<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 710 CR / 740 M / 730 W (2180 / 10 E)
[</em>] ACT (breakdown): 32 (did not send)
[<em>] SAT II: 760 Math II, 730 Chem
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 5.55
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/~590
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): 5553
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses): 76
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Full IB Humanities (tested in Physics SL and Math Studies), Wind Ensemble and AP Calc BC
[</em>] Number of other RD applicants in your school: 3, with one other accepted
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Achievement Semifinalist, AP Scholar w/ Honor? Nothing too special [/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Band 9-12 (Section Leader 10-12, Vice President 11, President 12, Qualified to Area 2x, State Solo and Ensemble Medalist 2x), NHS 10-12 (President), Mu Alpha Theta 12 (Co-founder, Secretary), Student Council 10-12 (Overall Treasurer 12), Key Club 9-11 (Treasurer 10)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[li] Volunteer/Community service: ~150 hours? Church, Mu Alpha Theta, Library [/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[<em>] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: hanging out with friends for movie nights occasionally. 7[/li][</em>] Department at MIT: Computer science. 7
[<em>] Attribute of Personality?: Intellectual curiosity from watching Jeopardy! with my great-grandmother when I was four and five. 9
[</em>] World You Come From: The rural town where my parents grew up in Georgia versus my suburban upbringing in Texas. 10
[<em>] Significant Challenge: Biochemistry at MITES. 7
[</em>] Other:[/ul]
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: Typical rec, but pretty good.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: Did not see
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Did not see.
[</em>] Additional Rec: MITES Evals. Humanities, Calculus, Biochem all good. Digital Design was ok. Physics was not that great
[<em>] Interview: Awesome! He and I spent a lot of time just talking about MIT since I knew a lot from being at MITES just four months before.
[</em>] Art Supplement: did not make one.[/list]</p>
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: Part One in late November; Part Two maybe the day before it was due s:
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Semi-competitive public
[<em>] Ethnicity: African-American
[</em>] Gender: XY
[<em>] Income Bracket: Enough for Financial Aid
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):URM, MITES [/ul]</p>
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Commitment to band, course rigor (compared to school), attending MITES.
[</em>] Weaknesses: I kind of slacked off a bit at MITES and thought it would kill my chances at MIT more so than other schools. My math SAT and both of my SAT II’s seemed a bit low for MIT also. My class rank has also declined since freshman year, although my cumulative weighted GPA has stayed at 5.55 for all four years of high school.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I suppose they just saw what they wanted in me. And they saw what I did at MITES and I suppose were happy enough with it to want me back for undergrad.
[</em>] What would you have done differently?: Tried tons harder at MITES, but it worked out anyway.[/ul]</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: I had just touched down in New York for a high school band trip and was waiting for my decision. I checked it on a bus en route to the hotel we were staying at. I was excited that the first people to hear about my admission decision were the people who have meant so much to me for the last four years (:</p>
<p>Congrats to everyone who got in, and good luck to the waitlisted. For those who didn’t get in, I’m sure that you have many awesome places to spend the next four years. (:</p>