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

ptolemycleopatra
Thu, 16 Mar 2017 01:34:39 +0000

[ size=4][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected **[/color][/size]

[ b]Objective:**
SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 1520 (790 reading/730 math/21 essay)
SAT II (subject, score): Math, 750; Chemistry, 770
Unweighted GPA: 98.4/100
Weighted GPA: 103.5/100 (adds 7 points to each honors/AP course)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/290
AP (place score in parentheses): Chem, Calc BC, Bio, French, English Lang, US History, Euro History, Psychology (5), Stats (4) did not report
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Physics, AP Gov, AP Econ, AP Music Theory, orchestra, rec PE
Number of other EA applicants in your school: 3 total from school incuding myself, all deferred and all rejected
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): N/A (aka my downfall)
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): National Merit Finalist, National AP Scholar, National French contest bronze medalist, 1st place Regional NHD, school award in chemistry

[ b]Subjective:**

Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description):
Reported 1. Marching band/indoor percussion grades 9-12, executive board, won champs 3 years in a row for marching band and one year for indoor percussion, very competitive in region, I play mallets including marimba, xylophone, etc
2. Oboe in wind ensemble, wind quintet, qualified for district band, took a break for a few years however
3. Science olympiad (president), 9-12 no medals or regional awards so that kind of drew away from it
4. Model UN (president), 9-12 no awards from this either

Summer Experience:
Civil War Institute Summer Conference scholarship recipient
UPenn museum intern/volunteer
PA Gov School for Sciences

[ b]Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):**

Essays:
All good, range from 7-10 I’d say.
Teacher Recommendation #1: APUSH teacher, NHS advisor, XC coach, and Model UN advisor rolled into one… knows me well
Teacher Recommendation #2:AP Bio teacher and quiz bowl teach coach for one year while other one was on maternity teacher, pretty sure she liked me
Counselor Rec: She likes me a lot but also knew I have a lot of mental health issues so she may have mentioned this, detracting from my app
Interview: not great. I couldn’t relate to her at all

[ b]Other**

Date Submitted App: 10/4/16
U.S. State/Territory or Country: Pennsylvania
School Type: midsized suburban
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket Range: ~100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): none

[ b]Reflection**

Strengths: academic rigor up to par
Weaknesses: no standout ECs
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: not unique/special enough
What would you have done differently?: Focused on a few activities, shone out more in my interview
Where else did you apply? Accepted Temple, U of M, waiting on others