Chances for MIT and Chicago

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello fellow CCers, I was wondering what my chances were for the following schools:</p>

<p>Chicago
MIT
Georgetown
Michigan
New College of Florida</p>

<p>I am applying to all of them EA. I am a Caucasian male living in Florida, wanting to major in Physics, with a concentration in astrophysics. I am currently a junior, by the way.</p>

<p>Class Ranking: 1 out of 546
Cumulative GPA: 3.75
Academic Core GPA: 4.1389
Weighted Cumul. GPA: 5.1806</p>

<p>Awards:
Honor Roll (Freshman-Present)
Top Ten in Class (Sophomore-Present)
AP Scholar (Sophomore)
American Mensa (Junior-Present)
World Language Competition 2nd Place in Spanish Impromptu (Junior)
World Language Competition 2nd Place in Spanish Declamation (Junior)
Outstanding Achievement Awards
English Honors II (Sophomore)
Pre-calculus (Sophomore)</p>

<p>Test Scores:
Score of 5 AP Statistics exam (Sophomore)
Score of 4 AP European History (Sophomore)
Score of 4 AP Human Geography (Freshman)
Score of 3 AP World History (Sophomore)</p>

<p>ACT: 31
English: 29; Mathematics: 32; Reading: 33; Science: 30; Essay: 8</p>

<p>PSAT: 209
Math: 76; Verbal: 70; Writing: 63</p>

<p>Extra-Curricular Activities:
National Honor Society (Sophomore-Present)
Academic Games Captain (Junior – Present)
Brain Brawl Team- Inter-School Academic competition (Junior-Present)
National History Bowl Competitor (Sophomore-Present)
National History Bee Competitor (Sophomore-Present)
Debate Team (Sophomore-Present)
Volunteer Judge for Debate (Junior-Present)
Spanish Honor Society (Junior-Present)</p>

<p>Work/Volunteer Experience:
94 Volunteer Hours
Volunteered at Mensa Outdoor – Trash Pick Up (Feb 2013)
Volunteers with Youth Ministry – Church by the Glades (2008-Present)
Worship Ministry/Band – (2008 – Present)
Bassist at Youth Camp (2012-Present)
Student Leader (2012-present)
Helped various time to feed the homeless (2010-present)
Volunteers as a member of the Creative Team (2013)</p>

<p>Special Skills and Interests:
Music – Bass Guitar, Guitar, Baritone
Computer Programming (Java)</p>

<p>Current schedule:
AP English Language
AP Calc AB
AP US Hist
AP Biology
Dual Enrollment World Religions
Spanish IV Hon.
Debate II Hon.
AP Comp Sci A (Online)</p>

<p>Summer:
Volunteering at summer camp
Taking 2 courses at a local college (Anthropology and Sociology)
AP US Gov't
Looking to volunteer at a local science museum.</p>

<p>Next year:
AP English Literature
AP Calc BC
AP Econ (Micro+Macro)
AP Chemistry
AP Physics B
AP Spanish Language
Debate IV Hon
AP Environmental Science (Online)
Dual Enrollment Astronomy (at local college)</p>

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<p>Are you going to take SAT or retake ACT? You are taking challenging courses that made you suffer a little bit in overall GPA. I think you can do much better in standardized tests, although your PSAT and ACT scores matched very well. As of now, your chance for MIT is pretty slim. You are match for UMich though.</p>

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<p>I think everything is great. I would expect you to be accepted everywhere with MIT being a crap shoot since they are so very selective. You definitely have the stats but MIT has its choice of just about anyone and who knows who they will select.</p>

<p>Great job and good luck!</p>

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<p>Retaking ACT in April
Taking SAT in June
Taking SAT II in May (Biology M, Math 2, US Hist) and September (Physics, Literature, and Math 2 if I get a low score)</p>

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<p>Ironically, I have never gotten a B in an AP (except calc this year). All my B’s are from high school foreign language classes I took in middle school (they show up on my transcripts still). That’s what’s messing up my GPA, it’s like a 3.914 without middle school.</p>

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<p>Anyone else?</p>

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<p>Hopefully your ACT will increase when you retake it. I think a higher ACT would put you in a much better position.</p>