<p>Rejected</p>
<p>Stats
SAT: 2130, single sitting. Reading: 740, Math: 710, Writing: 690. Yuck.
SAT II: 800 Math II, 750 Biology
ACT: 35 Reading, 35 Math, 34 Writing, 29 Science, 9 Essay, 34 Composite.
GPA: US-only GPA: 3.9. US + Brazil GPA: 3.3
Rank: Top 25%. My school doesn’t rank.
Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5 AP Cac BC, 4 AP Biology, 4 AP US History. 87.5 AMC 12.</p>
<p>Subjective
Essays: I have a good story. Lived in Brazil, tutored for money for a plane ticket, came alone to the US to go to school when I was 16, ended up homeless but still going to high school and still supporting myself.
Teacher Recs: I accidentally had two recs from different English teachers submitted. I’m sure they were both excellent. My math teacher’s rec was, in his own words, not very thoughtful because he rushed through it while waiting for his plane during winter break -_-
Counselor Rec: Below average. My counselor doesn’t know me and assumed my 3.3 GPA meant I was not ready for Caltech coursework.
Supplementary Material:
Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, International Olympiads): Water Polo recruit, “homeless”, Native (South) American, first generation</p>
<p>Personal
Location: Miami, FL
High School Type: Public, C-average school
Ethnicity: Brazilian, half Native and half Portuguese
Gender: Female</p>
<p>Other
Extracurriculars: 3 officer positions in nationally ranked Mu Alpha Theta (VP of Communications, Algebra II Team Coach, Calculus team member). MAO is my life! Takes up over 30 hours of my week. I also teach Enrichment Math classes at the local elementary school for kids that are gifted in math. Water polo team member and service club member.
Awards: NHRP, National Scholars, trophies in MAO competitions, Excellence in Math award (school-level).
Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I know my stats weren’t up to par. I was hoping the adcom would look beyond that and see that, because of my circumstances, I have to work three times as hard to accomplish anything. Oh well. Fingers crossed for MIT.</p>