Chances (Aplogies for clogging thread)

Colleges & Universities A-Z Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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<p>Black Male, wanting to major in Computer Science / Electrical Engineering</p>

<p>SAT Reasoning: 2240 (770 V, 760M, 710 WR)
SATII's: 800 Math IIC, 740 US History, 730 Physics</p>

<p>3.82 UW GPA, 4.38 W</p>

<p>15 AP Classes taken through Senior Year
* US History (4)
* World History (5)
* Government (this year)
* Calc AB (5)
* Calc BC (4)
* Chemistry (4)
* Computer Science A (4)
* Computer Science AB (this year)
* Spanish Language (4)
* Spanish Literature (this year)
* English Language (3)
* English Literature (3)
* Biology (this year)
* Physics B (4)
* Physics C (this year)</p>

<p>Senior Year Schedule:
1.) AP Bio
2.) Multivariable Calc (1 level above Calc BC)
3.) AP Computer Science AB
4.) AP Spanish Lit
5.) Senior English (regular... heh heh)
6.) AP Government
7.) AP Physics C
(Straight A's except for a B in English )</p>

<p>EC's:
* President, Founder of school FIRST-Robotics club (<a href="http://www.usfirst.org%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.usfirst.org&lt;/a&gt;)
* City Youth Council Member
* JV Tennis
* Knowledge Bowl (for fun, not going to put on app)
* National Honor Society</p>

<p>Awards:
* National Achievement Semi-Finalist
* AP Scholar with Distinction (2004,2005)</p>

<p>1171 Hours of Community
- Youth Council, etc. etc. etc. (971)
- Pacific Science Center (200)</p>

<p>What do y'all think? Good use of time to apply to MIT?</p>

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<p>I'd say so. :)</p>

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<p>Anyone else? (Bump :))</p>

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<p>Above average chance, I'd say. Im jealous of your stats.</p>

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<p>with your 1000+ hours of community service, many many aps, great sat scores, sat2 physics you should bring up to 750+ to be sure, and being african american, you are probably 50%-60% in</p>

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<p>Is your hook the community service? What's your essay about? Also, how do you have a 3.8GPA if you only have one B in English?</p>

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<p>I generally ignore the "chances" threads because it's impossible to predict outside of the context of the selection committee, but since this is asking whether or not you should even apply and not "what are my chances" I'll bite:</p>

<p>Yes, you should definitely apply!</p>

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<p>Good use of time maan ! Good job.</p>

<p>Some activites like working in a research labratory or being a member of xxx Science Association or having a science project would be helpful. but still okay.. %70 chance for nerds college. Hope you not to be an abnormal, seminormal is enough ;)</p>