**Decision: Accepted **
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): didn’t take
SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): ^
ACT (breakdown): straight 34
ACT superscore (breakdown): 34
SAT II (subject, score): Math II 800, Physics 750
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.7
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1%
AP (place score in parentheses): Didn’t submit
IB (place score in parentheses):
Number of other EA applicants in your school: Just me lol
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.):
The real big one was
FIRST Robotics Dean’s List Award Winner
I devote almost all my time to robotics
ISEF Category Grand Award 4th place
Edson Entrepreneurial Award
Patent Pending for my start ups product
Coolidge Scholarship Distinction
Bryan Cameron Finalist
National Merit Commended (ended up not getting semi :/)
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.):
Normal ones that come with good grades
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description):
FIRST Robotics - Serve as outreach lead and CAD Captain
Internship - Working out of ASU doing superconductor research for quantum computing Josephson junctions
Start Up - founded my own start up working with Bluetooth to Hardware solutions
SkillsUSA - VP of Compsci Chapter
AZFTOC - Serve as the president of the Arizona group of FIRST Robotics High School Teams
MIT Launch - Participated over the summer
Work as a programmer for FIRST on many international robotics courses and programs
Varsity Rowing
Plus many more
Job/Work Experience:
Work as a math tutor at Mathnasium
Volunteer/Community Service:
1200+ hours working with robotics… way too many projects and stuff to list
Summer Experience:
MIT Launch
ASM International Material Science Camo
FIRST Robotics project development with headquarters
Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):
Essays:
What You Do For Pleasure: Rowing 8/10
Department at MIT: MechE and a connection with a prof their 9/10
Service: Robotics and working with students with autism 10/10
World You Come From: Being a nerd with parents who were professional athletes 9/10
Significant Challenge: Growing up with a stutter 10/10
Additional Essay/QB Essays: Just made some clarifications on how my school’s block system works
Other (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details):
Teacher Recommendation #1: Physics - worked with to launch our schools maker space 9/10
Teacher Recommendation #2: APUSH - my teacher loved me and his recs are legendary 11/10
Counselor Rec: Pretty regular 7/10
Additional Info/Rec: District STEM Coordinator who I worked with to launch a district-wide robotics and STEM club system 9/10
Interview: He was a fellow FRC Coach so we connected instantly
Maker Supplement: This was awesome, wrote a story about my passions 10/10
Research Supplement: This wasn’t the greatest, but I put my best into it (it did place at ISEF) 8/10
Other
Date Submitted App: Had the essays done two months in advance but submitted on the due date
U.S. State/Territory or Country: Arizona
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White boi
Gender: Male
Income Bracket Range: 150K+
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athlete, development): None really, but I talked to Petey a few times at ISEF and FRC Champs and when he gave our MIT tour he remembered my name lol
Reflection
Strengths: Extracurriculars and strong fit with MIT
Weaknesses: Physics SAT was low
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: The Engineering Gods were kind to me
What would you have done differently?: Nothing really
Where else did you apply?
I’m going to apply to just Yale and Stanford now, but MIT is my one and only
General Comments & Advice:
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