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On March 29 2012 14:10 Antimatterz wrote:
I am a junior right now looking to apply to CalTech and MIT, what tips would you guys/girls give for getting a leg up on the competition?
Try to get a high AIME score/make USAMO, USACO Gold, etc. For CalTech, I think Ben Golub outright said a few years ago that it was a huge advantage. MIT also looks strongly on it too. At least when I applied they had a spot for your AIME/AMC score.
Edit: Meant to put Ben Golub not just "Ben"
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Accepted:
Rice University
UCSB - Regents
UCLA - Regents
UC Berkeley: Regents Candidate
Franklin W. Olin College - YEEEAAAAHHH
Waitlisted:
Cal Poly Slo
Waiting
Harvey Mudd
If I get accepted to Mudd and can scrape the money together than it will probably Mudd, if not then Olin.
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Admitted to: New England School of Communication/Husson University.
Hope to find more here :D.
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admitted to San Jose State, East Bay and San Francisco. Will go with SJSU for sure :D
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On March 30 2012 01:23 StarDrive wrote:Show nested quote +On March 29 2012 14:10 Antimatterz wrote:
I am a junior right now looking to apply to CalTech and MIT, what tips would you guys/girls give for getting a leg up on the competition? Try to get a high AIME score/make USAMO, USACO Gold, etc. For CalTech, I think Ben outright said a few years ago that it was a huge advantage. MIT also looks strongly on it too. At least when I applied they had a spot for your AIME/AMC score.
I haven't take the AIME (my school has literally never mentioned it), does that mean that I can't take the USAMO? From what it looks like taking the AIME is a part of the qualifications for the USAMO.
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On March 30 2012 02:38 Antimatterz wrote:Show nested quote +On March 30 2012 01:23 StarDrive wrote:On March 29 2012 14:10 Antimatterz wrote:
I am a junior right now looking to apply to CalTech and MIT, what tips would you guys/girls give for getting a leg up on the competition? Try to get a high AIME score/make USAMO, USACO Gold, etc. For CalTech, I think Ben outright said a few years ago that it was a huge advantage. MIT also looks strongly on it too. At least when I applied they had a spot for your AIME/AMC score. I haven't take the AIME (my school has literally never mentioned it), does that mean that I can't take the USAMO? From what it looks like taking the AIME is a part of the qualifications for the USAMO.
AIME is the next round after the AMC competition (you need to score in the top 5% on the AMC12 contest to take it.) You can qualify for the USAMO by being among the top 250 in the country (your "index" score is [AMC score] + 10*[AIME score].) Usually to safely qualify you need a 210 index or so.
That being said, it's probably exceptionally hard to qualify for USAMO if you haven't been training for math contests for at least a few years... but maybe you're a genius 
Still, even if you don't qualify for USAMO, qualifying for AIME and getting a 3-5 is definitely reachable if you're pretty smart / good at math / good at thinking clearly and not making dumb mistakes. You'd still have to do quite a bit of practice though; mainly, that'd involve doing old AMC contests here (under USA -> AMC12/AHSME.)
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On March 30 2012 02:38 Antimatterz wrote:Show nested quote +On March 30 2012 01:23 StarDrive wrote:On March 29 2012 14:10 Antimatterz wrote:
I am a junior right now looking to apply to CalTech and MIT, what tips would you guys/girls give for getting a leg up on the competition? Try to get a high AIME score/make USAMO, USACO Gold, etc. For CalTech, I think Ben outright said a few years ago that it was a huge advantage. MIT also looks strongly on it too. At least when I applied they had a spot for your AIME/AMC score. I haven't take the AIME (my school has literally never mentioned it), does that mean that I can't take the USAMO? From what it looks like taking the AIME is a part of the qualifications for the USAMO.
I think you start with the AMC, then you get the AIME if you score high enough, and then you go to USAMO.
It's too late to take the AMC though, I think people took it a month ago. Your senior year results would come out too late to matter too (far as college apps go).
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On March 30 2012 03:13 ticklishmusic wrote:Show nested quote +On March 30 2012 02:38 Antimatterz wrote:On March 30 2012 01:23 StarDrive wrote:On March 29 2012 14:10 Antimatterz wrote:
I am a junior right now looking to apply to CalTech and MIT, what tips would you guys/girls give for getting a leg up on the competition? Try to get a high AIME score/make USAMO, USACO Gold, etc. For CalTech, I think Ben outright said a few years ago that it was a huge advantage. MIT also looks strongly on it too. At least when I applied they had a spot for your AIME/AMC score. I haven't take the AIME (my school has literally never mentioned it), does that mean that I can't take the USAMO? From what it looks like taking the AIME is a part of the qualifications for the USAMO. I think you start with the AMC, then you get the AIME if you score high enough, and then you go to USAMO. It's too late to take the AMC though, I think people took it a month ago. Your senior year results would come out too late to matter too (far as college apps go).
Yeah, looks like I can't take it. Don't think my school offers it though, which is probably why they haven't mentioned it at all. 
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Accepted:
Colorado School of Mines
Saint Louis University
Denver University
Michigan
USC
Waiting:
Harvey Mudd
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On March 30 2012 02:22 Starkist wrote:
Accepted:
Rice University
UCSB - Regents
UCLA - Regents
UC Berkeley: Regents Candidate
Franklin W. Olin College - YEEEAAAAHHH
Waitlisted:
Cal Poly Slo
Waiting
Harvey Mudd
If I get accepted to Mudd and can scrape the money together than it will probably Mudd, if not then Olin.
You got accepted to Berkeley and Rice but not Cal Poly? You must've really fucked up that essay.
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On March 29 2012 09:59 meguca wrote:
Admitted to:
Washington State University
Western Washington University
University of Washington
University of California, Irvine
Waiting on:
University of California, Berkeley
Stanford University
Princeton University
Harvard University
Odd that you applied to some of the best universities in the entire universe, and some rather mediocre ones. Why not go for the tweeners? (rank 20-40 in US News Report)
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On March 30 2012 03:25 PeanutsNJam wrote:Show nested quote +On March 29 2012 09:59 meguca wrote:
Admitted to:
Washington State University
Western Washington University
University of Washington
University of California, Irvine
Waiting on:
University of California, Berkeley
Stanford University
Princeton University
Harvard University Odd that you applied to some of the best universities in the entire universe, and some rather mediocre ones. Why not go for the tweeners? (rank 20-40 in US News Report)
the only strange one on the list is UCI. I'm guessing the poster is a WA state resident, in which case applying to UW, WSU, and Western would make perfect sense.
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if you are going to UCR and want info for the Collegiate starcraft team, hit me up. oh and if you have questions about the school i guess you can ask those questions too
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On March 30 2012 03:24 Wolvmatt. wrote:
You got accepted to Berkeley and Rice but not Cal Poly? You must've really fucked up that essay.
I was so surprised when it happened because they don't even ask for an essay. They only ask for class rank, gpa, and test scores.
I am class rank 2 and my SAT is 2310. I really have no clue how I was wait-listed, fortunately it was far from my top choice.
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Rejected at Tufts so my final list is:
Accepted:
The University of Texas at Austin
Case Western Reserve University
Boston University
Northeastern University
Waitlisted: Boston College
Rejected:
Washington University in St. Louis
Vanderbilt University
Emory University
Tufts University
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Anyone accepted to Duke University?
If so, PM me
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On March 30 2012 04:05 Starkist wrote:Show nested quote +On March 30 2012 03:24 Wolvmatt. wrote:
You got accepted to Berkeley and Rice but not Cal Poly? You must've really fucked up that essay. I was so surprised when it happened because they don't even ask for an essay. They only ask for class rank, gpa, and test scores. I am class rank 2 and my SAT is 2310. I really have no clue how I was wait-listed, fortunately it was far from my top choice.
Cal Poly wait listed a lot of "overqualified candidates." I remember a thread on college confidential asking waitlisted people to post their stats and no one in the thread had below a 2000 SAT and most were around ~2100. Guess they just assumed you guys wouldn't attend if you were accepted and gave the spots to people they expected to attend.
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Accepted To:
University of Ottawa
Queens University
Waiting on:
University of Western Ontario
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On March 30 2012 04:26 Livelovedie wrote:
Rejected at Tufts so my final list is:
Accepted:
The University of Texas at Austin
Case Western Reserve University
Boston University
Northeastern University
Waitlisted: Boston College
Rejected:
Washington University in St. Louis
Vanderbilt University
Emory University
Tufts University
Yeaaaa I go to Case! We have a CSL team here =). I don't think too highly of BU or Northeastern, so if I were you I'd pick between Case, UT Austin, and BC =).
On March 30 2012 04:05 Starkist wrote:Show nested quote +On March 30 2012 03:24 Wolvmatt. wrote:
You got accepted to Berkeley and Rice but not Cal Poly? You must've really fucked up that essay. I was so surprised when it happened because they don't even ask for an essay. They only ask for class rank, gpa, and test scores. I am class rank 2 and my SAT is 2310. I really have no clue how I was wait-listed, fortunately it was far from my top choice.
I had a friend who got into Harvard (and a few others) but was rejected from Cornell. Admissions is a black box, really.
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Accepted:
Elon University
Denison University
College of Wooster
Appalachian State
UNC@Wilmington
Denied: UNC@Chapel Hill
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