APs: 5s on Calc AB/BC, Stats, Micro, Lang, Chinese, Bio, Physics C: Mech; 4 on World History
UW/W GPA and Rank:
GPA: 4.23 W is what is on my school transcript, which weights my Makerspace elective very disproportionately, includes non-core subjects, and doesn't include my college coursework. If I recalculate it, I get a 4.50 W.
UW and Rank isn't provided by school. If I calculate my UW, its a 3.79. I got 6 B's in the following.
9th grade: English, Makerspace elective, US History
10th grade: AP Bio (but 5 on AP), Makerspace elective, World History
11th grade: All A's, 4.6 W
Coursework
Highest possible rigor at my school, i.e, nearly all AP/college-level courses
9th grade: Honors English, Makerspace Elective, Honors Chinese I, Honors Algebra II, AP CSA, Honors US History, AP Chem
10th grade: Honors English II, Makerspace Elective, Honors Chinese II, Honors Pre-Calc, Honors World History, AP Bio, Real Analysis (not DE, took at state school, but I received a transcript)
11th grade: AP Lang, Makerspace Elective, Mobile App Development Elective, AP Chinese, AP Physics C, AP Calc BC, AP Stats, APUSH, Graph Theory (not DE, took at state school, but I received a transcript)
12th grade: Multi, DiffEq, Abs Alg, AP Lit, Makerspace Elective, Post AP Chinese
Note I have basically 0 freedom over my coursework. Hence this is the highest rigor possible at my school. I took additional college courses that I have a transcript for, which no one else at my hs has since the university typically does not allow high schoolers to take courses.
Awards and Honors:
Academic:
One of (MOP, USACO Camp, Physics Camp, MIT PRIMES-USA)
Another one of (MOP, USACO Camp, Physics Camp, MIT PRIMES-USA)
Multiple large national individual awards in math (ARML, HMMT, PUMaC, CMIMC, MMATHS, SMT, etc).
Large national science fair award
National Merit semifinalist
Non-academic:
Scholastic Regional HM in one of the writing categories
State creative writing contest award
Regional creative writing contest award
PVSA Gold
Another state creative writing contest award
Activities (for MIT)
Prestigious undergraduate research program, published paper in subject area
Founder/president of pretty big nonprofit in STEM, visible impact
Co-founder of another pretty big nonprofit in STEM, visible impact
On a well-regarded team in one of the STEM fields, described team awards
Summer Programs (for MIT)
olympiad camps that I already mentioned in awards
prestigious stem-adjacent program (3% acceptance rate). it's on the mit website, but it isn't one of the research programs.
prestigious stem program (5% acceptance rate). it's on the mit website, but it isn't one of the research programs.
humanities program (not that prestigious, idk this was just for fun)
self-study subjects -- these are backed up by one of my research mentor LORs
Essays/LORs/Other:
Supplements (9/10-10/10): I think these are very strong based on feedback from a past MIT AO
LORS:
Calc Teacher (10/10): Best student he ever had
English Teacher (6-7?/10): Mentioned I'm very strong at writing, but we don't have a very personal relationship
Counselor: (5?/10), just a generic good letter, she said the same thing for everyone at my school
在另一帖里有人说今年USACO camper 3人被MIT defer，包括一个2x USACO camp, 1x mop，不知道是不是这个人。问题出在哪？GPA硬伤，还是小中男原罪？小中女稳录吧？
Demographics:
Gender: Male
Race/Ethnicity: East Asian
Region: Competitive
Type of School: Large public
Hooks: First generation for MIT
Intended Major(s):
Math, Physics, or CS
ACT/SAT/SAT II/APs:
SAT: 1570 (770 RW, 800 Math)
APs: 5s on Calc AB/BC, Stats, Micro, Lang, Chinese, Bio, Physics C: Mech; 4 on World History
UW/W GPA and Rank:
GPA: 4.23 W is what is on my school transcript, which weights my Makerspace elective very disproportionately, includes non-core subjects, and doesn't include my college coursework. If I recalculate it, I get a 4.50 W.
UW and Rank isn't provided by school. If I calculate my UW, its a 3.79. I got 6 B's in the following.
9th grade: English, Makerspace elective, US History
10th grade: AP Bio (but 5 on AP), Makerspace elective, World History
11th grade: All A's, 4.6 W
Coursework
Highest possible rigor at my school, i.e, nearly all AP/college-level courses
9th grade: Honors English, Makerspace Elective, Honors Chinese I, Honors Algebra II, AP CSA, Honors US History, AP Chem
10th grade: Honors English II, Makerspace Elective, Honors Chinese II, Honors Pre-Calc, Honors World History, AP Bio, Real Analysis (not DE, took at state school, but I received a transcript)
11th grade: AP Lang, Makerspace Elective, Mobile App Development Elective, AP Chinese, AP Physics C, AP Calc BC, AP Stats, APUSH, Graph Theory (not DE, took at state school, but I received a transcript)
12th grade: Multi, DiffEq, Abs Alg, AP Lit, Makerspace Elective, Post AP Chinese
Note I have basically 0 freedom over my coursework. Hence this is the highest rigor possible at my school. I took additional college courses that I have a transcript for, which no one else at my hs has since the university typically does not allow high schoolers to take courses.
Awards and Honors:
Academic:
One of (MOP, USACO Camp, Physics Camp, MIT PRIMES-USA)
Another one of (MOP, USACO Camp, Physics Camp, MIT PRIMES-USA)
Multiple large national individual awards in math (ARML, HMMT, PUMaC, CMIMC, MMATHS, SMT, etc).
Large national science fair award
National Merit semifinalist
Non-academic:
Scholastic Regional HM in one of the writing categories
State creative writing contest award
Regional creative writing contest award
PVSA Gold
Another state creative writing contest award
Activities (for MIT)
Prestigious undergraduate research program, published paper in subject area
Founder/president of pretty big nonprofit in STEM, visible impact
Co-founder of another pretty big nonprofit in STEM, visible impact
On a well-regarded team in one of the STEM fields, described team awards
Summer Programs (for MIT)
olympiad camps that I already mentioned in awards
prestigious stem-adjacent program (3% acceptance rate). it's on the mit website, but it isn't one of the research programs.
prestigious stem program (5% acceptance rate). it's on the mit website, but it isn't one of the research programs.
humanities program (not that prestigious, idk this was just for fun)
self-study subjects -- these are backed up by one of my research mentor LORs
Essays/LORs/Other:
Supplements (9/10-10/10): I think these are very strong based on feedback from a past MIT AO
LORS:
Calc Teacher (10/10): Best student he ever had
English Teacher (6-7?/10): Mentioned I'm very strong at writing, but we don't have a very personal relationship
Counselor: (5?/10), just a generic good letter, she said the same thing for everyone at my school
Research mentor 1: (10/10)
Research mentor 2: (10/10)
Decision: Deferred from MIT EA.
两例双campers deferred, RD横扫，后来没去M
黑体字的解释是他自己加的吗？ 给人感觉不舒服
不是top学校的candidate。 路很窄。T20-T50更合适他。
假如不是mppper 的话， 这数学可不怎么强（到11年级为止）。
Multiple large national individual awards in math (ARML, HMMT, PUMaC, CMIMC, MMATHS, SMT, etc).
这个数学还不够强？就算数学不够强，USACO camp那么不值钱？
Maths 一般般，pumac B 和 HMMT Nov 也远不够。 不是说他不强，而是说比mop 可能差不少
当年我们邻居first gen low income （跟着奶奶住），进了加技。GPA有不少A-，AP课上的不多也不全是core，4分5分都有，还算文理均衡。看EC没这个好，但没B啊。
祖父母算吗？还真不知道。
真心有问题
有美高的，也有国内高中的，真有那么多first generation 吗？
Latin得是A吧.
这么牛的孩子最后总能进某理工科强校的。
对国际学生的要求本来就比较高吧。
不止小中难小印也不容易有几次AMO加物理和科学奥赛成绩好的男生都被defer