does this increase my chances for MIT, Caltech, or Berkely?

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<p>Well, I apply this coming school year, and my application to these schools will be beyond crap. Ill be surprised if they even look at me. I have a 2.9ish GPA with no extracurricular or volunteer work.</p>

<p>What I want to know is this:</p>

<p>I have had all A+'s in math and A's/B's in my science courses thus far. I've will have taken 3 AP sciences and an honors course in all the sciences by the end next year. Math is what I really want to talk about, though. I am really, REALLY good at math. My middle school didnt offer geometry in 8th grade, and there was only one, very small algebra 1 class offered 8th grade only. I didnt get in. I had to start High school with a full year of pre-algebra.
To make a long story short: MY school doesnt allow you to double up/take courses in summer to get ahead. I took the initiative of getting as far as I could with math because I loved it and felt like I deserve to be challenged. Took a class each summer at university and community colleges along with taking math during my regular school year. Next year is my senior year and I will be taking Calculus 3 at the local university during fall.
Ive gone through each year of math, in sequence, from pre-algebra to calculus 3 in a span three years making all A+'s.</p>

<p>^that last sentence was the main point of this post.
Will that fact along help strengthen my application to those schools? Will they even look at it? Or should I not even apply? :c</p>

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<p>OP, I’m really sorry, but while that might earn your application a second glance, I doubt you would be accepted. Colleges, even heavy sci/eng ones like MIT/Caltech, want students that will do well in all of their classes, not just math. </p>

<p>I would recommend applying to these schools for graduate studies. You seem to have a great aptitude for math, and that would be more beneficial in grad school admissions.</p>

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<p>You need a 3.0 to even apply to Berkeley, 3.4 if you’re out of state.</p>

<p>With a 2.9, it won’t matter how good you are in math unless you’ve won international competitions, and even then, I think these schools would pass. They are looking for achieved potential.</p>