Chances at MIT

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<p>Hey Everyone,</p>

<p>I am extremely interested in applying to MIT early decision next year and was curious about the "ideal" SAT score and GPA that an accepted applicant would carry.</p>

<p>Chance Me?</p>

<p>My high school's GPA is Graded on a weighed 5.0 scale and does not give any brownie points for subjects like gym, culinary etc. Only Academic subjects are scored. My high school is also a gold medal high school, ranking around 250 in the nation out of 21,000 High schools.</p>

<p>Freshman Year: I had a lack of care in middle school which resulted in my enrollment in B level classes.
GPA- 3.33 (straight A-'s, one A and one B+)=3.68</p>

<p>Sophomore year: All Honors level courses. Sophomore difficulty rank- 10/10
GPA-4 .5 (Top of class)=4.0</p>

<p>Junior Year: 4 AP's 2 Honors. Junior Difficulty Rank- 10/10
GPA- 4.75 (Top of Class)=4.0</p>

<p>I am expecting the same thing for my senior year.</p>

<p>After acquiring straight A-'s in low level my Freshman year, I took a risk of moving into all honors classes which resulted in all A+'s. My Junior year I took 4 AP's and 2 Honors classes, agin receiving all A+'s. Since colleges like to see vast improvement over the course of your HS career, I'm hoping the low level classes during my freshman year will be to benefit, as I received all A+'s in high level throughout the rest of my career.</p>

<p>SAT:
-2200</p>

<p>My extra curricular were pretty much all business related in some way:</p>

<p>-Future Business Leaders of America (President).
-Amnesty International (President).
-Popular singer on youtube (50k followers).
-Taken camps at Penn
-Started small business
-Many more business EC's</p>

<p>I have connections to MIT through my father. My dad is an extremely successful entrepreneur who created one of the most successful record companies of all time. He had artists such as Fleetwood Mac, Iron Maiden and many more. He will definitely donate money to MIT. Hopefully he can use some of his magic and money :/</p>

<p>I have received numerous academic awards in each subject that i do not feel like listing right now. haha. Advanced Scientific research contest awards (business related). FBLA, NHS and more academic.</p>

<p>I am Male, 1/2 indian and have traveled to numerous every continent except for Oceania and Antarctica.</p>

<p>Business is something I am extremely passionate about and would love to work with my father one day. I truly believe I will have a top notch essay for various reasons. Back in my earlier years (elementary school through the beginning of sophomore year) I had diagnosed anxiety in which I was highly medicated for. I was also diagnosed with a disease called Trichiliamania (not sure of spelling) which is when an individual pulls there air out due to stress and anxiety. I will not explain any more, as there I could write a novel of how much distress this caused me. I also lost 25 pounds my freshman year, as I was a tad chubby before. Pretty cut now (Don't know if this helps)</p>

<p>How are my chances?</p>

<p>Thank You for your time, Guys!</p>

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<p>The ideal GPA is straight As, and the ideal SAT score is 2400. Donating money to MIT is not likely to improve your chances. Being pretty cut can always help you in life, but probably not in college admissions. Misery will only make a good admissions essay if you became a wiser, more interesting person because of it.</p>

<p>Read this web page: [The</a> Match Between You And MIT | MIT Admissions](<a href=“http://mitadmissions.org/apply/process/match]The”>What we look for | MIT Admissions)</p>

<p>You might also be interested in these web pages:
[The</a> Selection Process | MIT Admissions](<a href=“http://mitadmissions.org/apply/process/selection]The”>Our selection process | MIT Admissions)
[Admissions</a> Statistics | MIT Admissions](<a href=“http://mitadmissions.org/apply/process/stats]Admissions”>Admissions statistics | MIT Admissions)</p>

<p>Best of luck.</p>

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<p>You realize you could have made 1 thread and listed the schools you are applying to? Your dad seems to have many connections…</p>

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<p>They won’t accept you based on any bribe or soon sorry DSO I suggest you don’t pull that card. If you survived cancer, then it would be understandable.</p>

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<p>Although it was a few years back, the summer before I started MIT, I met someone from Saudi Arabia who was college age. As we talked and got to know each other, he asked me where I was headed to college. When I said MIT, he got vividly upset, telling me he tried to get into MIT and his family tried to use their “oil” money to get him in.<br>
It didn’t work.</p>

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<p>Unfortunately there is no “ideal” SAT/GPA.
Read through a few of the previous years’ “Decision” threads for MIT in this forum. You will see many with outstanding SAT and GPA profiles who did not get in. And you will also see some with average SAT and GPA profiles who did get in.</p>

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<p>Back in 2003 when I applied, an MIT admissions officer gave me this sage advice with regard to grades and SAT breakdowns - “MIT likes to see lots of 7’s and As”</p>

<p>This seems to imply that they may bundle all sub-scores of 700+ together and lump all grades of A (A- = A+) together. After all, at the top end of the SAT spectrum the difference between a 750 and 760 is negligible.</p>