Note: resolves the same as https://manifold.markets/AndrewLin81ea/i-was-deferred-from-mit-ea-will-i-m.

Intended Major

Math.

Standardized Testing

My SAT score is 1590. My PSAT score is 1520 but it probably doesn't matter.

UW/W GPA

I have 4.00 UW and 4.53 W GPA.

For unweighted GPA, I'm using the system where A = 4, B = 3, C = 2, D = 1, + and - add and subtract 1/3 (except A+ does nothing). For the weighted GPA, I am adding 0.5 for honors classes and 1 for AP classes.

APs, Honors, and College Level Classes

For all my courses, I have taken the highest level available at my school. This has resulted in every course being honors or higher except for PE and two other courses (over all years).

APs: I've taken AP Calculus BC, AP Physics C (both), AP Chemistry, AP Statistics, AP World History, and AP CSP and gotten 5s on all of them. I plan to take the AP Biology, US History, and English Language exams this year.

I've taken multivar/linalg. At my local college, I took Differential Equations and Real Analysis. At Princeton University (via their High School Program), I have taken Multivariable Analysis and Linear Algebra I and plan to take II in the spring. (Princeton's level of rigor is much higher than anything I've done before.)

Demographics

I am a junior applying one year early.

Extracurricular Information and Awards

Describe your extracurricular activities here.

List any awards you have received.

(These go together in my application.)

• Physics competitions: This is minor; I qualified for USAPhO and got an Honorable Mention (top 200) but I didn't get much farther.

• MIT PRIMES (math research program): I did a group project with two other students.

• Math competitions:

  • My highest AMC score is 144; my highest AIME score is 13.

  • I've gotten one silver medal and one gold medal on USAMO.

  • I've qualified for MOP twice: blue MOP in 2022 and black MOP in 2023.

  • I've qualified for TST group twice.

  • I occasionally do well in other computational math contests.

I would say that the last two are stellar: it is really difficult to get into PRIMES or MOP.

Any Other Information

Include any other relevant information here.

I've already been deferred from MIT early action.

Essays (excluding information about people and places) are public at https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/pqxax90w743j1bfbn89qz/_-MIT-Short-Essays-Public-Edition.paper?dl=0&rlkey=xnil69d2dao2phy22d0gnwssp so that you can be the judge.

Resolution criteria: This market resolves YES if I get admitted to MIT in Regular Action and it resolves NO if I get rejected from MIT in Regular Action. If I get waitlisted, the market will remain open until one of these events occurs. It will resolve N/A if some circumstance prevents either of the two aforementioned events from occurring (e.g. MIT ceases to be a university), although I don't expect this to occur.