Art, Orchestra, Math Club... Research with Physics professor (not really anything big)
  • Awards: This state-wide webdesign award... Orchestra All-State, not really anything special : )
  • Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Errrrrm. Be unique. And don't feel bad if you don't have big huge awards like Siemens/Intel/USAMO
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