**Am I on the right track for MIT and Cornell??**

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I am currently a Sophmore so everything below can and WILL change, and I would just like to know if I'm on the right track. Also what can I do to increase my chance??? Thanks!!</p>

<p>I am a caucasion female from NC, and I want to major in physics or engineering!!</p>

<p>GPA- 3.917 UW, 4.5 W (with an upward trend!!)</p>

<p>Class rank- 29/387 (will improve!)</p>

<p>AP courses- I'm registered to take 4 my junior year. The rest will be honors. I have taken 10 honors classes as of the end of Sophmore year. I also plan on taking 5-6 APs my senior year.</p>

<p>ACT/SAT- I am projected to get between a 2260-2320 on the SAT.</p>

<p>EC's-
•Key Club, Science Club, Math Club (Potential officer positions 11-12 grade year)
•Honors placement into the North Carolina State Math Competition (Haven't yet done the competition, will be doing in late April)
•1st place Regional Science Olympiad (Will compete at the state level late April, projected to go to nationals)
•Pitt County Robotics Team
•All State NC Chamber Choir (Church)
•Piano Player (proficient level)
•Singer at my Church's Praise Band (Leadership position)
•Track and Field (indoor and outdoor) (Conference champs!)
•I plan on joining my schools National Honors Society, Math Honors Society, and Science Honors Society. (Possible leadership positions!)
•Feed the homeless every Tuesday at my church
•A ton of volunteer hours.
• Junior Miss Pagent participant
•Also, my family has started a non-profit organization helping abandoned and stray animals in our community. And I take a huge part in that taking a leadership position!!!</p>

<p>Is there anything I can do to increase my chances of acceptance? Also, what other colleges would be a match?? Thanks!</p>

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<p>I’m in a similar situation (but, my GPA is worse) with similar interests. I think the biggest pain point of your application is that you have a LOT of ECs, but, no focus or specific interest. So, within the remains of this year as well as the next, you need to focus on doing things you are passionate about (i.e. physics/engineering) and put them in a form that is appreciable to colleges (second part is pretty vague and it is meant to be).</p>

<p>Right now, your app seems like an overachiever who doesn’t have much interest in any particular topic, just does things to show that she has done them.</p>

<p>You need to develop something that makes you standout in the application process from the thousands of similarly qualified applications that MIT and Cornell both receive every year.</p>

<p>Everything else seems fine to me as long as you are in the top 10% of your class.</p>

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<p>@engarde You are right!!! I should be focusing on what I am truly passionate about, which is Math and Science. I will take your advice and revise my EC’s to only pursue the ones I am passionate about :)</p>

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<p>Bump******</p>