Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Caltech, Georgetown, UPenn, Northwestern, UVA, UF, and UM

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Chance Me Please I'm freaking out with my freshman year grades
State: FL
Grade: 10
Hispanic Male, URM
School: Prep School, Top 50 Catholic High Schools in the US
Rank: ~top 10% out of 220
GPA W: 4.7
GPA UW (out of 4.2): ~3.85 (upward trend that I promise to continue)
PSAT: 219
PLAN: 28 (out of 32)</p>

<p>SAT II - World History 780 (will take math II and Literature) </p>

<p>Schedule</p>

<p>Freshman (GPA UW 3.5)
Spanish IV - A
AP World History (4) - B
Health - A+
Honors English 9 - B+
Honors Geometry - B+
Theology - A
Biology - B+</p>

<p>Sophomore (GPA UW ~4.17)
AP Environmental Science - A
Honors US History - A
Spanish V - A
Honors Algebra II - A+
Chemistry - A+
AP English Language - A
Theology - A+</p>

<p>Junior Year (most rigorous)
AP Macroeconomics
AP US Government
AP Statistics
Honors British Literature
Honors Physics
Honors Pre-Calculus
Theology</p>

<p>Senior Year (most rigorous)
AP Psychology
AP Comparative Government and Politics
AP Calculus AB
AP English Literature
Honors Philosophy
Honors Latin American History
Theology</p>

<p>EC's</p>

<p>In School:</p>

<p>NHS - Junior Officer (will run for president next year) 10-12
Math Honor Society - 10-12
Business Club - running for leader of the finance division 10-12
Key Club - 9,11-12
Debate - 10-12
Creative Writing Club - 10-12
Economics Forum - founder and president
Triathlon club - founder and president 10-12
FBLA or DECA - school doesn't have it; should I start it?</p>

<p>Varsity Cross Country 9-12 - State Champs :)
Varsity Track and Field 9-12</p>

<p>200+ community service hours</p>

<p>Out of School:</p>

<p>Volunteer every summer at a child care for the less fortunate.
Internship at Gibraltar Bank
Internship at a tech company
Started charity to donate books to children in the bahamas (met Bahamian president)</p>

<p>Summer Programs</p>

<p>Stanford EPGY - this summer</p>

<p>LEAD Business Program - will do the summer before senior year (Hopefully at Wharton)</p>

<p>I will probably be getting a letter of recommendation from a entrepreneur who has connections with Stanford, Harvard, MIT, and Caltech.</p>

<p>I want to major in economics.</p>

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<p>I would say give up on MIT and Caltech due to your weakness in math. Unless you do some self accelerating and do some calculus. Also pursue some interesting hobby in science or math if you want to look good for engineering schools esp Caltech</p>

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<p>Thanks for the input. I know I got a B+ in Math freshman year but believe it or not math is my strength. According to my PSAT and PLAN I am best at math (scored 98percentile + for both). Its Reading and Vocab that brings my scores down :(</p>

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<p>If you have a passion for math, I would include Caltech and MIT. If you keep up what you are doing now, you are on the right track to admissions success.</p>

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<p>Bump Bump Bump Anymore advice and chances?</p>

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<p>If you get 2200+ SAT you will most likely get into the college of your choice. Work on that and a mere perfect GPA. Best of Luck!</p>

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<p>Your colleges are kind of all over the place…why apply to both Georgetown and MIT, two colleges with two different focuses. Anyway, freshman year doesn’t count for much. If you keep up an upward trend and do well on your SAT’s then I’m confident that you’ll do fine. Just concentrate on creating a profile for yourself…be unique and try you best to separate yourself from thousands of other applicants.</p>

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<p>It’s not just the B+ in geometry that will work against you at CalTech and MIT, it’s the complete lack of AP lab science classes: AP Physics, AP Bio, and AP Chemistry. You need a couple of them under your belt to be a serious candidate – and to survive your freshman year if you do get in.</p>

<p>A 28/32 plan isn’t very good either for these schools. You should be targeting at least a 34 composite on the actual ACT to be competitive. Your sophomore PSAT of 219 looks more promising – you may find that you do better on the SAT than the ACT – take both and send your best score.</p>

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<p>I agree with @Black’s Law. These are all fantastic schools for which you are qualified, but you shouldn’t just apply to a school because it’s a good school. Unless you love math, are good at it, and want to become an engineer or some kind of rocket scientist, I wouldn’t recommend trying to get into MIT or Caltech</p>

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<p>You need AP sciences to get into MIT and Caltech. Your freshman year grades aren’t awful as long as you display an upward trend in your grades/ECs. Otherwise, your test scores look promising. And I must agree with the others that your colleges are really all over the place. UVA AND MIT? Just sort of random. </p>

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