Like everyone else here, chance me for MIT?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>My school doesn't do class rank so - N/A on that</p>

<p>Top 10% in graduating class (my school doesn't recognize anything higher)</p>

<p>95.91 GPA on a hundred point scale weighted (I don't know my unweighted, around 93-94 I guess?) -<em>just a comment to explain my low GPA, I had insomnia for freshman and sophomore years, so I would find myself completely exhausted by the first or second period of my school day</em></p>

<p>Oh and another thing, I'm an asian male. </p>

<p>AP CHEM- 5
AP Calc AB- 5
AP macroeconomics- 5
AP microeconomics- 5
AP english literature- 5
AP music theory-3 (took it without taking any class)</p>

<p>(I'm taking ap bio, ap calc bc, ap english language, ap gov and politics senior year, I should get fives on bio and calc and physics and at least fours on the other two)</p>

<p>SAT IIs- 800 Math2c, 800 chem, 800 bio molecular
SAT I- 2400 </p>

<p>E.Cs-
-Founder of the stock market club in my school-
-Captain of my FIRST robotics team -(I do all the programming- lol
-Editor of the school's literary magazine
-International Club- for two years until I realized all they did was organize a dance, then started the race relations club
-Founder of the Race Relations Club in my school
-Worked with a local professor, wrote a paper on the quality of my school's drinking water
-Mentored my school's FLL team
-Mentored at an engineering camp run at my school
-Volunteered over 300 hours at a local hospital
-Co-Captain of 4 relay for life teams
-Went to Gov. school for engineering
-Tae Kwon Do for 9 years
-Organized a charity concert for the Make-A-Wish foundation</p>

<p>Awards:
Princeton Prize in race relations
AP scholar
National Merit Scholarship qualifier
Recognized Volunteer at hospital
three first places in forms and sparring and board breaking at NJMTA tae kwon do tournaments, one second place in forms, five third places
A bunch of awards were given to my FIRST robotics team, but I don't belive they go under my own individual awards as they were in fact, TEAM awards. xD</p>

<p>my recommendations should be very solid from my economics and math teachers. (Do I need a rec. from an english teacher? Is econ considered a humanities course?)</p>

<p>Yeah, I'm really just worried about my GPA. My school course load has been insane with what is going to be 10 aps and 6 honors courses. But I haven't done anything like fantastically crazy like Intel or USAMO or AMC (cause I can't find any school that gives those darned tests xD ) I really love MIT, and they will be my early action school. </p>

<p>Chance me please (for MIT )? I know the above was a quite lengthy post.</p>

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<p>a lot of the things you did seemed to only have been done to bulk up your resume… and 2400 sat? nice… i think you’re 50/50 in, kind of hard to tell, its MIT after all! but if you dont get in there, im sure you’ll make it somewhere else</p>

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<p>u have a great shot to get in! just make sure u don’t rely on MIT, they can be weird with admissions sometimes</p>

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<p>I think your GPA is good and you shouldn’t worry about it. Anyways, I hope you get in, because you are like me, only slightly better in every way. :stuck_out_tongue: You have really good chances at MIT, but you know how top schools can be. You’ll definitely make it into top engineering schools (or top general schools if you want).</p>

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<p>Why are you worried about your GPA? A 93-94 is an A average by most scales. </p>

<p>You have the stats for sure. Your ECs are decent but unremarkable. The fact is that MIT is so competitive that without a hook, all one could say is that you’re definitely in the running for a spot at MIT, but you’re definitely not guaranteed a spot.</p>

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<p>The colleges know where you rank even when your school does not officially rank. If you’re in the top few percent you’re a strong candidate.</p>

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<p>Could FIRST robotics be considered a hook? I mean I really do throw myself into it during that six week build season. Also does anyone know whether or not I can apply to MIT early action AND cornell early decision at the same time? I heard Cornell’s engineering is excellent as well. Thanks for replying guys (and girls!).</p>

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<p>No, hooks are: recruited athlete, legacy, URM, staff kid, development.</p>