<p>Gah. This is my fourth try on this (the past THREE have been lost in cyberspace due to CC logging me out everytime I try to post). It’s getting a bit frustrating, and if this one doesn’t go through, oh well.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2350 (Math:790, WR:790, CR:770)
[</em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown): "
[<em>] ACT (breakdown): n/a
[</em>] ACT superscore (breakdown): n/a
[<em>] SAT II: MathII:800, Physics:800, Chem:790, USH:740
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93
[<em>] Weighted GPA: n/a
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): Chem(5), PhysicsB(5), USH(5)
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses): n/a
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C (both), AP Calc BC, AP Gov, AP Euro, Plato’s Republic
[</em>] Number of other RD applicants in your school: 10+
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] National Merit Finalist, PSP candidate, Physics Olympiad Semifinalist, AP Scholar</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Pole Vault (stateteam), PFD Debate, JV Soccer, Chess (Copresident)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: College level bank internship, various secretarial work, Physics B TA
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] Volunteer at local Headstart Preschool, various community project work.</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: 8/9. Polevaulting; identical to Commonapp extracuric section.[/li][</em>] Department at MIT: 7/8. Economics; I thought I got the passion through decently.
[<em>] What You Do That’s Creative?: ?. Don’t remember. Chess I think.
[</em>] World You Come From: 7/8. Talked about my family.
[<em>] Significant Challenge: 8/9. Talked about moving around a ton as a young boy. Pretty generic, but thoughtful.
[</em>] Other:[/ul] n/a
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: 10. Written out of retirement by one of the schools former best english teachers. When I told the College Counseling Office, they replied “Oh, so lucky to have him! He writes the best rec letters!” Haven’t seen it though.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: 8/9. Written by my Calc BC teacher, who is awesome. Haven’t seen it though.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: ?. It’s gotten me into USC (trustee), Williams, and now MIT so I’m guessing it’s pretty good. Haven’t seen it though.
[</em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[<em>] Interview: 10. The interviewer’s daughter polevaults, so we had an instant connection. I thought it went fantastic.
[</em>] Art Supplement:[/list] n/a</p>
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: 11/15/2010
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Hawaii
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[</em>] School Type: Large Private School (400+ Class size)
[<em>] Ethnicity: White/Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: $200k+
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] Zero. Zip. Nada.</p>
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: I’ve always been a math/science guy, and I think I expressed that well on my application. I think my internship helped show real interest in economics.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Lack of leadership/community service. Also, a general lack of outstandingness.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Partly hardwork, partly luck.
[</em>] What would you have done differently?:[/ul] I would have tried to get more leadership experience. I think Eagle Scouts would have been great (my friend is an Eagle Scout and he got in EA).</p>
<p>Other Factors: Nada.
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Very relieved to get in. I’m looking forward to CPW! Some final comments:</p>
<p>Congratulations to everyone else who got in! I’m sure you all deserved it!</p>
<p>To all the waitlistees, just hope for the best! Wishing you the best of luck.</p>
<p>And to everyone who didn’t get in, “when one door closes, another door opens” and whatnot. I know it may seem hollow, but I’m sure that all of you will be successful no matter where you study!</p>
<p>(Crosses fingers that it works this time)</p>