Chances for MIT?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>SENIOR.
Male, 17
Texas, USA
Hispanic
Magnet School where you take college classes and redeem them for high school credit (like Dual Enrollment, but the other way around)</p>

<p>ACADEMICS</p>

<p>GPA: 4.0 weighted (highest you can get in my school is 4.0)</p>

<p>I took a lot of Pre-Ap's and 1 AP classes in freshman/sophomore year. I've taken all Dual Enrollment classes junior-senior year.</p>

<p>TEST SCORES</p>

<p>Before you see them I must say that I am not a very good test taker... </p>

<p>SAT: 1920
CR 600 M 700 W 620
SAT II Math I: 710
SAT II Biology E: 760</p>

<p>ACT:
Composite: 28
Math: 33
Reading: 28</p>

<p>Spanish Language AP: 5</p>

<p>RECOMMENDATIONS</p>

<p>I'm positive the three recommendations will be excellent.</p>

<p>One from a history professor who will be publishing a book. I helped him interview people and I will be listed as a helper in the acknowledgment portion of his book.</p>

<p>One from a biology professor who was always very supportive. I was top grade in class of university students and has since then been pushing me out to good universities.</p>

<p>One from the professor I assist in researching. We are researching artificial intelligence and we will get several articles published in scientific journals.</p>

<p>EXTRA-CURRICULARS
Robotics Club- Co-founder
National Honor Society
Circle K International (Volunteering Club)
Boy Scouts-Life Scout
Astronomy Club
Chess Club
Fitness Club
Soccer Club</p>

<p>VOLUNTEER/JOB</p>

<p>300+ Hours of community service in a poor city in Mexico</p>

<p>I work as a research assistant with a professor in a university under the department Center for Gravitational Wave Astronomy.</p>

<p>WEBSITE</p>

<p>Projects I have recently done (yes I did put this on my application)</p>

<p>Robot</a> Gallery (jaimemguajardo)</p>

<p>I really know my standardized test scores are my main weakness, but according to MIT they have no "cut off" scores. I just really hope they take a look at me as a whole and not just my flaws.</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>Your application looks okay, but higher scores would help alot. Best of luck to you :slight_smile:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/865460-great-tests-but-sub-par-gpa-will-chance-back.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/865460-great-tests-but-sub-par-gpa-will-chance-back.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I read the post, but I’m still unsure as to what a magnet school is (anyone clarify please? :slight_smile: ).</p>

<p>As far as chances go … low or average compared to most applicants (my honest opinion). You’ve got a solid resume, with the weakness being test scores, as you’ve said. It could happen, though.</p>

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<p>bump… c’mon guys</p>

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<p>What is your unweighted GPA, and what journals are you publishing in, and under what round of review are they?</p>

<p>Having a paper in second round of an A journal is very different than first round at a no-name journal.</p>

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<p>The journals in which I’m published are new ones that just started… not really famous at all</p>

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<p>unweighted gpa?</p>

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<p>unweighted gpa: 3.74</p>

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<p>boy scouts doesn’t matter until you are an eagle scout</p>

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<p>Really interesting activities! Do you design robots, really? That’s pretty cool. You might want to up your SATI scores a bit, but I think you have a good shot with your application outside of the numbers.</p>

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<p>Well I can’t retake SAT’s as deadline is way past… But what would you consider my chances? High reach? Reach?</p>

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<p>high reach</p>