<p>Ok so I'm looking at my chances for MIT, cornell, and maybe harvard, although i'm only applying there (harvard, that is) for the lulz. </p>
<p>Academic stuff
GPA: idk, our school does GPA funny and does deflation. that is, the highest (numerical) grade average anyone at my school has is ~92. My GPA is, infact, around 92. make of that what you will.</p>
<p>EDIT: I should probably mention the following:
my school isn't really competitive. actually its probably better to say that the students choose not to apply to good colleges. for example the person ranked 4th in our class aspires only to a local catholic college which anyone can get into. some kids got into harvard last year though. fair number of people for BC each yr i think.
EDIT2: im white.
EDIT3: im putting pure mathematics and EE as majors on applications.</p>
<p>SAT: (CMW) 740 740 760
SAT II: Bio - 760
Math 2 - idk ill know on dec. 25 (on my first try i did math 1 by accident, so i had to retake, oops..)</p>
<p>Rank: 3/169 (at the end of junior year, its probably 2 now, which means i have to write a speech, which blows.)</p>
<p>APs (taken all offered at the school)
Bio
English Lang.
Psych
US hist
(all 5's)
Chem
English
Spanish lang.
Calc
(taking senior year)</p>
<p>Other classes
Various stuff from art of problem solving including WOOT. Also working on self-studying some college math stuff like analysis, linear algebra, etc.. yay for illegally dl'ed ebooks. (i just realized i didn't mention the self-study on my app as i was typing this post..better go fix that.)</p>
<p>ECs:
Classical guitar, played in some fundraisers to help raise music for the school I learn at (4yrs)
Karate (4yrs)
Fencing (started senior yr) (i fence foil, although I started epee recently and I honestly thought it was alot more fun, foilists flame away i don't care)
Math team
Worked at a food bank for a total of ~60 hours/yr for 4 yrs
(generic ECs for the win.. whatever.)</p>
<p>Work stuff
I worked as an IT intern on 10th grade over the summer for like 20-30 hours a week.
Also I help my dad write web pages in Spanish for his company's website (or, been meaning to, haven't really got around to it yet.. maybe l8r.)</p>
<p>Summer program stuff
Junior year I did this camp called Frontiers where I took classes in applied math, and music.</p>
<p>Awards and stuff
nothing outstanding worth mentioning here, just your generic school-award stuff</p>
<p>Other circumstances
So, my guidance counselor (or rather, one of the two) is good friends with one of the associate admissions director people (at MIT), or whatever the proper term is, and they came down to my school to interview me personally. they seemed to think i was a good fit so thats good, i guess.</p>
<p>my essays are pretty good and all.</p>
<p>thats it.</p>