Chances at MIT? Thanks!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I think my interview went really well. I'm applying EA, here are my stats.</p>

<h2>BASICS</h2>

<p>race/gender: asian male (chinese)
school: crappy public school in Oregon (sends few if any students to prestigious universities)
gpa: 4.0 (rank 1/215)
psat: 228 (79cr, 80m, 69w)
sat: 2380 (800, 800, 780)
sat2: 780math2c, 730chem, 800physics
AP: Calc BC 5, German 5, Physics C 3 (sucks I know, but took freshman year on a whim)
courseload: taking most of the APs offered at my school, though I was gone in Germany during my junior year so I don't have that many
recs: probably good if not excellent
languages: Mandarin Chinese, German (both fluent)
majors: environmental engineering, computer engineering, economics - I really want to go into international development</p>

<h2>AWARDS</h2>

<p>Telluride Association Summer Program Scholarship
3rd Prize German Federal Mathematics Competition
AMC 10/12 school first place, AIME qualifier
Herff Jones Principle's Leadership Award Nominee (one per school)
National Merit Semifinalist (probably finalist)
Congress Bundestag Youth Exchange Scholarship (this was a scholarship competition for my exchange program, which was fully funded by the government)
1st place - Wiscarson Young Musician's Competition (well known state music competition)
1st place - Oregon Music Teacher's Association Concerto Festival
2nd prize - Jugend Musiziert Federal Music Competition
All-state Musician
All the other who's who, national honor roll, and crap that everyone has</p>

<h2>FOREIGN EXCHANGE</h2>

<p>Studied abroad in Germany for 10 months in Aachen, NRW (during my Junior year). I received a full scholarship from the Congress Bundestag Youth Exchange Program which is government sponsored. </p>

<h2>SUMMER ACTIVITES (excluding work/comm service)</h2>

<p>2008 Telluride Association Summer Program at Cornell University
ASE - Summer paid internship program (8 weeks) at OSU EECS for software engineering
Some statewide music camps
Lots of travel - Middle East (Israel, Jordan, Egypt), China, Japan, Europe, etc.</p>

<h2>LEADERSHIP/ACTIVITIES/COMM SERVICE/WORK</h2>

<p>Debate (2 years)
Amnesty International club (2 years, president for second year)
President of German Club (2 years)
Varsity Tennis Team (3 years)
Member of Youth Symphony as lead trumpet (3 years)</p>

<p>Piano study with numerous regional and state competition awards (11 + years)
Self taught computer programmer/graphic design artist and hardware assembly (6 years)
Science research - mostly in environmental applications/material science: Intel ISEF participant</p>

<p>Youth Volunteer Corps. (2 years)
Boys and Girls Club Volunteer (1 year)
Computer Technician for local non-prof organization (1 year)
Web Administrator</p>

<p>Current Job: Lab assistant in the department of Biological and Ecological Engineering at Oregon State University. I help with data collection and do loads of culturing.
Oregon State University paid internship in Software Engineering research
Private music tutor (trumpet+piano)</p>

<p>Any comments are appreciated!!!</p>

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<p>im no expert, but id say theyre pretty good</p>

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<p>oh, and 35 ACT, forgot to add</p>

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<p>val + 2380 + solid sat 2's + decent ECs + TASP = in MIT EA.</p>

<p>How'd you like TASP?</p>

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<p>Wow. your SAT test score is amazing! it will definitely set you apart.
ur ec's are very strong too.
the highlight is that you spent a year abroad in Germany to study. and the fact that you come from a small Oregon school may make you more speicail in their eyes.
the weak thing has to be the number of AP class/tests taken. but hopefully your other +'s will cover them</p>

<p>I'd say your chances are pretty good. high match/low reach ish? (just because it's MIT)</p>

<p>Chance me back please?? :)
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/608557-lower-ivies-others-chance-me-i-will-chance-you-back.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/608557-lower-ivies-others-chance-me-i-will-chance-you-back.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>tasp was AWESOME, did you do it too?</p>

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<p>Topspinwu you shouldnt be worried.You are in ;]</p>

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<p>If those stats don't get you in, I do not know what will</p>

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<p>haha thanks</p>

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<p>Enjoy MIT :D</p>

<p>(Chance me back? <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/608723-i-d-adore-you-if-you-d-chance-me.html#post1061380053%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/608723-i-d-adore-you-if-you-d-chance-me.html#post1061380053&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p>

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<p>enjoy brown!</p>

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<p>I think you are good. Just don't screw up the interview!</p>

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<p>yeah this is first time where someones ECs are sick compared to stats for ivy/ mit calc tech, etc. hopefuls. ur definitely in</p>

<p>chance me?
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<p>Princetonbound, the OP made the board first.</p>

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<p>wow I feel stupid now.</p>

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<p>Now i understand everything/</p>

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<p>hmm, someone clearly has too much time if they're using it to make multiple accounts on CC and make retarded comments</p>

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<p>Allow me to be the first person to doubt your chances lol (just b/c I think a lot of people are either not familiar with the craziness of MIT's admissions or simply trying to not be brutal and are therefore telling you half the truth). The full truth is that, like thousands of other MIT applicants, you have the academic qualifications. Unfortunately, your ECs are a little too straightforward and somewhat mundane (though very nice in their own right). If it wasn't MIT, I'd say you'd have an excellent shot, but the competition for MIT is such that you're going to need some big science award or significant activity (the research is good in this sense) to really make you stand out. You have good chances of getting in, but you should most certainly not expect it.</p>

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<p>thanks for the honesty, I'm actually similairly minded about it right now</p>

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<p>You write pretty well for not knowing english!</p>