Consolidated EA/RD 2013 results thread

shayonsaleh
Sun, 05 Apr 2009 12:57:13 +0000

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2170 (800M, 730CR, 640W)
[] ACT: 35 (35W, 35M, 32R, 36S)
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Bio E, 780 US History, 650 Spanish w/o Listening
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.00
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/495
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), US Gov (5), English Language (5), Environmental (5), Calculus BC (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psychology, AP European History, AP Biology, AP English Literature, AP Comparative Government, AP Statistics, Honors Research Methods, Honors Special Interest Seminar
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Scholar
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Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Olympiad (Captain), Key Club (Sergeant-at-Arms), Math Team (President), Green Hope Ambassadors (President) Environmental Club, National Honor Society, Quiz Bowl, Tennis, Taekwondo
[] Job/Work Experience: Internship at NCSU’s Chemical Engineering Lab Over A Summer
[] Volunteer/Community Service: About 300 Hours From Various Clubs
[] Summer Activities: Internship Stated Above; Summer Science Program
[] Essays: Pretty Good (One Person Said Best out of a Hundred He Read)
[] Teacher Recommendation: Probably Good; Waivered Right
[] Counselor Rec: Probably good; I am the president of the club she advises for.
[] Additional Rec: From Professor at NCSU whom I worked under at internship.
[] Interview: I thought it went pretty good. Interviewer took notes on everything I said.
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Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): North Carolina
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian (South Indian)
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Highest
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: My academics were definitely my best point. I took the hardest courses that I could possibly take and kept straight A’s through high school.
[] Weaknesses: SAT, Little Extracurriculars Outside of School
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think MIT is the hardest admissions process, even over Harvard. I just didn’t make the cut.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I got rejected from Yale and Harvard. I got waitlisted at Johns Hopkins and Columbia. I got accepted at NC State, UNC-Chapel Hill, WashU at St. Louis, Cornell, Duke, and Stanford.[/ul] [/li]
**General Comments: Congratulations to everyone that was accepted or waitlisted! **