<p>Hiya everybody. So I was thinking of applying to MIT, but I realized that my SAT Subject Test date would be on October 18, meaning that I'd get my scores sometime in early November. This would prevent my reaching the early action deadline, thus bumping me down to regular decision and completely ruining my chances. So I came here to ask, do I even have a chance?</p>
<p>Here's some stuff about me:</p>
<p>ACT 34 (35 Math, 35 English, 32 Science, 32 Literature)
GPA UW 3.92 (W 4.51/5.00)
AP Exams: Art History 5, US History 5, Biology 5
Awards: Academic Award for Excellence in Biology and English 9, Highest Honors Award, and National Honors Society Membership</p>
<p>Ethnicity: Filipino (May qualify as Asian, but if Pacific Islander is a separate option...)</p>
<p>Extracurriculars aren't many, but I'm very dedicated in particular to art. I have had 10 years of private lessons, and I was commissioned by the Class Executive Council to design the homecoming floats and class t-shirts for both 10th and 11th grade. I also was the editorial cartoonist for the school newspaper.</p>
<p>I am also disabled. I stutter, making it incredibly hard to talk in everyday situations. I have attended therapy for the past 8 years or so. The reason I enjoy art is because it gives me a medium to express myself outside of words.</p>
<p>Applying in the EA round doesn’t give you a significant advantage over people who apply RD. If you want to go to MIT apply. If you can’t get your app ready for the EA deadline, apply RD. Good luck!</p>
<p>EA people tend to have pretty strong applications, so the percentage advantage may just be exhibiting that (rather than showing actual advantage).</p>
Actually, they accept up to November tests for EA. So you can take your subject tests in October and be fine for EA – no rush report required or anything. The admissions officers read applications in November and don’t start making decisions until early December, so it’s fine for them to have test scores come in a little after the deadline. (And I think sometimes schools get your test scores before you do, at least if SAT reporting is anything like GRE reporting.)</p>
<p>The Philippines formally defines itself as an Asian country. If you really want to play the game, you could leave your ethnicity a surprise.</p>
<p>And I can see a great essay coming out of you. Your stats aren’t too different from most other qualified MIT applicants, but if you play your essay right, I could totally see you getting in.</p>
<p>ditto the guy above me. Your thing about “art being a medium with which to express yourself without words” is really deep, and really shows passion for what you do. On top of that, you really don’t have anything pulling you down (unless you count being asian >.<) so I’d say you have a very good chance of getting in, which is alot more than what I said for the other guys I chanced.</p>
<p>Quote: “The admissions officers read applications in November and don’t start making decisions until early December, so it’s fine for them to have test scores come in a little after the deadline.”</p>
<p>So are you saying that if I receive my scores, say, November 5, I can submit my application sometime around then and still be fine for EA? Or are you implying that I should just send an application saying that the scores are on their way? Please explain, because I’d really like to get my foot in the door.</p>
<p>I have a question…
are you seriously writing that you stutter as a disability on college apps?</p>
<p>“I am also disabled. I stutter, making it incredibly hard to talk in everyday situations”</p>
<p>Are colleges in some how supposed to be in favor to that? No offence, I stutter as well, however this is not something I would want a college to know about me.
But are you truly writing that in the extra information sections? Is it only for the purpose to show how it has effected you with art?</p>