MIT chances

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>hey this is for a friend of mine. .thanks in advanced..</p>

<p>hispanic, florida student
W gpa: 5.5
UW gpa: 3.51
old SAT: 1400
new SAT: most likely over 2000 scores come out monday
started a tutoring program with a local inner city elementary school to help them pass state exam.. was on the local newspaper ...
- AP Scholar (Has passed 4 exams..)
- National Merit Commended (205 PSAT)
- President of Mu Alpha Theta (math club)
- member of nhs, debate, FBLA
- member of bowling team and badminton team</p>

<p>he had an interview and the man said he had a premonition that he will be accepted.. .any opinions?"
thanks</p>

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<p>From your ECs..I'm wondering "Why MIT?" I don't see anything that says you want to go there....</p>

<p>Also, was your 205 enough for the National hispanic Scholar? (is that what its called?)</p>

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<p>sr6622.. What kind of ECs would say that you want to go to MIT?</p>

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<p>umm my friend ended up getting a 1980 new SAT.. and whats with the ECs question?</p>

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<p>and i would assume that he was the hispanic scholar.. i dont think u need too high of a score for that honor</p>

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<p>ECs question....</p>

<p>Probably something concerned with math/physics/comp.sci/engineering...science things in general.</p>

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<p>he went to YSP summer program at FSU</p>

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<p>im thinking no chance...what do others think?</p>

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<p>i hope that is sarcasm coolness...</p>

<p>I like how he did the summer program and whatnot...</p>

<p>In this case the only other question is his financial situation,,,</p>

<p>Is he a first generation, or does he come from a low income family?</p>

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<p>URM with a 1400?</p>

<p>Id say he can get in almost anywhere he applies if he is top 5% of his class</p>

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<p>I don't think you'll make it - a kid from my school applied to MIT two years ago w/ about a 3.8 out of a max 4 (unweighted), a 1590 SAT. He was captain of the Computer Science team and 1st in the state in the state computer science competition, 1st in the school and one of only 2 qualifiers in the school for a national math exam, which he ended up doing very well on. Last year, an amazing student from my school who had a 1580 SAT, about 3.88 GPA, and great credentials in track AND computer science got deferred early admission and accepted regular.</p>

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<p>I doubt either of those were URMs</p>

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<p>Yeah, I doubt those guys are URMs.</p>

<p>That first guy was probably a USAMO qualifier, which, I feel, is a good boost in admissions.</p>

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<p>braves... you never stated whether the first guy got in or not... and that info doesnt really help here. we've got a hispanic w/ a respectable 1400, depending on his grades/class rank your "friend" ;) may just make it... needs to be in the top 2-5% really for any chance.</p>

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<p>URM doesn't help as much at MIT as it does at other Top schools, simply b/c they get a very large pool of URM applicants.</p>

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<p>he is ranked 15 out of 650, first generation college student of cuban descent.. not wealthy but not poor..</p>