<p>MIT is my dream school, but I'm worried that it's too late for some of the opportunities that would have been good on an application...here are my stats:
I'm a junior in high school from the "best" (educationally) school district in my state. I'm white/caucasian, female, from a middle-class family.</p>
<p>Unweighted GPA: 3.6 (Very worried about this)
Class rank: Top 20% of about 500</p>
<p>Standardized Tests: I've taken the ACT (my school emphasizes ACT over the SAT) three times, starting in 9th grade, as part of the able learner program. Without studying. Score currently not fit to be posted.
I'm planning on taking the SAT subject tests in the spring. I'm thinking probably mathematics 1, but I'm not sure which of the sciences.</p>
<p>Despite the large size of my high school, there really aren't very many AP and honors classes. Plus specific science classes aren't available until junior year.
My classes this year:
Wind Ensemble (the more advanced of two band classes)
CORE 4 (Equiv. Pre-calc)
Principles of Physics (changes to Biology second semester)
Spanish 4
AP US History
American Literature and Composition
Fibers</p>
<p>Planned classes for next year (senior year):
Human Anatomy (Honors)
DNA Science & Technology
Principles of Chemistry
Organic & Biochemistry
Mechanics (Honors) or maybe Waves, Sound, & Light (also Honors, haven't decided between the two)
AP English
Spanish 5 (Honors)
AP Calculus BC (Honors)
PE III (required, since I didn't take it last year. Will gym count against me?)
:Still 2 credits left, probably also filled w/ science:</p>
<p>EC's
Voluteer- Close to 100 hours by the end of this year
Student Council- First year
Helping Others Promote Equality (HOPE)- First year
PROMOTE- Promoting healthy choices, First year
MAD Planning Commitee (Make a Difference Day)- Planning a city-wide voluteering day organized by students, 2 years
WRTI (Leadership Camp) Alumna- Summer before 9th grade, one of 10 students selected for a week-long statewide camp
WILS (Leadership Seminar) Alumna- This summer, I was selected as a representative for a weekend about leadership (one student per school), best camp I've ever been to.
Nominee for Rotary Youth Leadership Camp- 10th grade
Able Learner Program (at the junior high)- 7th to 9th
Able Learner Group (at the high school)- 10th and this year
Pre-med Club- First year
WCYA (Youth Alliance)- Rep. from my school to attend a school leadership council, once a month since 9th grade.
PSAC (Principal Student Advisory Council)- 2 years
Demo Club (Science)- Planning on joining this year
Tennis Team- 7th to 10th grade
Also looking into founding a math and tech club at my school.</p>
<p>Awards
Sophomore IRP (Individual Research Project)- Blue Ribbon for college-level project
High Honors Recognition- 4 years
Visions and Voices Writing Award- 3 years</p>
<p>To compensate for the lack of AP classes, science and math activities, etc. I started studying/researching these subjects at the beginning of the school year:
French
Biology in general (Genetic Engineering, DNA Science)
Pre-calc and Calculus (Determined to get a 5 on the AP test next year)
Some programming language</p>
<p>So mostly I'm worried about how my standardized tests will turn out. And my GPA. And is there anything I could add to my EC's to increase my chances?
Thanks!</p>