<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800M, 660CR, 760 W
[</em>] SAT I superscore: 2220
[<em>] ACT (breakdown): N/A
[</em>] ACT superscore (breakdown): N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 790 Math II, 750 Physics
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 5.27/5.5
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/601
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): History(5)
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP Physics, AP Calc, AP Comp Sci, AP Lit
[</em>] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 1
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none (never even heard of these before cc) [/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): piano since i was 4, a bunch of theatre and choral stuff, jv soccer and tennis, school community service clubs, chem and physics clubs, science league
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Six Flags Great Adventure
[li] Volunteer/Community service: piano at church, school community service organizations[/ul] </p>[/li]
<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[<em>] Essays (Include Subjects): (i really liked them but maybe i’m biased lol)[list]
[li] What You Do For Pleasure: 9 (Piano)[/li][</em>] Department at MIT: 10 (EECS)
[<em>] Personal Trait: 8 (creativity/inventiveness)
[</em>] World You Come From: 9 (hard to explain)
[<em>] Significant Challenge: 9 (dealing with stereotypes against guys in plays, chorus, etc)
[</em>] Other:[/ul]
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: Computer Science: should be really good, by far her best student, always tells me how i remind her of a boy who went to princeton
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: History: no idea?
[<em>] Counselor Rec: she loves me, said it was kick-ass lol
[</em>] Additional Rec: research mentor who went to MIT
[<em>] Interview: pretty good (lasted over 1.5 hours)
[</em>] Art Supplement:[/list]</p>
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: 10/29
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 100-120k /yr
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] none </p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: well rounded, good essays, very math/science oriented personality?
[</em>] Weaknesses: low CR score, no hooks?
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: lack of major awards or spectacular extracurriculars?
[</em>] What would you have done differently?: study for SATs? (just retook in December and got a 1590/2350!)[/ul] </p>
<p>Other Factors: attended the NJ governor’s school of engineering and technology
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: bleh. i’ve wanted to go to MIT forever, always thought i was a perfect fit, but maybe not. i guess i still have another shot, and i got a full ride to Rutgers so I have a nice backup. congrats to everyone who got in early!</p>