***Official MIT RD Results/Discussion Class of 2021***

AfroJacks
Tue, 21 Mar 2017 05:19:40 +0000

**Decision: Accepted **

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): N/A
SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): N/A
ACT (breakdown): took it three times 31, 31, 32
ACT superscore (breakdown): 33 (35E, 33M, 30R, 33S)
SAT II (subject, score): Math II (800) and Chem (780)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
Weighted GPA: 4.75
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3rd / 543
AP (place score in parentheses): Psych(5), Stat(5), CalcBC(5), Lang(4), Bio(4)
IB (place score in parentheses): Chem(5), Spanish(5) (both of these were one point from a 6 and to this day it still bothers me)
Senior Year Course Load: IB Math HL, IB Psych HL, IB English HL, IB Physics HL, AP Micro/Macro, Studio Art
Number of other EA applicants in your school: Don’t really know
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): None
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.):
AP Scholar w/ Distinction, Deca State Qualifier in PFL, Junior Escort (honor at my school), NHS, NEHS, National Spanish Honor Society, Academic Achievement Award (a glorified honor roll)

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): IB Mentors and Link Leaders (tutored freshman and stuff), Cross Country (JV not that good), Ultimate Frisbee ( Co-founded the club senior year as a CAS Project), Ethiopian Cultural club member.
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community Service: Lots of Volunteering through clubs. IB CAS
Summer Experience: Interned at the Auschwitz Medical Campus in the summers after my Sophomore and Junior year

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):

Essays: 9/10 I felt pretty confident, but I rushed them.

Teacher Recommendation #1: 10/10 Math Teacher. Funny, Ih have a really good and have known him since freshman year.
Teacher Recommendation #2: 10/10 IB English teacher, really good as well. I’ve only known him since junior year but he was a great teacher.
Counselor Rec: 9/10 Don’t really know him that well but I’ve read his draft LoRs and they were suprisingly really good.
Additional Info/Rec: 9/10 Had a letter of rec from a research doctor I interned under during my the summer before my junior year.
Interview: 9/10 Interview was great. It might have been the best interview I’ve done.
Art Supplement: submitted 10/10 pieces. ( I felt maybe 7-8 of them were pretty good)

Other

Date Submitted App: 1/1/17
U.S. State/Territory or Country: Colorado, US (Was born in Ethiopia)
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Black (Ethiopian)
Gender: Male
Income Bracket Range: ~90k (didn’t always make that much)
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): First Generation, URM,

Reflection

Strengths: URM (definitely), First Gen, Art Supplement (I thought it was good), Letters of Rec, Internship
Weaknesses: Scores(I think i could have done better on the ACT, but my parents capped me at three attempts)
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Probably accepted because of my unique background as an URM, I think my Art Supplement also helped me stand out I guess.
What would you have done differently?: Probably done more ECs (not as a resume buffer but because I honestly feel like I wasted my time in high school by not doing as many ECs)
Where else did you apply? Stanford(unknown), Princeton(accepted), Columbia,

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