<p>Hey guys,
I am a sophomore (just becoming one this August) and I had some concerns about college admissions. I have looked around and read stuff and yeah yeah I know: do activities that you love, 2200+ SAT, Rigorous Coursework, good essays/recommendations, lopsidedness, contribute to "diversity". Anyways apart from that, I want to how all of this ties in togather at the end. I have not been able to find anything on this. How do admissions work at MIT. Do they first have a cut out the weeds round just looking at academics and things, then shave it off further with boring people who never saw the sunlight, but what about at the end when there is a good 3000 well qualified students.. how do they further that down to 1000. is it playing darts or what... Do they seperate you into ethnic groups and pick their set percentage from there. Example: around 18% hispanics, so they group the hispanics and pick 180 from there after they have shaven off any students who are not qualified? You get the point..
Anyways heres my profile, give me comments on what you think (btw, Im not trying to set my life up to get in, thats dumb because I know a lot of ridiculously smart kids from my school that spend all their highschool career building up a resume and did not get in).</p>
<p>Schedule:</p>
<p>Freshman:
Algebra 2 Honors,
Trigonometry(IB)/Team sports (1 semester each),
Geometry Honors,
Biology Honors,
Information Technology (Regular/Requirement),
English I Honors,
Spanish II Honors,
Economics Honors/American Govt Honors</p>
<p>Freshman Summer:
Physics Honors (online)
AP Comp Science (semester 1 - online)
Introduction To Business (College class)</p>
<p>Sophomore:
AP Human Geography
AP World History
Pre-Calc Honors
Chemistry Honors
English II Honors
Spanish III IB (International Bac.)
Engineering I Regular (no Honors available)
Anatonomy & Physiology
AP Comp Science Segment 2 Online</p>
<p>Sophomore Summer:
2-3 college classes ( have not chosen yet, preferably something with business)
AP American History Online</p>
<p>Junior:
AP Calc AB
IB English III
IB Spanish IV
IB Economics
IB Theory of Knowledge/ speech
IB Chemistry
College Class
College Class</p>
<p>Junior Summer:
3 college classes if not accepted into MITES</p>
<p>Senior:
AP Calc BC
IB Chem
IB Psychology
IB English
IB Theory of Knowledge/Speech
AP Biology
College Physics I & II (1 semester each)</p>
<p>After School Activities:
Technology Student Association (president)
Math Team (coach)
Academic Team (no positions/ fun people, and we eat pizza xD)
Basketball Varsity
Track Varsity
Cross Country Varsity
Model UN (Debate Team)
Computer Science Club - I am going to start it next or junior year
Tae Kwon Do (Black belt)</p>
<p>Summer Programs Attending:
University of Florida college reach out program (accepted going this summer)
Florida State University Young Scholars (applying next year)
MITES (applying Junior Year)</p>
<p>Other Things:
I like studying business and techy stuff (youtube videos on cool stuff to do haha)
I like aviation and hope I can fly one day like my grand father and great grandfather
Play Soccer but basketball is in the same season so I do not play for school
Love Boston Celtics - I hope I can get into MIT so I can go watch some games xD
I like watching cop/ court shows like Bones and Franklin and Bash.
Not much time to like anything else haha.</p>
<p>That is basically it, oh Until now Ive had straight A's except one B in my first semester of English I. I got an A in both physics and into to biz this summer. My gpa is 3.95 underweighted,
4.25 weighted. Any more thoughts would be nice. BUTTT, the most important thing is to discuss the admissions process. Oh and my high school is top 100 in the US (if that comes into play somehow??).</p>