Consolidated EA/RD 2015 results thread

<p>Decision: (Deferred) –> Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2190 (Writing 700, Reading 740, Math 750)
[</em>] ACT superscore (breakdown): 35 (Sci 35, Math 34, Read 35, Writ 35)
[<em>] SAT II: a few, none higher than 740
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[<em>] Weighted GPA: ?
[</em>] Rank: 1/530ish
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): Lang. (5), Bio (5), World (5), US (4), CalcAB (4), Stats (3)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Eng. Lit, AP CompSci, AP CalcBC, AP Physics C, AP US Gov, AP HumGeo
[<em>] Number of other RD applicants in your school: idk. at least three… (no others accepted)
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):…[/ul]</p>

<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Academic Coaches (Secretary), Knowledge Bowl (Captain), Taekwondo (instructor)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Taekwondo
[li] Volunteer/Community service:Peer tutoring and volunteer in library[/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: Talk mostly about taekwondo (I would give it an 8).[/li][</em>] Department at MIT: Biology (Pre-Med)
[<em>] What You Do That’s Creative?: I don’t remember
[</em>] World You Come From: Least affluent area in general region
[<em>] Significant Challenge: Overcoming economic challenges
[</em>] Other: Applied thru QuestBridge, so I might not have actually written all these essays but my writing ability overall is quite good, I would give it an 8.[/ul]</p>

<p>[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: IDK
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: IDK
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Great
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[<em>] Interview: Pretty good.
[</em>] Art Supplement: none[/list]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: Sept… ?
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): WA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Large Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian (Korean)
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Income Bracket: Lowest
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation…, QuestBridge Finalist[/ul]</p>

<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Good writing + QuestBridge
[</em>] Weaknesses: Testing scores
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: They need more females… I don’t know
[</em>] What would you have done differently?: Nothing. I live with no regrets…[/ul]</p>

<p>Other Factors:Mentioned intense interest in competing for MIT Taekwondo.
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:</p>