Chance me! MIT EA 2016

Colleges and Universities A-Z Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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<p>Asian male from Southern California, public school</p>

<p>UW GPA: 3.85
W GPA: around 4.4</p>

<p>SAT: 2300 (800CR, 750M, 750WR)
SATII: 800 US History, 790 Chem, 790 Math II
AP's: Comp Sci A: 5
Euro: 5
US History: 5
Calculus AB: 5
Chemistry: 5
Macroecon: 5
Microecon: 5</p>

<p>IB diploma Candidate</p>

<p>Senior Schedule: IB classes- Mathematics HL, History HL, English, Physics, French, </p>

<p>School Extracurriculars
-Relay For Life (10,11,12) Team Captain
-FBLA (10, 11, 12) Team Captain
-Math team(11,12) Cabinet officer
-NHS: (10,11,12)
-Solar Car (10,11,12) Specialist
-Debate (11, 12)</p>

<p>Volunteer Work
-Currently serve as vice president of a student-run organization to raise funds for human rights in Southeast Asia
-Volunteer at church: I play piano for the worship service
-School related volunteer: NHS
-I teach Mathcounts at local middle school</p>

<p>Internships
-Currently an intern for a local business</p>

<p>Job Experience
-Private tutor</p>

<p>Awards/Honors
-AMC 12: 112.5
AIME qualifier 10-11
-AIME: 6
-US National Chemistry Olympiad National Qualifier
-AP Scholar with Distinction
-National Merit Semifinalist
-Won several FBLA awards at the local and state level; also have a national award for top five in an event, awards from a United States representative, a California state senator, a California assemblyman, and two city councils.
-School award for excellence in French
-Music Teacher Association Advanced Level Certificate and Music Theory Award
-MTAC Panel finalist
-a few team awards for solar car</p>

<p>I played piano for 13 years</p>

<p>Reccomendations should be glowing </p>

<p>CHANCE ME PLEASE</p>

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<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/massachusetts-institute-technology/939227-reminder-no-one-not-even-me-can-give-you-accurate-chance-mit.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/massachusetts-institute-technology/939227-reminder-no-one-not-even-me-can-give-you-accurate-chance-mit.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>That being said, you seem to have a similar profile to many MIT applicants. You have a shot, but MIT is so selective that all you can do now is apply and hope for the best. Good luck!</p>

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<p>peab2011 beat me to posting my own link. that’s CLASSIC PEAB2011.</p>

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<p>Oh boy! Chancing for class of 2016 already! That’s exciting. I feel old.</p>

<p>Anyway, like peab2011 and MITChris said, no one can really “chance” you, so take everything I say with a grain of salt.</p>

<p>First off, you are awesome enough to be competitive; like peab2011 said, you have a profile that is similar to that of many MIT applicants, and a profile of someone I can see at MIT. I’m particularly excited about you giving back to the community by coaching mathcounts and raising funds for human rights in southeast Asia, and about you taking your interest in business to a new level not only through FBLA but especially through your internship. I recommend using your senior year to take your interests even farther; unfortunately I, being not you, can’t tell you how to do that.</p>

<p>I think that you have a good chance if your personality and goals match MIT’s personality and mission (“to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century” by “generating, disseminating, and preserving knowledge, [and] working with others to bring this knowledge to bear on the world’s great challenges”) and your recommendations, interview, and essays reflect that. I recommend reading some of the MIT Admissions blogs ([Best</a> of the Blogs Archives | MIT Admissions](<a href=“http://mitadmissions.org/blogs/c/best-of-the-blogs]Best”>Best of the Blogs | MIT Admissions)) to get an idea of MIT’s personality and how you might fit in before you write your essays.</p>

<p>I don’t actually know much about Harvard, but given your interests I would recommend applying there as well–my interviewer for Harvard kept digging for my interest in business, which was confusing because I didn’t have much interest or experience in business beyond reselling textbooks on half.com.</p>