Chance Me Please

Colleges and Universities A-Z Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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<p>Now that I'm moving into senior year, I'd like some non parent/ awed peer opinions (candid) on my chances at MIT.</p>

<p>GPA- 4.08 now, 4.15ish when I apply (hopefully) (4 for As in normal classes, 5 in APs)</p>

<p>ACT- 36 composite, 36 science, 36 math, 36 reading, 36 writing, 8 essay (31 writing & essay)
Sat- 800 M, 800 CR, 730 W
SAT II- 800 Math II, 800 Bio, 800 Chem
APs-5 on AP euro, anxiously waiting BC calc, AP bio, AP chem, and AP Lang results on July 1, planning on taking 6+ next year (school average is a bit above 3 for the entire 4 years)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars</p>

<p>Engineering team for three years now, many awards in the BEST, FIRST, Kidwind, Vex, and TEAMs challenges (got 1st in both robot and marketing in BEST state last year); currently building a solar car; I'm taking the lead of the team next year and have lead many subteams in the past 3, I've learned AutoCad Inventor, Fusion, CFD, Solidworks, Java, RobotC, Mathematica, and Labview</p>

<p>Math team for 3 years</p>

<p>Chess team for 2 years (some awards)</p>

<p>3d cncs/thermal expansion energy devices/data compaction projects on my own</p>

<p>Georgia Governor's Honors Program, nanotech camp at Emory, engineering camp at Georgia Tech</p>

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<p>Besides your GPA (which means absolutely nothing to me because there’s no context. Is that weighted or out of 4.33? What’s your class rank?), everything looks very good! That being said, “chancing” just really doesn’t work for MIT. The smartest person who I have ever met in my life, who has 2340 SAT, 800s on subject tests, straight 5s on a ton of APs, varsity track and XC, and is generally a great person, was deferred and then rejected. And then you see some people’s stats in lists of accepted people and you think “how the heck did they get in?!” You just really can’t tell what they’re looking for any given year and what minor detail will make or break you.</p>

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<p>that GPA is weighted and I suppose it is out of 5 (that is what is given for an A in an AP class). as for class rank, easily top 5% (probably around #4-6) in a class of ~400. also NHS and 300+ volunteer hours for extracurriculars (its late)</p>