chance me for mit!!!

Colleges and Universities A-Z Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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white female from suburban pa

STATS:
SAT: 1530 (790 M, 740 R)
ACT: 35
(now here’s the weakest part of my application)
Math II: 730 (bad, I know)
Physics: 630 (really bad I know)
GPA: 4.85, top 2% of class
APS: AP US History (4), AP Comp Sci Principles (4), AP Computer Science A (5), currently taking AP Calc BC, AP Physics Mechanics, and AP Physics Electricity and Magnetism

ACTIVITIES:
Theater Program - Dedicated member all four years of high school, a few regional awards, member of cast, painting, and construction for all productions, senior leader
President of NHS - In charge of new membership and organizing fundraisers and service events, over 80 hours of service from this
Singfest Volunteer Counselor- past four summers I was a volunteer counselor teaching kids chorus songs and then putting on a concert for a community - 70 hours per summer
Website Creator- I made a website for my school’s senior trip to disney world that is being used this year! took a year to make and is one of the things i am most proud of
Artist for Learning Express - My paid job is working at a toy store and painting personalizations on some of the items!
Computer Science Competition Club Officer - a few regional awards, member of our Division I team, in charge of running meetings and organizing competitions
Rocketry Club VP - self explanatory. began this year so no awards
Open Minds - regional competition where a team is tasked to develop a product or service to benefit our community. multiple awards
Principal’s Leadership Council - hand selected by our principal to meet with him a few times a month and discuss ideas of how to improve our school
Congregation Or Ami Federation Temple of Youth VP - in charge of communications for my synagogue’s youth group

OTHER:

  • Engineering Innovation program at Johns Hopkins university summer of 2019
  • Two undergraduate courses at Hopkins summer of 2018
  • Aerospace Engineering program at CU Boulder summer of 2017

ESSAYS: 8.5-9/10
really personal, wrote about my synesthesia for one of the topics, my theater program, an electronics project i did making a glove to interpret sign language, and a story from my summer program at hopkins
LOR: 9/10
One from my CS teacher who directs the musicals as well as teaching me for 5 semesters. We’re really close and he’s my favorite teacher so I hope the rec is good!
Another teacher I had for 2 semesters who I’ve done a few projects for and also runs the rocketry club

SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS:
submitted a research paper about simulating artificial gravity, some stuff about the senior trip website, and a few physics simulations i’ve done

thank you everyone :slight_smile:

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What is your unweighted GPA? How have you done in your math classes?

Your physics SAT score is a significant problem for MIT. Your math SAT score is low for MIT. How many of the questions on these tests were hard? Do you know what caused your “below normal MIT level” scores on these tests?

I think that your chances are not good. I am am not convinced that MIT is the right university for you for undergrad.

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I mean, what’s the worst that can happen, you get rejected?

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I honestly think you have a fair chance at admission, although it is a little mixed. The subject tests will really hurt your chances, they are pretty low for a lot of less prestigious schools. One other thing that concerns me is your courseload, it is all STEM. If you took APUSH, why didn’t you continue on with AP Gov (or whatever your next social studies course is)? The total number of APs you are taking seems a little low as well, how many APs does your school offer?. Aside from that, your application looks really good and the theater really helps round it out. MIT is a reach for anyone but I think you do have a chance.