<p>I guess it’s time to give back to the CC community</p>
<p>Pick one:
Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): I don’t recall
[</em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2280 (740/800/740)
[<em>] ACT (breakdown): I don’t recall
[</em>] ACT superscore (breakdown): 35 (36R/36M/35E/33S)
[<em>] SAT II: Math II (800), Chem (770)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): I don’t know it out of 4. But I have a little over a 97
[<em>] Weighted GPA: It would be a little higher than a 98
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Don’t rank. But top 10% if I had to
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): Chem (5), Physics (5), APUSH (5), Lang (5)
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Lit, AP Gov, AP Bio, AP Span, Band, Research, Gym
[</em>] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 5? None got in
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] Eh, nothing too notable</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): I had a whole bunch of music activities and your typical science olympiad activities. No leadership. Probably a downfall.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] Peer tutoring, NHS, Music NHS stuff, a few other little things. Very weak here</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: 7[/li][</em>] Department at MIT: 6
[<em>] What You Do That’s Creative?: 7
[</em>] World You Come From: 6
[<em>] Significant Challenge: 9
[</em>] Other:[/ul]
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: Chem teacher (excellent)
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: APUSH teacher (very good)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I’m assuming it was very good
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[<em>] Interview: It went well. Not stellar
[</em>] Art Supplement:[/list] I submitted my research abstract. I made a lot of changes since then though</p>
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: About a month before
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket: Not enough for financial aid so didn’t apply for it
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] None</p>
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: My grades are good, but not OMG AMAZING haha. My course load is probably pretty good. I know my character in my essays was solid, but they probably could have been written better
[</em>] Weaknesses: A whole slew. My extracurriculars aren’t anything special. I don’t have much leadership. And my community service is lacking.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Pretty much didn’t stand out as someone super special. Maybe I’ll be able to turn it around with a glowing mid year report.
[</em>] What would you have done differently?:[/ul] I would have changed some things in my essay, done some really awesome community service thing, and I would have had a leadership position somewhere. And cure cancer…</p>
<p>Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Eh, it was expected. Nothing out of the ordinary. I can’t say I don’t care about it (because I love MIT), but there are evidently many better applicants. Had to share this with the CC community though. You guys are awesome.</p>