Chances at MIT, Cornell, and Brown

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey guys! So I am an High school senior right now and was wondering if you all could give me advice on how to optimize my chances for getting in and the best scores needed to get in as well.</p>

<p>MY GPA is 3.86 and I am 130th out of 740 people.</p>

<p>I got a 1940 on the first SAT I took but I recently took another practice test and scored a 2180, don't know if that matters.</p>

<p>I am taking the ACT in September and scored a 31 on the practice test I took, without even studying, I am aiming to get a 34 or higher.</p>

<p>I scored 750 on both of my SAT subject tests, Math 1 and Physics.</p>

<p>I am apart of Academic team, Key club, Chinese Club, Environmental Club and Octagon CLub. I also volunteered in my City to help restore certain areas of the city that are more run down. I have been doing this for the past few years and have done over 200 hours with it.</p>

<p>This coming year I am taking several AP classes and honors classes. I took two AP's last year and an Honors class as well and ended with A's and B's.</p>

<p>I was seriously ill for half of Junior year and taught myself all my classes and it also hurt my scores on the SAT since I was not at all healthy.</p>

<p>I scored 3's on my AP test due to the fact that I was still seriously ill when I took them but am better now!</p>

<p>MIT, Brown and Cornell are my dream schools and I am hoping beyond hope that I will be able to get in. Please any advice would be appreciated!</p>

<p>P.S. I also make my own games in my spare time, I want to major in Computer Science. Also, if you need anything else, I would be happy to provide it, sorry for the wall of text!</p>

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<p>Also, I thought I should add one more thing. The sickness I had kept me out of school for half the year as I was starving to death and had to undergo many procedures. When I took the SAT and AP’s I was still seriously Ill and wasn’t eating anything. I lost over 30 pounds and was under 100 pounds for the majority of this time. This in turn hurt my brain power during the test. I took it again in June and just had the scores mailed to me and received, forgot to mention this. I managed to do much better the second time around and scored 2190. However I don’t care about this since I am planning on using the ACT which I think I scored much better on.</p>

<p>Also, my GPA has recently gone up to 3.92 and I am in the upper 100 of my class now!</p>