Consolidated EA/RD 2014 results thread

ultrasurf
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:56:01 +0000

Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 2340 (800 M, 800 W, 740 CR)
[]SAT II: 800 Chem, 800 Physics, 800 Math II, 790 Chinese
[]ACT: N/A
[]GPA: 93.3 something like that
[]Rank: doesn’t rank
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 132 AMC 10, 7 AIME (sophomore year), 5 AP Calc AB, 5 AP Calc BC, 5 AP Physics C: Mechanics, 5 AP Chemistry[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: Quirky…maybe MIT liked that. My “Why MIT” essay was written in the form of a proof by contradiction.
[]Recs: satisfactory or good
[]Supplementary Material: violin CD, piano CD, brag sheet
[]Summer Activities: NJ Governor’s School of Engineering and Technology, travel to China, CTY
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): N/A (almost made USAMO :[)[/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location: NJ
[]High School Type: Magnet
[]Ethnicity: Asian
[]Gender: Male[/ul]Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: piano, violin, basketball, varsity swimming, math league, random science stuff
[]Awards: Gold Medalist in USA Mathematical Talent Search 2008-09, #1 Central Jersey Math League 2008-09, Top 10 Mandelbrot NE Region 2008-09, #1 New Jersey Math League 2008-09, #4 ARML Division B 2009, USA Physics Olympiad Semifinalist 2010, 7 on AIME, 132 on AMC 10, New Jersey All-State Orchestra, Central Jersey Region Orchestra concertmaster (twice), MENC All-Eastern Orchestra first violinist, ASTA National Honors High School Orchestra 7th chair, NJ Gov School of Engineering and Technology, AMTNJ math contest #1 in 2008, 2009, National Merit Semifinalist, lots of random piano and violin competition awards at state/regional level, concertmaster of New Jersey Youth Symphony
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: dunno, pretty good at a bunch of different areas? though I seem to be pretty stereotypical Asian[/ul]