Chances at MIT, Princeton, Stanford, Caltech, etc...

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Here I go, I guess.</p>

<p>White Female, Florida. Class of 2006.</p>

<p>Old SAT: 1520 (790 M, 730 V)
nSAT: 2230 (800M, 730V, 700W)
800 IIC, 790 US History, 710 Chemistry (ouch)</p>

<p>Might retake the new SAT for higher V/W or a science SAT II.</p>

<p>Current Valedictorian in class of 450+ kids... about 30% go to college, I think.</p>

<p>UW GPA: 4.0
Weighted: ~4.6</p>

<p>Have taken/will take all the AP courses offered at my school except Art History.
Soph:
AP Stat 5
AP Euro 4</p>

<p>Waiting on scores for:
AP US History
AP Chemistry
AP Psychology
AP English Language
...and am expecting all 5's except chem (probably 3 or 4)</p>

<p>Next year I'm taking
AP English Lit
AP Government (Comp. and US)
AP Economics (Macro and Micro)
AP Physics C
AP Calc BC</p>

<p>ECs... my weakest point, I think:
Math team for 6 years (starting in MATHCOUNTS in 7th grade), w/ a few state level finishes.</p>

<p>President of school Mu Alpha Theta chapter, 2 Years (solely responsible for fundraising ~$25000 through our calendar girl production and sales to fund math team trips)</p>

<p>Mentor (de facto assistant coach) to middle school mathcounts team (two teams, actually... 8 kids). I go to competitions with them, show them tricks to use on the graphing calculators, and correspond regularly through email to help them with their summer warmups/homework.</p>

<p>Strong interest in cycling... no teams/juniors competitions in my area but I ride ~100 miles a week. Have been doing so for over 2 years.</p>

<p>Worked between 20 and 30 hours a week since last Christmas at local used bookstore.</p>

<p>Kept Statistics one season for Varsity Volleyball team. Produced individual stat reports following each game for individual players to help them assess their performance and progress toward goals.</p>

<p>A few miscellaneous honor club memberships, but nothing very noteworthy (NHS, Beta, Science)</p>

<p>Interested in mathematics, aerospace engineering, and planetary sciences.</p>

<p>Suggestions welcome.</p>

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<p>if you keep it up, you can become a competitive applicant. if you raise the writing and reading, you could become even more competitive.</p>

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<p>Anybody else?</p>

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<p>Somebody.................</p>

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<p>I think you have a great shot at MIT and CalTech, esp since you are a female.</p>

<p>Princeton is too EC based for you. If you keep up your math and score well on AMC or AIME, you can furthur your chances.</p>

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<p>I think your "math passion" really shows and that can help at those top colleges.</p>

<p>just my 2 cents...</p>

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<p>Bump to say my AP score predictions were correct, if it makes any difference at all:
English Language 5
US History 5
Psychology 5
Chemistry 4</p>

<p>......I guess it looks kind of funny for a math kid like me to do poorest on the science AP, but it's really a reflection of the teacher/class I had to deal with than my interest/ability level. My instructor has a PhD in "science education" and is the WORST teacher I've ever had in my life. But since she has a PhD (only teacher at my school with one), she gets away with murder in terms of teaching assignments and students.</p>

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<p>how'd you get your ap scores already?</p>

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<p>Your school offers a lot of AP classes for a school that sends only 30% of there students to college...</p>

<p>good chance in all the schools that u're applying to
at the same time, u can never be sure in any of the colleges that u're applying to...</p>

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<p>
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how'd you get your ap scores already?

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<p>The AP hotline is up already. You can call (888) 308-0013 and get your scores now if you want to pay the $8 fee.</p>