How's it looking for me? (I WILL chance back)

<p>I applied EA. Chance me and I'll chance you back!</p>

<p>Statistics
ACT: 34
-34 English, 34 Math, 33 Reading, 36 Science
SAT IIs: Math I 730, Chem 650 (I know these are not great)
GPA: 4.5 weighted, 3.9 unweighted
Rank: Unranked (Top 5% definitely)
APs: US History, Chemistry, Calc BC, Statistics, English Literature, Physics C, American Govt.</p>

<p>Subjective
Essays: Very good. I talk about my love for chemistry and how I love to golf. Also I talk about living overseas for 9 years.
Teacher Recs: Amazing
Counselor Rec: Amazing
Interview: I thought it went really well. The first thing I mentioned was how much I wanted to conduct undergraduate research in the field of alternative fuels, and he went on about how much of a research institute MIT really is.
Major: Chemical Engineering
Applying: Early Action</p>

<p>Personal
Location: Pennsylvania
School: Public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male</p>

<p>Other
Extracurricular: NHS President, School Store Manager, FBLA Officer at large, Spanish Club Vice President, Chess Club co-founder
Awards: National Merit Commendation, Spanish Excellence Award, AP Scholar, National Spanish Exam Award - Bronze, National Honor Society, (I'm planning on competing in a writing competition on the advise of my English teacher as well)</p>

<p>Not bad. Your SAT IIs are indeed a bit low by MIT's standards, but if you have pretty decent grades in chem and math, they might look past that.</p>

<p>Otherwise, it really comes down to the essays. If you feel pretty good about those, you should have just as good of a chance as everyone else (which is still slim, but you probably knew that).</p>

<p>My chances thread...
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/massachusetts-institute-technology/591494-ea-chances.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/massachusetts-institute-technology/591494-ea-chances.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>If your essay was really good, unique, distinguishing, and reflected your personality well, I'd say you have good chances. You're also a white male from Pennsylvania, so that certainly doesn't help, but EA will boost your chances. The major you put down on the application is irrelevant, but it'd be great if you talked about your demonstrated an interest in ChemE in other parts of your application. I wouldn't worry too much about your SAT II scores, those won't break your application. So overall, decent chances of getting in. At the very least, I'd be surprised if you weren't deferred. And a deferral is not a rejection, I know people who got in after being deferred. So if that happens, don't let it get you down.</p>