shinee9

so MITES decisions will come in snail mail?

awkwardpenguin13

Yupp^

And geeze, did you see how rough admissions was for top schools this year?

...and they say it gets worse every year. D:

bunny2015

Gender: F
Region: WA
Race: Nigerian American
School: IDK, public school w/ 2000 kids (why does this matter?)
EC: Volunteering, not to much though =(
Quirk: Obsessed w/ pop culture.
Why MITES: So I can be in an environment where science is the focus, not liberal arts!
MIT? I think the question is why NOT MIT?!

CantConcentrate

It's almost the end of March! I've also pretty much accepted my imminent rejection, so... yup. I'm not even going to reread my essays.

Asian male from OK

coffeeandtea

Gender: Female
Region: Los Angeles area
Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic (cuban!)
School (private, public, magnet, small, etc.): Very small private school (about 750 people K-12), on scholarship
Your favorite extracurricular(s): Community Youth Partnership (I teach science lessons to elementary and middle school students in the local public school system) and my internship with the Plastic Pollution Coalition.
A quirky fact about you: I play the ukulele and I've written the first half of three novels.
Why MITES?: WHY NOT?! I would just really love to have a pre-college engineering experience, and MITES sounds like a lot of fun.

setupcontrol

Gender: Male
Region: West
Race/Ethnicity: Asian
School (private, public, magnet, small, etc.): Public
Your favorite extracurricular(s): Microbiology Internship (250+ hours working on published paper)
A quirky fact about you: I've visited 35 states
Why MITES?: I want to meet new people in a competitive academic setting.

sparklycookies

Gender: Female
Region: Texas
Race: Asian
School: large super competitive public school
Extra Curricular: mmm volunteering, some other stuff... no major extracurricular activity because i suck at artsy and athletic stuff
)''''':

so jealous of talented people!
Quirky Fact: hahahahahahaha i once sprained my ankle in my sleep...fail.
Why MITES?: I'm a super math science geek and I love learning!!! Plus I would love to meet other math science geeks like me ;D

awkwardpenguin13

Lol I didn't realize MITES was even for non-URMs...

setupcontrol

ya, it's just harder for us to get in. the number of non-URM's has been rising at MITES over the years. a couple of year ago, non-URM's weren't even allowed, but there seems to be more admitted every year.

AlphaR

Probably still won't help me...

And MIT is currently my #1 school, so yeah.

CantConcentrate

Haha yeah... by increasing, it's probably going from 6 URMs to 10 URMs. Probably doesn't help me either haha.

zoloft

Gender:Male
Region:South Florida
Race/Ethnicity:Hispanic
School: Small (about 100 students on our campus and I love it!)
Your favorite extracurricular(s): Chess
A quirky fact about you: I'm very shy
Why MITES?:I've always been better at math and I like it and it's free and I feel that it would be a great experience and it's at MIT and why is this even a question lol

awkwardpenguin13

I didn't even think they'd have 10! Lol. Or 6! I thought it was like 1 or 2 every year.

And MIT is my # 1 right now too...

emekablue

Gender: Female
Region: Cali
Race: African American (born in Ghana, though)
School: large...mostly known for athletics...somewhat competitive, but not really...>.>
Extra Curricular: I lead on a FIRST Robotics that's kind of my heart and soul (team 1671!), I'm also in (and am the co-captain of) my Forensics Team (speech: IX and Impromptu debate: parlimentary), Various math/science things I do also: MathteamComputerscienceclubScienceolympiadZerorobo tics, and I volunteer at the local Hospital. I'm so cool
Quirky Fact: I can balance things on my head...including 3 textbooks while speed walking...lmao
Why MITES?: I'd like to continue to challenge myself to work hard and get some experience before I go into the even "harder" things. I want to major in BME and make some strides within the field. Plus...I'd like to meet other people with similar interests, too

emekablue

And Les, omg...I know this guy who's valedictorian @ my school and he applied to 6 ivies and didn't get accepted into any of them :/
But I do know a couple Rice, Brown, and Stanford acceptances, so...