MIT - EA, Worth it? What are my chances?

jsim0808
Thu, 23 Apr 2009 02:09:16 +0000

jessiehl, Thanks for the succinct explanation of a “hook.” It makes me feel much better now that I don’t really have anything one-in-a-million on my resume. XD

wildchartermage, Yeah, I’m highly considering centralizing one of my essays around my disability, but I’m not entirely sure yet, as I feel that I have so much more about myself that I want to say! (Also, I’m not ethnically Chinese, even though Mandarin is my first language. Hopefully being a Pacific-Islander-blend will count me as an under-represented minority, but I don’t see that on their list…) I unfortunately don’t have the opportunity to do anything as awesome as your MIT paper, but I’m pushing hard on my grades and AP scores at this point.
I hope you’re having fun at MIT!