accepted or denied : its your call

Colleges and Universities A-Z Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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<p>Accepted or Denied: Its your call </p>

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<p>Hey everyone, I just wanted to know what my chances are and if you think I will be accepted or rejected this school. This would be almost the exact application the schools would get from me next year, as I am a junior right now in high school. </p>

<p>Not Weighted *out of 4.0 GPA </p>

<p>a) Freshman year 3.2
b) Sophomore year 3.4
c) Junior year 3.84
(Upward Trend GPA)</p>

<p>Weighted GPA: Freshman year 3.65
Sophomore Year 3.92
Junior Year 4.47</p>

<p>Cumulative : 4.05</p>

<p>Total Cumulative GPA: 3.48</p>

<p>Sat Raw Score 1550 800 math 750 reading 760 writing</p>

<p>Freshman Year No Honors classes
Sophomore Year 2 Honors Classes (English History)
Junoir Year 3 Honors classes (Italian, English, Latin)
Senior year 3 AP Classes, 1 Honors Classes)</p>

<p>(*Improving rigour of courses)</p>

<p>4 Varsity Letters freshman through senior year Swimming
4 Varsity Letters freshman through senior year Spring Track
2 Varsity Letters junior through senior year Soccer
Captain of the Swim team
Captain of the Spring Track team
Scholar Athlete Award for the 2007-2008 school year for perfect grades while being a varsity athlete ( I have recieved the award already for fall and winter, so instead "Two Time Scholar Athlete"
142 Hours voluntary community service helping out the poor disorganized farms in Israel
Recommendation from Swim Coach/ Math Teacher Junior Year Final Grade = A / employer over the past 3 years at Haworth Swim Club (I am a lifeguard full time in the summer) * He told me to keep up my grades and that i will personally get an A in his class if he just sees full effort from me*
Special Letter of Recommendation from current prime minister of Israel ( Did work in the Israeli Embassy in America with my father )
Student Senate (Club)
Latin Club
Superintendent’s Student Advisory Committee ( Club / Counsel to promote Random Drug Testing in high schools in New Jersey</p>

<p>English Honors Italian Honors Latin Honors History Honors classes</p>

<p>Do you think I have a chance to be accepted to this school, if you believe I can get accepted and that there is a high possibility, what do you I will get in regards to financial aid/scholarships (Parents combine to make less then 80,000 dollars a year)</p>

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<p>I'd say you've got a fair chance, though it seems from the Honors classes you listed that you're a bit light on science and math ones. Just don't get senioritis.</p>

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<p>so you posted on every single board asking for chances.</p>

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<p>Yes and by doing that he is bound to get a wide spectrum of opinions.
Makes sense though, take in what you want to hear, disregard what you don't and be no better off than when you started the threads.</p>

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<p>exactly ya</p>

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<p>psychology. haha. self-serving bias or something like that :)</p>

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<p>There are some people that get accepted to MIT with really awful comparative academic qualifications, so you're never in a position where it's impossible to get accepted. I wouldn't call your chances good since nobody has a really strong chance of acceptance, but I'd say you're a mid-range candidate at best.</p>

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Accepted or Denied: Its your call

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Actually it's not. It's none of our calls. The admissions committee will take a call based on the above data points, but also importantly on your essays, your interview report, your letters of recommendation, etc. Trying to make any useful admissions guesses absent those elements of the application that speak most directly to "match" seems at best a waste of time.</p>