Chance me, anyone?

Applying to College
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<p>Hi, I know this is very cliche, but I'm trying to get into MIT next year and I can't think of anything else I could do to show them my dedication to physics and how much I would like to study it there. I am a Junior, top student of the school, dual enrolled at University of South Florida (A+ average there). I go to a performing arts school and study cello for 2 hours a day. I write techno music in my free time, do some extreme scootering and biking, and work in a lab at the University. URL - "<a href="http://shell.cas.usf.edu/%7Emmunoz/"&gt;http://shell.cas.usf.edu/~mmunoz/&lt;/a&gt;". I'm away from my house 6:30 am-10pm every weeknight at school. </p>

<p>Student:</p>

<p>User Name: nwoodward
Gender: M
Location: Tampa, FL
College Class Year: 2014
High School: Public
High School Type: rarely sends grads to top schools
Will apply for financial aid: Yes</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>GPA - Unweighted: 3.90
GPA - Weighted: 6.40
Class Rank: top 5 students
Class Size: 200</p>

<p>Scores:</p>

<p>SAT I Math: 790
SAT I Critical Reading: 630
SAT I Writing: 670
SAT II Math Level 2 (IIC): 800
SAT II Physics: 730
SAT II Chemistry: 800</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Significant Extracurriculars: MAO - president (10th, 11th)
Science Club
French Club - Treasurer (10th)
College/High School Tutor</p>

<p>I write techno music and ride BMX</p>

<p>18 credit hours (5 classes) at local University
Athletic Status - list sport and your level: I actively ride bikes (BMX) and scooters and free running
Volunteer/Service Work: I volunteer about 10 hours a week in a physics lab helping grad students at USF. We are currently setting up a PDS experiment to test out samples we make for crystaline hard drives and solar cells.</p>

<p>Honors and Awards: 9th place Alg II County Math Bowl - 9th grade
USF Honors College Summer Program - Award for Overall Excellence (Highest)
10th place Calculus County Math Bowl - 11th grade
8th place Calculus Middleton regional
College Summer programs: USF Honors College Summer Program - Engineering Calculus, Linear Algebra, and programming
Boston University Summer Research with MIT professor Dr. Moodera 2009
Moodera's</a> Homepage</p>

<p>currently taking
Calculus III
Vector Calculus
Bridge to Abstract Math
Physics II w/Calculus and Lab
Physics Undergraduate Research</p>

<p>AP tests taking this year
Calc BC
Physics C: M and E&M
Composition
US History
Psychology
Statistics</p>

<p>possible classes for next year
Elementary abstract algebra
topology
differential equation
elementary number theory
modern physics
optics</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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