<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):
[</em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2100 - 630 CR, 770 M, 710 WR
[<em>] ACT (breakdown):
[</em>] ACT superscore (breakdown): 31 didn’t send
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 750 Physics
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 4.25/5.0 (moved from other country… gpa got screwed up a bit)
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):79/696
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): Chinese (5), Stats (5), Computer Sci A (4), USHistory (3)
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load:5 AP’s including three AP sciences
[</em>] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 3 i think?
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] ummm not really. qualified for AIME if that counts…</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): FIRST Robotics (secretary), Mu alpha theta (VP), NHS (officer), FBLA, Church youth fellowship
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: teaching english in China
[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: 9 wrote about solving rubik’s cube[/li][</em>] Department at MIT: 9 wrote about mech e
[<em>] What You Do That’s Creative?: ??? did we have this essay?! well for the personality one i wrote about curiosity 9
[</em>] World You Come From: 7 nothing special
[<em>] Significant Challenge: 7 wrote about immigration
[</em>] Other:[/ul]
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: didn’t read, but should be great
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: didn’t read, but should be great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: good i guess? she knows me, but our school is big…
[</em>] Additional Rec: from WTP director, pretty sure it’s awesome
[<em>] Interview: good? but nothing special
[</em>] Art Supplement:[/list] sent in a photography portfolio </p>
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: 10/28
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender:F
[<em>] Income Bracket: ~$100,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] WTP-ME at MIT</p>
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: i think my essays really showed my personality, and attending WTP definitely helped a lot!
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT and GPA
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: good match?
[</em>] What would you have done differently?:[/ul]</p>
<p>Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: I feel really thankful after seeing everyone else’s stats… CONGRATS to everyone who got in! Good luck to those who are deferred! To those who are rejected, I’m sure you all will get into other great schools! For future applicants: don’t stress over SAT’s… scores are definitely not everything, it is who you are that really matters</p>