MIT Chances Please!

Colleges and Universities A-Z Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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<p>I'm aiming for Sloan, and I do realize that my application will be a lot more scrutinized because of that. Please give me an honest thought of my chances, thanks. </p>

<p>General:
Sex: Male
Race: Korean
Location: Southern California
High School: Fairly competitive but not cutthroat. The school sends a handful of students each year to UCLA and Berkeley but rarely ever to top Ivies.
Interests: Sports (listed below), guitar, mountain biking, traveling</p>

<p>Stats:
GPA: 3.9 UW; 4.45 W
Class Rank: 4/536
SAT: 2330 (770 M, 760 CR, 800 W); 2390 Superscore (800M, 790 CR, 800W)
SAT II: 800 U.S. History, 770 Math IIC, 750 Literature, 750 Biology
APs (took all available): World History (5), Biology (4), U.S. History (5), English Language & Composition (5), Chemistry (4)</p>

<p>Community College Courses:
Business Statistics - A
Accounting 1 - A
Accounting 2 - A
Introduction to Business - A</p>

<p>Senior Schedule:
AP Physics
AP Calculus BC
AP English Literature
AP Government
AP Economics
French 3</p>

<p>ECs:
* Varsity Baseball (3 years; 1 year JV)
* Varsity Swimming (4 years)
* Freshman Basketball (1 year)
* Key Club (4 years)
* Future Business Leaders of America (2 years)
* School Newspaper Editor (2 years)
* High School Assimilation Committee (assisting prospective middle school students get assimilated into the high school) (1 year)</p>

<p>Volunteering:
* 250 hours at a big hospital (filing paperwork, mopping the floor, do-everything-guy, etc.)
* 120 hours at local elementary school that I attended (helping out the preschool kids with their breakfast, reading books to them, etc.) [note: I never really did this for the purpose of putting it on my college application, because it was just something I loved to do and would help relieve stress.]
* 50 hours at local public library (shelving books, checking out books, reading to young children)
* 50 hours at blood bank (assisted in blood drives, distributed snacks and beverages, donated blood of my own)</p>

<p>Btw, do the community college courses get added onto my high school GPA? I was never really sure about this, but regardless I took those classes because I was genuinely interested in them.</p>

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<p>First of all you apply to MIT in general not Sloan so it doesnt matter. I would say it looks great but other ppl might say you need more science olympiad, fairs, etc.(which by the way I had nvr heard of b4 coming to this site, and thats why I hate my school for never telling us these things and for poorly preparing us for the college application process.) I also will be applying to MIT although I highly doubt I will get in =(. Chance me please? <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/556367-saftey-schools.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/556367-saftey-schools.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>My son and another friend from his high school were accepted EA and had never heard of the Olympiads, etc.; most kids he knows knew nothing of these either, hearing about them for the first time in the MIT application. They are NOT in any way a requirement for success! However, supposedly, 9/12 recent Math/Science Olympiad award winners are in the entering Class of '12.</p>

<p>That said, your statistics certainly make you competitive. Check out today's blog by Matt at [url=<a href="http://www.mit.edu%5DMIT%5B/url"&gt;http://www.mit.edu]MIT[/url&lt;/a&gt;] re: statistics for the entering Class of 2012. However, almost everyone who applies also has competitive scores, GPA, class rank, etc., so what sets you apart is your dedication and interest in one or two extracurriculars over several years (as opposed to a laundry list of accomplishments and awards), your pursuing the most challenging coursework available to you (it seems you've done that), and your personality as shown by your essays/interview. MIT tries to craft a class of individually accomplished students so that the class is well-rounded (an individual doesn't necessarily have to be well-rounded).</p>

<p>Good luck.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I'm not exactly a hardcore science guy so I'm not sure how much that would hurt. I want to go to MIT for the business program, not the engineering program.</p>

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<p>Well then, Im just curious, why do you want to attend MIT? It is, after all, primarily an enineering school. Again, just curious.</p>

<p>Now, the thing about MIT (or from what Ive seen, Im still in HS myself) is that they look very closely for something you are passionate about. Being on 2 varsity sports is great, and volunteering is great, and all those clubs are great, but where does your passion lie? Personally, my passion lies in taekwondo (2nd degree black belt) and soccer (Im a varsity keeper). MIT loves that crap :p</p>

<p>Make you you are very clear on what your passion is when you are applying.</p>

<p>But, academically, you are very competetive and you should be just fine :)</p>

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<p>he wants to apply to MIT for the business b/c i its the second best business school let alone engineering</p>

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<p>As Zippydyduda points out, you have a strong resume, but where is your passion and what have you done to go for it? The community college classes would suggest to me that you're interested in business, so an EC like me would want to know what drives this passion? Do you want to be an entrepreneur, a consultant, etc. and why? What specific programs or professors at Sloan are you interested in working in? Finally, I would be sure to contact the MIT recruiters for any sports you'd be interested in playing at an intercollegiate level - their recommendations can certainly help.</p>

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<p>The baseball coach's contact info:
Andy Barlow 617-258-7310</p>

<p>The swimming coach's contact into:
Dawn Gerken 617-253-4490</p>

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<p>"Yeah, I'm not exactly a hardcore science guy so I'm not sure how much that would hurt. I want to go to MIT for the business program, not the engineering program."
Amen brotha</p>

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Yeah, I'm not exactly a hardcore science guy so I'm not sure how much that would hurt. I want to go to MIT for the business program, not the engineering program.

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<p>Well, how do you feel about going to a university that takes an engineering approach to most of its offerings, even its business offerings? How do you feel about being at a university where a significant % of students have a strong engineering bent, even if they are not engineering majors? Also, keep in mind that you do not apply to an individual school or department at MIT as an undergrad.</p>

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<p>"Yeah, I'm not exactly a hardcore science guy so I'm not sure how much that would hurt. I want to go to MIT for the business program, not the engineering program."</p>

<p>Are you interested enough in science to get through a year of calculus (single and multivariable), a year of physics (Newtonian and electromagnetism), a semester of bio, a semester of chemistry, 2 restricted electives in science, and a lab? All of these would possibly be more theoretical than what you had in high school (for me, the difference was incredible - and hard). These are also requirements.</p>

<p>There are plenty of business (and other non-science/engineering) majors at MIT, but they all have to get through these classes (preferably enjoyably). If you're one of those, great! If not, perhaps MIT is not the best option.</p>