Chance me

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>1) Scores:
TOFEL iBT: 120/120
620- Physics
640 - Math Level 2.
Although my super score for SAT is 1690 (I won't send it to MIT, but for other schools I will have to).</p>

<p>NOTE: Since MIT is holistic, scores aren't the only factor for the admission.</p>

<p>2) Essays: I'd say 98/100. I worked on my essay A LOT. </p>

<p>3) Rec's: 4 recommendation letters. I'd say 45/50. (I know they are good, but since I haven't seen them I cannot be too sure about it) </p>

<p>4) Awards & Honors: </p>

<p>High Honor Roll
Basketball Certificate
Capstone Project Research Award
Badminton Certificate
University Of Texas A & M Honor Code
YouTube Partnership<br>
VideoClass Partnership<br>
Good Citizen Award
Basketball Certificate
Certificate of Excellence
Honor Roll
Top Student in Region Award
Global Mathematics Talent Search Award </p>

<p>5) Volunteering Services: </p>

<p>SABIC Beach Clean-up for healthy environment (Total: 6 Hours)
Balachandra’s Clinic (Total: 150 hours)</p>

<p>[Cumulative Total Hours worked: 156 hours] </p>

<p>6) Languages: I speak seven languages: Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, English, French, Arabic, and Spanish. </p>

<p>7) Work Experience: </p>

<p>Partnered with both VideoClass and YouTube. Additionally, I donate my proceeds to charity group called DonorsChoose. </p>

<p>8) Grades: Senior Year: 3.8/4.0 from 3.2/4.0 (Cumulative), so a great curve there. </p>

<p>9) College credits: Since my school has no advance placements tests or honor courses, I initiated to take online courses through BYU independent study. </p>

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<h2>Personal Information: I've moved about 8-9 different schools, so I have a very good exposure to different kinds of people. </h2>

<p>Universities I applied to: MIT, Waterloo, Boston University, Harvard ( I know its very reach), Stevens Institute of Technology, Chapman University, NYIT, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Cooper union, Cornell University, and Chicago State University. </p>

<p>Got accepted to: Florida Tech & University of Oklahoma </p>

<p>Please chance me accordingly, thanks a bunch! </p>

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<p>Your SAT’s seem very weak for a lot of those schools/</p>

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<p>Agree with above post, SAT and GPA are quite low for some of the schools. MIT, Harvard, Cornell and UNC are almost certainly out of the question.</p>

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<p>For MIT: I am sending my TOFEL 120 score, not the SAT score. </p>

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<p>Regardless, your GPA and sat subject tests scores are far below the 25th percentile for these schools</p>

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<p>yep far below, the 25th % percent line for MIT is 770 for Math 2, and 740 for Science tests. And i’m pretty sure the other ones require the regular SAT. You should think about doing a new list i’m afraid. :(</p>

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<p>I have a great story. Where I live there are no honor courses offered. I took initiatives to take college credit course via BYU. I speak almost about 7-8 languages. Great essays. Also, MIT doesn’t go by the scores. (I, personally, am applying to other universities because I have a fee waiver). Talk to me merely about MIT and Waterloo. </p>

<p>Not to forget I have upward trend of my GPA curve from being 3.2 (somewhere) to 3.8. </p>

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<p>@KaranMIT - I don’t think you have a chance - you’re presented no evidence you will be able to handle the academic workload at MIT. With 620 and 640 on your SAT subject tests (these are poor scores for MIT), and no other math or science scores or advanced coursework, you are not going to compare favorably to the thousands of candidates who can prove they are up to the task.</p>

<p>MIT does have holistic admissions, but it’s used make a selection from the subset of candidates who are clearly qualified.</p>

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<p>@BldrDad‌: If I had the same opportunity as those students, I would too get 700+, but I didn’t. I self studied myself for this test without any books simply by reading pdf’s online. Situation is different with me, sir. Please account for variable change. </p>

<p>In addition to that, I have a perfect score on TOFEL iBT. (For the score critics)</p>

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<p>I don’t know anything about waterloo. But what i know about MIT is that last year, only 119 international students wer admitted. </p>

<p>MIT looks for great stories, but they want students with potential to succeed in science. And your test scores are really way under their admission criterias. Chances for regular americans with perfect scores are already low. Chances for internationals with perfect scores are even lower. So chances for internationals with low scores are extremely low.</p>

<p>I’m not saying it’s all about the scores, but they still have standards. I’m not saying you have 0% chance, but it’s not far from that i think.</p>

<p>If you want to study, you probably want to think about more reasonable schools, because chances are you will be dissapointed.</p>

<p>Good luck :)</p>

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<p>True.
All we can do is try, and hope for the best. </p>

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<p>If you want people to tell you will be accepted to MIT, you came to the wrong place. We’re being rationnal. Sorry.</p>

<p>But go ahead, you never know.</p>

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<p>If I came here for that I’d wouldn’t have liked your comment. I wasn’t trying to be sarcastic. What’s true is true. You might want to clam yourself down, mate. </p>

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<p>Re-read my comment. No anger. I’m very calm, thank you. Comments on internet can be easily missinterpreted. Sorry if i offended you.</p>

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<p>While MIT does use holistic criteria, there is a certain underlying criteria of near perfect GPA and test scores. While having a good story does help, MIT and Harvard look for students with extenuating circumstances who outperform students with normal admission criteria.</p>

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<p>@meriks‌ you said: </p>

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<p>can you link me to the source? Please? </p>

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<p><a href=“Admissions statistics | MIT Admissions”>http://mitadmissions.org/apply/process/stats&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I used the ‘chance-me’ calculator and it gave me 41% chance. Anyhow, I’d like to know about other universities other than MIT, especially about Waterloo. </p>

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<p>In looking for admission infor for Waterloo, it proved hard to find any reported admission statistics. From what I could find, it appears that the school is not as selective as MIT and based on your TOEFL and SAT scores you are a qualified applicant.</p>

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<p>Also, I wouldn’t reccomend using any “chance calculators” they tend to severely overestimate odds, especially at highly selective schools.</p>