Chances please??

Colleges and Universities A-Z Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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<p>I am a football athlete and was assured by the football coach at MIT that I have the full support of the football staff for admissions</p>

<p>Academics:
GPA: 3.7UW, 5.3W
Rank: Top 1%
SAT: 800M, 770W, 680CR
SATII: 800 Math II, 740 USH, 660 Physics</p>

<p>Academic Awards:
• 2008 AP Scholar With Honor
• 2009 AP Scholar With Distinction
• National Merit Commended Scholar
• Harvard Prize Book award recipient
• Biology student of the year 2006
• Excellence in Physics (2007, 2008)
• Excellence in Chemistry (2007, 2008)
• 3rd place physics Intel ISEF Science fair
• 2nd place space science Intel ISEF Science Fair
• Honorable Mention: South Florida High School Journalism awards
• 1st place declamation-South Florida Spanish competition
• 1st place-impromptu-South Florida Spanish Competition</p>

<p>Athletics:
• Football (2 years, 1 year varsity letterwinner)
 Field Goals: 17-19 (1 blocked) through 10 games
• South Florida Athlete of the Month-January
• Water polo (3-year varsity letterwinner)</p>

<p>Work Experience:
• Student correspondent/journalist: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (3 years)
• Model: Sun-Sentinel and CW TV Show
• Official Delegate: Korean Friendship Association-South Korea
• Communications Secretary: Korean Friendship Association-USA</p>

<p>Clubs:
• Marching band (section leader, co-captain: 3 years): Increased membership by over 200%
• Parade Band (section leader, co-captain: 3 years): Increased membership by 200% and participated in more parades and competitions previously undertaken.
• BCAA All-Star marching band-Comprised of the best musicians in the county.
• Saxophone quartet (Founder, leader)
• Mu Alpha Theta (president: 4 years): Revived a previously dormant organization
• SECME physics and engineering club (member: 2 years)
• Brain Brawl participant
• National Honor Society</p>

<p>Volunteer Work:
• 2.5 weeks in Ghana helping Malaria and HIV/AIDS patients
• Founder: Advance Medicine in Africa (AMIA): Organization that collects donations from local and regional hospitals and clinics to send to understaffed hospitals in Ghana (raised over $2000).
• Amnesty International participant
• Liberty in North Korea (a North Korean human rights organization) participant in “Movement” project.
• Habitat for Humanity worker</p>

<p>Research Experience:
• Internship/Independent Research under Dr. H.K. Kim, PHD and Dr. Salahadin Abdi, PHD, MD at University of Miami on cytology of neurons</p>

<p>Summer Programs:
• 2009 West Point Summer Leader's Seminar</p>

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<p>I’m not sure if you’ve read any of the other chance threads on these forums, but they’re all more or less worthless.</p>

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<p>I guess what cgarcia means is that you should go around this forum, read all the chancing threads or anything related, and decide whether you should sit down, click F5 all day and waste your valuable time waiting for someone to say “Yes, 90%”.</p>

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<p>Yah. Why’s that?</p>

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Be careful. Much has been written about how college athletic coaches will promise and say anything.</p>

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For some schools, for some coaches, for some sports, that may be true.
But in reality, there are too many high school seniors who fall victim to the false recruiting promises that many college coaches employ to make a generalization like that.</p>

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<p>Bump…</p>

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<p>Seung37:
Not sure what you’re looking for by bumping this thread. But if you reread what cgarcia wrote on 2/24/10, it’s likely the most valuable input you’ll get to your quest for chance-me feedback.</p>

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<p>Don’t be tricked into thinking that carries a lot of weight. Certainly, it will be good for your application, but not particularly more so than any other extracurricular.</p>