post your "qualification" here for the rejected

sfan
Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:03:06 +0000

This is my first post here. After reading so much here and I kind of knew (being American Chinese) that my son will get a rejection letter. Well, it came today.

Here’s his background:

4.3 GPA
2390 SAT I
800 on all 4 SAT II (Physics, Math, Chem and English)
All 5’s on 6-7 AP
Speed and debate team
Several first and second places at regional and State level Science Olympics
National Merit finalist and President Scholar Candidate…

I guess this is not good enough for MIT. Well, I guess he will ended in UCB’s EECS, which is not that bad. That also make me think whether this is reason why the places like UC Berkley are so competitive because they end up with whole bunch of supper smart,less polished kids who will show their true color later in their life.