<p>Im a sophomore in High school....currently taking Pre-Ap Eng 2, AP Euro, Ap World History, Honors Chem, Latin 2, Pre-AP CPU Promgramming, and ALG 2. during the summer I plan on taking Physics 1 and Pre-Calc through dual enrollment( I found out physics starts 5/09....is it possible for me to take it since I haven't finished chem or alg 2?). I also plan to take AP Computer Science online.
If I take all those classes...my junior classes will be as follows: Ap Eng Lang, AP US, AP Chem, AP Physics B, Latin 3, Drama 1, and AP Calc.</p>
<p>I'll most likely end this year with a 3.8 =/. Stinking AP Euro.</p>
<p>Will I be able to do physics online? If all goes well, does this give me a chance at MIT?</p>
<p>If not what else should I do?(specifically). And what outlines can you give for me to follow for the next couple of years? </p>
<p>BTW I also plan on joing clubs such as the math tutoring club, NHS, BETA, Quiz bowl, etc.
Please help.</p>
<p>I feel you on the AP Euro. Class is rough.</p>
<p>We get this question a lot. There are a lot of posters who ask some variant of “I will only have 10 AP courses.” Will that kill my chances of MIT? And the answer to all of these posters can only be “We do not know.”</p>
<p>MIT evaluates all of its applications in context. If most kids graduate from your school with 15 AP classes and you graduate with 10, then that isn’t very good. If most of the top kids graduate with 6, two have 8, and you are the first in the school’s history to have 10, then that is extremely impressive.</p>
<p>I have had students who I have interviewed who have gotten into MIT from very academic programs, with a ton of AP classes. I had one girl who got into MIT a few years back, whose school had one science teacher (note not a physics teacher, or a biology teacher or a chemistry teacher but a science teacher. Your transcript helps to show two things:
- Did the student push themselves with the most challenging academic program available?
- Does the GPA/Class choice suggest that the student can do well at MIT academically?</p>
<p>Being able to succeed academically is a necessary but not sufficient grounds for admission. It is not what gets you into MIT; that is really much more about match. So the short answer to Wiitard12’s question is that “Nobody can answer this question.”</p>
<p>Is it weird that i have a good feeling about MIT? I mean i just have this feeling that everything’s going to work out. </p>
<p>Here’s the catch though. I never thought about taking extra summer programs or workshops on anything academically related. I’ve always had a thing about going out. I’m more of an outdoorsy person. I’ve given seminars, lectures, have been invited to give them over many many schools about leadership. I’ve worked with an NGO sometime ago. I’m planning on working with Bangladesh Youth Leadership Program. It’s organized by John Hopkins i think? I’ve been class president for four years running.</p>
<p>And still i’ve been able to maintain my grade. I’ve been a straight A+ student all the way through high school. I have taken AP & Honors courses more than most. </p>
<p>What do you think? Is there any student in MIT on a scholarship in leadership? DO they value leadership?</p>
<p>Everything will work out, one way or another. Just be prepared for the “another”. (I find “having a good feeling” isn’t a good predictor of actual admittance.)</p>
<p>MIT itself doesn’t give scholarships for anything but financial need. But yes, leadership is something MIT places a lot of value in.</p>
<p>Well, yes. I completely agree with you there. I’m also applying for financial aid and i really do need it.</p>
<p>Can you please tell me about anything MIT particularly looks in applications? I’ll try my very best but that’s all i can do. What usually goes wrong in applications? I heard from a cousin in University of Florida that MIT is really strict and they judge the essays very strongly. Is that true?</p>
<p>From everything MIT Admissions have said, I don’t think things “go wrong” on applications. They have more qualified applicants than they have places in the freshman class, and so have to pick those which they feel to be the best match for MIT. If one isn’t accepted, it doesn’t mean he or she did something “wrong” or that there isn’t a match for that person somewhere else.</p>
<p>@fiascofreak - I recommend reading this page:
[MIT</a> Admissions: The Match Between You And MIT](<a href=“http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/pulse/the_match_between_you_and_mit/]MIT”>http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/pulse/the_match_between_you_and_mit/)</p>
<p>It’s not so much that applicants go wrong - Admissions says every year how they would love to accept so many more students, how the class would be just as strong if they had to throw out their initial selection. There are more awesome students than they can take.</p>
<p>Don’t worry about going wrong. Just pursue what you love, try your best, and see what happens. Doing those things means you’ll end up in a good place for you, whether or not it’s MIT :)</p>