<p>SAT: 770M + 760V (First time)
750M + 780V (Second time, I know lol)</p>
<p>SAT II: Physics 740
Math IC 750
Math IIC 800
Writing 780</p>
<p>4.0 GPA
Rank 13/519
Out of State -- New York</p>
<p>A lot of EC's w/leadership however no research activities.</p>
<p>Do I have a shot?</p>
<p>You can aim, but never put too much hope :)</p>
<p>any APs?
well, i guess u DO have a shot. b/c last year a girl from my school got in with "really really low" science scores but LOTS LOTS ECS, sooooooooo i guess it depends on the type of people MIT is looking for this year</p>
<p>It's all about the passion ... the character and joy that lives inside you which comes across in the application. Scores, grades, etc ... as long as they're in a certain range, it's "everything else". :)</p>
<p>ur academically fit...now its crapshoot. ur essays, ECs, recs, and a lot of how the admissions committee feels when they review your application.</p>
<p>what do you want to study, and how does everything you wrote about and all the activities you have done relate to what you want to study?</p>
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It's all about the passion ... the character and joy that lives inside you which comes across in the application.
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My interviewer said all this crap too. And I promptly told him it's not possible (or at least easy) to capture that "spark" and "passion" on 10-12 pages. It's easy to fake it, but not easy to let genuine passion show.</p>
<p>EDIT: Don't take it personally. ;)</p>
<p>It is quite true, really :)</p>
<p>It can come through in ten pages, trust me.</p>
<p>well, there needs to be atleast some correlation with what you write about, your activities, even your scores and recs, with what you want to pursue</p>