<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[list]
[li] SAT I (breakdown): 2200 (800 CR/720 M/700W)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT I superscore (breakdown): Only took once</p>[/li]
<p>[li] ACT (breakdown): Did not take</p>[/li]
<p>[li] ACT superscore (breakdown):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT II: 730 M2 790 Chem</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Weighted GPA: My school does not weight</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): My school does not rank. Top of class though.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] AP (place score in parentheses): Comp- 5 Psych- 5 US- 4</p>[/li]
<p>[li] IB (place score in parentheses):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Senior Year Course Load: Most difficult for my school 4 APs this year</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Number of other RD applicants in your school: A few, probably 5</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): ZERO</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[list]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): XC 4 years (Captain), Track 4 years (Captain), MEU 4 Years (Co-President), LDS Church Lifetime (Seminary President, and Youth President), School Relations Officer 11th Grade, First Aid Team (Equipment Manager), Co-Organizer for Haiti Fundraiser raised $3000. More stuff, but won’t bother</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Job/Work Experience: Trampoline Manager 10th Grade Summer, Wendy’s 11th Grade summer and some of 12th Grade</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Volunteer/Community service: Lots, 300+ hours over the years in First Aid, Church, NHS etc.</p>[/li]
<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[list]</p>
<p>[li] What You Do For Pleasure: 8 -running</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Department at MIT: 9 -about studying neuroscience to understand my brothers’ disabilities.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] What You Do That’s Creative?: 10- about my tenacity</p>[/li]
<p>[li] World You Come From: 7 -live in a hippie town as a Mormon</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Significant Challenge: 10 -conquering eating disorder</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Other: N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: 10</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Teacher Recommendation #2: 8</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Counselor Rec: Probably ok? 6</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Additional Rec: 10- from my Cross Country coach. We’re really close.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Interview: 8- really good. We got along well but it was cut short by a repairman.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Art Supplement: Yeah NO</p>[/li]
<p>Other[list]</p>
<p>[li] Date Submitted App: 10/30/10</p>[/li]
<p>[li] State (if domestic applicant): Oregon</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Country (if international applicant): </p>[/li]
<p>[li] School Type: Elite Public</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Ethnicity: WHITE</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Gender: Female</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Income Bracket: 100,000+</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Recruited Athlete</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[list]</p>
<p>[li] Strengths: ECs, Female, Oregon, Essays, Athlete, GPA</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Weaknesses: No Math Awards, SATs</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Luck? My essays were really good and I’m a very different applicant. Plus a recruited athlete</p>[/li]
<p>[li] What would you have done differently?: Wish I had done math competitions and studied for my SATs, but guess it all worked out!</p>[/li]
<p>Other Factors:</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Best of luck to all! I’m so happy, MIT is my favorite place in the world and I look forward to meeting everyone! People rejected, it’ll be ok. Juniors freaking out, be what you are and show them you are passionate about something, even if it’s not math or science, just show them you love something.</p>