Chances for MIT EA

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>MIT EA
State: GA (3 years) --> FL (senior year)
School: Public, Large (2000+ students), “Fringe Rural”
Ethnicity: Hispanic (Mexico)</p>

<p>Intended Major: Mathematics</p>

<p>UW GPA: 4.0
Weighted GPA is given on strange scale.
SAT I: 2400
SAT Subject Tests: 800 Math II, 800 Physics</p>

<p>Recs: Complicated situation and new to school, so will likely be a major weakness</p>

<p>Freshman:
AP World (4)
Hon Algebra I
Hon Physical Science
Hon 9th English
Hon Gov't
Chinese I</p>

<p>Sophomore:
AP Stat (5)
APUSH (5)
AP Psych (5)
Hon Chem
Hon 10th Eng
Hon Algebra II
Chinese II</p>

<p>Junior:
AP Physics C (5 Mech, 4 E&M)
AP Econ (Both 5s)
AP Calc BC (5)
AP English Language (4)
Spanish III (Yeah, switching languages…)
Honors Math Credit of Some Sort
Hon American Lit </p>

<p>Senior:
AP Art History
AP Computer Science
AP European History
AP Biology
AP English Lit
Calculus III (First Semester)
Differential Equations (First Semester)
(Additional courses I won’t be able to write for EA)</p>

<p>ECs:
The application lets you list five ECs or Hobbies. I may change them later.</p>

<ol>
<li>Math Competitions</li>
</ol>

<p>AIME qualifier and participant (one year with an “average” (bad for MIT) score)
Lots of local stuff (1st and 2nd individual place in several over two years) </p>

<ol>
<li>FBLA</li>
</ol>

<p>1st and 2nd in two categories locally
2nd in State in another
6th at Nationals in one</p>

<ol>
<li>Quiz Bowl / Academic Team</li>
</ol>

<p>Explained somethings on there, but this is really meaningless beside the fact that it is something. </p>

<ol>
<li>Honor Society</li>
</ol>

<p>Community service things</p>

<ol>
<li>Explained hobby here and will elaborate in essays</li>
</ol>

<p>Summer programs…
A largely irrelevant program that gave me high school credit.</p>

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<p>Would I be considered a long-shot, average, or a competitive for MIT and similar schools?</p>

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<p>I don’t do chances, but I want to offer a point for you to consider.</p>

<p>Is there a reason why you’re not asking any of your junior-year teachers from your old school for recommendations? You might get more persuasive recommendations that way.</p>

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<p>Wowowowow. Perfect sat, perfect gpa, and u wanna know if ur a competitive applicant. Just wow. I mean really. Dude, obviously ur a competitive applicant.</p>

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<p>Sikorsky, I do not trust the teachers in the school to give impartial consideration to someone who left the area for any reason. </p>

<p>@muhammad9211 You are completely ignoring the other, likely more important, factors of recommendations and extracurriculars.</p>

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<p>Wow. I don’t get that at all, but I don’t live where you lived. </p>

<p>New question then. If teachers in your new school don’t know you yet, why are you applying early at all? Why aren’t you waiting to apply regular decision, so that you won’t have to submit recommendations from teachers who are almost complete strangers?</p>

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<p>I want to apply early to one school because I want to be able to gauge what chance I stand at other schools. MIT has a much less personal recommendation system as well.</p>

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<p>I question what kind of meaningful, transferable conclusion you can draw on the basis of one application to one extremely selective university.</p>

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<p>If I am denied rather than deferred, that will help me decide where I should try to apply for RD, and it’s not as if my potential recommendations with improve significantly if I give teachers an extra five weeks.</p>

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<p>Yeah, that’s exactly the kind of conclusion I am saying you can’t draw with any confidence.</p>

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<p>MIT EA: high match</p>

<p>EA acceptance rate is double RD acceptance rate. Try to email old teachers and have them send you a recommendation letter. With a 4.0/2400 I think you’ll get in, MIT likes high stats and math/science dedication.</p>

<p>Chance back? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1546433-updated-umiami-chance-thread-will-chance-back.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1546433-updated-umiami-chance-thread-will-chance-back.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>MIT EA: Reach
MIT can never truly be a match for anyone (unless you’re an IMO winner), but your academics are fine and your EC’s are okay. I think you have a decent shot at getting in, maybe 20-30%.
@teenbodybuilder: Just because EA acceptance rate is double RD acceptance rate doesn’t mean that OP has a better shot. The EA applicant pool usually includes legacies, recruited athletes, and people with stronger stats overall.</p>

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<p>^^ Thank you for explaining that.</p>

<p>How much do you thing my admissions chances are dependent on the quality of recommendations?</p>

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<p>MIT doesn’t care about legacy. Do you really think MIT recruits a lot of athletes? An athlete can’t “commit” to MIT and all they get for admissions help is a letter. </p>

<p>Stronger stats? OP has 4.0, 2400, 800 subject tests, lots of 5s, AND is a URM. I agree that ECs are average.</p>

<p>I am sticking with high match. ~50% chance of admissions IMO.</p>

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<p>~50% is not what most people here would call a “Match”! We are all looking at terminology differently. You’re ignoring the fact that my recommendations will be bad, and there is no way around that. If I weren’t URM with 4.0 / 2400, etc., I wouldn’t even Top 25 consider schools with my ECs and other subjective information.</p>

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<p>Are you serious about your scores? I’d be shocked if you didn’t get in.</p>

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<p>Good Test Scores + Garbage Subjective Elements = What?</p>

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<p>I could only see ECs truly killing someones app if that person didn’t have 5 things to list. A good rapport could definitely be established with a trusted teacher by the RD round.</p>

<p>Why are you so adamantly set on putting yourself down? Now I’m convinced you’re a ■■■■■.</p>

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<p>ybrown234… I can assure you that I am not a ■■■■■, and although I am not one to give out personal information, I could provide evidence for much of what I have posted.</p>

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<p>@teenbodybuilder MIT actually does care about legacies and it does give a boost to athletes(even though it may not be as big as that of other schools). OP has the academics, but I’m not sure about the EC’s. A lot of people have 2300+ SAT, 5’s on AP’s and have qualified for AIME. A majority of them will be applying to MIT. The only major EC OP has is FBLA. Being a URM will give OP a boost, but I’m not sure if its good enough to give OP a 50/50 chance. Recommendations do count a lot for MIT, so try to get in touch with your teachers and talk to them. Make sure your essays are unique.</p>