<p>Hi, I'm a freshman in high school and I want to get into MIT.
Can anybody tell me if my stats are good enough?</p>
<p>My SAT Score is 2380 (780 R, 800 M, 800 W)</p>
<p>Secretary of SAT Club at school. (Future President)
JV Debate
Math Team
Key Club (Volunteer Work)
Spanish Club
Chess Club
Computer Club
(I am deeply involved in all of them)</p>
<p>All Honors Classes. (Honors Bio, Honors Geometry, Honors English, Honors US History)
My grades are mostly As and A+'s. I have a 4.48 GPA. (Weighted)
About 100 hours of community service.</p>
<p>Is this good enough to get me into MIT, Carnegie Mellon, or Stanford?</p>
<p>And should I take AP or IB classes when I'm a junior/senior?</p>
<p>Someone reply please?</p>
<p>MIT & Stanford - not guaranteed. Both are crapshoots.</p>
<p>CMU - You are solid.</p>
<p>Are my EC’s lacking?</p>
<p>It’s a good amount but it’s pretty basic/generic.</p>
<p>What SAT 2 tests do you recommend I take for MIT or Stanford?</p>
<p>It’s also hard to tell right now since you are still a freshman but a good way to make yourself stand out is to create a club that is unique to your interests that no one else might have.</p>
<p>Since you’re most likely applying for engineering/physics (?) take Math II & Physics and/or Chem.</p>
<p>what the… 2330 freshmen year? pretty good!
you should definitely take ap/ib classes in the future
as everyone says, try to find something you’re truly passionate about and then focus your extracurriculars into that</p>
<p>Other possibilities include creating your own blog/website/company that markets your interests</p>
<p>But I want to take either all AP or all IB. Which one is better for my ideal college? (MIT)
I think I’m too young to start a blog/website/company. XD</p>
<p>Your company doesnt have to be super big, but it should show your passion. You can have any relatives/other people help you, but it’s up to you. From what I heard, Stanford expects a lot from their applicants, especially entrepreneurship. And it’s not too early to start now.</p>
<p>lololol SAT Club</p>
<p>You’re a freshman so you have plenty of time. But it’s quite impressive that you already have a 2380. Obviously, since you’re only a freshman, you’re ECs are not gonna get you in, but keep going at them, gain leadership and win awards in them through your ensuing years. You’ll also want to do things outside of school to better show your passion in a particular area. If you want to do service, don’t just do soup kitchen or anything. I’m not telling you to do this but if you’re interested in math for example, setting up a group to tutor under-privileged students in math is an example of something that is service that shows passion. Starting a blog/website/company doesn’t sound like a bad idea at all. If it can flourish, it can really serve as a hook. Maybe you can do some research or internships over the summer or take college-level classes at a university. So if you can show leadership, win awards, and fill your summers and do significant activities outside of school you’ll be set assuming you’re academics are good (which SAT alone as a freshman is superb). Oh yeah, please take the most AP/IBs you can possibly fit on your schedule in the ensuing years. So Junior/Senior year, you should be loading up on AP/IBs. It’s almost a stupid question to ask whether you should take AP/IB courses junior/senior year given the fact that you’re aiming for such schools and will be able to handle it.</p>
<p>Hmm. Not a bad idea at all. I’ll talk to my guidance counselor about it.
LOL. I intend to take AP/IB, but my question is, WHICH one should I take? AP or IB? My school valedictorian said IB is a waste of time, but some other people said that it looks better(?) on a college application because it makes you “stand out”. I need to know soon so that I can decide what courses to take in 10th grade to prepare for AP or IB.</p>
<p>because the AP program is homegrown, colleges are more familiar with it so it’s a safer bet. IB may make you “stand out” but in a way that doesn’t necessarily help you. More in the way that having a black pencil stands out. It writes the same as a common yellow one but looks different. They’ll both serve your goals the same, and in the end it probably won’t matter which one you choose to do. But because colleges are more familiar with it, AP is probably the better option. Ask your counselor what he thinks though.</p>
<p>By the way, CMU does not look at Freshman year grades or Freshman year test scores so you’re going to have to take the SAT again in junior year and keep your grades up.</p>
<p>Yeah good, start keep your scores up and try to skip some classes to progress in Math/Science. ECs are lacking so you should build leadership and join some Math/SCience clubs and competitions.</p>
<p>Your ECs will need to be stronger, but others have already given advice on that so I won’t repeat. Make sure they’re focused on what you want to do, and win meaningful awards. Honestly, it doesn’t matter whether you do AP or IB - choose whichever appeals to you more. I disagree that they would be more aware of APs - it’s true that more applicants take AP classes, but they’re perfectly familiar with IBs.</p>
<p>AP or IB - whichever you prefer. Both IMO indicate academic ability. I have data points from children of two friends. One is at Olin from an IB school, the other is at MIT from an AP school. (Our schools generally do not offer both.) I don’t think the IB or AP hurt either.</p>
<p>MIT looks for passion in studying and applying science and technology to understanding and improving the world. Find some area of interest and go for it! And remember that with acceptance rates in the low teens at best, there are no shoe-ins. Good luck.</p>