<p>Hey everybody.. if you could give me honest views on my chances based on my stats it would be much appreciated. </p>
<p>White female
single parent home
low income
ruralish area (small town with not much going for it but its far from a farming community.. if you get my drift)
UWGPA: 4.0 WGPA: 4.5 (will be higher at the end of the semester)
Rank: 1/460ish
SAT: math: 800 reading: 690 writing: 620 (Retaking, big ouch on the last two, I know)
SAT II: taking physics and math II in june, projected over 700.
AP's: 3 in Euro History (history is not my forte, apparently)
Projected 5's on Physics B Calc AB and Eng Lang (due to practice exams)
Taking (AP) Calc BC, Chem, Bio, Lit, and Indep Study Music Theory/Spanish/Physics C (both Mech and E&M) next year</p>
<p>AICE Diploma candidate (will have it by this summer)</p>
<p>EC's
volunteering at an engineering summer camp for younger kids ~ 40 hrs
volunteering at summer school helping to teach math~ 150 hrs
Internship next year at a computer engineering corporation
Attending the Womens Technology Program @ MIT this summer (on a full ride)
Marching Band 4 years. (Clarinet section leader for 12th grade)
Jazz Band 1 year (Alto Sax)
Wind Ensemble 3 years (Clarinet)
Basketball (3 years JV, 1 Varsity)
Softball (1 year)
Volleyball (1 year)
Tennis (1 year)
National Honor society (2 years)
Mu Alpha Theta (3 years) (Officer senior year)
Tutoring math on the side ~ 30ish hours
part time job- 2 years
SkillsUSA- 3 years (1st place in the state Related Technical Math Competition)
Academic Team- 2 years (team captain senior year)
Student Body President (for senior year)
10th grade Vice President
will have about 25ish credit hours at the local college by graduation</p>
<p>expecting really good recommendations.</p>
<p>I'm not quite sure what I want to major in, but I know that in the end I want to be a neurosurgeon. (pre-med sounds like a waste of time, so it'll probably be some sort of engineering just for the hell of it, with a minor in chemistry maybe)</p>
<p>Oh, and, my essay writing ability is actually quite good even though my SAT Writing doesn't express that. (It was the punctuation that killed me.)</p>
<p>lol to be honest with you I forget what it stands for, but Cambridge in England is in charge of it. It's basically the A level exams over there-- and is equivalent (according to the AICE Coordinator at my school) to IB.</p>
<p>I agree with DukeAlum 03. You seem to have good chances at all of those schools. It's known that many of the applicants are capable to do the course load, but only a select few are accepted. Most of the time it seems random, and that is why it is hard to predict whether you are going to make it into a college.
What major you do will vastly, in my opinion atleast, affect your chances. For example, if you went to MIT for history or language study(if they offer it) you are more likely to get accepted than when you are applying for the engineering school.
Keep us informed on how you do.</p>
<p>Thanks a lot guys. :) Hearing that from others is really reassuring. Heh.. Just for kicks I should put that I want my major to be World Religions or something when applying for MIT. (I should probably note that I'm agnostic.)</p>
<p>Your chances are not that good. You SAT scores are below average although you are a woman which will get your application a close review at MIT and caltech. You have a bunch of one year sports and other one year activities. If</p>
<p>Nah, not at all. I played volleyball my freshman year because I was tall and the coach wanted me to play. It ended up conflicting with Marching Band, and I enjoyed Band much more than I did Volleyball, so I quit. Softball I also played my freshman year. I joined the team because I had been playing since kindergarten, its what I knew, what I had grown up with. However, I realized about half way through the season that I was no longer a fan of softball, and I didn't get along with the other girls, so I quit that, too. Basketball I have always loved, and I work hard at it, even though it doesn't come naturally. And tennis I have recently picked up, and plan on playing my senior year.</p>
<p>The only one year activities I have are a bunch of sports, but that doesn't mean that I don't have other things going for me. The only other one year activity I have is Jazz Band, and the only reason I picked up the Alto Sax in the first place (this year) was because my band director asked me to.</p>
<p>Plus.. I'd like to mention that I think you're being a bit harsh. BELOW average SAT scores?! Yeah, that 800 in math boy, that's way below average. Okay, so I'll admit I choked on the writing, and I'll also admit that I don't know what all those crazy words in the fill in the blank sentences mean, but below average??? (And I'm taking them again, don't worry)</p>
<p>Plus.. Apparently my resume was good enough to get me accepted into an MIT program this summer. That has to say something.</p>
<p>800 in math is quite good but you have to understand there are plenty of students who have 800 on math but also good scores on the other two sections. Pull up the SAT scores and you have a good shot and getting into something like RSI would really mean something. Did you apply to RSI?</p>
<p>No. I applied to the WTP, which apparently people just ignore because its all for women. But it's a 4 week residential science/engineering program at MIT during the month of July. The acceptance rate was 20ish% and I got in... and I'm also getting a full ride to go. It sounded way more interesting than RSI.</p>
<p>"Below average" meant the sum of your scores in the three subjects. You are just focusing on your math score.
25% of all the applicants who are accepted at MIT have 800 in math, so you are the norm.</p>
<p>Okay, so I have to say that you guys are way too intense and hostile. Just take a breather. And Gaffe, that last remark you made doesn't even make sense. You were just trying to be argumentative, and you ended up making yourself look like an idiot. How is 25% of anything "the norm"?? Plus.. by saying that 25% of those accepted thats indicating that you think I'll be accepted even though you're trying to make an argument about how I won't be accepted. </p>
<p>The moral of the story is... think about what you're saying before you say it.</p>
<p>If these remarks are intense and hostile, don't ask for other people's opinions. Expect judging to be unpleasant.</p>
<p>It didn't make sense because you aren't reading it right.</p>
<p>If 25% of students admitted into MIT have 800 in math, it's not unique that YOU have an 800 as well. An 800 in the math section is common because MIT is a math/science institution, so applicants have strong scores in these subjects.</p>
<p>Your math score puts you in the top 25% for just math, but your critical reading and writing are low. Therefore, your total score is low even though your math score is in the top quarter.</p>
<p>I never indicated that I think you will be accepted. I merely expanded the comment that "below average" meant that your total sum of sub-scores is below average.</p>
<p>My post was not meant to be argumentative. It was supposed to be a clarification of previous posts by other members. Unfortunately, you turned this into a personal attack, saying I "look like an idiot".</p>
<p>Instead of calling me an idiot, spend more time thinking about what I said.
If you didn't like my analysis, don't respond to it; just read it and move on.
It's not hard to do that.</p>
<p>And your cliched final sentence doesn't make your post any wittier.</p>