1, Stats SAT : 1320 SAT II : 800 Math2, 800Lit, 780 Bio-M ACT : 35 (36 English, 36 Math, 36 Reading, 33 Science) 11 on writing GPA : Unweighted 3. 93/Weighted GPA 4. 53 Rank : Doesn't rank Major : Philosophy Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB) - AP : Latin (5), Bio (5), Chem (5), Lit (5), Lang (4), US (2… I know, I know), Physics I (5), Euro (4), Psych (5), Calc AB (4), Calc BC (5) - Senior Year Course Load : Already graduated, but I took AP Lit, AP Psych, AP Physics I, Calc 3 at my local community college, and linear algebra at my local community college, plus literary magazine. - Common Awards : AP Scholar Subjective Teacher Recommendation #1 : I didn't read them, but I assume they're good. Teacher Recommendation #2 : Again, same thing. Counselor Rec : I also didn't read this, but I was pretty close to my counselor. Additional Info/Rec : n/a Interview : I LOVED my interviewer. She was really excited that I'm not as interested in STEM as most applicants. Art Supplement : n/a Personal Location : California High School Type : Private Ethnicity : Multiracial Gender : Male Extracurriculars I used to be a nationally ranked tennis player. I played piano and violin (thought violin was just for fun). Awards National Merit Scholar Finalist Stats SAT : 1590 (800M, 790V, 20 Essay) SAT II : 800 Math II, 800 Chem, 800 Spanish (Reading only) ACT : Nope GPA : Unweighted 4. 16 Rank : Doesn't rank Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB) - AP : Stat, Bio, Calc AB, Chem, Psych, Spanish, Microeconomics, CS A (응시과목 모두 5점) Subjective - Teacher Recommendation #1 : Chem teacher. She told my parents I was the best student she'd seen in a while. - Teacher Recommendation #2 : English teacher. He really liked me and I talked a lot in his class. - Counselor Rec : Probably generic. She had us fill out a survey with things we thought she should know about us, so it probably looked better than the really generic ones. - Additional Info/Rec : Had an extra rec from my coach. - Interview : I was super awkward. I'm just an awkward person in general (lol). I can't believe this didn't get me deferred/rejected. I guess it was more of a "we just want to meet you" interview. Personal Location : Massachusetts High School Type : Small public Ethnicity : Asian Gender : Female Extracurriculars - Billiards (Captain), 15hrs/week - Robotics (captain), 8hrs/week - Math Team (Captain), 2hrs/week - Internship (software), 40hrs/week ish during summer - Just some volunteering at the town library, nothing huge. - Mostly tournaments; last summer I had that internship. Awards - Women's 8-Ball National Champion (Highest division) - Jr. National 9-Ball Champion - Went to Jr. Worlds 4 times - AIME Qualifier/AMC 12 Honor Roll - MAML Finalist - National Merit Semifinalist - Math Prize for Girls Participant (lol tied for like 250th out of 300 so basically one of the worst there but it's the effort that counts) 2. Stats SAT : Didn't take SAT II : Physics 780, Math II 780 ACT : 35 (Reading35, English 33, Math 34, Science 36) GPA : - Rank : 9/350 Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB) - Senior Year Course Load : English, French, Chem, Bio, Physics, Calc, Comp Sci Subjective - Teacher Recommendation #1 : (Haven't read it but probably 9/10 or 10/10) My physics teacher! I love him and his class so much and I'm super active in the class - I've definitely given him a lot to talk about lol. I feel like his letter was really great. - Teacher Recommendation #2 : (Probably like 8/10 or maybe 9/10?) This was my gr 11 English teacher, I don't really remember anything special from her class but like I said in my essay I'm really *there* in all my classes and I still have a great relationship with her so I'm sure she wrote nice things. - Counselor Rec : maybe 7/10 or 8/10? I don't really know him that well but we've talked a few times and we have a pretty good relationship and he's a really nice guy so I'm sure it was great. I actually had no idea he had to do anything more than just send in my transcript. - Interview : I don't think this has much impact but he was really cool and it was kind of just a conversation about MIT him getting to know me a bit. I showed him the game I made that I mentioned in my why CS essay. Personal Location : Canada High School Type : Public Ethnicity : White Gender : Female Extracurriculars - Competitive tennis : 30h/week, 52 weeks, mentioned awards above - Computer Science Club: 6h/week, 30 weeks, club founder, lead teacher & programmer in Python - Cross-country: 5h/week, 15 weeks, top runner for the HS varsity team - DECA: 2h/week, 15 weeks, prepping for/participating in team event for entrepreneurship - Job/Work Experience : front desk manager at my tennis club; refereeing tennis tournaments - Volunteer/Community Service: I can't find the section on my app right now but I basically just help direct tennis tournaments for community service hours too - Summer Experience : International tournament travel from age 11 (pretty much every summer + winter); volunteering for tennis tournaments; assistant coach for younger kids at summer tennis camps Awards - Junior World Cup and Junior Fed Cup : Consistently top 5 in Canada - Honor roll grades 7-11, top 10 in the exam and team role play for DECA (entrepreneurship) this year, got into Provincials for DECA 3. Stats SAT : Didn't take SAT II : Math II 800, Physics 750 ACT : 34 (Reading34, English 34, Math 34, Science 34) GPA : Unweighted 4. 0 / Weighted 4. 7 Rank : 1% Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB) - Nope Subjective - Teacher Recommendation #1 : Physics - worked with to launch our schools maker space 9/10 - Teacher Recommendation #2 : APUSH - my teacher loved me and his recs are legendary 11/10 - Counselor Rec : Pretty regular 7/10 - Additional Info/Rec : District STEM Coordinator who I worked with to launch a district-wide robotics and STEM club system 9/10 - Interview : He was a fellow FRC Coach so we connected instantly Personal Location : Arizona High School Type : Public Ethnicity : White Gender : Male Extracurriculars - FIRST Robotics : Serve as outreach lead and CAD Captain - Internship : Working out of ASU doing superconductor research for quantum computing Josephson junctions - Start Up : founded my own start up working with Bluetooth to Hardware solutions - SkillsUSA : VP of Compsci Chapter - AZFTOC : Serve as the president of the Arizona group of FIRST Robotics High School Teams - MIT Launch : Participated over the summer - Work as a programmer for FIRST on many international robotics courses and programs - Varsity Rowing - Plus many more - Job/Work Experience : Work as a math tutor at Mathnasium - 1200+ hours working with robotics - MIT Launch - ASM International Material Science Camo - FIRST Robotics project development with headquarters Awards - FIRST Robotics Dean's List Award Winner (I devote almost all my time to robotics) - ISEF Category Grand Award 4th place - Edson Entrepreneurial Award - Patent Pending for my start ups product - Coolidge Scholarship Distinction - Bryan Cameron Finalist - National Merit Commended (ended up not getting semi) 4. Stats - SAT : 1540 (760 Math, 780 English) - SAT II : Math2 800 / Chemistry 670 - ACT : n/a - GPA : 4. 00 Unweighted - Rank : Doesn't rank Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB) - AP : Chem (4), Calc BC (5), Physics C Mech (4) - IB : Spanish B SL (6), Math SL (6) Subjective - Teacher Recommendation #1 : Honors Math Analysis/Calc BC teacher. We were quite close because he had me for two years, and my brother a couple years before that. - Teacher Recommendation #2 : Junior year English teacher. He loved me. I know he wrote about how I positively contributed to the classroom community. - Counselor Rec : She had to write for over 100 kids, so probably pretty generic. However, we got pretty close when I had my concussion and went in to talk to her practically every day. - Interview : honestly not that memorable, but we got along well. I asked a lot of questions. I sent her a really nice thank-you email afterwards. - Art Supplement : Visual Art, focused on black and white illustration. A lot of my pieces were related to my relationship with science. Personal Location : California High School Type : Public Ethnicity : White/Jewish Gender : Female Extracurriculars - Grassroots Community Organizing (Steering Committee Member 2 yrs, President 2 yrs) - Ultimate Frisbee (3 yrs) : played at Youth Club Championships (Minnesota), Westerns (Oregon), States (California), I've played on teams with boys and just with girls. - Newspaper Illustrator (3 yrs) - Illustration Editor (1 yr) - Jewish Social Justice Youth Group (3 yrs) - Youth Program Coordinator (1 yr) 5. Stats - SAT : Didn't take. - SAT II : Math2 760 / Physics 700 - ACT : 34 - GPA : 4. 0 UW / 4. 8 W - Rank : 1/64 Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB) - AP : AP Calculus AB (5), AP US History (5), AP English Language and Composition (5) - Senior Year Course Load : AP European History, AP Calculus BC, AP Physics C: Mechanics, AP Government & Politics, AP Spanish Language, various trimester-long English courses. Number of other EA applicants in your school: 1 Subjective - Teacher Recommendation #1 : Likely fantastic, she has nothing short of admiration for me. From my AB Calculus (and freshman geometry) teacher. We have the greatest relationship. She's truly inspired a love of mathematics within me. - Teacher Recommendation #2 : APUSH and World History 2 (sophomore year) teacher, also helped me build our school's ModelUN team. Again, he has nothing short of admiration for me and our relationship is very close. - Counselor Rec : We've had a fantastic relationship. We talk often and she has been there to support me in all of my endeavors. - Interview : It went wonderfully! Essentially an hour-long conversation about anything from the MIT environment to our shared love of all things science-y. Personal Location : New Jersey High School Type : Private Ethnicity : African-American Gender : Male Extracurriculars - President/Founder of Model UN (10-12) : Gaveled at every conference I've attend. Grew our school's small team of 6 into a dynamic 20-person team. Devised a training regimen for speech and debate tactics. - Captain of Science Olympiad (10-12) : Multiple Top 10 State Medals, including two First Place Medals. Through outreach, grew the team from 8 students to 30. - President/Founder of Coding Club (11-12) : Teaching the principles of computer science, web development, iOS development, and Python programming to students and teachers alike. - President/Founder of Black Student Union (9-12) : Created an advocacy framework whereby students of colors could organize for actions and bring awareness to issues within our community. - President/Founder Political Roundtable (12) : Provided a platform for open discourse and debate on politics, economics, and culture. - Peer Tutoring (11-12) : Tutored students from middle school upwards on topics in science, mathematics, and Spanish. - State Coordinator for 2016 Presidential Campaign (10-11) : Organized voter registration drives, fought for ballot measures, recruited delegates to send to the National Convention. - Web Developer for 2016 Senate Candidates (10-11) : Developed comprehensive technological solutions for two Senate Candidates. - Job/Work Experience: Software Development Intern: Interned at a blockchain startup, aided them in smart contract development and server-side development. Worked from conception until ICO. - Volunteer/Community Service : 40 hours at a local church over the summer, distributing food to the community. - Summer Experience : Programming, side projects, catching up on personal reading. Awards - 1st Place in Computer Science at Regional Science Fair - 2nd Place in Computer Science at State Science Fair (ISEF qualifier) - Multiple Top 10 Awards from State Science Olympiad - Numerous Model UN Gavels (ranging from regional to national) - Cum Laude Society - Xerox Award in Innovation and Information Technology - Provisional Patent for AI/ML predictive analysis software (in the process of obtaining utility patent) - Invited to present my ML predictive analysis software at Emerging Technologies Showcase in front of VCs, startup founders, and CEOs (currently in the process of commercialization and clearing FDA regulations) - TEDx Speaker - Featured in popular technology magazine for hackathon application (Computer Vision) - Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.) : AP Scholar w/ Honor 6. Stats - SAT : 1490 (Math 800, Reading 690) - SAT II : Math II 800, Chem 760 - ACT : 35 (Math 36, English 36, Science 35, Reading 32) - GPA : 4. 0 UW / 4. 25 W - Rank : 1 of 430 Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB) - AP : AP Calc AB(5), AP Calc BC(5), AP Chem(4), AP Lang(4), APUSH(4), AP World(3) - Senior Year Course Load : AP Psych, AP Physics, AP Lit, AP Stats, AP Computer Science, AP Spanish, AP Bio Subjective - Teacher Recommendation #1 : Honors Chem teacher sophomore year, also the head of the service group I did volunteer work in, didn't read - Teacher Recommendation #2 : AP Calc BC teacher junior year, I was one of 2 juniors in his class, didn't read - Counselor Rec : didn't read - Interview : went very well, the woman was very nice - Art Supplement : I didn't submit an art supplement but I did submit a research supplement (I attached my research paper that I wrote over the summer) Personal Location : Missouri High School Type : Public (Top 2 in the state) Ethnicity : White Gender : Female Extracurriculars - High school volleyball all 4 years (varsity 10-12) - Club volleyball since age 10 (captain of my 17's team, attended nationals 3 times) - Job/Work Experience : volleyball referee grades 9-10, volleyball referee scheduler and coordinator grades 11-12 - Volunteer/Community Service : 50+ hours for a service club at my school, 20 ish hours for National Honor Society - Summer Experience : I conducted research in the Biomedical Engineering lab at my local mid-tier university for 6 weeks, I wrote a research paper on that and presented to a group Awards - AP Scholar with distinction - National Merit Finalist - College Book Award from Harvard