What are my chances of getting into GA tech, MIT, and CalTech? I know Cal Tech is a reach but it would be amazing if I was accepted.
I will be a senior in August. I did terrible freshman year (3.3 GPA) but I got all As sophomore and junior year. In addition I wasn’t involved in any clubs freshman and sophomore year, all I did was cross country. I was more involved junior year and will be more involved senior year.
GPA as shown on transcript: 3.85
GA Tech weighted GPA: 3.79
Cumulative Average: 93.4
ACT: 32(taken in December 2014), English(34) Math(31) Reading(33) Science(29) (will be taking again September)
AP Courses: AP Bio, AP World, APUSH, AP Physics1, AP Lang, 12th grade courses: (AP Gov/Econ, AP PhysicsC, AP Calc BC)
Freshman year extracurricular: Cross Country
Sophomore year extracurricular: Cross Country and GHP
Junior year extracurricular: Cross Country, Beta Club, Math Honor Society, Math Team, DECA, Chemistry Club, Junior Marshall, heavily involved in community service.
Not sure about GA tech, but MIT and Caltech will be a big stretch. You’d need to raise your ACT test scores and take the SAT and SAT subject tests (Math II, specifically) for these two schools. As for EC’s, try to focus on leadership positions. You don’t need to be involved in so many clubs as long as you’re a core member of a relevant club (i.e., Math Team Captain of a highly ranked team if you’re a math major). Having said all that, there’s more to life than getting into to MIT & Caltech, though. You can get a good education at many state schools for much less. Good luck!
^^^ the EC are the weak link of application to MIT and cal tech. You have a chance, but only slight