Should I even bother to fill out an application?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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<p>MIT has always been a sort of "dream college" for me, but looking around at some of the other prospective applicants, I'm not even sure if I should apply. Would you guys chance me please? I'm currently a rising senior.</p>

<p>Sex: Male
Ethnicity:Asian</p>

<p>Academics:
GPA: 4.00 unweighted, 4.73 weighted
Class Rank: 3/326
AP Classes:
Junior -- Bio(5 on exam), CalcBC(5), USHist(5) EngLang(3)
Senior -- Plan on taking Stats, Chemistry, Euro, EngLit, and Psychology
Also I don't know if this counts for anything, but I'm into math so I managed to get enrolled in a Calculus 3 class in a local college through a "Credit Bank" program.</p>

<p>Test Scores:
PSAT: 198
SAT I: Writing(700), Reading(670), Math(800) -- Total(2170), but planning to retake
SAT II's: MathLevel2(770), Biology(720), planning to take Chemistry</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Future Business Leaders of America (9)
Junior Civitans (10)
World Cultures Club (11, 12) -- Participate in a World Cultures Festival once a year
National Honor Society (11, 12)
Mu Alpha Theta (10, 11, 12)
Math Team(11, 12) -- Competed on a regional level in 11th grade, will most likely compete in 12th grade as well. Also took the AMC 10 and 12
National French Honor Society (11, 12)
Key Club -- Community Service Club, haven't joined yet, but planning to during senior year
I've held a part time job for about a year, and I've also volunteered from time to time at my community center for the past 5 years</p>

<p>Please be brutal.</p>

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<p>Everyone asks this. You’re probably fine.</p>

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<p>If you don’t apply, you have a 0% chance of admission.</p>

<p>Your app looks good. Apply.</p>

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<p>lots of ECs, but participation only. Complete lack of focus, which hurts your passions argument. Being Asian doesn’t exactly help. I would put you at “forlorn hope” at best.</p>

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<p>i think messiah is being waaayyy too harsh. I’m sorry, but you probably don’t know enough about what goes on in admissions (like the rest of us) to tell somebody with some pretty good credentials that they’re pretty much hopeless.</p>

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<p>Herein lies the problem. Nobody really has any definite answer for anybody. You can’t say, ‘oh, you’re definitely going to get in’ but neither can you really say it’s hopeless. The former is false ego building, and the latter is a killjoy comment. And this is why chance threads are useless.</p>

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<p>Yes you should bother to fill out an application. I can tell you’re too modest to think you have a good chance of getting in ;)</p>