<p>Suppose a person had the following achievements:</p>
<p>3-time USAMO qualifier
USAPHO qualifier (semifinal)
USACO silver</p>
<p>3.8 GPA (unweighted)
800 SAT math
2100 total SAT I
Various AP courses say, 8 5's and 1 4
Studies French :P</p>
<p>Debate Club member
Secretary for Math Club</p>
<p>some other minor achievements</p>
<p>60 volunteer hours only.</p>
<p>Has an interest in tutoring others as volunteer work.</p>
<p>What would be the person's chances for MIT or similar school?</p>
<p>if you don’t take math 2 and a science, 0</p>
<p>Like jojo said, you need a science SAT.</p>
<p>Otherwise: Your application will be riding on your 3-time USAMO qualification. It’s impressive, yes, but it also makes you look a bit one-dimensional. I would recommend focusing on your essays to show AOs that you are not just a beep boop math-bot boop boop. </p>
<p>It wouldn’t hurt to raise your SAT I score, nor would it hurt to do some more volunteer work. Since I think you’re a senior, the main recommendations I have are to raise the SAT score and to work as hard as you can on your essays.</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice! I’m actually a sophmore, but expecting about that much. Yeah, I’m taking SATII physics and other stuff this year.</p>
<p>USAMO isn’t getting you into MIT. It cool, yeah. It’s not getting you in anywhere however. Last year, at the state science fair, multiple students in the mathematics and software category were USAMO qualifiers. Not one even placed. USAMO doesn’t necessarily show skill in mathematics, just in one specific area of number theory.</p>