<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2270 (780 R, 690 M, 800 W)
[</em>] ACT (breakdown): 33
[<em>] ACT (superscore): 35 English, 33 Math, 36 Reading, 31 Science, 11 essay.
[</em>] SAT II: 800 Chemistry, 680 Math II >.<
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 100): ~97.5
[</em>] Weighted GPA: ~105
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1/426
[</em>] AP (place score in parentheses): European History (5), Literature & Comp (5), Statistics (5), Chemistry (5), US History (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parentheses): -
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 6 AP classes: Spanish, Art, Physics B, Calculus, Macro/Microeconomics, Language & Comp. And orchestra. :]
[<em>] Number of other RD applicants in your school: Um only one other I think, and I don’t think he got in. :[
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award from University of Rochester, a regional art award, AP Scholar with distinction, and a bunch of school-wide awards and NYSSMA medals (state music solo competition). The literary magazine I’m involved in has won 3 CSPA gold medals from Columbia University. Noting crazy, but I guess they’re pretty diverse! XD Oh and I think I may have included Honor Societies under here. I don’t remember! >.<[/ul]</p>
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Literary magazine (editor-in-chief, secretary), senior orchestra (concert master, treasurer), chamber orchestra (first stand), newspaper (managing editor, art editor), pit orchestra for musical productions (principal first violinist), Science Olympiad Team (captain), Tri-M Music Honor Society (treasurer), Dance
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: I’ve been working at a local store for nearly two years.
[li] Volunteer/Community service: Peer tutoring, volunteering at my local library, lots of community service events with the chamber orchestra.[/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: Birdwatching. xD 8[/li][</em>] Department at MIT: Chemistry. Don’t remember if it was good or not. >.<
[<em>] What You Do That’s Creative?: I don’t think this was an essay…
[</em>] World You Come From: A little bit about my childhood. 9
[<em>] Significant Challenge: My mom was very sick at the beginning of the year. She’s all better now though. :] 7
[</em>] Other:[/ul]
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: Chem teacher of two years. She really liked me, so I’d assume it was good! I got into Yale with her rec too, so it really must’ve been great! =D
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: My English teacher/newspaper advisor. I think it was good, although I never saw it. She wrote a pretty good Common App rec, though. :]
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Absolutely amazing. My counselor loves me. X3
[</em>] Additional Rec: Nope!
[<em>] Interview: It went really well! I think it was the best out of all the interviews I did. I brought in some artwork, and my interviewer happened to do art in his spare time, too, so we kind of bonded. XD
[</em>] Art Supplement: Yes. I sent in a digital portfolio of some drawings, paintings, etc. that I did throughout high school. I also sent in some creative writing pieces I did through the school lit mag.[/list]</p>
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: I don’t want to seem like a jerk, but I literally sent it in the day before it was due. XD
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY. Apparently, according to my interviewer, Long Island applicants tend to have a slightly higher chance than others of getting in. I dunno if this helped since I’m from LI.
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): -
[</em>] School Type: Public.
[<em>] Ethnicity: White Irish/German. >.<
[</em>] Gender: Female. I think that might’ve helped.
[<em>] Income Bracket: ~80k, which is pretty low for my area, so I’m not sure if this was a hook or not. Probably not a huge one if it was.
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First-generation to attend a four-year college (although not first-gen to attend college period.) Also, I think the art supplement helped A LOT. For anyone debating whether or not they should send one, DO IT! [/ul]</p>
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Grades, AP scores, art supplement. I think it helped a lot that I want to major in Chemistry, and all of my chem scores are pretty much perfect.<br>
[</em>] Weaknesses: Math scores, not very many science-related activities, few national awards. >.<
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don’t know, but it feels awesome! =D
[</em>] What would you have done differently?: Uhh probably nothing lol. Maybe I would have taken Math I instead of Math II. I probably would have done better.[/ul]</p>
<p>Other Factors: Umm I dunno. My interview went really, really well.
**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: I read something on the MIT Admissions Page that said something to the effect of “If you don’t apply, you’re chance of getting in is 0%.” So yeah, not to sound corny or anything, but even if you don’t think you have a chance, if you apply you have some chance, so just do it! =D Also, congrats to everyone else who got in!! **</p>