Chance my non-stellar record

Colleges & Universities A-Z Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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<p>SAT: 2100 (going to retake)
SAT Math Level 1: 750 SAT Physics: 700
AP: None so far
APs Next Year: AP Psychology (4-5) AP Literature (4-5) AP Language (4-5)
GPA:3.38 Freshmen 3.46 Sophomore 3.90 Junior (Senior year should be 3.90+)</p>

<p>Rank: Probably in the top 12 out of 65</p>

<p>Junior Schedule:
Modern World History
Precalculus
French III
Greek I
Latin II
Physics
Honors British Literature</p>

<p>Senior Schedule:
AP Psychology
Painting/Aquaculture
AP English (AP Literature)
French IV Honors
Calculus Honors
Latin III
(Self study AP Course, undecided course though)</p>

<p>ECs:
Chess Club (Secretary 10th Grade)
Improvisation Club
National Honor Society
French Congres
Newspaper
JV Basketball
Golf Team
Film Machinima
Web Design Club
Objectivist Society
Science Fair
Summer study in C++ Programming
Computer Building summer project</p>

<p>Awards:
Nation Latin Exam: Magna Cum Laude
Community Service Award (170+ hours)</p>

<p>Recommendation Letters: My Academic Dean is going to write one hell of a recommendation. He is one of my best friends at my school. My Geometry and Precalculus teacher will write my Math Recommendation. I have had an A every quarter in his classes.</p>

<p>I am a white male.</p>

<p>Do I even have a chance? My rocky Freshmen and Sophomore years really screwed up my GPA.</p>

<p>Thanks everyone!</p>

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<p>please bump, i am interested in hearing a chance</p>

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<p>The “one hell of a rec” should help you. </p>

<p>Do something no one else has ever done. Write a program in C++ that has a real use. Prove your creativity. Make sure you’re senior year grades are impeccable. MIT really looks for creativity and originality in thinking. If you can prove that then maybe they will be able to overlook your frosh and soph years.</p>

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<p>thanks, that will be a hell of a project, but all i can do is try</p>

<p>thanks for chancing</p>

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<p>Honestly, I don’t really think you have much of a shot with MIT unless you do something spectacularly stellar/creative/unique. </p>

<p>Your GPA/SAT scores are no where near where the normal applicants are. You have to remember that MIT is full of academic all stars. So even though you might be an incredibly intelligent person, unless you have the statistics on paper, you might not get in. </p>

<p>But, then again, don’t lose hope:) Keep plugging away and who knows what could happen!</p>

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<p>thank you</p>

<p>well, the first semester of Senior year I will have at minimum a 4.3GPA but will most likely have a 4.6GPA (just senior year)</p>

<p>I also plan on getting a 2200 + which is not up to MIT Standards</p>

<p>thanks for the chance</p>

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<p>Just keep your senior grades as high as possible and anything at or above 2200 is more than fine for MIT. I’d definitely follow bigjay71’s advice.</p>

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<p>I’d also recommend taking the Math II SAT II. It has a better curve than Math I, and one can get an 800 by skipping 5 and getting the rest correct. </p>

<p>If you’re skillful at Pre Calc/Trig and Algebra II concepts then I would go for a near 800. That should help you, especially since Math II is more respected since the math on it is more advanced.</p>

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<p>Also, do you have any shot of surviving Calc AP? MIT is big on math/science. That could help you as well.</p>

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<p>I am going to take Math II and hopefully get above a 750. </p>

<p>I don’t think that I have enough of a grasp of Calculus to take AP Calculus.</p>

<p>Should I take AP Statistics over French IV Honors?</p>

<p>and what Subject Tests should I take, thanks for everything</p>

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<p>would a Computer Program that could help in poker be any good?</p>

<p>or what if I decided to make a simple game that was hosted on the internet?</p>

<p>on my work experience, can i mention any of the above things if i actually do them?</p>

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<p>It’s not that hard. The curve for the Math I is a lot tougher, so the difficulty is only marginal if you study.</p>