Chances for 36 ACT at MIT???

Colleges and Universities A-Z Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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<p>Hello there! I am a Caucasian male. I'm going to apply early to MIT this fall. It is by faaaar my absolute first choice and dream school.
I go to one of the top 10 consistently ranked high schools in the nation (out of 20,000 or so).</p>

<p>My grades are as follows:
Freshman - 3.6
Sophomore - 3.7
Junior - 4.0
Senior - 4.0 (expected)
---Overall GPA ~ 3.8</p>

<p>AP scores:
Chem - 5
Calc BC - 5
Physics C - 5 (self studied!)
Bio - 4
USH - 4
World - 3
Lit - 3
Lang - 3
Euro - 3</p>

<p>ACT: 36 (math36, engl35, reading36, sci35)</p>

<p>SAT 2s: Math Level 2 - 800, Bio - 760</p>

<p>ECs:</p>

<p>-Guitar - been HEAVILY involved all of high school. Gotten pretty good too ;) One of my few biggest passions. I think it has helped shape the person I am now, contributing to concentration, practice, patience. But mostly, I play for the absolute joy of playing!</p>

<p>-Cycling - Been cycling for a while now. I started out on my own for a bit, but I joined a community-involved youth cycling club; I spend a great deal of time with them. Moments like the end of a 5000ft climb are some of the most rewarding experiences. I am starting to race at a somewhat competetive statewide level.</p>

<p>-Work: Been with the local county government since I was 14. In total, probably about 800 hours spent there. Great experience, great people. It's very interesting learning about the inner-workings of bureaucracy and the surrounding community and economy.</p>

<p>-President of environment club - I am very environmentally aware. This is probably my largest political stance and I have considered a profession in the fields of energy and efficiency. It also gave me some leadership abilities and skills. Initiated and assisted several events like park cleanups and tree plantings. Good times!</p>

<p>-Other various, less impactful things (NHS, Comedy Club, casual soccer, Calculus tutoring)</p>

<p>-Also, I run and swim on my own on top of cycling. Done some official runs. Moving into triathlons (verrrry exciting!)</p>

<p>Basically, I <3 Math+Physics, Music, and Cycling</p>

<p>Other: I volunteered as a camp counselor the last two years at a educational camp for kids in Oregon. I was essentially the parent and teacher of 7 kids for a week. I could ramble on forever about how amazing this was. I really will carry those few weeks with me for the rest of my life.</p>

<p>I have great recommendations and references lined up already.
I've been thinking about interview and application questions for a while and once the application is available in August, I will work my best until the deadline and try my hardest to convey myself to the admission reps. What do you think my chances are at MIT and why? I would appreciate any and all feedback :)</p>

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<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/massachusetts-institute-technology/939227-reminder-no-one-not-even-me-can-give-you-accurate-chance-mit.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/massachusetts-institute-technology/939227-reminder-no-one-not-even-me-can-give-you-accurate-chance-mit.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>true, no one can give an “accurate” chance. but i can give an approximate one, >50%.</p>

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<p>Your obvious weak points are your freshman and sophomore GPA. If the B’s were in humanities classes, then that would be better for MIT at least. </p>

<p>However, your scores are excellent and the 5’s in the AP exams showed that you mastered the material to a reasonable level, so that’s good.</p>

<p>You have a decent chance to get in. Your profile reminds me of MIT blogger (and student) jessiehl, who took a ton of AP’s but got some B’s in them. She also had a lot of community ECs and very high scores, including 5’s on the AP exam I think. </p>

<p>So overall, you have a reasonable chance.</p>

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<p>MIT Chris, thanks for the reply. Very interesting post; it made me think quite a bit. What would you say my weak points are?</p>