Chance Me for MIT!!!!!!

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Hi guys, I am a rising junior and I really want to attend MIT; it is my dream college! Here is some of my information; please chance me! The values below are what I approximate will be true near the beginning of senior year:

GPA: around 4.5 ish
Rank: our school doesn’t rank
PSAT score: 1480
ACT: 36
SAT: not taken yet, most likely 1500 and above
SAT Chemistry: 790
SAT US History: 800

Freshman Year:
Biology A
Chemistry A+
PE/World History 1 A+
Spanish 2 A
Algebra 2 Honors A
9 Honors English A+

Sophomore Year:
AP Chemistry A
APush A
Spanish 3 A
10 honors English A
Honors Precalculus A
Accounting 1/Accounting 2 A+

Junior Year:
AP Calculus BC A
AP Statistics A+
AP English A
AP Economics A+
Marketing/AP Govics A+
Spanish 4 A

Senior Year:
AP Spanish
AP World History
Marketing 2/AP Comp. Gov
AP English (12)
Calculus 3/Linear Algebra (college credit class)
AP Physics C
IDK grades yet but most likely will be all A’s and higher.

Extracurriculars:
Investment Club (founder and president, 11,12)
Supermileage Club - Engineering club preparing for Shell Eco Marathon competition (Officer, 10-12)
Economics Club (member-10,11; officer-12)
DECA (Member-11,12)
NHS (member-11,12)
Piano - 10 years, passed level 10 piano theory test for Illinois and won various regional and state awards.
Taekwondo - black belt, participant for 7 years
Tennis-JV team in junior year
Wharton investment competition- international finance competition hosted by University of Pennsylvania - My team was one of 10 finalists in my sophomore year and we are again one of 10 finalist this year and hopefully be judged in top 3 rankings
Shell Eco-Marathon - international engineering competition open to both hs and colleges, where teams create a fuel efficient vehicle - last year our team got the “vehicle design award” out of around 100 teams from N. America and S. America that participated. This year we hope to be won of the top fuel efficient vehicles.
DECA - qualified for states this year, most likely internationals also
Economics Challenge - most likely get to state level, may/may not get to nationals
Chemistry Olympiad - planning to participate this year, not sure how I will do
Volunteering - over 100 hours in a hospital, over 40 hours in tutoring middle school Science Olympiad.
NMSF
Doing a summer research program at University of Michigan over the summer - planning to participate in Siemens, Intel, or Google Science fair senior year.

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Please do not predict that you will get a perfect ACT score. Ask for your chances again after you’ve taken your standardized tests. Good luck!

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I have already taken act and got 36

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Just to clarify, everything is pretty much set in stone (meaning its done and over with) except sat scores, senior year grades, and some of the awards which i have emphasized with “most likely”, “probably”, “most likely”, etc.

But I appreciate your comment :slight_smile:

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Oh my bad… I thought these were all predicted stats. If you already got a 36, I wouldn’t bother with taking the SAT. You’re ECs aren’t very interesting, but being a scholar-athlete is very appealing to colleges. I definitely think you’re on the right track!! Write great essays and hope for the best!

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You have a chance. That’s all anyone can really tell you for any school with a ~7% acceptance rate.

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^^^^^^^^^ what they said

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Can you give me some suggestions to help me have more “interesting” EC’s??

thanks :))))

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Already enough. Quality over quantity. Though the ECs you have are generally the same for most other applicants, just probably at a higher level (like the Wharton comp). Just show your personality in the essays and you should be fine :slight_smile: