Can I get into MIT, Caltech, Yale, or such?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>(At end of junior year)
GPA (UW): 3.86
GPA (W): 4.07 (Weighted 5 for A and 3.75 for B in AP classes, and normal for all others)</p>

<p>AP Tests:
US History: 5
Expecting 5 on AP Euro, AP Chem, AP Physics... and 5 on at least 4 other AP tests in my senior year.</p>

<p>SAT I: Expecting at least 750 on Math, and 700 on Verbal</p>

<p>SAT IIs: Expecting 700 or more on Math II, Chemistry, and Physics</p>

<p>Community service: generally good...</p>

<p>ECs and extras: In-the-Know, Science Olympiad, Chess Club, Computer Advancement Club, Tennis, Tae Kwon Do (Black Belt), Karate (Green Belt), Environmental Awareness Club, and a couple other really nice programs.</p>

<p>Technological skills: I'm a hacker... what more can I say? I don't use office programs... I make them. lol!!!11</p>

<p>By the end of senior year:</p>

<p>GPA will be higher to at least 4.3 on weighted and will be at least 3.92 on unweighted. </p>

<p>Loads more ECs!</p>

<p>Language skills: I currently know English and two of my native languages (I wish not to reveal them), and Japanese.</p>

<p>What do you think of them? Am I good enough in your charts?</p>

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<p>There are just no guarantees here. Those schools hardly go by statistics - your numbers DO put you as a "contender", but you're going to rise and fall based on your essays, recs, and demonstrated interest in science and technology. And when I say demonstrated interest, I mean very serious demonstrated interest, especially for MIT and CalTech.</p>

<p>I'm sorry that this wasn't more conclusive ... but not a whole lot stands out (yet). Your application will really need to shine for you to get admitted. Show your distinguishing characteristics in your essays. Recs will need to be superb for these sort of schools. If the jigsaw comes together, you'll have good chances.</p>

<p>Or you could be a recruited athlete/legacy/URM, or have a very special talent. Then you'd have great chances at being admitted, even just by stats.</p>

<p>Joey</p>

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<p>I'm in a couple of very special programs... can't reveal them... very selective.</p>

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<p>Why can't you reveal any of these? I don't understand why you can't divulge what languages you speak on the side, or what special programs you do. Maybe if people have heard of them, we could better assess your chances, but if you don't tell us anything, we can only say vague and general things.</p>

<p>Joey</p>

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<p>without an exact standardized test score, very hard to tell</p>

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<p>being frank, as of now, your EC's and gpa suck in order to get into MIT, Caltech, Yale and other top notch schools... seems like you havent taken many higher level courses... a 3.86 weighted is too low.. should be much higher for those schools you want.. sorry if it seems harsh but it is the truth esp when you are considering those schools..</p>

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<p>3.86 is his Unweighted, but then again is 3.8 and up in the top 1% of your class? Some of the huge public schools have such inflated gpas, where there is 20 4.0's, then it will look bad as compared to an elite school that had a 3.9ish as a top gpa. At stanford the average GPA is only 3.8 or something, but majority of the students are definately in the top 5%, and more in the top 1-2% than the 3-5% range.</p>

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<p>3.8 and up is top 1% , where did u pull that from?</p>

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<p>no where, just asking that as an example</p>