<p>Will I have a chance for MIT or CIT, or schools like berkely and stanford?</p>
<p>sure why not</p>
<p>Shoot for the sky!!!!!!!!111one</p>
<p>
Luckily spelling (or typing?) ability has little correlation to success at the first two schools you listed!</p>
<p>If you are asking that question seriously, maybe you should tell us a little more about yourself.</p>
<p>The following is my info:
International student chinese
sat1, 800 math, 770 verbal, 760 writing.
sat2, math chem phys all 800
aps: six fives, (physics cs, calculus bc, econ, physics b, and chem)
gpa: 3.91, all hardest courses (IB)
My usamo index probably qualifies me for it this year
some research in universities in chemistry next year
ecs: varsity cross country, soccer, math club (various math competition all stars), brain bowl captain, ping pong club.</p>
<p>Thanx alot</p>
<p>Are you a junior? i.e. Are you applying next year?</p>
<p>hard to say, being asian, the stats you have isnt very impressive, a good chance at cal or ucla but hard to say if you're good enough for mit. tons of asian kids with perfect sat and gpa apply there each year and more than half got rejected.</p>
<p>Assuming that you are a junior and will apply next year...</p>
<p>For MIT and Caltech:</p>
<p>You will be a very competative applicant no matter. SATs, GPA, and 'regular' ECs can't make anyone a sure accept, but you're definitely in the running. </p>
<p>If you do make USAMO, you increase your chances dramatically. Of course if you medal internationally, that's a sure way to get in (I'd imagine...), but even just going would be a huge boost to your application.</p>
<p>Research is another great way to put yourself beyond most competative applicants, and if your research goes well/is interesting, I would be surprised if you didn't get accepted.</p>
<p>Your GPA is one what scale? 3.91/4.00?</p>
<p>yea 3.91/4.00 junior
weighted is like 4.6 or 7 donno</p>
<p>Yeah, you should be fine (get into at least somewhere fantastic, if not several of them).</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>...thanx...</p>
<p>The US educational system does not put much of an emphasis on where one goes to undergrad. Go to a top 100 school, do well, and get into a good grad school. The grad schooll is what matters.</p>
<p>You have a good chance everywhere.</p>
<p>stats don't matter nearly as much as the applicant</p>
<p>the problem with asians is that many with near perfect stats have almost the EXACT same EC's, personal qualities, essays, etc. To have a chance, as an asian, I feel you must distinguish yourself. Get some EC's you enjoy like martial arts, dance lessons, singing, etc and write essays that incorporate your passions. Don't do stuff just to get into college.</p>
<p>Undergrad matters... How many people do you think Harvard Medical School takes from Arizona State University??</p>
<p>"Go to a top 100 school"</p>
<p>Very bad advice for someone with his stats.</p>
<p>you have awesome stats. you'll get in somewhere really nice.</p>
<p>Well your question was are you "smart enough." And the answer is, judging by your SAT scores and classes, hell yeah. But the problem is, college admissions these days has so LITTLE to do with how smart you are.</p>
<p>" being asian, the stats you have isnt [sic] very impressive, a good chance at cal or ucla but hard to say if you're good enough for mit. tons of asian kids with perfect sat and gpa apply there each year and more than half got rejected."</p>
<p>Cal Tech, Berkeley and Stanford are among the schools least likely to hold it against him that he fits the asian stereotype. MIT is a closer call. Other IVYs are said to have quotas. Almost all LACs and many other schools below the top few would fall over dead to recruit him.</p>