<p>I like both of these schools and can't really decide, so any advice from you guys would be great.</p>
<p>Name: pollocampero6060
Location: Houston, TX
Ethinicity: Hispanic (Peruvian)
Type of School: Home School
Major: Chemical Engineering</p>
<p>GPA: 3.98 UW (1 A-). I don't have a weighted GPA.</p>
<p>Test Scores:
SAT: 2200 (800 on Writing). Retaking in Oct. Should get higher in the Math
Subject Tests: Math Level II 800, Chemistry 760
AP's: AP Calc AB (5), AP Chemistry (5)</p>
<p>Note on Schooling:
I've taken 8 classes through a local community college that counted as dual credit and got all A's on them. I also took three classes through CTY distance education and got 2 A's and 1 A-. </p>
<p>I'm taking Linear Algebra though CTY in the fall of my senior year.</p>
<p>EC's
Competitive Tennis for 8 years (ranked high nationally and sectionally)
Piano for 10 years
Toastmasters
Math tutor for elementary school students (200+ hours of volunteering from that)
Assistant Flea Market manager (basically I help my dad run our little family flea market on the weekends)</p>
<p>Summer:
freshman summer I went to Peru to visit family
sophomore summer I did a tennis camp
junior summer: I'm currently at a JHU summer pre college program, taking Into to Business and some earth science class</p>
<p>Awards (prolly my weak point):
National Merit
Ventures Scholar
National Hispanic Recognition
JETS NEDC final round
1st place at a local community college math tournament</p>
<p>just for fun, here are the other schools I'm applying to:
Princeton
Cornell
Rice (sibling legacy-not sure how much that helps)
Carnegie Mellon
University of Texas at Austin</p>
<p>Once again, advice from anything posted is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>Well the quetions whther MIT or Stanford is a personal question that you will have to answer.
My dream schol would be Stanford, so i’d SCEA at Stanford.
But from what i heard, MIT EA is “easier” and the deferring rate is a lot higher than stanfords. So you will get a 2nd chance at MIT, Stanford tries to do it the “in-or-out” way.
Good Grades and academics, improve SAT a bit, EC should be more too.</p>
<p>well if you’re that good at tennis and want some scholarship money thrown at you, then go for Stanford. Although, you must know that Stanford is exteremely good at Tennis so it would be tough but im sure you’ll get into both schools since you’re hispanic.</p>
<p>Be aware that MIT doesn’t take into account your SAT Writing score; they will only care about your CR and M scores. Also, take into account the type of school you want. Both will present excellent opportunities for you later in life, but they probably have different atmospheres; MIT is known to be competitive and has a spirit of learning for the sake of learning, and so if that isn’t really your thing then I would go with Stanford.</p>
<p>i too am considering MIT EA as well, but I hear that the acceptance rate for ea is near the same as RD. But i think they defer majority of applicants so you’ll get a second chance.</p>
<p>^^Toastmasters is a group/club of people that practice their public speaking skills by making speeches, icebreakers, speaking for charity events etc.</p>
<p>Both are great universities, Stanford’s in Calif. and MIT is MIT. So apply to both, if you get accepted to both, do a E - Ne - Me - Ne - Mi - Ne - Mo</p>
<p>I forgot to mention that I’ve been in contact with the MIT tennis coach since 10th grade…but i’m not too sure if that’s a real plus, since MIT is division III</p>
<p>Schooling: I don’t know much about home schooling, but consider this: most of the students who attend a traditional college has taken 18 classes, since most high school have at least 6 periods per day. However, I don’t know if this puts you at a disadvantage. </p>
<p>Summer Activities: You are using a productive use of summer, but nothing spectacular here. Many people in the CTY Talent search attend JHU summer programs.</p>
<p>MIT-Reach (Besides your tests, you haven’t demonstrated a focused interest in the sciences)
Stanford-Reach
Princeton- Reach
Cornell- Reach
Rice (sibling legacy-not sure how much that helps)
Carnegie Mellon- Low Reach
University of Texas at Austin- ?</p>
<p>actually URM may help you alot especially if you boost your SAT score, which would be pretty impressive.
However, EC’s arent as strong, and your JHU program this summer does not particularly show your interest in engineering or sciences.
Having said that,</p>
<p>MIT EA - still a reach
Stanford SCEA- still a reach
(between the two your chances are about the same; you’re going to have to pick the one you like best, maybe MIT for tennis?)
Princeton - reach
Cornell - reach, maybe lower
Rice - low reach/high match
CMU - low reach/high match
Texas-Austin - probably safety</p>
<p>honestly, for engineering, MIT and Stanford are basically the same. MIT has a slight edge academically, but don’t forget that Stanford has: better weather, hotter girls, more sports, people are more social, easier curves. If you’re not interested in this stuff, or if ur sick of hot weather (I live in Texas too and I know it gets really annoying lol), I say apply to MIT early. Also, don’t forget, UT Austin is a great Chem E school (#7 for undergrad), and it would cost ur family $30,000+ less than going to Stanford or MIT, I don’t care how good a school is, no school is worth going $120,000 in debt (although if u can afford it, thats a completely different story)</p>
<p>are you guys new to CC or the college process? This guy is basically in everywhere because of urm status/high sats/ and high gpa. i am very jealous</p>
<p>But remember there are tons of qualified Hispanics applying to Stanford from CA and the southwestern states. His URM status will have more sway at MIT.</p>