okay so i got rejected from all the ivies plus stanford and jhu (i got into my safeties which is great). but somehow i bagged a spot at mit?? 
i just want to know if this is normal or what, so I’m going to list my stats below.
gpa (uw/w): 4.0/4.7
sat: 1600
act: 35
major: physics/math double major
female, wasian, middle class, not legacy, small college town in oregon
i took 15 aps total during high school (including ap stats and ap calc bc in freshman year which i thought would give me a boost)
ecs:
math club
math circle at my state uni
started a research writing club in sophomore year
high level piano for 10 years (won national awards + went on a radio show)
not too many volunteer hours, but i started a program giving recitals at nursing homes
nonprofit tutoring which raised a decent amount of money
research/internships/summer programs:
- mites junior summer
- super competitive nasa internship
- promys math summer program
- jhu cty program (i thought this would get me into hopkins
) - physics research at university of oregon
- physics research at a top20
awards (not too many)
- usamo qualifier
- national honor society
- ap scholar
I had great LORs and essays. interviews went pretty okay (especially for princeton so i really thought i got in lol)
so yeah as you can see, decently impressive application (awards were pretty skimpy but i did a ton of research). i didn’t have super high hopes for an ivies or mit, but somehow i got into mit which seems crazy to me since i didn’t have a “hook.”
anyway thanks for reading this!
