<p>Not all schools are created equal. I go to a college that only has a max of 3 APs. I took them all. However it is in WV... how can my school compare to say a top 100 school in the country when the mit admission people consider applications? I mean I took all the APS offered but 3 is not many... how will they know? And how will they compare me to MUCh better schools? Do they have separate state admission people?</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure they do not compare students (well, they probably do, but they do it unconsciously), but rather evaluate each one separately. It's not your fault your school doesn't offer 100 AP's.
But you should probably be able to show that although you had a chance to take only 3 AP's, you went further than that and maybe took some classes at local college or something...</p>
<p>So should i tell my guidance counselor or someone whenever they are filling out the forms to say "there are only X amount of aps and the student has taken X amount"?</p>
<p>I see no harm in that</p>
<p>Your guidance counselor may have a "school profile" that is sent with evaluations, which talks about what classes the school offers, how grades are reported, what percentage of kids go to four-year colleges, etc. If they don't have a profile already written up, then yes, it would be helpful for them to provide some context for your accomplishments. Look at the Secondary School Report form in the freshman app and you'll see the kinds of questions the guidance counselor is asked. If the GC doesn't deal with many students aspiring to MIT or similar schools, it would be perfectly fine for you to meet with the GC and ask them to be sure to mention in their write-up how you maxed out on the available courses.</p>
<p>And Hriundeli is correct, you are not compared to other applicants, you are evaluated individually in the context of your school and how you took advantage of the opportunities that were available to you. MIT Admissions does not have regional or state admissions representatives.</p>
<p>Gyros321: If you take a look at MIT's recent admissions statistics, or read even more recent articles in papers like the New York Times, you should definitely NOT be lamenting the fact that your school in WVa is less than stellar. Instead, be thankful. Places like MIT seem to be going out of their way to recruit students from high schools, and states, that traditionally send few, if any, students to top tier universities. Moreover, MIT has one of the smallest percentages of students from private schools. If anything, it may be harder for students from elite high schools (especially in states like California, NY, and Mass) to gain admission because they are competing with each other. Universities do, after all, want geographic diversity as well as all the other kinds of diversity.
I'm just another hs senior, like you, applying to MIT, so MIT bloggers may take exception to what I've written. If so, sorry. However, it is what I, and many of my friends, believe.
Anyhow, best of luck.</p>
<p>I thought they had a quota system.. and that WVU was around 4 people.. thats why i was worried. There are a few good schools (2 or 3) in WV. That's what i am scared about >.>
Good luck to you to magd :0</p>
<p>There's no quota system for any states, regions, or countries. (There is an international quota in general, but it's not broken down into specific countries.)</p>
<p>I didn't mean to imply that MIT uses quotas -- thanks to the Bakke case I know that colleges/universities cannot use them anymore. But it's pretty clear that almost all places seek a diverse student body and that, while specific percentages aren't reserved for certain URMs or students from certain states/socio-economic backgrounds, a conscious effort is made to recruit them.</p>
<p>If you want to worry, worry, but Mollie is telling you the truth. There are no geographic quotas except for the total percentage of international students, not even for specific schools. If you'd like to see the geographic distribution of current students by state and country, visit the Registrar's data page. As of the most recently completed school year, there were 7 undergrads from WV. As you can see from the data, since 1998 there have been as many as 9, and as few as 4. (Note also that this is <em>matriculants</em>, not <em>applicants</em>.)</p>
<p>We have only three AP's at our towns ( very rural) high school. Just make sure to take the most challenging course load in a variety of subjects. Offsetting a lack of advanced classes, many rural residents have opportunities to do a variety of interesting things that urban residents do not. Make good use of your time in high school and you will have as good a chance as students from the rest of the country.</p>
<p>^Does the registrar mean there were 9 accepted at during that year or that there were 9 total undergraduates from wv?</p>
<p>The registrar's data shows the total number of enrolled undergraduates from each state -- it sums to 3760, which is the total number of enrolled domestic undergraduates.</p>
<p>Oh ok :D. So if 9 were in the undergrad class then.. i guess they accept maybe 2 or 3 from WV :(</p>
<p>But that doesn't mean that they have a limit of 3 or anything -- it just means that there are approximately 2 or 3 students who enroll each year from West Virginia. If there were 10 extremely qualified people who applied one year, all ten of them could possibly get in.</p>
<p>To give a personal story, my high school had never sent anyone before my year to MIT, and has never sent anybody since. My year, both my friend and I applied, and we both got in. Being from the same geographical area and the same school didn't hurt either of us.</p>
<p>Oh wow thats awesome moli. Same thing here. No one has ever gotten into MIT. However my sat scores lack... they are 2100... I am aiming for a 2200 in october (800 math 700 cr and 700 writing). Currently i have a 780 630 and 690. however I volunteered a lot (around 200 hours) at kid organizations and hospitals. Did 2 sports and also participated in some after school activites.
I am in 2 honor societies and my gpa is perfect except for 1 B. So i am like ranked 2. Mollie. Did you have like insanely high scores? I really need to get that CR score up.</p>
<p>Oh and under awards... i got this thing in 8th grade and the thing happened in between 8th and 9th grade summer. I got to meet w/ the governor (not too personal though) because 7 people from each county got selected to meet because of doing well on this WV history test. It was called the golden horseshoe award. Should i put this in. Also should i put in awards, math field day regional, science and social studies fair, etc.?</p>
<p>Nope, I had a 1430 back when the SAT was out of 1600.</p>
<p>But I have such a big disparity between by math and verbal scores. That is why I am really hoping to do better. A 1410 with a 630 in reading is HORRIBLe.
But a 1410 with a 700 and 710 in cr and math respectivly is good in my opinion.</p>
<p>don't put that in. the 8th grade thing.</p>