Official 2010 MIT RD Decision Thread

Psychic_Alchemist · March 18, 2006, 9:34pm

Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT: 2340 (740 on verbal)
[] SAT IIs: 800s in Physics, Math IIC, and US History
[] GPA: 5.30ish
[] Rank: 2/721
[] Other stats: 3rd at HMMT in Calculus, USAPhO semifinalist, USAMO qualifier, 5s on 9 AP exams, 4 on the other (Spanish, ugh).
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: I thought it was good
[] Teacher Recs: good
[] Counselor Rec: good
[] Hook (if any): math/physics
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: FL
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: Indian (Asian)
[] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[] Extracurriculars: Math team, NHS, Key club, etc.
[] Why I think I was accepted/deferred: Math stuff
[] Other thoughts: I’m so happy. It hasnt really sunk in yet that I’m going to MIT, but this is the best I’ve felt in a while.

sran · March 18, 2006, 9:40pm

**Decision: Accepted **

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT: 2370
[] ACT: 35
[] SAT IIs: 800 Ph, 800 M2, 760 USH
[] GPA: ~4.95/5
[] Rank: ~5/530
[] Other stats: 5’s on Calc BC, Ph C, USH, Euro H
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: Strong, from POV of people I showed them to. Nerdy, but also showed non-“nerd” sides of me.
[] Teacher Recs: Strong (?)
[] Counselor Rec: Decent (?)
[] Hook (if any): RSI 2005 participant, 2006 Intel STS finalist
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: IL
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: (Did not disclose)
[] Gender: M
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[] Extracurriculars: Mix of science/math activities, service activities that I feel passionately about, cultural activities, and “arts” activities. All stuff I love.
[] Why I think I was accepted/deferred: RSI, STS
[*] Other thoughts: Happy.

CzarDerivative · March 18, 2006, 9:57pm

Damnit, brian-mc… I wanted you to get in!

Oh well.

Update: Oh, right… my status.

Decision: Rejected

My stats from the early round are [url="<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?p=1560003#post1560003"]here[/url">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?p=1560003#post1560003"]here[/url</a>]. I sort of expected this, since MIT was the first application I filled out, and it honestly wasn’t that great. I did get into Caltech a few days ago though, so I’m not as upset as I would be otherwise. At least I won’t be cold next year ;).

Anyway, congrats to all who were accepted. You guys are going to have a blast next year. And good luck to people who are waiting for the letter.

Ooh… and now I’ll have something to post on the rejection wall at school.

-Oren

tropicalisland · March 18, 2006, 10:35pm

Me too! Brian, I definitely think you should get in! Oh well. There’s still hope. You can still get into other good schools.

i_need_a_pillow · March 18, 2006, 10:39pm

Decision: Rejected

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT: 630 W, 700 M, 790 V
[] SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 750 Bio M, 690 Lit
[] GPA:3.964/4.00 unweighted
[] Rank: 10/273
[] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: A nice piece on balance (physical and mental)
[] Teacher Recs: Amazing (three: head of english dept, calc teacher, and physics teacher)
[] Counselor Rec: No idea. Probably good.
[] Hook (if any): Never understood the concept, really.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: Missouri
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Filipino-American
[] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars: Debate, student council (student body president), theater, academic team, math team
[] Why I think I was rejected: Honestly, no idea.
[] Other thoughts: Don’t know what to think. This was my big goal and it didn’t go through.[/ul]

tero771 · March 18, 2006, 10:50pm

Decision: Accepted

Stats:
SAT I (by section): 2300 (800 M, 760 W, 740 CR)
SAT IIs: 800 Math IIC/790 Chem/780 Bio
APs: 5 Chem; 5 Bio
GPA: 3.84 uw;
Rank: no class rank but in top 5%

Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Research at a Harvard Cardiology Lab, Drama (had lead role), Classical Guitar, Hospital Volunteering, Intramural sports
Essays (subject and responses): wrote about drama
Teacher Recs:good
Counselor Rec:good
Interview (feel and general location):went well
Hook (if any):had 2 additional recs from harvard med school professor and for drama

Location/Person:
State: MA
School Type: Competitive Public
Ethnicity:Russian
Gender:M

Other Factors:
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: luck
Other Factors: also sent in: a poem that I wrote, a rap I wrote about the SAT, and my research abstract
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I am pretty ecstatic right now.

kmcd · March 18, 2006, 10:50pm

Decision: REJECTED

Stats:[ul]
[] Fee Waiver Used?: no
[] SAT I (by section): 660V/720M, 690V/710M, 640CR/790M/640W
[] SAT IIs: 620USHIST, 620USHIST/790IIC, 760PHYS
[] ACT:
[] APs: 3 World Hist, 2 US Hist, 3 English Lang, 4 Physics, 5 Calculus AB
[] IBs: 5 French B SL, 5 Physics SL
[] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.75/4.33
[] Rank: Somewhere between 5 and 24 of about 200, my school has really screwed up rank
[] Senior Yr Courseload: 0-Jazz Band, 1-IB Information Tech, 2-IB Math HL, 3-IB TOK/Advanced Metals second semester, 4-IB English HL, 5-Wind Ensemble, 6-IB History of Americas HL, 7-AP Physics C, 8-IB Extended Essay (first semester only)
[] Number of Apps from Your School: Two that I know of
[] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: Football, Baseball, Band, Class Office, Chess Club, Wrestling (I think those are the ones I put)
[] Job/Work Experience: Football Referee Junior and Senior year
[] Essays (subject and responses): Time you experienced a challenge - Broken ankle in first football game I ever played freshman year, and coming back. Topic of my choice: first solo flight as pilot in an airplane.
[] Teacher Recs: History teacher last year, English teacher this year/freshman year, Calculus teacher last year
[] Counselor Rec: I dunno, but my counselor <3’s me
[li] Interview (feel and general location): Decent, he seemed to wonder how I’d do going to the other coast (I live in Seattle). It was in a starbucks, and that sucked.[/li][li] Hook (if any): What does this mean? something special? I’m a Private Pilot.[/li][/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[li] State or Country: Bellevue, WA, United States[/li][li] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): ranked 24th in nation by newsweek, public. Go <a href=“http://www.bsd405.org/ihs”>here</a> for the school webpage and more stats.[/li][] Ethnicity: White
[] Income Bracket: Varies, but in 2005 high
[] Gender: Male
[] Hooks: This question has all ready been asked.
[] Strengths/Weaknesses: That’s what the rest of the app is supposed to determine.
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I believe my B in math senior year really hurt me. It was the only B that I’d ever had in math.
[/ul]
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I didn’t really expect much. MIT is ranked #1 toughest to get into by PR.

Snafu851 · March 18, 2006, 11:02pm

Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[] SAT I (by section): 800M, 800CR, 760W/10E
[] SAT IIs: 800IIC, 800 Chem, 780 Bio-M
[] ACT: 36 Composite; 36M, 36S, 35E, 35R, 9 essay
[] APs: Eight 5’s
[] IBs: None
[] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0 UW
[] Rank: School does not rank
[] Senior Yr Courseload: 5 AP’s
[] Number of Apps from Your School: 4
[] Other stats: 137 AMC 10/124 AMC 12/ 10 AIME
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: Math (MAO, AMC/AIME/USAMO, Mandelbrot, local competitions), Debate (Policy capt., NFL national qual), Quiz Bowl (Capt), Youth in Government (Pres), Science Olympiad (1st @ nats)
[] Job/Work Experience: Summer internship in Cell Bio Lab
[] Essays (subject and responses): I wrote about math in what I felt was a passionate manner; I used the essay to flesh out my Math EC.
[] Teacher Recs: Probably pretty good
[] Counselor Rec: Good
[] Interview (feel and general location): I failed to contact an interviewer before December 1st- future applicants: don’t make that particular mistake!
[] Hook (if any): USAMO? I probably can’t claim to have a hook.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: MO
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Good Public; Avg. SATs > 1300 (old test)
[] Ethnicity: Chinese
[] Income Bracket: Middle Class
[] Gender: Male
[] Strengths/Weaknesses: Angular application, but probably a common focus
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: EC’s[/li][/ul]
Other Factors: 
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Best of luck to everyone accepted/waitlisted/rejected; It’ll all come together eventually.

sjgia1 · March 18, 2006, 11:18pm

Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] Fee Waiver Used?: no
[] SAT I (by section): 800 reading, 790 writing, 720 math
[] SAT IIs: 780 biology, 740 chemistry, 740 math II
[] ACT: 35 composite
[] APs: none taken yet
[] IBs: none at my school
[] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0 (not weighted)
[] Rank: 1 of 83
[] Senior Yr Courseload: First semester—community college courses Caculus I, Western Civ I, and Spanish; AP English Literature, AP U.S. History; second semester—community college courses Calculus II, Western Civ II; AP English Literature, AP U.S. History, AP Psychology, AP U.S. Government and Politics
[] Number of Apps from Your School: 1 (me)
[] Other stats: 5’3"—unfortunately not short enough to qualify for the “short” scholarships
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: American Legion, speech, track, cross-country, art club, dance, drama, math club, Scholastic Writing Contest, blah blah blah
[] Job/Work Experience: vet clinic assistant/cleaner/typist
[] Essays (subject and responses): “effect your community/family has had on you”—essay about the Loess hills in southwestern Iowa and their effect on me through farming ancestors
[] Teacher Recs: ? no idea; my teachers didn’t show me these
[] Counselor Rec: ? likewise
[] Interview (feel and general location): in Omaha; I thought I could have done better BUT it lasted almost two hours, so I must not have been deadly boring
[] Hook (if any): NO HOOK! I DIDN’T KNOW I WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE A HOOK!!!
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: Iowa! go Iowa!
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public, SMALL; about 240 students in the whole high school; I am tied with three other girls for valedictorian
[] Ethnicity: White (or, if you like, English-Scottish-Irish-Czech-Dutch-German-American)
[] Income Bracket: $100,000 (I think)
[] Gender: Female
[] Hooks: SEE ABOVE
[] Strengths/Weaknesses: strengths—I write well (usually), I have a variety of extracurriculars, I have looked outside my school for extra classes; weaknesses—I didn’t start looking soon enough, so I only got four AP classes over the internet and possibly could have done more; also I didn’t search out enough extracurriculars outside of my school system
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: not sure; I thought my essay was nice, but that was my own personal opinion.
[/ul]
Other Factors: ?
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!
Now at least I have the OPTION of trying to figure out how I could pay for MIT!!!

I got deferred the first time around, which depressed me very much. This is why I am excessively happy now!!

tropicalisland · March 18, 2006, 11:48pm

Decision: Accepted!

Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?: Yup
SAT I (by section): 710 (CR), 790 (M), 770 (W)
SAT IIs: 800 (Math IIC), 780 (Latin), 750 (Biology)
APs: 5 (Biology), 5 (World History), 4 (Computer), 4 (Psychology)
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.45
Rank: No rank
Senior Yr Courseload: 3 APs
Number of Apps from Your School: Around 10
Other stats: natl merit, ap scholar w/ distinction, and other awards
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Host TV show, Girls Project (secretary) Tutoring and Volunteering (numerous places, over 300 hrs), Dance Club committee, college classes, Pre-Med (outreach director), Science Team (team leader), Robotics Team (secretary)
Essays (subject and responses): Very good
Teacher Recs: Excellent
Counselor Rec: Awesome
Interview (feel and general location): Great
Location/Person:
State or Country: MA
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, exam school
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Hooks: 1st generation, Well-roundedness, many awards in math, art, leadership, essay contests, science, etc.
Strengths/Weaknesses: Art, math, science
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I am a math and science geek who enjoys other pursuits as well
Other Factors: the headmaster of my school gave good comments about me to the MIT admissions officer who came to my school
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats to all those who got in! To those who didn’t, don’t fret too much about it since you would all end up in a college you love

chelskid51 · March 19, 2006, 12:29am

Decision: Accepted

Stats:
SAT: 770 math 740 verbal 680 writing (1510, 2190)
SAT IIs: 800 bio - m, 720 Math IIC, 680 US History
GPA: 97.3/100
Rank: 5/252
Other stats: lots of ec’s but no big national awards

Subjective:
Essays: it was the last one i wrote, most honest of all of them
Teacher Recs: good
Counselor Rec: good
Hook (if any): wrestling maybe?
Location/Person:
State or Country: NY
School Type: public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male

Other Factors:[list][li] Extracurriculars: 3 varsity sports, debate, science and math clubs, business club, etc.[/li]
Why I think I was accepted/deferred: ask ben :-D

Other thoughts: i really can’t wait til CPW…seeing mit but most of all meeting my fellow tenors…i look at other people’s stats and i feel honored to be among u guys

DakSmack · March 19, 2006, 12:37am

Decision: Rejected

Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?: no
SAT I (by section): 700 reading, 800 writing, 760 math
SAT IIs: 650 biology, 650 US History, 750 math II
ACT: 30 composite
APs: 5 - Biology, 4 - US History, Calc AB, 3 - English Language, 2 - Chemistry
IBs: none at my school
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.34, 3.7
Rank: 20 of 250
Senior Yr Courseload: First semester—AP English Literature, Instrumental Music, AP US Government, AP Comparative Government, AP Physics C, Ethics (I go to a Jesuit school), and French 4 Honors
Number of Apps from Your School: 1 (me)
Other stats: I have done well at many national circuit debate tournaments - not really the kind of thing MIT looks at too seriously though
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Golf, Swimming, NHS for all years, Liturgy Planning Committee, Kairos Leader, Core Team for Campus Ministry, Mathletes, Science Olympiad, Speech and Debate VP
Job/Work Experience: Soccer Referee, Volunteer at Kaiser Hospital (worked in post op/surgery waiting)
Essays (subject and responses): Talked about my family, my immersion trip to Chiapas, Mexico, and everything I learned at the SOA protest in Columbus, Georgia.
Teacher Recs: very good
Counselor Rec: decent…don’t really know though
Interview (feel and general location): I thought it went really good…it was at a starbucks and was very casual.
Hook (if any): My devotion to service for others
Location/Person:
State or Country: California
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Private, all boys, very competitive. Don’t send many ppl to MIT, simply because it’s so far away, but every year we have several who go to Ivies
Ethnicity: White (or, if you like, Syrian-Italian-Greek-Egyptian)
Income Bracket: $500,000 (I think)
Gender: Male
Hooks: SEE ABOVE
Strengths/Weaknesses: I don’t think I am the kind of person that MIT is looking for. I didn’t really know that I wanted to go into engineering until just this year when I took AP Physics Mechanics. Therefore, for the past years, I didn’t focus as much on Math and Science as I could have. I am now one of the most advanced math and science students at my school, but I just started shining in these subjects. I also have not done extensive Science and Math extracuriculars, other than Science Olympiad and Mathletes, but I always fought my mom who wanted me to do robotics (my bad mom!)
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I visited and I don’t really think that I fit the stereotype. I don’t think I’m ready to commit fully to math and science, because I still wanna pursue political science and/or philosophy
Other Factors: My sister taught at MIT last semester
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Congratulations to everyone who got in! I am not really that jealous, because I don’t think I would have enjoyed it that much. I’ll probably go to UCLA, which is a much larger environment that also has sports teams. lol, one thing MIT will never really have. I made some mistakes in high school, but I don’t regret it. I’m not ready to go cross country and be so focused.

kcastelle · March 19, 2006, 1:23am

Decision: ACCEPTED

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT: 2390 (790M, 800V, 800W)
[] SAT IIs: 800 math 2, 780 lit, 710 bio (explained extenuating circumstances for the last one in app)
[] GPA:4.0 unweighted (took all AP/Honors classes available though)
[] Rank:1/300
[] Other stats: National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar, 5 on AP Calc BC and Stats
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: excellent
[] Teacher Recs: positive but not “warm”
[] Counselor Rec: very good
[] Hook (if any): girl from an unheard of public school in the middle of nowhere…
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: OH
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: female
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars: academic team (president), science olympiad, robotics team, robotics class at Case Western (wrote about my research in app), varsity tennis w/ good record, 1st chair clarinet in band and student director, various volunteer stuff
[] Why I think I was accepted/deferred: nice numbers, good essays, essentially “maxed out” my school
[] Other thoughts: i can believe that i got in, but i can’t believe some of the people who didn’t… what an amazing pool it must have been to reject you!
[/ul]****

Globber · March 19, 2006, 1:26am

**Decision: Accepted!! **

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT: 1600/1600
[] SAT IIs: 800 MathII, 800 Chemistry, 770 Literature
[] GPA: 4.0UW
[] Rank: 4/513
[] Other stats: PSAT 232, 9 APs with 5s
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: Revamped after deferral, much better second time around
[] Teacher Recs: Excellent, and two great additional ones
[] Counselor Rec: Should be great
[] Hook (if any): TASP, Fed Challenge Economics competition 3x nationalist
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: MO
[] School Type: Large Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[] Extracurriculars: Fed Challenge Economics club, huge time investment
[] Why I think I was accepted/deferred: Good interview?
The redone essay was sooo much better than my EA material
[] Other thoughts: I’m right chuffed, especially reading through the rejected stats… /whistles

nea714 · March 19, 2006, 1:58am

**Decision: WAITLISTED **

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT: 2150 (790M, 690 V, 670W)
[] SAT IIs: 540 Chem, 610 Lit, 690 IIC
[] ACT: 29
[] GPA: 4.0 (unweighted)
[] Rank: 1/393 (rank shared with about 25 others)
[] AP: 5 on Stat, 3’s on Chem, Calc AB, Lit and Comp, US Hist, Euro Hist
[li] senior courseload: AP Calc BC, AP Gov, AP Lit, Calc Based Physics (honors), Adv Photo, French 3[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: decent, could have been better
[] Teacher Recs: i only got to see one of them, but it was pretty good
[] Counselor Rec: excellent
[] Hook (if any):

[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: WA
[] School Type: urban, public
[] Ethnicity: half Japanese
[] Gender: female

[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars: Extracurriculars: Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership, Museum Apprentice Program for high schoolers at the Museum of Flight, National Youth Leadership Forum, Mountaineers’ Post 84 Outdoor Education, National Honor Society, springboard diving, etc. etc.
[] Why I think I was accepted/deferred: i had pretty crappy SAT II scores and i didn’t do the interview. but i think that i was waitlisted instead of flat out rejected because i have had a pretty good course load throughout hs and a variety of extra currics + leadership
[li] Other thoughts: i was thinking that i’d be rejected, but i guess not. congratulations to everyone who has been accepted![/li]
[/ul]

Gra · March 19, 2006, 2:46am

Decision: Rejected (EA Deferral)

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT: 2100 composite, 780M, 660CR, 660WR
[] SAT IIs: MathIIC: 800, Physics: 800, USH: 750
[] GPA: 7.80/8.3W, 3.95/4UW Note: At my school, it’s almost a physical impossibility to get an 8.3W GPA.
[] Rank: 2/287
[] Other stats: APUSH: 4, Harvard Book Prize, National Latin, etc
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: Very good
[] Teacher Recs: Very good
[] Counselor Rec: Presumably good
[] Hook (if any): I don’t know?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: New Hampshire
[] School Type: Large public, 1300 students
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars: Math Team (tri-captain), Project Search, Tech Crew, NHS, Granite State Challenge quiz show, School co-webmaster/Student Technology Group
[] Summer stuff: Harvard SSP (Analog & Digital Electronics)
[] Why I think I was accepted/deferred/rejected: I don’t know. Low-ish SATs perhaps?
[li] Other thoughts: Somewhat disappointed because MIT was my first choice school and it’s just an hour drive away, but I got into Caltech, so it made up for it. The advantage I see in Caltech is the small class size (~200…and my senior class is about 287).[/li][/ul]

outlier · March 19, 2006, 3:09am

Decision: ACCEPTED

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT: 800 CR, 760M, 710 Wr
[] SAT IIs: 800 Wr, 800 Chem, 800 Math 2c
[] GPA: 5.25 (W), 3.98 (UW)
[] Rank: 2/1080 (big school)
[] Other stats: 5’s on all 6 APs taken. National Merit Semifinalist. MAO things…
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: Good…I wrote about Mu Alpha Theta and an Optional Essay about movies. PM me if you want to read them I guess.
[] Teacher Recs: Good
[] Counselor Rec: As good as it could possibly be?
[] Hook (if any): Research at Yale the past two summers…got a research grant from the AGA
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: South Florida
[] School Type: Very Large Public School (5000+)
[] Ethnicity: Indian (Asian)
[] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[] Extracurriculars: Mu Alpha Theta, JETS…the usual. I also co-founded a math competition for middle school students.
[] Why I think I was accepted/deferred: No Idea. I guess I showed a strong interest in the humanities as well as math and science?
[] Other thoughts: This is good.

zogoto · March 19, 2006, 3:42am

**Decision: Accepted **

Stats:[ul]
[] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[] SAT I (by section): 2290 (800M 770CR 720W)
[] SAT IIs: 800x4 (Writing, Math IIC, Physics, Chemistry)
[] ACT: N/A
[] APs: All 5s-Physics C (both parts), Chemistry, Calc BC, US History
[] IBs: N/A
[] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: No weighted, 4.0uw
[] Rank: 1/620
[] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Bio, AP C. Sci AB, AP Stats, AP Econ/Govt, AP Spanish Lang., AP English Lit.
[] Number of Apps from Your School: Probably around 5-10
[] Other stats: 123 on the AMC and 6 on the AIME two years in a row? Although MIT doesn’t know about the second 6 on the AIME since I just got it…
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: Pretty strong (few presidencies and scientific research is a big thing on mine)
[] Job/Work Experience: Little
[] Essays (subject and responses): Okay
[] Teacher Recs: Strong
[] Counselor Rec: Strong
[] Interview (feel and general location): I was bored but I think my interviewer liked it
[] Hook (if any): Research (STS, Siemens, ISEF, RSI, etc.)
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: Arizona
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
[] Ethnicity: Indian (South Asian)
[] Income Bracket: idk like 100k+?
[] Gender: Male
[] Hooks: Research/RSI
[] Strengths/Weaknesses: Strengths are a LOT of science competition awards in various research projects, and that I’ve been published and am about to submit for publication in Nature, as well as authoring a chapter in a graduate textbook, weakness is lack of sports (besides black belt in karate), and I feel my SAT I may keep me out of other colleges, but there’s no way to tell right now. Also, my essays could have been better.
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Tried hard?
[/ul]
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Good job to everyone!

botvinnikster · March 19, 2006, 3:48am

Decision: ACCEPTED YO

Stats:[ul]
[] Fee Waiver Used?: Nope
[] SAT I (by section): Math 740 CR 700 WR 600
[] SAT IIs: Math 800 Bio 720 Chem 740 Jap 520 (lol I’m not japanese, sorry)
[] ACT: didn’t take it
[] APs: Physics B, BC Calc, Bio
[] IBs: Econ SL, Math SL, English HL, History HL, Biology HL, Japanese HL
[] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.8 unweighted. We don’t do weights at my school
[] Rank: N/A
[] Senior Yr Courseload: Senior IB classes, AP Bio, Independent study Japanese, Math at local university
[] Number of Apps from Your School: 2 or 3? I have no clue
[] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: 5
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Essays (subject and responses): The one about changing your life, I wrote about the birth of my baby bro last may
[] Teacher Recs: Good for both required, excellent for the letters my coach and math prof this year sent
[] Counselor Rec: No clue
[] Interview (feel and general location): Great! He talked about himself the whole time
[] Hook (if any): Crew coach
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: Oregon
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public HS
[] Ethnicity: White, Russian
[] Income Bracket: lower middle class
[] Gender: Female
[] Hooks: I already said? Crew coach
[] Strengths/Weaknesses: I’m pretty
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Crew coach really helped
[/ul]
Other Factors: I’ve taken a full year of general chemistry, first semester of O-chem and math this year at a university level.
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:

masamune · March 19, 2006, 5:25am

**Decision: Rejected **

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT: 2340 (790 M, 790 CR, 760 W)
[] SAT IIs: 800 IIC, 800 Physics, 800 Molec. Bio
[] GPA: 3.95/4.5
[] Rank: i guess top 10 out of 600ish
[] Other stats: AIME 6
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: I thought they were pretty good. Not as good as my Yale ones, though.
[] Teacher Recs: Should be pretty good.
[] Counselor Rec: Pretty good
[] Hook (if any): I did research at MIT and I had an MIT professor write me a letter of recommendation. I also attended PROMYS (probably not a hook.)
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: CA
[] School Type: large, prestigious, public
[] Ethnicity: korean/jewish
[] Gender: male
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[] Extracurriculars: probably my weakest area. I only do math and science club (which I am REALLY passionate about, however!). I’m president this year, and I was treasurer last year.
[] Why I think I was accepted/deferred: Not enough awards/extracurriculars to really make me stand out from the rest of the application pool. I think my SATs, grades, teach recs, essays were all good enough. Also, I really didn’t think my interview went all that well. It wasn’t as if it was horrible…but i could have been a lot better.
[] Other thoughts: It’s really hard to get into MIT when everyone around you shares the same passions, hopes, and dreams. Congrats to all who did get in!

Official 2010 MIT RD Decision Thread

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