<p>Hello all,
I am currently a freshman at Roswell High school. Though you won't be seeing it on the top ten list, I consider it a relatively good one. Before you jump for the attack, let me just say this: I realize that there is no secret elixir that will magically transport me into the world of MIT, but instead I would a like a couple of "professional" opinions on whether or not I'm headed in the right direction. </p>
<p>First a brief introduction:
As a child, I have always been fascinated with questions people don't normally ask, such as "why weren't we created like birds- with wings so we can fly?" or "why am I thinking about this?" or "why do humans stay together in families?". This fascination eventually led to a strong passion for the pursuit of knowledge; rather than learning in order to "up my specs" I learned because I truly liked it. When my mother bought me one of those kid-friendly science kits, I was hooked.
In addition to this love of knowledge, a combination of 9 years of violin and being surrounded by books helped me integrate creativity into my life.
2 years later, and I had developed a strong taste for robotics and theoretical physics-topics which assuaged both my knack for thinking on a whim(theoretical physics) and my love of the combination of logic and creativity(robotics). Both of these eventually led me to my passion for math. I participated in various events and won various awards, not because I thought it would put me higher in the social hierarchy, but because, at that point, it was truly who I was.
By the end of middle school, I was on a roll: while balancing academics and my own thirst for knowledge, I learned so much more than, I believe, the average middle schooler would have even cared to think about. </p>
<p>In summary, I do things because I like them. </p>
<p>Now for the specs:</p>
<p>SAT (7th grade- haven't taken it again yet)- 1850 (with writing, so approx. 600-630 on each section)
GPA(according to me school)- 4.0
Cumulative average- 98.6...
Current classes:
-Honors Accelerated Geometry(Math1&2-sophomore class) and Honors Accelerated Precalculus(Math 2&3- junior class)
-Honors Biology
-Honors French II
-Honors 9th Literature
-Adv. Orchestra 4 (Chamber orchestra, the class meant for "on track" seniors)
-the rest...
Extracurriculars:
-Science Olympiad (4 years), various 1st and 2nd place medals throughout mid. school
-Science Fair (2 years), 2nd place in state 8th grade (state is highest for GSEF)
-Varsity Academic Bowl (1 year + 1 year in middle school-no varsity in middle school)
-Orchestra (4 years + 2 years Chamber)
-MathCounts(2 years mid. school + 1 year Math Team high school)
-Robotics Club
-Science Bowl
-Science Club
-Chess Club
-Model UN
-French Club
-Asian-American club (I like both the culture as well as food)
-Debate Team
-Student Council
-Boy Scouts/Cub Scouts (7 years, currently a Life Scout) + Service hours (too much effort to count)
-Karate (Yoshukai style, 5th kyu, 3 years)
-Indian & Western style Violin (9 years)</p>
<p>I've won various 1st/2nd place awards in Robotics, Math, Science Olympiad, Science Fair,
and Academic Bowl clubs, but I'd probably be wasting your time posting them here.</p>
<p>I'm not trying to overextend myself- I just like being busy.
Over the years, I have had time to develop my passion and through much research have determined that MIT is the right place for me. Whether I'm the right person for MIT or not is for your judgment.
As a freshman in high school, I would like your thoughts on whether or not I am "on track" as far as admission to MIT is concerned. Also, if you have any advice on interviews and such, I would much appreciate it.</p>
<p>Thank you</p>