First Timer - Please Chance me for MIT

<p>Currently a junior, graduating 2014.
Area: Chemical Engineering
GPA: 3.95 unweighted, 4.12 weighted
ACT: 35E, 35M, 36R, 34S = 35C (one sitting)
SAT I: 740M 740CR 700W (one sitting, will take again – ARGH)
School Rank: 1st of 250</p>

<p>SATIIs: 800Math2, 800Chem, 790Lit</p>

<p>ECs:
Quiz Bowl (Captain)
Indian Classical Dance (multiple solo public performances, degree in dance)
Karate (Black Belt)
Piano (10 years)
Floor Hockey</p>

<p>Awards:
National Honor Society Member
Physics Olympiad
Quiz Bowl, most valuable player (3 years)</p>

<p>APs: Chem, Bio, Calc AB, Calc BC, Stats (all 5)
Scores Pending: Literature, Physics B, Euro, French
College classes: Calc 3 (4.0), Linear Algebra (4.0)
Advanced Summer Math Institute (college classes): Linear Optimization (4.0), Intro to Math Thinking (3.2), Real Analysis (3.6), Euclidian Geometry (2.5 – long story)</p>

<p>Work Experience:
Dance teacher (paid)
Karate Instructor (paid)
Summer internship in Chem Eng (paid)</p>

<p>Senior Schedule:
AP Language, Physics C, Differential Equations, Partial DifEq, Organic Chem</p>

<p>Type of school: City, Public, 30% subsidized lunches, 50% non-white
Area: Mid-West US
Income: > 100K
Race: Asian (Indian)
Gender: Female</p>

<p>Quick Note: It will be hard for me to leave my state, so it’s MIT or my state school. Also – it’s not the end of the world at my state school – it’s really, really a good place </p>