<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): first time -760M 710WR 660CR (2080/1420), second time - 770M 700WR 700CR (2170/1470)
[</em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 770M 710WR 700CR (2180/1470)
[<em>] ACT (breakdown):
[</em>] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[<em>] SAT II: Math 2 800, Chemistry 700, Physics 660
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): school doesnt really calculate it… confusing
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 4.07
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 17/410, top 5%
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): Calc AB (5), Calc BC (5), Chem (5)
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: 4 math/science APs
[</em>] Number of other EA applicants in your school: none
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Math team, musical theatre, National Honor Society
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: part-time job at a supermarket
[li] Volunteer/Community service: lots of various stuff [/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: talked about music[/li][</em>] Department at MIT: ChemE, just blabbed about my fascination with chemistry
[<em>] What You Do That’s Creative?: wait… this was a question?
[</em>] World You Come From: I am half asian and half white, talked about identity and how this ambiguity has helped me really look past surfaces
[<em>] Significant Challenge: the first time I performed for an audience
[</em>] Other:[/ul]
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: math/science teacher, AMAZING!
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: humanities teacher, pretty decent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: don’t know, I’m guessing it was pretty good
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[<em>] Interview: I thought it went pretty well
[</em>] Art Supplement:[/list]</p>
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: 10/18
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: large public
[<em>] Ethnicity: asian / european
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Income Bracket: eh decent
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]</p>
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: essays, interview, recommendations, haha anything that talked about my character and work ethic!
[</em>] Weaknesses: Grades and scores aren’t as TOP NOTCH as they could be
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: simply just not good enough for EA
[</em>] What would you have done differently?: absolutely nothing, I did what I can, and don’t regret one bit of high school :P[/ul]</p>
<p>Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: On the brightside, I was accepted to Northeastern’s honors program with an $80,000 Dean’s scholarship. So I have a pretty solid backup!</p>