<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2320 (770 CR 750 M 800 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 730 Bio-E / 740 Math 1 / 760 World History / 770 Chemistry / 800 Bio-M (I can probably pull 800 Physics and 800 Math 2 this year)
[<em>] ACT: none
[</em>] APs: World History 5 / Junior Year: US History, English Lit / Senior Year: Calc BC, Bio, English Language
[<em>] IBs: none
[</em>] GPA: ~100 Weighted (we don't get unweighted averages)
[<em>] Rank: No rank (but definitely top 10%, probably top 5%)
[</em>] Other stats: 3 Science Olympiad Medals from NYC Regionals
First Place in a school math bowl
Honorable Mention from ACE Nationals for our group project
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Science Olympiad, Drama, ACE Program (an Engineering and Architecture mentorship program), Volunteer Math Tutor, Marist Youth Leader, Chorus, Yearbook
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Cybercamps Teen Leadership Program for 2 summers
Volunteering at Esopus caps for special needs populations
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): "For Fun": Performing Arts, especially acting.
"Field of Study": Engineering with probable minors in business and theater just because I like it.<br>
"Main Essay B": Talk about how my multiethnic and relatively uneducated family influenced me and my desire to impact the world, and about how Science Olympiad showed me the path to influencing the world.<br>
"Optional Essay": About my experience building robots at Queens College and how it taught me to keep working despite frustration.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Likely an unremarkable, but still excellent rec from my math teacher and an amazing rec from my English 10/AP English Lang/Chorus teacher
Supplementary Recs from my ACE Group Leader and my Science Olympiad Coach
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Does this have to be from an academic counselor or a personal counselor anyway? If it's from an academic counselor, it'll probably speak well to my academic performance, but he doesn't really know me
[</em>] Applied on: 2009 EA
[<em>] Hook (if any): First Generation, Part Hispanic, Clearly demonstrated teamwork skills, Diverse interests for MIT (Performing Arts), I'm one of only 2 juniors in a Science Research Program at my school that was only offered to the class of 2011, Currently working on founding an engineering club in my school, How many people engineered a design concept for a building?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: New York City
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Medium sized Catholic School, reasonably competitive, sends a few kids to top schools each year
[</em>] Ethnicity: White / Hispanic
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]
Tell me specifically if I should work on doing something else and how you think those essay topics will go over.</p>