Chance me for MIT

Colleges and Universities A-Z Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Hi, I really nervous I’m over estimating my college choices so I’d love to hear your feedback.
SAT: 1550, 2nd time
SAT subjects tests: Math 2-800
Physics-800

Grades: 3.94 with 4.65 weighted, All honors and AP when the school offered it, 3 AP’s past year (Calc BC 5, Comp Sci Prin 4, AP English 3) and taking 5 APs this year (including physics and chem)
Public school of 3000+ students but we sent around 15 to top 20 each year

Extracurriculars:
Founding member, lead programmer, co-President, and Co-Captain of VEX robotics club, we won 2nd in state last year and went to world championship
Boy Scouts Senior Patrol Leader with 55+ merit badges, Eagle Scout
Trumpet Player in competitive jazz bands, our band plays at local restaurants and jazz festivals
Ultimate Frisbee, pretty weak EC but I’ve played all 4 years and our competitive team plays in tournaments and leagues
Summer Paid Tech internship at school
Summer paid job as a technician/contrator
Engineering intern at small international company, CAD modeled, designed, and led small projects in warehouse
Competitive MIT program for entrepreneurship 12% acceptance, co-founded tech startup using CV for 3d printers, lead coder, we haven’t sold much but we have a network and a few partnerships
Was in scholastic bowl, XC, and marching band each for a year

MAKER Portfolio: Self taught coding, CAD, and circuit design. I build and sell 3d printers and tinker a lot with them, VR projects, Arduino, coding, pretty big mech projects, they’re not hooks but they show a deep interest in engineering and collectively kinda tell a story

Essays-Im not great at writing, but I put a lot of time in, maybe 8.5/10
Interview-I thought it went well, it went long ~100 min
Recs- Both teacher like me, one is my frisbee coach, my counselor loves me, optional rec from an MIT alum who lectures at MIT

Reach-Mit, Stanford, Berkeley
Target-Michigan, Gtech
Safety-Purdue, U of I

Thanks

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You have good shot for mit, but of course it’s a reach for everyone, but your stats seem to be very great. Chance m e back please

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Yo another Launchie! I did Launch in 2015 and loved it. Did you apply EA? Best of luck

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Assuming that you are in-state for Purdue and U of I and that you have run the NPCs are are okay with the results, my guess is that your rankings into reach, target, and safety are pretty much correct. It also looks to me that you are applying to a good range of schools. Good luck!

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Yeah EA, just waiting now

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@APIL105 we seem pretty similar. I’m a junior hoping to get in next year. My test scores and ec’s are so far so good, my gpa is meh, but I should conclude all with great recs and essays. Let us know if you get in!