<p>I visited MIT this weekend and I immediately fell in love with the school. The atmosphere, the location, the academia... Only bad thing would probably be the weather in winter. It's my dream school; do I have a chance? Stats listed below. Be honest!</p>
<p>Asian Female
California
HS is highly competitive but does not rank. Would place myself in top 5%, at least.
Major: Computer Engineering
Minor: Econ
Upper Middle Class. looking at no need-based financial aid. And sadly, MIT doesn't offer merit-based aid. ):</p>
<p>Sophomore year WGPA: 4.4
UW: 3.9
1 AP (score:3), 2 Honors</p>
<p>Junior year WGPA: 5.0
UW: 4.0
5 AP's(score: four 5's, one 4), 1 Honor</p>
<p>Senior year: Will be taking 5 AP's, one regular. Expect 4.0 UW GPA. </p>
<p>SAT: 2330 single sitting
CR: 800; Math: 740; Writing: 790</p>
<p>SAT Subject Tests
Math II: 800
Bio: 730 (retaking)
Lit: 740 (retaking)</p>
<p>Work Experience:
Interned at local dentist's office; summer of 2012
Tutoring job from March 2012-present
Paid internship with finance department at distribution company; summer of 2013 (100+ hours)</p>
<p>Volunteering:
Have 200+ hours, mostly from volunteering at the hospital and as a coach for special-ed children in soccer</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
Tennis team for all four years; Varsity captain in Junior Year
Speech & Debate; several awards at local and state levels
Part of CSF, NHS
Held a leadership position in every year of high school in four different areas/clubs</p>
<p>Really only started to get into engineering in junior year. So far have learned HTML/CSS, JavaScript; am taking a class covering Unix-based coding and tech startups; will soon learn Python/Java. </p>
<p>Attending Economics For Leaders program in a few days. Week-long program at Berkeley. </p>
<p>Expect essays to be great; teacher recs probably so-so. Supplemental rec from boss at summer internship, if accepted by MIT, will probably be excellent. </p>
<p>Be harsh. Be critical. Be honest. And thank you!</p>