My chances of getting into MIT?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm a sophomore in high school, and I was wondering what my chances of getting into MIT are (so far). Here are my stats:
Sophomore Year Classes:
Honors Biology I: A
CP Spanish III: A
Honors American lit: A
Honors Algebra II: A-
AP US History: A
Phys Ed.: A
CP Health (no honors option, just academic and CP): A</p>

<p>Extra-circulars:
Involved in Debate Club
Link Crew (It's a leadership club where we help the Freshmen integrate into our school setting, only certain students are chosen)
Writing for school newspaper (next year, only available to juniors and seniors)</p>

<p>Hobbies
Here is where I think I can separate myself from the crowd:
- Drawing
- Painting
- Running
- Amateur Astronomy (I self-study it, I've taken many online classes (no credit), I help researchers analyze telescope photographs online)
- Reading </p>

<p>Decided Major: I want to be an astronomer or astrophysicist </p>

<p>Next Year's Class load (junior):
Honors Chemistry I
Honors Pre-Calculus
AP Language and Composition
AP Government
Honors Economy
Honors Human Geo (Taking the AP exam)
Honors Sociology
CP Psychology (in preparation for AP Psychology senior year)
Ocean Science (no accelerated level available)
CP Argumentation and debate (no Honors available)</p>

<p>Standardized Tests:
AP US History Exam
US History SAT II (Scores come out May 22)</p>

<p>Standardized Tests I plan to take in the future:
SAT"s
AP Language and Composition
AP Government
AP Human Geography
AP Chemistry
AP Psychology
AP Calculus AB
SAT II Chemistry
SAT II Math</p>

<p>** I may be taking a college-level astronomy class at Boston University next summer, I cannot do anything this summer due to my mothers diagnosis of cancer. So this summer will mostly be spent continuing to assist on line researchers analyze telescope photographs and data while continuing to study astronomy. </p>

<p>Sophomore Year Awards
Winner of a writing contest (I entered a poem) </p>

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<p>It’s honestly to early to chance you… classes do get significantly harder junior year and thats when people really begin to seperate GPA wise. And you don’t have any standardized test scores. Sitting as it is, saying hypothetically your grades and SAT/ACT are a match, it will still be a high reach. Your ECs are week and hobbies won’t separate you from a crowd, they are not a hook and neither is your award</p>

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<p>Show more of a passion for astronomy. Do a few summer camps with it, research with a professor maybe. If there are no astronomy ECs at your school, then create some. It is obvious you like it, but show you are devoted. Rank in the top 3 of your class, get 2250 on your SAT, make sure your SAT IIs are very high (780+), maintain a 3.9+ UW and you have a chance. MIT is a reach for anybody, just saying. You have junior year, make the most of it.</p>