Chance me, MIT

Colleges and Universities A-Z Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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<p>Hey, my names Eli and I am from southern Iowa. I go to a really small school but I love math!!! I talked to my great aunt and she said MIT's a relly good school. Could one of you fella's please chance me? Remember, I love math!</p>

<p>Rank: 2/15 (Rankings tough in Iowa)
GPA: 3.78
Tests: ACT: </p>

<p>23 Reading, 24 English, 25 science... aaaaand 29 math! highest in school history!</p>

<p>Awards:
Arrow of Light (Boy Scouts)
4H Good Citizen's Award
Yellow Ribbon at last year's County Fair Pig Show
Student of the Month: January of 05' (Algebra one)</p>

<p>Work experience:
I've been working on the farm all my life. I gotta get out of here!!</p>

<p>If you chance me, I will be happy! If I got into MIT, I would be even happier!</p>

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<p>really funny</p>

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<p>is this a spoof?</p>

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<p>......funnay</p>

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<p>You have a great chance man. They would love to have the next John Nash ;).</p>

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<p>Pretty Funny.</p>

<p>But in reality, I'm a current student at MIT and I did work on a farm for 5 years in jr. high and high school , and to tell you the truth, I found farming a lot more fun and rewarding than academia.</p>

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<p>Looking at the OP, I wonder if anyone at MIT took Algebra I in high school.</p>

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<p>Well, I definitely know a few people (although not many) who didn't take calc in high school.</p>

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<p>you need a Field metal to get in, I think
apply to other schools or schools in Iowa</p>

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<p>A Field metal? Perhaps he can find some scraps around his farm...</p>

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<p>hahah dude is this a joke? Thats like saying that ''hey, I like basketball....do i have a chance of getting into the NBA''?</p>

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<p>lol..beautiful analogy</p>

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<p>Haha, my cousin goes to MIT so I just felt like posting something. But I really do live in Iowa. And no, I don't live on a farm. Oh, and after that last comment, I decided to post a chance thread on the NBA forum's. I love basketball!</p>

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<p>people really could be nicer....</p>

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<p>But decency is no fun, ya know? ;)</p>

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<p>excuse me, i think MIT's spirit is upon expanding education, not narrowing them down to test scores and incapabilities because of school and district. You know what, I actually think he/she has a decent chance, with such a unique perspective of life he/she would be an asset to MIT.</p>

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<p>I meant a Fields medal, but metal is fine too</p>

<p>perspective of life? you mean this?</p>

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Work experience:
I've been working on the farm all my life. I gotta get out of here!!

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<p>MIT does not consider people without SAT1 / SAT2 and ACT score like that. </p>

<p>On the other hand, take SAT1 and you'll be good for Iowa state or some states nearby, GPA should be good enough.</p>

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<p>Although the thread has already been shown to be a joke, I'm with groundhawk in that there's absolutely nothing wrong with the applicant. Should the student really be interested in math and has the capacity to demonstrate interest and capacity for learning, I don't see what necessarily distinguishes this "applicant" from any other math nerd. The only glaring problem is the lack of SATIIs, which are of course, required (the SAT is not). The ACT scores, while low, are not unheard of (look at the admission statistics last year: 11 people admitted with ACTs 21-25).</p>

<p>I recall one of the bloggers (sorry, too lazy to actually find the post) at MIT posting here about how she likened her "coachability" as a runner (decent runner, but poor form) to what MIT is looking for. If the person were able to demonstrate this same coachability in the academic sense, I don't see what makes him/her a terrible applicant. Simply because a person has lived in a rural community his/her entire life and has not necessarily had the chance pursue mathematics does not mean that he/she is somehow inferior in learning capacity.</p>

<p>I suppose the point is that it is unfair to look at a rural applicant and compare them to someone who went to a magnet school. I believe it has been said numerous times that MIT admissions are looking at people "in context". If the applicant is the best math student the school has ever had, and has explored every mathematical option avaiable to him/her, then how are they any different than the top math student at The <insert historical="" figure="" here=""> Academy of Math and Science? In context, they appear to be about equal (to me, anyway, but I'm not an admissions officer). Realistically, the rural applicant may have less of a chance to the point of being called remote, but it is downright silly to discount them completely.</insert></p>

<p>Bah.
-JS</p>

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<p>I cannot agree more with bubiyuqn. I am an Educational Counselor (interviewer) and it is by now no longer uncommon to have an applicant from a school with no resources tell me how they got to where they are now.</p>

<p>I had one student who went to a school that didn't really offer physics. They did a little bit of mechanics but that was it. Her scores on the standardised tests were solid but unexceptional. Yet if you compare what she went through to get a 700, largely self-taught, that is in many ways more impressive than a 780 from someone who covered the material in school. She got in.</p>

<p>That is not to say that every successful applicant needs a story of triumph over adversity. It would be wrong to penalise someone for attending a very good school that offered lots of options. But if you cannot show that you did any more than show up for those drip-feed options, then it is hard to demonstrate the passion that every top school is looking for.</p>

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<p>Cowtech Would Be A Better Match 4 U</p>