SAT 1: 800M, &760 CR(new 1600 SAT)
SAT 2: 780M, 780Physics
GPA: 4.7W
Note about grades: had a really trash 10th and 9th grade some C’s. But a stellar junior and senior, GPA for 11th and 12th was a 5.3/5.0 W
Also lots of Aps and advanced courses
ECs:
Pres and Founder of Cyber Pats
Pres of Mock Trial
Pres of Robotics
Other:
Internship at big company junior year summer. supplemental recom from employer there, stellar
job at math school tutoring kids math
really cool raspberry pi project I did, all documented on blog, code is public as well
EA applicant
US resident
California
idk if it will help but a few family members went there(cousins etc…)
“i can chance back as well!”
If you are unable to evaluate yourself and are asking for others to confirm your genuine candidacy for a place at MIT, how then do you expect to chance others fairly and accurately? Just saying. I have always found that a strange phenomenon on CC…
@Senior2016M lol…good point…if u dont mind what is your connection to the school? prospective? or admitted?
also my grades for frosh and soph were garbage, dont you think that will ruin my app?
It won’t RUIN your app. Sure, you’re competing against 1000s of people with stellar, straight A transcripts stemming back to kindergarten. But, here is what matters:
You must demonstrate adequate preparation for the MIT course load. (APs/Honors, Calc AB/BC ideal, IB even better probably, classes that not only challenge you but INTEREST YOU!) You seem to have this covered, I'm assuming at least from "lots of APs and advanced."
You must have passions that you evidently pursue to a high level. Your ECs seem somewhat light from the description you've given, but I could be missing something (and that, my friend, is the heart of why 'chance me' threads are essentially useless.)
Read the MIT article “applying sideways” written by the great admissions officer @MITChris who often walks this forum. Not even he could give you an accurate estimation of your admissions odds, so he famously says, and so you must simply put together the best application you can, and the good news is that College Confidential is a wonderful resource for this, when used correctly. Good luck, and don’t stew about ‘your odds.’ Work hard, apply, and leave it. That is literally ALL you can do.
@topschoolsapplicant:
Spend some time reading through past threads on this MIT CC site. Do look through the decision threads for past years to get a sense of the stats for those accepted, rejected, or waitlisted.
Then plan to spend time reading through the MIT admissions blogs. There is lots of valuable information in those, including “How to get into MIT”.
Back to your stats. In many ways academic and testing stats are used to see if you can handle the workload. If so, then they look beyond those stats at the more important parts of the application.
If stats alone got one into MIT then the admissions people would have a easy time of it. Just plug the numbers into a formula and out pops the admitted list. The better way to look at stats is as a gate. If you have the stats then all that gets you is a check in the box that says “can do the work”. You must use the rest of your application to show a written track record of leadership, achievement and making use of your opportunities. It is those qualities that make you an attractive candidate for admission.
Just stating that you are president of such and such organization isn’t sufficient. It is what you did as president, what did you do to improve the organization that matters.
Tutoring math was something I did in high school. It was very satisfying as one of my students dramatically improved his math understanding and grades. As a supplemental item, I included a copy (with permission) of the letter his mom sent me thanking for helping her son. It is these types of things or breaks an application and that really can’t be stated in CC, making any “chance me” requests useless.
So the bottom line is to think beyond the stats and show (on paper) what qualities outside the classroom make you a good candidate for admission.