<p>Pick one:</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR, 780 M, 800 WR (12 essay) = 2380
[</em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2380
[<em>] ACT (breakdown): -
[</em>] ACT superscore (breakdown): -
[<em>] SAT II: 800 USH, 780 MII, 740 Bio M
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): probably 92/100, school gives us only weighted: 98.6
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 98.6
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 14/450
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): Calc AB (5), Psych (5), Lang (5), USH (5), Enviro (5), Comp Govt (5), Micro and Macro (3)
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses): -
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Euro, AP Calc BC, AP Stats, AP Art History, AP Lit, AP US Gov and Pol, Computer Programming and Gym
[</em>] Number of other RD applicants in your school: 1, but another EA kid who was deferred
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] nothing major: NMF, AP Scholar with Dist, rando leadership award from school, 2x NaNoWriMo winner, NJ HOBY, named most likely to be president (:</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Mathletes Captain (11, 12), Enviro Club VP (11), Enviro Club Co-Prez (12), liaison to township environmental council (11, 12), Director/Founder of local tutoring program (11, 12), Student Rep to library board (11, 12), March of Dimes Volunteer and NJ Youth Council Member (10, 11, 12), volunteer at library (11, 12), Library teen advisory group (11, 12), student instructor at dance company (9, 10, 11, 12), senior student at said dance academy for last 5 years of so-ish, temple youth committee (10, 11, 12), VP of Key Club (10, 11, 12), MUN youth secretariat (11, 12), Youth and Govt member and supreme court justice, editor on national editorial board for a national literary magazine designed for teenage age group, published poetry in national literary magazine (2010), summer camp counselor for two years
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none really
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] abput 200 hours at MOD, 50 at library, 300 tutoring; didn’t include hours on app though - major volunteer commitment to tutoring program I founded. </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: baking 6/10[/li][</em>] Department at MIT: HASS - history, talked more about why I liked history than why I wanted to study it at MIT. the actual essay was one of my best, 8/10, but because there was little detail pertinent to MIT, I would say 5/10
[<em>] What You Do That’s Creative?: talked about my leadership in mathletes…unconventional; I really liked it (7.5/10)
[</em>] World You Come From: lameee (5/10)
[<em>] Significant Challenge: how I suck at athletics/fail at fitness tests and gym in general; I reallllly liked this one and thought it showed a lot about me; 7/10
[</em>] Other:[/ul] included a more detailed resume
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: from my history teacher; the guy likes me I guess?
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: from my science teacher; haven’t read it. ok?
[<em>] Counselor Rec: meh, probably very rote/generic. has to write many so I’m guessing it wasn’t great
[</em>] Additional Rec: -
[<em>] Interview: I thought it went well! I think I came away from it leaving my interviewer with the general sense that I was very passionate about learning about new things, and that my interest in history doesn’t limit me from excelling in the sciences/math. Also thought I exhibited a pretty good knowledge about MIT and why I liked it even though I seemed like an atypical applicant (history major)
[</em>] Art Supplement:[/list] -</p>
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: last day possible
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): U-S-of-A
[</em>] School Type: mediocre public, sucky, no one’s gone to MIT in quite some time
[<em>] Ethnicity: south asian
[</em>] Gender: f
[<em>] Income Bracket: >150,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] I think being from NJ and being asian pretty much precludes me from this category</p>
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: being different? very natural voice, unique essays, my application in general was well put together and highlighted my accomplishments and personality
[</em>] Weaknesses: had an ISS sophomore year for truancy (later found out that I didn’t have to report it, and that counselor made no mention of it in her report)… lowish grades, essays had a few typos
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: my grades suck balls
[</em>] What would you have done differently?:[/ul] I wouldve been a little more hardworking… I think trying to coast by on sheer brainpower did work (I mean… my grades are pretty good) but I probably could’ve been the freakin valedictorian if I just put in some effort. Oh welllll</p>
<p>Other Factors: dealing with mental illness (fun!) midyear report not available for review in application because I wasn’t done with my semester yet.
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: </p>
<p>I would be a liar if I said that I was expected rejection. I thought I had a PRETTY good chance and that I would have been really happy at MIT. I wasn’t too attached to MIT, however, and the rejection doesn’t really come as a blow. I think I only applied to MIT because of a general sense that I SHOULD apply, rather than any personal interest. So I guess this is for the best?</p>