<p>(cross-post from MIT forum, can’t bother with formatting)</p>
<p>Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: 2370 (770 Math)
- SAT II: 790 Phys 760 Math II 690 French
- ACT: N/A
- GPA: 4.29, out of 4.8 (weird IB weighting)
- Rank: school doesn’t rank
- Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): currently taking 6 IB classes. Haven’t written the exams yet.
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<p>Subjective</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: Some were good, but overall they weren’t amazing.
- Teacher Recs: One was great, one was generic (just guessing)
- Counselor Rec: Good, I assume
- Supplementary Material: N/A
- Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): only one, on my right hand
No, not really. No hook
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<p>Personal</p>
<pre><code>* Location: China
- High School Type: International school with an American curriculum
- Ethnicity: Asian
- Gender: Female
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<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>* Extracurriculars: MUN, artsy stuff, theatre, school newspaper, band, some computery stuff, etc. Nothing math- or science-oriented. Yeah, I know
- Awards: Nothing worth mentioning. Competitions? What competitions?
- Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Never really had a chance. Well, better to have applied and gotten rejected than to never have applied at all
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