Consolidated EA/RD 2014 results thread

joedirt131
Sat, 27 Mar 2010 19:40:02 +0000

Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 2230 single-sitting (710 M, 720 CR, 800 W)
[]SAT II: 700 Physics, 780 Math II, 700 Literature
[]ACT: 34
[]GPA: 4.358
[]Rank: 13/401
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 4 - AP World Hist, 4- AP Physics B, 5 - AP Calc AB, 5 - AP Eng. Comp., 3 - APUSH
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: Pretty good, but not outstanding or terribly unique.
[]Recs: Teachers ones were pretty good. Counselor’s was so-so, since she doesn’t know me very well.
[]Supplementary Material: Got a stellar one from my mentor at my internship.
[]Summer Activities: Internship at National Laboratory, Environmental leadership training camp with the Sierra Club, Football
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): 1/2 URM, legacy
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location: NM
[]High School Type: Public
[]Ethnicity: Hispanic/Caucasian
[]Gender: Male
[/ul]Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: Year-round internship at renowned National Laboratory grades 11/12, internship with school district’s web design department, math tutor at local middle school, did environmental work with the Sierra Club, Vice President of NHS, HS football grades 9/10, JV track 9th grade
[]Awards: National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar w/ distinction, National Hispanic Scholar
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I think the internships really helped. The lab complex I intern at is nationally recognized, a major component in the Manhattan project, etc. I also helped to remodel and redesign our district website as a web intern. Computers are my thing, and I really demonstrated it through my activities and essays. The legacy and half-URM status didn’t hurt, either.
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Competition at MIT was EXTREMELY tough this year. I feel extraordinarily fortunate to have been accepted. Anybody who was accepted should feel that way. There were many qualified applicants for whom they simply didn’t have room. Best of luck to the rest of you.[/li][/ul]