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Colleges and Universities A-Z Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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<p>So I am interested at apply for MIT next year. Can you guy give me some suggestions and comments base on my stats ?</p>

<p>9th grade GPA: 8.0/10 (it's considered A where I went to)</p>

<p>My GPA in sophomore year was 9.2/10</p>

<p>Junior year GPA: 4.0 (unweighted, my school does not have weighted GPA)
No ranking but I think I am in top 5%</p>

<p>Repeating junior year at a really rigorous private school.</p>

<p>Score this year so far: AP Cal BC: B, AP Physics C:Mechanics: B-, Spanish 1: A+, English 11: A, Biology: A, Choir: A, Wind Ensemble: A.</p>

<p>AP Cal AB score: 4 (Too bad)</p>

<p>SAT is 2100. SAT II will be Math II: hope will be 700 at least and about 2 more, have not decided yet.</p>

<p>Extra curricular:
Soccer team of class: 6,7,8,9,10
Soccer Varsity:grade 11
AFCVN soccer club: grade 10
Baseball varsity: grade 11
Tennis JV ( varsity is super competitive, ranked 7th in the country): grade 11
Skiing club: grade 11
News translator for Arsenal Fan Club In Vietnam grade 8,9,10
Young leader club:grade 10
Singing club:grade:10
Choir:grade 11
CATCH program:grade 11
Piano class:8 years
French horn: 1 years
FIRST Robotics: grade 11
Community service club: grade 11
Community service trip to Costa Rica: grade 11 (Feb 2009)</p>

<p>Awards:
Best GPA at school : Grade 10
Best final exams record: Grade 10
First Prize at School's English Olympiad: Grade 10
Victoria scholarship: grade 10
High honor roll: grade 11
Best Physical project in Science Fair:grade 11
Highest honor in Chemistry:grade 11
High honor in Maths:grade 11
Nominated for National Honor Society: grade 11
Nominated for National Young Leader Conference: grade 11</p>

<p>Leadership: Head of School's Youth Union:Grade 10</p>

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<p>ok… first of all, i think your grades are good, but if you can pull the math and physics to an A/A-, it may look a little better. </p>

<p>After being through the admission process once, i now realize that it is not the number of extra-curricular activities you have, it is how involved you get in each. Therefore, whether it is forming a soccer website for your team, or creating a community service group at your school, etc, find one or two things that you really enjoy in your extracurricular activities and really specialize and get extremely involved.</p>

<p>sats were good, maybe try one more time (unless you got a 700 in each). you need an sat II in math and science by the way. </p>

<p>good luck with the process…i know i gave you a lot of advice, but you are in the position to really make your application stand out. You have the framework for a great application, and with some fine tuning, you can really stand out.</p>

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<p>Thanks for your suggestion. I think I should focus on couple of things like soccer or piano. However, I did not have a chance to do so. But can focus on sports and music in general and do several things relating to these 2 areas ?</p>

<p>Any other comments ?</p>

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<p>Do everything you can to raise your math and physics grades to an A-. Obviously, you are adjusting to a much higher level of difficulty at your new school. (BTW, how do you already have your AP score for calc?) When you are adjusting to a new level of difficulty, I wouldn’t have EC’s unless you need them to de-stress.</p>

<p>BTW, you need two SATII’s.</p>

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<p>I took AP Cal AB last year and taking AP Cal BC this year.</p>

<p>I am gonna take Math II and Bio in June.</p>

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<p>Will my case be different if I plan to major in Economics at MIT ?</p>

<p>Any more comments ?</p>

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<p>MIT admits majour-blind, so no.</p>

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<p>To be honest, it’s REALLY hard to predict whether or not a given applicant will get in. If your scores are really bad, you can probably predict being rejected, but as I have recently found out, there’s pretty much nothing that can guarantee acceptance. I’d say that if you want to go, have a stab at the app and hope for the best.</p>

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Don’t worry! I got in with Bs in math!! <em>gasp!</em> (However, perhaps this is indicative of imminent failure.)</p>

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<p>and did u get in ?</p>

<p>Any more suggestion?</p>

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<p>Yes, lol, i got in.</p>