<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2350 750 CR / 800 M / 800 W (10 essay)
[</em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown): Same^ (only took once
[<em>] ACT: Didnt take
[</em>] ACT superscore (breakdown): Didnt take
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II / 800 Chem / 770 Bio M / 740 World History / 740 Lit
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0/4.0
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 4.7436/5
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/847
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): All 5s, 6 tests
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): School doesnt offer
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: 4 AP classes, 1 Honors class, 1 performance group (second semester I had to take PE for credits to graduate)
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, 2nd place Nationals in Future Business Leaders of America[/ul]</p>
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Future Business Leaders of America (State officer, regional (region spans across 6 states) officer, various lower officer positions), vocal music, NHS (Vice president), Math Club (Founder and president), Beta Club (Founder and president
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Unpaid internship with state senator since Summer 2009
[li] Volunteer/Community service: 200+ hours with Key Club, 100+ hours with NHS[/ul]</p>[/li]
<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: Growing mushrooms I didnt get the question, so I wrote about a hobby that I do with my parents. I shouldve written about competitive Pokemon. 1[/li][</em>] Department at MIT: Business + Math. 4
[<em>] What You Do That’s Creative?: I dont remember this question
for the personal quality prompt I wrote about optimism, 5
[</em>] World You Come From: I wrote about living in the chaos that stems from a pursuit of a logical life. 8
[<em>] Significant Challenge: Losing a club adviser, 6
[</em>] Other:[/ul]
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: Extremely personal and full of anecdotes, positive
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: Extremely glowing but impersonal
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Impersonal but good
[</em>] Additional Rec: None
[<em>] Interview: Average, it was the night after I was rejected from Stanford (early) and he expressed how he thought I didnt deserve rejection
[</em>] Art Supplement: None[/list]
Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: Last day
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public, sends around 3-4 students to top schools each year
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket: Wealthy
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Scores and GPA, well-rounded
[</em>] Weaknesses: Nothing that stands out, essays are sloppy
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Im very well-rounded and have strong numbers, but my essays were a bit sloppy[/li][/ul]General Comments: I will be pursuing the waitlist if I dont get any good news on 3-30. Gratz for everyone else!</p>