<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2350 (800M/800CR/750W)
[</em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2350
[<em>] ACT (breakdown): 36 (36M/36S/36E/36R)
[</em>] ACT superscore (breakdown): 36
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chem, 780 Lit
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 95th
[</em>] AP (place score in parentheses): Physics C: Mech, English Lit & Comp, US Gov, Stats, Calc BC, Chem, US History (all 5s)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: fairly light, but doing Calc 3 and Physics C: E&M (independent study)
[</em>] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 4 ~ 5
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Uh, lot of small math ones, USNCO regional 2nd place, USPhO semifinalist, AIME qualifier (also top 1% of AMC scorers), USAMTS honorable mention[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Mu Alpha Theta (vp), math tutoring, Key Club, school newspaper (columnist)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Junior counselor for summer math camp
[li] Volunteer/Community service: math tutoring, TA for algebra class[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Writing:[ul]
[<em>] Essays[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: random list of things I like to do (7)[/li][</em>] Department at MIT: math (8)
[<em>] Personality trait: curiosity/nonconformity? (8)
[</em>] World You Come From: math community (9)
[<em>] Significant Challenge: math camp (8)
[</em>] Other: immigration/books (8)[/ul]
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: she loved me and believed I was brilliant
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: not extremely enthusiastic, but should be solid
[<em>] Counselor Rec: she doesn’t know me that well, but we had to provide lots of info in an “interview packet” earlier in the year
[</em>] Interview: it was…okay? nothing very interesting.
[li] Art Supplement: nope. Did send in a stats project abstract, though[/list]</p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: Oct 28
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Michigan
[<em>] School Type: Public, 2000~ kids, fairly competitive
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Income Bracket: somewhere in 90,000 range?
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): girl in math[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: sustained interest in math
[</em>] Weaknesses: probably a bit one-sided
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: math/science + girl
[</em>] What would you have done differently?: apparently not that much 
[/ul]</p>
<p>Other Factors: went to the Ross Math camp, went back as junior counselor the next summer. alumni are getting into fairly good places (a fair amount to MIT, too 
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General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Congrats to everyone who got in, and good luck for the RD-ers!</p>