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

sneharams
Fri, 17 Mar 2017 12:32:06 +0000

**Decision: Accepted **

Objective:

ACT superscore (breakdown): 35 (35E, 36M, 35R, 35S, 24W)
SAT II (subject, score): Math II - 800, Physics - 780
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.28
Weighted GPA: 4.982
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/282
AP (place score in parentheses): 5 (Stats, Calc AB, Lang, Comp Sci), 4 (APUSH, Physics 1, Physics C), 3 (Gov)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP Bio, AP Lit, AP Calc BC, AP Studio Art, Technical Drawing & Design IV Honors, Econ
Number of other EA applicants in your school: 3
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): 2 X National Finalist: Verizon Innovative App Challenge, Shapeways 3D Printing Challenge National Finalist
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): Some local STEM contest awards, honor roll (btw I wasn’t even commended for the PSAT lol)

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Techmates (President), Bharathanatyam, Carnatic Violin, Varsity Tennis (all 4 years), Computer Club (founder), Science Olympiad, FRC
Job/Work Experience: Tutoring year-round, Development internship at Hyland Software
Volunteer/Community Service: STEM for Seniors (go to nursing homes and teach the elderly about technology)
Summer Experience: Took 2 classes at Carnegie Mellon in programming and audio engineering and earned 2 As, summer internships, travelling

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

Essays:
For Fun - Drawing (10/10)
Department - EECS (9/10)
Community - STEM Volunteer group founding (8/10)
World You Come From - stereotypical brown and American essay (7/10)
Challenge - tennis probs (7/10)
Culture - bharatanatyam (8/10)

Teacher Recommendation #1: English Teacher: Pretty good; themed around me being a renaissance woman (8/10)
Teacher Recommendation #2: Engineering Teacher: Amazing (10/10)
Counselor Rec: She loves me (10/10)
Additional Info/Rec: Mentor from my summer internship (7/10)
Interview: Alright; he was kind of an awkward dude
Art Supplement: yes; alright but had a ton of different mediums
Maker Supplement: yes; submitted a bunch of stuff including a smart mirror I made

Other

Date Submitted App: October 31
U.S. State/Territory or Country: Ohio
School Type: Normal Public (usually send a couple people to top schools each year though)
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket Range: > 110k
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): girl in STEM

Reflection

Strengths: Maker Portfolio, Essays, Teacher Recs, GPA
Weaknesses: test scores, being Asian
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I think my passion for what I do really shined through And, I’m a girl so…
What would you have done differently?: Absolutely nothing
Where else did you apply?
Accepted - UC Berkeley, Cornell (likely), UCLA (likely), UIUC, OSU
Waiting - Stanford, Harvard, Princeton, UPenn, Carnegie Mellon, UMich (deferred EA lol)
Rejected - none so far

**Other Factors: **
Nothing else really special about me tbh

General Comments & Advice:
Honestly, just do what you like in life to the best of your ability and get the best grades possible. Can’t believe that I got in at all compared to the other applicants here. Shows you that luck is definitely involved!