<p>— Stats —</p>
<ol>
<li>What’s your SAT? ( - if none, + if >2250, ~ if 2100<x<2250, - if <2100 )</li>
<li>Decent AP (+)</li>
<li>Fine rigor (+)</li>
<li>Varied curriculum (+)</li>
<li>Non-generic subjects, ITGS (~)</li>
</ol>
<p>— ECs —</p>
<ol>
<li>Study abroad in China is kinda stupid (~) I’ve studied in China before and there’s nothing special about it, except that they speak Chinese. Unless you got a major revelation or something there it’s best to not emphasize it.</li>
<li>What’s HOSA? What’s PAVA? If you’re not going to describe it, no matter how impressive it is it’s gonna be useless (-)</li>
<li>Cyber Security? What did you do? Whole lot of difference from pasting posters about NSA to hacking into websites and alerting webmasters about holes in the firewall. (?)</li>
<li>Boeing Intern (+)</li>
<li>Saxophone focus (? wildcard)</li>
<li>Non-detailed ECs (-)</li>
<li>Specialism in an area (+)</li>
</ol>
<p>— Others —</p>
<p>I have a feeling your personality is compatible with MIT (+)
Did you learn anything special in ITGS? If you’re also interested in computing, ITGS is a huge boon as you can talk about the ethics side during your interview.
Saxophone is unique. If one of the colleges want a solid saxophone player you have a good chance.</p>
<p>MIT - low reach
Caltech - reach
UCB - high match</p>
<p>Why MIT Low Reach? I have a feeling your personality is compatible with MIT.</p>