Official 2015 EA results thread

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<p>Pick one:
Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] ACT (highest composite w/breakdown): 35
[</em>] SAT II: 800s in Math II and Physics
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 4.087
[</em>] AP (place score in parentheses): 5s in Calc AB, Compsci AB, Physics B, 3 in US History
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Physics and Nanotechnology
[</em>] Number of other EA applicants in your school: A lot. EA + RD = ~80
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] Grand prize winner of the Popular Science National School Inventors Challenge</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Radio Controlled Model Club (presided/founded), Amateur Radio Club (secretary, activities director), Team America Rocketry Challenge (secretary), Botball Robotics
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Internship, worked on a UAV
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] Boy Scouts for 9 years</p>[/li]
<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: Robotics/Automation
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: History
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Yes
[</em>] Additional Rec: Principal
[li] Interview: Yes[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: 11/30
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Virginia
[<em>] School Type: Public Magnet
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Science Fair, 1st place in school and regional, $800 in scholarships, provisional application for a patent on the device
[</em>]National finalist team for rocketry</p>

<p>[/ul]</p>

3

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2070, 740/710/620
[</em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown):
[<em>] ACT (breakdown): 34, 36/35/34/30
[</em>] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math2, 720 Physics, 750 USH
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.74
[<em>] Weighted GPA: n/a
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): 5: AB, 4: BC, englit, ush
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: pretty heavy, multivariable @ community college
[li] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 0[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): (Chess), political internship, others[/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:[/li][</em>] Department at MIT:
[<em>] What You Do That’s Creative?:
[</em>] World You Come From:
[<em>] Significant Challenge:
[</em>] Other:[/ul]
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1:
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2:
[<em>] Counselor Rec:
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[<em>] Interview: yes, went very well
[</em>] Art Supplement:[/list]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App:
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): New Mexico
[<em>] School Type: private, tiny
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: m
[</em>] Income Bracket: high
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] legacy, late father attended</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:
[</em>] Weaknesses:
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
[</em>] What would you have done differently?:[/ul]</p>

<p>Other Factors:[ul]
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:[/ul]
Expected this but it still sucks. Gl to everyone in RD.</p>

4

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):800/750/750 M/W/R
[</em>] ACT (breakdown): 35/36/36/35 (36 composite) E/M/R/S
[<em>] SAT II: 800s in Math 2, Physics, Chem
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 4.89ish
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/125
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): 5s in all that I’ve taken (11 of them)
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: IB HL Physics, History, Spanish, Math, IB SL English, Chemistry, TOK
[</em>] Number of other EA applicants in your school: None that I know of
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 3 time USAMO qualifier[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Good I think
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[li] Volunteer/Community service: Slightly subpar but decent[/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: 9[/li][</em>] Department at MIT: 6
[<em>] World You Come From: 6
[</em>] Significant Challenge: 7
[<em>] Other:[/ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: Really good[/li][</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: Really good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Really good
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[<em>] Interview: Decent but nothing special
[</em>] Art Supplement: Sent in research abstract and journalism work[/list]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: 10/31/10
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type:
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket: Not applying for aid
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Brother attending MIT grad school right now (dunno if this matters)[/ul]</p>

<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: USAMO
[</em>] Weaknesses: Nothing particular stands out, essays weren’t exceptional though
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Nothing really stood out in my app
[</em>] What would you have done differently?:[/ul]</p>

<p>Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Meh I’m not all that beat up over this</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 800 780
[</em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown):
[<em>] ACT (breakdown):
[</em>] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[<em>] SAT II: bio 800 world history 800 math II 800 chem 800
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 4.29
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: ap gov, ap econ, ap calc bc, ap physics c, ap comp sci, jazz band, english lit
[</em>] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 2
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] none</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): marching band, jazz band, we the people (competitive civics), science olympiad, math club
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: worked for an online tutoring company
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] not much</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: reading fantasy/sci fi (10)[/li][</em>] Department at MIT: EECS (5)
[<em>] What You Do That’s Creative?: talked about humor (8)
[</em>] World You Come From: talked about being a first-gen immigrant (8)
[<em>] Significant Challenge: talked about science olympiad (7)
[</em>] Other: talked about visit to Los Alamos National Labs (8)[/ul]
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: teacher said it was her best ever
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: taken from a template, but enthusiastic
[<em>] Counselor Rec: dunno if she wrote one
[</em>] Additional Rec: none
[<em>] Interview: alright
[</em>] Art Supplement: music supplement (it was OK i guess)[/list]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: day before
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: chinese
[</em>] Gender: male
[<em>] Income Bracket: 75k-100k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]</p>

<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: essays?
[</em>] Weaknesses: lack of awards/achievements
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: i didn’t stand out, but wasn’t underqualified
[</em>] What would you have done differently?: worked more on the essays and did more stuff earlier in high school[/ul]</p>

<p>Other Factors:[ul]
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: can’t say i wasn’t expecting a deferral[/ul]</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 660M 770CR 730W (2160 total)
[</em>] SAT II: Chemistry: 520, Math 1: 740, Math 2: 680, Biology M: 650
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 96.9 out of 100
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 20%
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): APUSH: 5, AP Physics and AP Calculus AB (taking this year)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 2 APs, 2 college courses
[li] Number of other EA applicants in your school: None that I know of[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): (20+ hours/week in my school theater)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked since I was 13
[li] Volunteer/Community service: A lot of community service in my school theater[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: Amazing
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: Didn’t read
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read
[</em>] Additional Rec: Amazing
[li] Interview: VERY bad[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Maine
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Female, legacy (grandfather)[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[*] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I have no idea. I’m blown away that I was deferred – I thought I would have been outright rejected. I’m expecting to be rejected in the next round anyway.[/ul]</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred
Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 750 CR, 740 Math, 730 Writing - (2220 Overall)
[</em>] SAT II: Math 2C - 790, Physics - 740, Chemistry 700
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not rank
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses):

  • US History (4)
  • World History (4)
  • Lang + Comp (4)
  • Chemistry (3)
    [</em>] Senior Year Course Load:
  • Calc BC AP
  • African American Studies
  • 20th Century Literature Honors
  • Marine Biology
  • Quantum Theory
  • Classical Performance Seminar
  • Latin 4 Honors
    [<em>] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 2
    [</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
  • NLE Summa cum laude, magna cum laude, cum laude
  • USRowing Scholastic Honor Roll[/ul]
    Subjective:[ul]
    [<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):
  • Varsity Crew 3 years
  • Class secretary/treasurer 3 years
  • Environmental club (President 2 years)
  • Drug awareness club (Leader 2 years)
  • Asian student alliance (President 2 years)
  • Stress Management Committee (Leader 1 year)<br>
    [</em>] Job/Work Experience: UCSF Stem Cell Lab - Intern 4 Years
    [<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 125 hrs environmental, 25 hrs homeless shelter[/ul]
    Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
    [</em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: Chem AP/Quantum Theory teacher -10
    [<em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: US History teacher - 8
    [</em>] Counselor Rec: 10
    [<em>] Additional Rec: 10 Supervisor at UCSF internship
    [</em>] Interview: 7[/ul]
    Other[ul]
    [<em>] Date Submitted App: 11/12/2010
    [</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
    [<em>] School Type: Private
    [</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
    [<em>] Gender: Male
    [</em>] Income Bracket: 50k
    [<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Potential recruit for crew[/ul]
    Reflection[ul]
    [</em>] Strengths: Crew, ECs, Recommendations, UCSF Internship (4 years)
    [*] Weaknesses: Rigor of Classes, Asian Male, Grades/Scores?[/ul]</p>
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<p>[size=+2]Decision: Accepted<a href=“This%20is%20for%20my%20son”>/size</a></p>

<ul>
<li>SAT: 2290 (single test)</li>
<li>SAT II: Math II;800, Chemistry: 800, World History:800, Physics:770, US History: 790</li>
<li>ACT: 34(did not submit)</li>
<li>GPA: Unweighted:3.975</li>
<li>Rank: School does not rank</li>
<li>Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):
AP:
Chemistry: 5
Statistics: 5
Computer Science AB: 5
Physics: 5
English Language and Composition: 5
Human Geography:5
World History:5
US History:5
French:3
Currently taking the following:
Biology
Macro
Calculus BC
English Lt</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: Well written in my opinion</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: The only one I saw was fantastic</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: did not see it</li>
<li>Supplementary Material: research letter of recommendation</li>
<li>Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): URM,Caltech YESS program</li>
</ul>

<p>Personal</p>

<ul>
<li>Location: KY</li>
<li>High School Type: Magnet Program</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Nigerian-American</li>
<li><p>Gender: Male</p></li>
<li><p>Extracurriculars: Various volunteer work, tutor, National Honor Society,</p></li>
<li><p>Awards: General science and math, quick recall, 2nd Place Computer Science,
Science Fair, Science Olympiad Kentucky State Champions,
National Merit Semifinalist, Harvard University Alumni Book Award for Academic
Excellence, National AP Scholar, National French Exam 5th place in Kentucky.</p></li>
<li><p>Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Good Luck to the deferred applicants</p></li>
</ul>

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<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): M:740 CR:740 W:800
[</em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2280
[<em>] SAT II: Math II:790 French WL:800 Chem:740
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.53 ish (doesn’t include 3.9 senior 1st quarter)
[<em>] Weighted GPA: unsure.
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Approx top 5th percentile
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): Biology(5) EnviroSci(5) French(5) Chem(5)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, AP Stats, AP BC Calc, normal history/english, jazz ensemble
[<em>] Number of other EA applicants in your school: approx 8
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 6th in nation on National Italian Exam, many State Science Olympiad medals (not too major :\ ) [/ul]</p>

<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Tons of science competitions, Piano for 10 years, Saxophone for 8 years, (City Student Rep, elected to represent 20,000 students)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked for company on science tech/learning
[li] Volunteer/Community service: Just park cleanups [/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:8[/li][</em>] Department at MIT: 8
[<em>] What You Do That’s Creative?: 6
[</em>] World You Come From: 10
[<em>] Significant Challenge: 10
[</em>] Other:[/ul]
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: Unsure, presumed excellent
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: Unsure, presumed good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: None sent.
[</em>] Additional Rec: Employer, was told good/excellent
[li] Interview: Went very well.</p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: Day before deadline
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Massachusetts
[<em>] School Type: Large public (2000 students.) 400 in my grade, of which 300 are bad to good, 100 are very good students.
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 150-200k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] Know 4 languages, have lived in many places.</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: International perspective, Strongest course selection in my school (for science) since freshman. (Took all math+science AP’s with lots of electives.)
[</em>] Weaknesses: Grades (Really tough to get perfect/near-perfect grades an my school,they don’t really care about sending kids to top colleges)
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Competive, nothing blown out of water.
[</em>] What would you have done differently?:[/ul] Nothing. I’m content with my high school effort, and frankly don’t feel responsible for my faults.</p>

<p>[/list]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: I’m feeling ok, just a little disappointed. It’s what I expected though, so no serious emotion :). Best of luck to deferees and rejectees, and CONGRATS to acceptees.</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 700 CR/760 M/710 W
[</em>] ACT (breakdown): N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 750 Math I, 750 Physics
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 4.5, about.
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 40/600
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): Physics B (5), US History (4) (only APs offered to juniors here besides Music Theory).
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Bio, AP Macro, all the rest honours/college courses.
[</em>] Number of other EA applicants in your school: I know of 5.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] Commended National Merit Scholar.</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): President and founder of a theatre group that donates to orphanages in Russia, president and founder of Russian Club at school, varsity swimming, Drama Club, NHS.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked at Target since November 2009.
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] 100 hours at a local library.</p>[/li]
<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
My writing in general was unique, strongly voiced, but perhaps a little dis-unified. I honestly forget precisely what I wrote about for each section. </p>

<p>[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: Fantastic, from my Latin teacher whom I’ve had for four years now.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: From my last year’s chem teacher, evidently he writes incredible recs.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Great.
[</em>] Additional Rec: None.
[<em>] Interview: Decent, but a bit awkward! My EC didn’t know that MIT offered anthropology or archaeology, didn’t know much about the housing system or any of the courses currently offered, and when I told him how much I just felt right at MIT, he said “so you just like the atmosphere?” and wrote something down.
[</em>] Art Supplement:[/ul] None! </p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: October 29th.
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): New York.
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Mid-sized public, 2000 students, competitive.
[<em>] Ethnicity: White!
[</em>] Gender: Male!
[<em>] Income Bracket: 100,000-150,000.
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] Not many. </p>

<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: My writing.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Not enough punch, no hook besides some unique ECs.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I simply think I didn’t stand out enough. My test scores weren’t as spectacular as they could have been, my ranking isn’t fabulous, I have unique qualities but nothing was so stunning that I needed to get in.
[</em>] What would you have done differently?:[/ul] Nothing! I simply wasn’t meant to go to MIT. </p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:
I’m surprised about how good I’m feeling right now! I expected to be deferred or rejected, and I really just feel nice now that I’ve got one rejection under my belt. MIT doesn’t offer Russian, so I’d have to take courses over at Harvard, and that could be messy, so perhaps this is for the best. MIT would have be absolutely awesome, but I’m positive that I’ll find an awesome college experience somewhere else! UChicago (top choice) and Madison (second choice) decisions come out tomorrow for me, and I’m excited for them! Congratulations to those who were accepted, good luck to the deferred, and best of luck to the rejected who will be awesome students at another college. After all, it’s only undergrad!</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[</em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown):
[<em>] ACT (breakdown):31C 33M 33S 29E 27R Best Sitting
[</em>] ACT superscore (breakdown):31C 33M 33S 30E 29R Two Sittings
[<em>] SAT II:680 Math II, 660 Physics
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.85
[<em>] Weighted GPA:4.15/4.75
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):32/385
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): AP Lang(4) APUSH(3)
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Adv Debate/AP Lit/AP Physics B/AP Gov/AP Calc BC/Senior Project/Engineering Internship
[</em>] Number of other EA applicants in your school:1, I wonder how he did!
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):FIRST Robotics(CIO), TSA, Debate, Forensics, Scholar’s Bowl, and Archery
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:High School Intern at the #1 Telecommunications firm
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul]250+ Hours in various activities</p>[/li]
<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]

[list][<em>] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]8ish, I used the QB app, I felt like it accurately portrayed me.
[</em>] Other:[/ul]
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1:Great, physics teacher. Didn’t read but we were on great terms.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2:Amazing, English teacher who has been teaching for 38 years and said I was one of her best students.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #3:From QB App, great rec, again didn’t read. Teacher loved me and I have worked extensively with her because of my internship
[</em>] Counselor Rec:Didn’t really know her, I imagine fairly well because I’ve worked closely with her for a few months.
[<em>] Additional Rec:From a FIRST Robotics Mentor, I didn’t read it but I know it was amazing.
[</em>] Interview:Pretty good I’d say.[/list]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App:Way back in October because of Questbridge
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant):KS
[<em>] School Type:Public that sends most kids to local State U
[</em>] Ethnicity:Ethiopian(African)
[<em>] Gender:Male
[</em>] Income Bracket:<60,000 Thus Questbridge
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]URM, First Generation, and Questbridge</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:I felt the essays were pretty strong, in terms of subjective I’ve done my best.
[</em>] Weaknesses:Probably my test scores and my GPA are a little on the low side for MIT Applicants
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:I don’t know, they wanted to see me in a pool with the rest of the applicants?
[</em>] What would you have done differently?:[/ul]Nothing at all, it all went fairly smoothly.</p>

<p>Other Factors:[ul]
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:[/ul] While I foolishly hoped to be done with college applications early, I’m ecstatic I was deferred rather than rejected. Third time is the charm =). Back to studying for my AP Physics B final then.</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2240 (750 CR, 730 M, 710 W)
[</em>] ACT superscore (breakdown): none
[<em>] SAT II: 770 Chem, 760 Math II
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): n/a
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 4.51
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9/361
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): AP English Lang (5), AP Chem (5), APUSH (5), AP Comp Sci A (3)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP English Lit, AP Bio, AP Gov, AP Stats, Latin 4
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] no maaajor ones</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):</p>[/li]
<ul>
<li>FIRST Robotics (Team HYPER 69)(Head Programmer) (Perennial top 3 in competition, spent 600 hours or so in last 3 years for it)

<ul>
<li>Science Olympiad (Co-Founder)</li>
<li>Swimming (MVP of a meet, varsity letter)</li>
<li>Academic Decathlon (Captain)(6th in states)</li>
<li>MOON (Math team, president)(Top in division)</li>
</ul></li>
</ul>

<p>[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Self-employed tutoring service
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:Just NHS[/ul]</p>

<p>Writing :[ul]
[<em>] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: Singing songs from Wicked and Journey xD[/li][</em>] Department at MIT: Energy and Environmental Engineering
[<em>] Trait that describes you: Dedication
[</em>] World You Come From: Parents living paycheck to paycheck while still nuturing me
[<em>] Significant Challenge: Robotics Camera
[</em>] Other:[/ul]
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: Amazing
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: Amaazing
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Very good
[</em>] Additional Rec: Mentor from robotics, very good
[li] Interview: Excellent[/list]</p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[</em>] School Type: Public, sends a few to ivys each year
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: Low
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First-gen college student[/ul]</p>

<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: EC’s, recs, interview, essay
[</em>] Weaknesses: Grades probably
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Not sure
[</em>] What would you have done differently?: Nothing, haha[/ul]</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc Good luck everybody! And congrats to the accepted!</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred
Objective:
SAT I superscore (breakdown): 600 CR, 800 Math, 660 Writing - (2060 Overall)
SAT II: Math 2C - 800, Chemistry 740
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.00
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 20/900ish
AP (place score in parentheses):

  • US History (5)
    Senior Year Course Load:
  • Calc BC AP
  • European History
  • Physics AP
  • Chemistry AP
    Number of other EA applicants in your school: 1
    Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
  • Rensselaer Medal Award
    Subjective:
    Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):
  • Chess Club
  • Math Club (President)
  • Academic Quiz Team
    Volunteer/Community service: 250 hr Hospital Pharmacy
    Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):
    Teacher Recommendation #1: Calc BC -10
    Teacher Recommendation #2: US History teacher - 10
    Counselor Rec: 10<br>
    Interview: 6
    Other
    Date Submitted App: 12/1/2010 (QuestBridge Scholar)
    State (if domestic applicant): PA
    School Type: Public
    Ethnicity: Asian
    Gender: Male
    Income Bracket: 25k
    Reflection
    Strengths: Grades, ECs, Recommendations (4 years)
    Weaknesses: SAT Scores</p>
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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):2330 (770 M 770 CR 790 W)
[</em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown):2330
[<em>] ACT (breakdown): 36 (35 M 35 E 36 R 36 S)
[</em>] ACT superscore (breakdown):36
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math 2, 800 Chemistry, 750 Lit
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Weighted GPA: N/A
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Does not rank.
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): English Lang. (5), APUSH (5), Chem (5)
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses): None
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Comp Sci, AP English Lit, AP Calc AB, AP Western Civ, AP Spanish IV, Physics Honors
[</em>] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 0
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Soccer (Varsity Captain), Piano (13 years), Science Olympiad (Captain), Mu Alpha Theta (President), JETS team (Vice President), Beta Club (Vice President), Quiz Bowl (Captain), NHS
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Summer Construction Job
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/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: Guitar (7)[/li][</em>] Department at MIT: Course 6 (7)
[<em>] What You Do That’s Creative?: Hmm… I dont remember this one
[</em>] World You Come From: About AP classes and such (8)
[<em>] Significant Challenge: Losing weight (5)
[</em>] Other:[/ul]
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: Didn’t read but should be great
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: Same as other one
[<em>] Counselor Rec: She told me it was amazing
[</em>] Additional Rec: None
[<em>] Interview: It went really well
[</em>] Art Supplement:[/list]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: I don’t remember but it was fairly early
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant):Louisiana
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Catholic
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: > $200,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, legacy (dad and brother)[/ul]</p>

<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Test Scores and grades
[</em>] Weaknesses: Lack of major awards and some weak essays
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I really loved MIT and all of my stats backed it up
[</em>] What would you have done differently?: Spend some more time on my essays[/ul]</p>

<p>Other Factors:[ul]
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Congrats to everyone who was accepted! I can’t wait to meet everyone! To those who weren’t accepted, I’m sure you will do great things wherever you end up. Good luck to the deferees![/ul]</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown):780 CR, 740 Math, 630 Writing - (2150 Overall)
[</em>] ACT (breakdown):
[<em>] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[</em>] SAT II: 650 Chem 710 Math Level II
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.71
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):123/620
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses):Physics B:4 Chem:4 Calc BC:4 Language:4 World History:2
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Human Geo, AP Physics C, AP Literature, Calc III and Differential Equations (taken at Catholic University of America), AP Japanese, and Bio-Organic
[</em>] Number of other EA applicants in your school:1
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Achievement Semifinalist? Eh, not really major…[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Ballet, Science and Tech tutoring, secretary of Japanese Club
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[li] Volunteer/Community service: Some volunteer work at local library and food bank[/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:Wrote about grocery shopping. 8[/li][</em>] Department at MIT: Philosophy. 7
[<em>] What You Do That’s Creative?: that was one of the questions???
[</em>] World You Come From:wrote about super pushy mother. 8
[<em>] Significant Challenge: wrote about this Japanese party that went terribly. 7
[</em>] Other:[/ul]
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: AP Physics B Teacher. 6
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: AP Japanese teacher. 5 (he wrote it last minute)
[<em>] Counselor Rec:
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[<em>] Interview:
[</em>] Art Supplement:[/list]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: 10/26
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant):MD
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type:Magnet school (public)
[<em>] Ethnicity:Black
[</em>] Gender:Female
[<em>] Income Bracket:70,000-ish
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):Black female most definitely lol[/ul]</p>

<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:Interview, courseload, SAT I’s?
[</em>] Weaknesses:GPA and class rank, SAT II’s, recommendations
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:lol, no idea.
[</em>] What would you have done differently?: Worked harder during high school.[/ul]</p>

<p>Other Factors:
**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Whoa…kind of was expecting a rejection so wow. I’m gonna work super hard now! :slight_smile: Good luck to deferred, you’re still fabulous, rejected, and a big congrats to accepted! **</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT: 2310 and 2340

  • SAT II: 800 in Math II and 770 Physics
  • AP (place score in parentheses): 5s in World History, APUSH, English
  • Number of other EA applicants in your school: A lot. don’t know. quite a few (20-30?)
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
    </code></pre>

<p>Subjective:
* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): debate co-captain, business club, math club, volunteer, etc.
* Job/Work Experience: Internship
* Volunteer/Community service: quite a few. around 250 hrs total?</p>

<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):</p>

<pre><code>* Teacher Recommendation #1: 8+

  • Teacher Recommendation #2: 7
  • Counselor Rec: Yes
  • Additional Rec: no
  • Interview: Yes
    </code></pre>

<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>* Date Submitted App: 11/30

  • State (if domestic applicant): -
  • School Type: Public
  • Ethnicity: -
  • Gender: -
    </code></pre>

<p>good luck to everyone who is accepted. you deserve it!!</p>

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<p>Pick one:
Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2250, Cr 700, Math 800, Writing 750
[</em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown):
[<em>] ACT (breakdown):
[</em>] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[<em>] SAT II: Math IIC 800, Chem 780, Physics 770
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.907
[<em>] Weighted GPA: ??
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 26
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): 5’s in Calc AB and BC, Physics, Bio, Psych, 3’s in Jr English and US History
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Whatev
[</em>] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 0
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semi[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Cross Country, Swim, Track, Leadership at school, Medical Explorers, Civil Air Patrol
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: I was a paper boy once :slight_smile:
[li] Volunteer/Community service: 600+ hrs Hospital volunteering and Medical Explorers[/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:[/li][</em>] Department at MIT:
[<em>] What You Do That’s Creative?:
[</em>] World You Come From: Asia
[<em>] Significant Challenge: Racism
[</em>] Other:[/ul]
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1:
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2:
[<em>] Counselor Rec:
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[<em>] Interview:
[</em>] Art Supplement:[/list]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: Nov 1
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): WA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type:
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese, Burmese
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: 60-90k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]</p>

<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:
[</em>] Weaknesses:
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: idk, waiting on Regular now… :frowning:
[</em>] What would you have done differently? nuthin:[/ul]</p>

<p>Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:</p>

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<p>Pick one:
Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 Math, 730 Critical Reading, 770 Writing
[</em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2300
[<em>] ACT (breakdown):
[</em>] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 790 Biology-M
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9362
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 5.0862
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/311
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): AP World History (4), AP European History (5), AP Biology (5), AP English Language and Composition (4), AP Art History (5), AP US History (5), AP Chemistry (5), AP Calculus BC (5), AP English Literature and Composition (4)
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: IB Chemistry HL, IB Further Math SL, IB Theory of Knowledge, IB English HL, IB Biology HL, IB Spanish SL, IB History of the Americas HL
[</em>] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 3?
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] Intel ISEF finalist, 2 time member of Team Florida (academic team) and captain 1 year, National AP Scholar, National Merit Semi-finalist</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/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: Tightrope walking (6)[/li][</em>] Department at MIT: Math (6)
[<em>] What You Do That’s Creative?: Can’t remember (5)
[</em>] World You Come From: Poverty in my school (4)
[<em>] Significant Challenge: Class I took, maturity, etc. (4)
[</em>] Other:[/ul] Optional was very heartfelt, but MIT wasn’t receptive I guess (x)
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: Great, one teacher who proofread it made the comment that my teacher might as well just adopt me.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: Also great.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Great.
[</em>] Additional Rec: I had one from my county quizbowl coach of 4 years which was great.
[<em>] Interview: Fantastic
[</em>] Art Supplement:[/list]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: November 1, 2010
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Florida
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public, mid-sized
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: $150,000 ish
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I took a load of college and graduate school level math classes at the local university. [/ul]</p>

<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Extra classes taken, Team Florida, school leadership, science research done, extracurriculars in general.
[</em>] Weaknesses: A couple bad grades and maybe essays. I thought my essays were great, but after now… I’m not so sure anymore.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Too many people who were good, and I just wasn’t one of them I guess.
[</em>] What would you have done differently?: Paid more attention to my grades, edit my essays better, community service, and… I don’t know. Worked harder?[/ul]</p>

<p>Other Factors: Not really[ul]
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: I feel terrible. I cried some. MIT was my dream school. I’ve been wanting to go to MIT ever since I was 5. I thought I could at least get deferred, but I don’t know what happened. I loved MIT with every fiber of my being, and my application was pretty good in my opinion… I… I just don’t know anymore. All I can do is cry.[/ul]</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>School applied to: M&T and then Early Wharton if M&T said “no” or “wait”</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I: Math 800 CR 730 Writing 700 2230
SAT II: Math 1 790, Math 2 800, Biology 750 World History 750
Unweighted GPA: 4.0
Rank: #1 of 318
AP: BC CALC (5), AB CALC (5), AP EURO (5), AP BIO (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP Physics B [HS doesn’t offer C versions], AP Stats, AP Gov, AP English Lit, French 9
Major Awards: Nothing National / Many State Awards in Mathematics, Mu Alpha Theta, FBLA, Qualified for AIME in 2010, Rotary Award, National Merit, AP Scholar.</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars: (President) of FBLA Chapter and Math Club both Junior and Senior year, (Officer at Large FBLA Sophomore year, Knowledge Bowl, Varsity Golf 3 years [JV 1] with dozens of individual golf tournaments away from HS League play. Qualified for State Championshp for 2011 (2.5 Handicap), NHS, Leadership Team with large youth group in my community. </p>

<p>Job/Work Experience: Summer Employment as a Legal Assistant Intern and an Accounting Intern at two different firms.
Volunteer/Community service: Lots. Won two highly regarding Community Service recognition awards, service work with homeless, soup kitchens, native american nation camp, South LA youth facility [I’m from WA State]
Summer Activities: Boys State, WA Business Week [twice], Summer Mission Trips, Lots of work and lots of golf.
Essays: I spent twice as much time on mine for Penn than any others. My Passion for Penn were Wharton, SEAS, M&T and the Community Service outreach Penn has with Philly. The latter was heavy focus of my essay as its so important to me.
Teacher Recommendation: Should be very solid.
Counselor Rec: Should be very solid [don’t have access to read either]
Additional Rec: Didn’t submit from my FBLA Advisor and now wish I had.
Interview: Went well - also an M&T Alumni / lasted nearly 2 hrs</p>

<p>Other
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Needed some Aid
Hooks: None really as MIT dropped golf a year ago as a Division III. As a 2.5 handicap, I would have likely started for them. </p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: Leadership, Personality & Character [or so I’m told], Top at my school in grades taking more APs than any other student,
Weaknesses: Not really sure - Kind of frustrated figuring that one out.
Why you think you were deferred: My HS is one of the top publics in the state, but is regarded more for strengths in liberal arts and fine arts than it is in mathematics and sciences. It only offers 9 AP classes [I will have taken all but AP Fine Art]. No offering of AP Economics at my HS probably hurt me. Perhaps deferred from M&T as I haven’t yet taken AP Chem and AP Physics until now [getting A’s in all 5 of my APs with 4 weeks to go]. Will need to take SAT II Chem for another school and perhaps they’ll look at January sitting as it should arrive same time as my mid-year report.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted Georgia Tech, Deferred Penn, Awaiting early action responses on Michigan and MIT. Regular Applications to Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, Stanford, ??.
General Comments:
Need to find out if they’ll still look at me for M&T Regular or if I’m simply only able to be viewed for Wharton.</p>

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<p>Pick one:
Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I superscore (breakdown): Math: 800 Reading: 740 Writing: 770
SAT II: Math I: 780 Math II: 800 Physics: 720 Chemistry: 760
Weighted GPA: 3.92
Rank: top 2%
AP: US History (4) Statistics (4)
Senior Year Course Load: A good amount.
Number of other EA applicants in your school: 1</p>

<p>Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Tri-Captain (Football, Winter Track, Spring Track)[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):
Essays: 9
Teacher Recommendation #1: 8
Teacher Recommendation #2: 7
Counselor Rec: 10
Interview: 9</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Massachusetts
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: M
[*] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Track (Javelin)[/ul]</p>