please chance me?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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<p>I am a high school junior and am wondering what my chances are and what I could add in the next year to improve my chances.</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT I: Math: 780-800 Reading: 780-800 Writing: 760 (Waiting for Results)
SAT II: Expecting 800's in Physics,Math II and US History
ACT: 35
Average: 98 unweighted, 103 weighted (105 highest possible)
AP: US History, Psychology, Physics B (in progress expecting 5's)
Calculus BC, Bio, US Gov or Microeconomics (next year, that will bring me up to 6 AP's which is the max at my high school)
Rank: 1/~300</p>

<p>EC's: National Honor Society, SciOly (sophomore year on), Wind Ensemble (first two years of high school), Jazz Band (same), Nordic Skiing (same), Indoor Track (replaced nordic after sophomore year), Outdoor Track, Cross-Country
Summer Activities: Volunteer work at local library with children's programs, coaching at a track and field clinic throughout the summer
Awards: Valedictorian, Probably National Merit/AP Scholar (sub question, how does one go about doing a self-study AP, I am Hoping to get 8 AP's to earn National AP Scholar), Most-Improved Runner, Coaches Award, Sportsmanship Award, SciOly Regional Awards
Other: My high school is fairly small and to the best of my knowledge has never sent a student to MIT
Please chance me, if you want more info or can think of anything that would improve my chances, please tell me.</p>

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<p>About 10.7%.</p>

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<p>^ haha, this is a really hilarious and brilliant answer :smiley:
@blee2011: I think cgarcia is right :slight_smile: You should have a small research on MIT and will understand why :)</p>

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<p>lol thanks :slight_smile:
I realize I am probably not going to get a much better answer than that, I guess I was just wondering what I could do to bolster my app.</p>

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<p>Do things you like. Awards outside of prestigious competitions are not very important. Nor is a laundry list of activities. Focus instead on being able to talk about one or two extracurricular activities in depth and demonstrate how you have made an impact.</p>

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<p>^ I don’t believe that “awards outside of prestigious competitions are not very important”. Actually, yes, they’re not very important, but omitting every chance to join any competition is extremely dangerous. Following passion means doing anything to satisfy the passion, included competing :)</p>

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<p>no I think its more of 6.2349587543747%. ^.^</p>