Any hope for next year? :)

Colleges & Universities A-Z Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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<p>Standardized Tests: SAT I: Verbal: 530 Math: 630 Writing: 560
-Taking the ACT and according to practice tests i am in the range of 26-30.</p>

<p>Academic Strength: Unweighted GPA: 3.35 W:4.135
Class Rank: 48 out of 710 students.
-I know this is bad, but I have gone from rank 110 to 48 in almost a year and I am going make it better. despite the harder couse load.</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities:
Extracurricular: </p>

<p>Marching Band/Drumline
Leadership: Captain/bass drum section leader
Time Spent each week: 12 Hours </p>

<p>Responsibilities/Duties: </p>

<p>• Educate beginners marching style
• Instruct beginners how to interpret a
coordinate chart (Marching Drill)
• Learn cadences/Pep band music for football
games (State Champion football team)
• Learns music for marching show (5
competitions)
• Learn music/drill for drumline show (Placed
14th out of 75)
• Lead the band/drumline
• Parades/fundraising/Pep rallies </p>

<p>Youth Group Networking Coordinator/Akshar Dhwani Band
(church band)
Leadership: Drum captain, networking head
Time Spent each week: 4 Hours </p>

<p>Responsibilities/Duties: </p>

<p>• Created/updates database (Personal
Information/Attendance)
• Coordinate events (Outings/Sports days)
• Distribute information via Yahoo! Groups
• Mentor youth groups (Sunday service)
• Teach/member Akshar Dhwani Band </p>

<p>Science Society
Leadership: President
Time spent each week: 2 Hours </p>

<p>Responsibilities/Duties: </p>

<p>• Designate events/Contact Guest speakers
from universities (UTA, UTD, UNT)
• Advertises meeting via multimedia
presentations
• Set-up experiments/meeting area
• Designed shirt
Awards and Recognitions: Awards/honors: </p>

<p>• Science Standout Award (Chemistry)
• Marcher of the Week Award (School Band)
• National Honor Society - member
• International Baccalaureate curriculum
• Volunteer Service – 150 Hours
• Mu Alpha Theata (Math Honor Society) –
member
• Bobsled Team (Computer Science Team) –
member
• Part-Time Job: Cinemark-Usher - 6 hours a
week
Other Information: Under-represented Minority? no
Location: Texas
• International Baccalaureate curriculum </p>

<p>HL English
HL History of the Americas
HL Math Methods
HL Physics
SL Computer Science
SL Spanish
TOK
Extended Essay
CAS</p>

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<p>Bump those SATs up a little.</p>

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<p>don't apply - 0 chance</p>

<p>Apply and you have a shot. Nobody is perfect and if you stress your strong work ethic, passions, etc in your essays you have a shot. Upward trends are a sign of a great student, especially your 52 rank jump. Keep it up, get better SAT scores, better grades, and you have a good chance.</p>

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<p>thanks...I will try as hard as I can...I know that my chances will be slim to many of the good schools, anyhow,I will still apply to them (getting the satisfaction that I tried) but I still have some time. </p>

<p>does anyone know what the essay prompts are. I am going to work on all that application stuff for all my schools in the summer.</p>

<p>also..I want to do business.</p>

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<p>One suggestion- look at the academic and EC status of those who got accepted this year. Try to parrel their grades and EC. Thats what i will be trying to do of the next 3 highschool years ahead of me.</p>

<p>Good Luck!</p>

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<p>anybody get in with my stats? I was looking throught the other threads and saw that 2300 sat scores were rejected. I am scared for next year.</p>

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<p>Shadman:</p>

<p>"try to parallel their grades and ECs"</p>

<p>Depends what you mean.</p>

<p>If you mean "follow your OWN ideas, your OWN ECs, your OWN studies with imagination, passsion, intensity, conviction, purpose"--very good!</p>

<p>If you mean: "take 10 APs, be in science competitions, help out in Central America because Mary did those things and she got in"--you are on the wrong track.</p>

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<p>
[quote]
Academic Criteria Importance</p>

<p>Secondary school record Important
Class rank Important
Recommendations Important
Standardized test scores Important
Essays Considered</p>

<pre><code>Non-Academic Criteria Importance
</code></pre>

<p>Interview Important
Extracurricular activities Important
Talent / ability Important
Character / personal qualities Very Important
Alumni/ae relation Considered
Geographical residence Considered
State residency Not Considered
Religious affiliation/commitment Not Considered
Minority status Considered
Volunteer work Considered
Work experience Considered</p>

<p>From princetonreview.com</p>

<p>

[/quote]
</p>

<p>As you can see. SAT's are only a SMALL part of the process. It might surprise you that your character/personal qualities outweight EVERYTHING and that the interview is just as important as SAT/rank/etc.</p>

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<p>how do I cal my gpa? if I use my schools method, it would be a 3.35 uw.
if I use the method A=4, B=3, C=2, then my gpa would be a 3.64?
how should I look at my gpa?</p>

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<p>Ignore GPA.</p>

<p>Try to maintain a B+ average or higher UW.</p>

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<p>does anyone know what the essay prompts are. I am going to work on all that application stuff for all my schools in the summer.</p>

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<p>If you set up an account at MyMIT, you'll see the prompts and the rest of the application as soon as they're posted, usually in early summer.</p>

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<p>what would that be under? for the app. it says wait till late summer</p>

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<p>Do I have a realistic chance? I look around to see all who were rejected (around 2200 SAT).</p>

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<p>To ADAD:</p>

<p>Sorry i forgot to put up the meaning of "parrel" in my post. I didn't have enough time. I meant that to follow your on EC and stuff but at the sametime check people stats to know if you are doing the right amount of EC and if your grades are going ok. </p>

<p>Thanks
Shadman</p>

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<p>excel, firstly remember (as you can see from the Decisions threads today), stats are not everything. There is far more to an application (as you'll see if you read Ben's admissions blog entry) than just stats. That said, you've been encouraged to raise your SATs if you want your chances improved, and given recent data, this is a good suggestion. I would point you at the MIT Common Data Sets for the past couple years for data.</p>

<p>"Percent of first-time, first-year (freshman) students with scores in each range:"
For 2004 entry:
SAT I Verbal: 700-800: 64%, 600-699: 31%, 500-599: 4%, 400-499: 1%.
SAT I Math: 700-800: 88%, 600-699: 11%.</p>

<p>For 2003 entry:
SAT I Verbal: 700-800: 63%, 600-699: 32%, 500-599: 4%, 400-499: 1%.
SAT I Math: 700-800: 89%, 600-699: 11%.</p>

<p>As you can see, very few people were admitted with SAT scores in your range, so working on improving those scores would be a good idea.</p>

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<p>do you guys recomend a high school freshmen with a real passion in attending MIT to make a MyMIT account?</p>

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<p>anyone can make that account...you should go for it...it will give you info.</p>

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<p>thanks excel</p>

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<p>how much would EA help your chances?</p>