<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 770 Math / 700 CR / 720 WR (2190)
[</em>] ACT (breakdown): 34 Comp / 36 Math / 35 Science / 33 Reading / 31 English(Writing)
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II / 720 Biology / 710 Physics / 710 U.S. History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.889
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 4.155
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): European History (4) ; Calc BC (5) ; Biology (5) ; U.S. History (4) ; English Lang (3)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Network Design and Engineering III, IV; AP U.S. Government; AP Physics B (school doesn’t offer C so I’m self-studying); Physics Labs; AP English Literature; Gifted Education Multidiscipline Seminar (exclusive course for “gifted” students only); IT Independent Study; Self-study Comp-Sci
[<em>] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 2-3?
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): CCENT and A+ certifications ; national AP scholar[/ul] </p>
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Computer Repair Club (awesomely named SWAT); Varsity Swim; Varsity Tennis; Academic Team; Top UU Pokemon Battler (but I’m sure that hurt my application >_<)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Tennis and Swim Coach for 2 years; Database organizer for local Coldwell Banker Residental Brokerage, for which my mother and I work at (she’s a real estate agent, I manage the local database)
[li] Volunteer/Community service: I’m very involved in my neighborhood community, helping set up for Christmas, Easter, and other events that we occasionally host. [/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: 1-3[/li][</em>] Department at MIT: 8
[<em>] What You Do That’s Creative?: If this is the personality one, 6
[</em>] World You Come From: 8
[<em>] Significant Challenge: 4
[</em>] Other:[/ul]
[<em>] Teacher Recommendations: One was okay and the other was beautiful! 5 & 9
[</em>] Counselor Rec: 4
[<em>] Additional Rec: (from my IT teacher) 6
[</em>] Interview: I liked my guy. We talked a lot about possible UROPs that might help me in the fields I want to study. We were both swimmers so that was pretty cool.[/list]</p>
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: 10/30/10 (I think)
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): VA
[<em>] School Type: IT Magnet School (public)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese / Malaysian
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Generation College Student; CCENT (professional networking license) and A+ (hardware and customer service) certifications[/ul] </p>
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Do I have any? I’m just the general computer techie and problem solver for our school.
[</em>] Weaknesses: I’m a poor writer, and since there were so many essays, I had trouble fitting important details into my essays.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Pokemon…
[</em>] What would you have done differently?: Not mentioned pokemon and probably submitted a short piano piece I composed earlier this year.[/ul]</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: I feel sad and disappointed. MIT was my definite first choice and I’d still do anything to get in.</p>