I was wondering what you thought my chances are of getting into MIT, and if you could tell me how to improve them.
Currently I’m a sophomore in high school. Last year I had around a 3.4 unweighted gpa, and this year, i will be ending with a 3.71 unweighted gpa. I take all honors math and science, and I’ve taken two science classes each year. This year I have an A and an A- in the sciences, and a B+ in math. Last year wasn’t as good; I had a B and B+ in sciences and a B in math.
Although thats not great, I do offer a few different things to MIT.
Firstly, I’m a nationally ranked and rated fencer (ranked and rated are different). I go to national tournaments, and will be going to international tournaments next year.
Secondly, I have been recruited by research groups to be a co-author in papers dealing with robotics, and hardware. By the time I am a senior, there should be six scientific papers published in journals with my name listed as a co-author. These are at somewhat well known colleges.
Finally, I started my own club in my school [The Sci-Fi fantasy club (you can probably its a really cool club )], and I play cello in the honors orchestra.
By the time I graduate, I will have taken 5 APs.
If anyone can tell me if I should reach for a more realistic goal or not, that would be extremely helpful. Thank you so much for reading this. Also, if you have any advice for how I can improve my chances, I would appreciate it a lot.
Very slim chance. GPA is extremely low. EC’s may be different to you but everyone is different in their own ways especially for top colleges like MIT. 5 AP’s out of how many?
SAT and ACT needs to be extremely high and subject tests in math as well.
I’ll second @AchieveLife’s comments - at this point, your best strategory would be to do the following:
demonstrate an upwards trend in your grades - MIT will want to see you getting As in your higher level classes - because they want to be sure you can handle it.
do very well on your standardized tests.
get recruited as a fencer - this will be your hook
Without the third, I doubt #1 or #2 will be enough, but perhaps they could be.
You don’t want to be a student-athlete at MIT unless you are certain you can handle the academic side of things - expectations are very high, and you’ll have less time to study than your fellow student.
I’d also recommend you look at similar schools that offer fencing - this might be a good place to start:
Hey Hychet, don’t listen to those two. Please don’t.
Your chances at this moment are either 100%, or 0% and you won’t know until you know you have been accepted, and (although this is unlikely) rejected. At the moment, my unweighted cGPA is 3.2, and by the time I apply, it will only be a 3.52. I absolutely messed up in my freshman and sophomore years, but I forgive myself. I was misguided and knew nothing of the importance of GPA with its correlation to college. To add to that, I am an international student - but I will let NOTHING stop me from applying and hoping to be accepted into my dream school, and neither should you.
Your ECs seem amazing, and I am certain you are good at them. Please apply and follow your dreams, okay?
You really need to work harder for your last two years, your gpa is really low for MIT especially considering you are getting b’s in math and science classes. Unfortunately for you, MIT is known for not even accepting recruited athletes if they don’t consider them good enough for the school. I’ve heard stories of recruited athletes being deferred ea despite having 2200+ sats and at least a 3.8 gpa. I have to agree with the posts above me, work on that gpa and you need great standardized test scores. Good luck!