Junior chance at Olin, MIT, Michigan, Michigan Tech

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm a junior at a public school in Michigan (not super competitive), and I would like my chances at:
Olin, MIT, U of M, and Michigan Tech</p>

<p>GPA: 4.0 UW, 4.4 W
ACT: 34 (will retake)
SAT: 2310 (may retake)
Rank: 1 out of 335</p>

<p>AP's- Every AP my school offered:
Calc AB (5), US Hist. (4), Chem (5), Stats (5), English (5), Physics C (5)</p>

<p>Took the only Honors class at my school (literature)</p>

<p>EC's:
Varsity Cross-Country (captain)
Varsity Track
NHS (vice-president)
Flint Metro League Math/Science Competitor (1st place in my subject all 4 years; General Science 9th Grade, Chemistry 10th Grade, Stats 11th Grade, Biology 12th Grade)
Quiz-Bowl (captain)
Over 200+ hours community service
FIRST Robotics (rookie team, made it to nationals this year)
Jazz Band
Marching Band (Squad Leader)
Symphonic Band</p>

<p>Took lots of classes at the university :
Introduction to India,
European History,
Calc. 2
Multivariable Calc.
Introduction to Adv. Mathematical Thinking
Calc. 4
Diff. Equations
Linear Algebra
French I
German I
German II</p>

<p>I'm looking to major in Electrical and Chemical Engineering</p>

<p>Thanks for any feedback!</p>

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<p>your numbers are pretty solid, and your #1 ranking an excellent plus.
do not waste your time to retake your ACT or SAT score.</p>

<p>as for ecs, i might remind you that middle school accomplishments have no bearing on college admissions; all your extracurricular activities, awards, etc. needs to start from freshman year of high school. with that said, your ec's look a bit mediocre.</p>

<p>i don't know about the other schools, but i'm sure MIT requires you to take a Math IIC SAT II and probably one or two others, so check up on that. i'd suggest you to take your SAT II's and continue your extracurricular activities.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I am going to take a few SAT II's, just didn't post scores for those as I haven't taken them yet...</p>

<p>What would be some good things to do to help with extracurriculars?</p>

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<p>I have accumulated almost 70 college credits</p>

<p>Also, I forgot to mention:</p>

<p>I got a 219 on the PSAT (so hopefully I will be NM semi-finalist/finalist)
I hold a part-time job (around 15 hours a week)</p>

<p>for next year:
Am working on starting Swimming Team and Debate Club
Running for office (hopefully student-body president)</p>

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<p>okay FIRST OF ALL,
WHY WOULD YOU RETAKE YOUR TESTS!!! THOSE ARE AMAZING SCORES!</p>

<p>rank's great, gpa's great, APs are great, extracurrics are pretty good</p>

<p>I think you have a great chance at MIT, and you're practically in at the rest.</p>

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<p>I keep forgetting EC's (sorry, I haven't had to put them for anything in a while!).</p>

<p>I also
(for 9th and 10th grade)- taught Sunday School classes of 3-4 year olds
and
Organized a project with my friends to put microwaves in at our school (I know that's not a big deal, but we had to talk to all sorts of officials and get the donations)</p>

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<p>in at all of them</p>

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<p>yep good chance, and MIT's looking for jocks now so you're in some luck :)</p>

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<p>Does it hurt my chances that there are 3 kids with perfect GPA's (my school doesn't weight)? I have (by far) the highest weighted GPA, and I am tied with them unweighted, but does that matter at all?</p>

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<p>i hope not since i am tied with A LOT of people in my unweighted as well..</p>