<p>Get it? Beaver? Wow, ok anyway I am really curious as to whether my stats and ECs give me a chance of acceptance at MIT.
Location: East coast
School: Competitive public high school (about 450 kids)
Race: White
Gender: Male</p>
<p>GPA: 98.4 (unweighted); 101.9 (weighted); (on a 4.0 scale my unweighted is a 4.0 not sure about the weighted)
Rank: On track to being valedictorian (projected: 1/125)
Courses: Most rigorous curriculum including 7 AP courses (my school offers 15)</p>
<p>Junior year (projected place score in parenthesis):
AP Chemistry (4 or 5)
AP Calculus AB (5)
AP Statistics (4 or 5)
AP English Language (5)</p>
<p>Senior year courses I plan on taking:
AP Biology
AP Calculus BC
AP English Literature </p>
<p>Important ECs (leadership position in parenthesis):
Math Honor Society- 10-12 (Treasurer Junior year; probably President or VP Senior year)
Math Club- 9-12 (Highest scorer from entire high school in competitions)
National Honor Society- 11-12
School Newspaper- 9-12 (Probably Co-editor Senior year)
Drama Club- 10-12 (Treasurer Junior year; Probably President or VP Senior year)
Mock Trial- 9-12 (Lead Lawyer Sophomore and Junior year; Lead Lawyer Senior year)
Mentoring Club (Free Tutoring through school)- 9-11
Peer Mediator (Help middle school kids with social/academic problems)- 11-12
Varsity Ice Hockey- 10-12
Varsity Tennis- 10-12 (All-league Sophomore year and probably junior and senior year)
"The Challenge" (Quiz TV Show)- 12 (Technically, I did it junior year but our team had to forfeit because of the wacky october snow storm; will be Team Captain Senior year)
Volunteering at Hospital- 9-12 (Medicine is my true passion)
*I also plan on shadowing a physician starting this summer</p>
<p>Awards:
Multiple school awards for excellence
Highest GPA award every year since 9th grade
Principal's List every quarter since 9th grade
U.S. Air Force Math and Science Award
Probably National Merit Commended </p>
<p>Oh wow I forgot I took the following tests:
PSAT: 204
ACT: 32 (went in cold; retaking and am confident of a 34 or 35)
SAT: Don’t plan on taking (depends on ACT retake score)
SAT Subject Tests: Math 1 (700); I am taking Chemistry and Math 2 and think I can get a 750+ on both.</p>
<p>You seem quite academically qualified. It all depends on whether or not you match MIT in personality, dreams for the future, etc. Do your best on your essays. Best of luck. :)</p>
<p>You seem to have all of the checkboxes “checked,” except for standardized testing. For someone in your position (white, male, competitive high school, lots of academic/other opportunities), you’re going to need very high test scores.</p>
<p>That being said, you still need to come off as a driven, passionate student throughout your application (essays, etc).</p>
<p>I don’t know how knowledgable you guys are of other schools and programs but I was wondering if I could get a chance for the following schools/programs (the programs I am referring to are the 7/8 year early assurance medical programs):</p>
<p>Dartmouth
Duke
Johns Hopkins BME
BU 7 year Med Program
RPI 7 year Med Program
Wash U 8 year Med Program
Northwestern HPME (7 year med program)
Case Western 8 year PPSP Medicine</p>
<p>I’m a current freshman at MIT and was interested in JHU BME. When I talked to the JHU rep about it, he told me that basically due to limited spots and rigor, most of the accepted BME kids have done prior research in a biological sciences lab. He also told me that if you aren’t accepted to the program, to enter as a general engineering major and attempt to transfer into the program since the intro engineering classes are all fairly similar. However, there are very limited transfer spots into the program.
Also, my highschool competes in The Challenge (though I was never involved) so good luck against us next year =P</p>
<p>Why are you applying to MIT? You don’t seem like a super science/math kinda guy.</p>
<p>Apply to other top schools like Stanford and Princeton that value athletics more (I think you will have a good chance with your scores, GPA, and sports)</p>
<p>AP Chem, AP calc, AP stats and AP Bio. Nope definitely doesn’t sound like a math/science guy <em>sarcasm</em>. Sometimes those are the only math/science classes and opportunities people have.</p>
<p>@shareezy- I will contend that you are right in that I have not taken AIME or AMC12 nor am I a super genius in any field of mathematics or science. However, neither was my sibling and some friends of mine who got into MIT. Thank you, nevertheless, for your suggestions (I am considering both Stanford and Princeton, though not nearly as heavily as MIT).</p>
<p>@danishpastry- I just really like the school for its academics and overall campus vibe. I have visited several times and really could see myself there, but I totally understand your point as it is a “Gpa killer”.</p>
<p>Just think about the fact that you’re going against Intel finalists, Siemens winners, USA Biology/math/physics/chemistry students, and some who have even published their own research manuscripts. Nothing stands out to me in your profile. Science/math classes are a bare minimum to even qualify for being reviewed by MIT, and math/science clubs are nothing that’ll get you a second look.<br>
Don’t worry, though. You still have a summer and a senior semester to do something outstanding! Good luck:)</p>