<p>Apollo, do you think the MIT women’s program will be ridiculously hard for me to get into? Is it super competitve?</p>
<p>I meant affirmative action, not african Americans, meaning that you will be given preference because you are such a sought after minority. </p>
<p>I would also recommend that you apply to MITES for the summer between your junior and senior year, as well as a few research internships. </p>
<p>What are you planning to do this coming summer? There are lots of great opportunities. PM me if you would like me to help you find some 
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<p>I think you are right on track, but you should bolster your EC’s just a little. I agree that outside of school activities can be helpful, and also try to get some leadership in on-campus clubs.</p>
<p>Great advice, Always Leah. This summer I’m going to be taking calculus at a local community college to get a bit more ahead, so that would prevent me from doing any internships that are over night or anything, but I definitely want to apply to MITES also next winter. Will being NA make give me a fighting chance for this program or will it still be extremely hard to get into regardless?</p>
<p>But if I could find a summer activity that I could just do during the day that would be great, if you had any suggestions.</p>
<p>MITES is specifically designed for minorities, and it is extremely competitive, so there are no guarantees but you would definitely have a chance! </p>
<p>As for this summer, do you live close to a university? If so, contact some professors and see if they will let you do some kind of research in their lab. Or if you’re interested in medicine you could look into volunteering at a local hospital. That sort of thing.</p>
<p>Alizabeth, could you reply to my private message?</p>
<p>You’re on the right track, but step it up a notch your junior year for the APs, SATs and ECs.</p>
<p>Bump 10char</p>
<p>Bump 10char</p>
<p>You seem ok so far, but remember, while being a minority and a first generation, MIT is at the caliber where you could also have a 4.0 and 2250+ on the sat and still reject you without a thought. Step up your EC’s, and get involved! Are you taking calc 1 or 2 this summer? I’m also a sophomore taking calculus (currently). Good luck :)</p>
<p>Hey guys im new here and i was just wondering if I have like 3 internships in marketing ie (one in hotel, one in real estate, and one somewhere else) and also i own an adversiting company for two years that made like only 40000, and i am financial manager of a charity do i have a good chance for harvard ( along with 95.5 average) </p>
<p>also lots of volunteering like teacher in rural china and tutor at two schools for small underprivilaged kids. </p>
<p>as well as president of political debate and other clubs
that involves in business and investment club
and lots of mun stuff
Does it show i have passion for business</p>
<p>do i have chance???</p>
<p>Claire, post your own thread. Thanks.</p>
<p>Yea julienna I will be done with calculus (ab and bc) this year.</p>
<p>Bump 10char</p>
<p>Bump 19char</p>
<p>Bump more opinions please</p>
<p>AA = Affirmative Action, not African-American.</p>
<p>I’m aware. somebody above me brought up something about African Americans regarding her comment so I was replying to that.</p>
<p>^ That was me. I was wondering if there was any specific data with regard to admit rates of NA. Alwaysleah ( and dblazer, and Psychoanylyze) made it sound like there was some objective data. In 4 years, I have heard lots of rumor and innuendo, repeated as fact, but not much concrete. I offered up the closest data point I was aware of. Not an admit rate, because I have no denominator. Just the actual number of black kids admitted to MIT. So even if every black kid that applied was admitted, it is still quite a small percentage of black seniors. Not sure what to make of it.</p>
<p>Yeah that makes a lot of sense. So do you think that almost every NA that applies will be accepted if they have semi good grades/test scores/ec’s?</p>