<p>Thanks guys. wannabefeynman I realized that those are probably unrealistic. I myself think that my extracurriculars are rather weak compared to the applicant pool at Stanford or MIT as some students in my school itself are more involved and better at clubs and similarly people here seem to have better EC’s. I really couldn’t bring myself to do EC’s I didn’t like but I guess I’ll be paying the price for that. Spirral that would be unfortunate if it were the case. I’ve already taken all the subject tests and signed up for all the AP’s. I was genuinely interested in nearly all the AP’s I took save for like ap Lang comp and maybe ap us history as well. maybe I aloud not take the sat to make up ;). </p>
<p>bump</p>
<p>i’m really worried now because i almost certainly missed usamo (194 index off of aime 2). that was really the only thing I had. </p>
<p>@theanaconda: It is true that it can be hard to predict who will or will not get accepted to MIT. Your credentials are quite impressive, but everyone else applying to MIT also has competitive grades and test scores.</p>
<p>So, I can only judge you relative to my own experience, as a person who was accepted to, attended, and graduated from MIT and is now a Johns Hopkins grad student.</p>
<p>Your grades and test scores are slightly better than mine were. You have a lot more AP classes than I did (my high school did not offer many, but I took all they did have). You scored better than me in Oly. You did varsity sports. I did figure skating outside of school. I did a lot more high school clubs than what you listed.</p>
<p>I think your chances are pretty good, relative to what my chances were (whatever that was at the time). The figure skating might have been my one trump card. But academically, I wish I had your resume.</p>
<p>@nakoruru and what was your gender/ethnicity? as a male Indian I’d really have to stand out to get in. </p>
<p>@theanaconda asian male</p>
<p>Ethnicity does not matter much. The only thing that matters is that you are an international student, which makes your chances even more bleak (as it is for all applicants). Not making the USAMO will hurt you, as none of your other extracurriculars are outstanding (not to say that if you made the USAMO your chances would have been greatly improved). The only way we can say that you have an excellent chance of being admitted to an extremely selective school such as MIT is if you have excellent statistics (which you do) and outstanding extracurricular activities (which you don’t - your’s are good, but not enough to say that you have excellent chances). That does not mean that you have little chance of being admitted. Many applicants who are admitted are similar to you - good statistics and good extracurricular activities, but nothing outstanding. The only different is that we can’t assure you that you have very high chances - nonetheless, your chances are still good (about as good as most applicants). Good luck!</p>
<p>On AoPS a while ago, I one user posted that if one qualifies for USAMO, her or his chances are approximately 50%. AoPSers tend to know what they’re talking about, but I’m not arguing it’s true. (It makes some sense, though. There are probably ~180 USAMO seniors, and MIT would probably accept ~100, since there are around 75 spots for maths majors. <a href=“Statistics & Reports | MIT Registrar”>Statistics & Reports | MIT Registrar; NOTE: I don’t know much about USAMO statistics or people that do both USAMO and USACO or USAPhO.) However, you could apply for RSI this summer. If you’re accepted, you can reasonably and slightly expect admission.</p>
<p>@DanielHendrycks
The people there on AoPS pay way too much attention on competition math. Problem solving is very important, but it’s a skill which takes a lifetime to develop. According to my friend’s father who worked as an admissions officer at MIT, most universities accept that so they don’t penalize non-competition takers a lot. Anyway, I think the 50% chance by qualifying for USAMO is very likely untrue. But yes, that, along with RSI or PRIMES or any other research program will increase his chances. </p>
<p>Those Stats about USAMO were made up. They were referencing a CC topic.</p>
<p>At any rate I most likely missed USAMO. </p>
<p>and was an alternate for RSI. </p>
<p>I’m mad about missing USAMO. My index is a 194 should have been a 232 just made too many dumb mistakes. </p>
<p>Should I be able to get into UC berkely even
Being out of state?</p>
<p>You have a good chance at all of them, but your chances to UCB are higher than for MIT. </p>