Help with chances for MIT/Cal Tech Please?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello everyone, I was wondering about my chances for MIT or Cal Tech. Here is some of my information.</p>

<p>GPA: (through curent Junior year; 4 for A in level class, 5 for A in Honors/Pre-AP, 6 for A in AP class)
1 out of 683 (5.00) <-- A's on everything</p>

<p>Education:</p>

<p>-Member of the Academy of Science and Technology (a member of NCSSSMST- National Consortium for Specialized Secondary Schools of Mathematics, Science and Technology, <a href="http://ncsssmst.org/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://ncsssmst.org/&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p>

<p>-AP tests:
10th grade:
AP World History - 5
AP Computer Science A - 5</p>

<p>11th grade: (estimated scores)
AP US History - 5
AP Computer Science AB - 5
AP Statistics - 5
AP English - Language - 3-4 =(
AP Chemistry - 5
AP Art History - 5
(Hopefully National AP Scholar; im pretty sure I got it, I nailed all the tests except mabey the English one)</p>

<p>-SAT Scores:
Math- 800
Language- 800
Writing- 740</p>

<p>-SAT 2's:
Chemistry: TBA- thinking 760-800
Mathmatics Level 2: TBA- thinking 760-800
Physics - TBA- thinking 740-800</p>

<p>-National Merit Finalist</p>

<ul>
<li><p>2 time Grand Prize Award Finisher at regional science fair in Houston (9th and 10th grade); in 9th grade, also was 4th place at state; in 10th grade was 3rd place finalists at INTEL</p></li>
<li><p>Scored 140 on AMC12 and 6 on AIME</p></li>
<li><p>Current Senior courses:
AP Calc BC
AP English - Literature
AP Physics C
AP Gov't and Eco
AP European History
AP German V (Language)
Swimming</p></li>
<li></li>
</ul>

<p>Clubs:</p>

<p>Mu Alpha Theta- 3 year member, 1 Year Vice-President, 1 Year President
German Club- 3 year member, 1 Year Treasurer, 1 Year President
Computer Programming Club- original founder, 2 Year President
Academy Student Union (the Student Council for the Academy)- 1 Time Treasurer</p>

<p>** Can't participate in many clubs because I have swimming immediately before and after school =(</p>

<p>Atheletics-swimming:</p>

<p>-Member of both High School Varsity 4 years (1 Year Team Captain), and United States Swimming Association club member 9 years</p>

<p>-State Finalist in 500 Freestyle and 100 backstroke, 200 and 400 free relays
-Junior National Qualifier - 1,500, 800, and 400 freestyle
-Sectional Qualifier in 100 back, 200 back, 200 free, 400 free, 800 free, 1,500 free; finalist in 1,650, and 800 free
-USA Swimming Scholastic All-American Men's Team</p>

<p>Extras:</p>

<ul>
<li>Interrned for Hewlett Packard - 40 hours</li>
<li>Job at Houston Advanced Research Center (Dad is vice-pres, got me job =D), 30 hours a week during last summer and probably this summer</li>
<li>200+ hours of community service</li>
</ul>

<p>If I continue like this, will I have a chance for MIT and Caltech?</p>

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<p>You have a good shot at both if you continue the trend though having a good chance at Caltech and MIT isn't really a "good" chance. </p>

<p>MIT this year rejected some of the smartest people at my school and my class is sending 80+ to UC Berkeley this year. These are almost all perfect students though 2 did get accepted to MIT, which is kind of a letdown for the usual acceptances from my HS.</p>

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<p>Yah, I realize it can be quite a random process =O</p>

<p>However, do you have any suggestions for me for some good colleges that would be a medium reach and safety school for a degree in probably either Physics or Computer Science?</p>