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<p>Hi, I know this is very cliche, but I'm trying to get into MIT next year and I can't think of anything else I could do to show them my dedication to physics and how much I would like to study it there. I am a Junior, top student of the school, dual enrolled at University of South Florida (A+ average there). I go to a performing arts school and study cello for 2 hours a day. I write techno music in my free time, do some extreme scootering and biking, and work in a lab at the University. URL - "<a href="http://shell.cas.usf.edu/%7Emmunoz/"&gt;http://shell.cas.usf.edu/~mmunoz/&lt;/a&gt;". I'm away from my house 6:30 am-10pm every weeknight at school. </p>

<p>Student:</p>

<p>User Name: nwoodward
Gender: M
Location: Tampa, FL
College Class Year: 2014
High School: Public
High School Type: rarely sends grads to top schools
Will apply for financial aid: Yes</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>GPA - Unweighted: 3.90
GPA - Weighted: 6.40
Class Rank: top 5 students
Class Size: 200</p>

<p>Scores:</p>

<p>SAT I Math: 790
SAT I Critical Reading: 630
SAT I Writing: 670
SAT II Math Level 2 (IIC): 800
SAT II Physics: 730
SAT II Chemistry: 800</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Significant Extracurriculars: MAO - president (10th, 11th)
Science Club
French Club - Treasurer (10th)
College/High School Tutor</p>

<p>I write techno music and ride BMX</p>

<p>18 credit hours (5 classes) at local University
Athletic Status - list sport and your level: I actively ride bikes (BMX) and scooters and free running
Volunteer/Service Work: I volunteer about 10 hours a week in a physics lab helping grad students at USF. We are currently setting up a PDS experiment to test out samples we make for crystaline hard drives and solar cells.</p>

<p>Honors and Awards: 9th place Alg II County Math Bowl - 9th grade
USF Honors College Summer Program - Award for Overall Excellence (Highest)
10th place Calculus County Math Bowl - 11th grade
8th place Calculus Middleton regional
College Summer programs: USF Honors College Summer Program - Engineering Calculus, Linear Algebra, and programming
Boston University Summer Research with MIT professor Dr. Moodera 2009
Moodera's Homepage</p>

<p>currently taking
Calculus III
Vector Calculus
Bridge to Abstract Math
Physics II w/Calculus and Lab
Physics Undergraduate Research</p>

<p>AP tests taking this year
Calc BC
Physics C: M and E&M
Composition
US History
Psychology
Statistics</p>

<p>possible classes for next year
Elementary abstract algebra
topology
differential equation
elementary number theory
modern physics
optics</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Ask any questions, anything I forgot to put on here, etc.</p>

<p>Past AP scores (10th grade)
Calc AB - 5
Chem - 5
Comp Sci A - 5
World Hist - 4</p>

<p>Jobs
Publix Bag Boy last year for 6 months
work on weekends at Saab repair shop</p>

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<p>How is your weighted GPA so high? My school must have a drastically different scale for calculating GPA. You sound solid, just get excellent teacher recs and essays have to be top notch. Maybe write about physics and Saabs, if you know what I mean. You should use personal experiences and apply them to topics relating to MIT. Good Luck!!</p>

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<p>Honors course +.04 per half credit
AP course +.08 per half credit</p>

<p>I should have over an 8 after I graduate, which a few kids have done in my county</p>

<p>I definitely could write essays about how much I love Saabs and Physics, thanks!</p>

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<p>you should add Stanford to the list of colleges you intend to apply to.</p>

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<p>I’m not sure how much it matters since you’ll be a physics major, but your CR and W scores are very low. Additionally, all of your SATs II are math/science related, so you may want to take a history or language one.</p>

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<p>MIT, CalTech, Stanford, Princeton, Columbia, etc</p>

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<p>Thanks for telling me how your GPA sclae works; mine is totally different. Good luck to you, as I wish to attend most schools that you are applying to. I am only a sphomore, but I am ambitious. Hope you get into MIT!!! :)</p>