Consolidated EA/RD 2013 results thread

lunar_years
Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:30:21 +0000

**Decision: REJECTED **

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (by section): 2350 (800 V, 750 M, 800 W 12 essay)
[] SAT IIs: 800 Bio E, 770 Math IIC, 800 US History
[] APs: 5’s Biology, Calculus AB, English Language, Environmental Science, Spanish Language, US History, World History
[] Rank: 1/520
[] Other stats: Lol, like what?
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: Yearbook (copy editor), service club (secretary), math club (secretary), literary magazine (editor), creative writing (some awards and publishing credits)
[] Job/Work Experience: None. I did get paid for some freelance writing.
[] Essays (subject and responses): One about my impressions of a Chinese marketplace, tied into China’s changing relationship with the West. Another about learning to appreciate math as a humanities student. I thought they were good stylistically, but they were recycled from other apps and only tenuously fit the prompts, lol.
[] Teacher Recs: World History and Statistics. Should be pretty good.
[] Counselor Rec: Good, but generic?
[] Applied on: Not sure. Right before the RD deadline.
[] Hook (if any): TASP? Not sure if MIT cares though, lol.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: TX
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Large suburban public.
[] Ethnicity: East Asian
[] Gender: F
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Sorry I’m so late to post this! I conveniently forgot about MIT because it was my only true rejection. Congrats to those of you who got in!