Upcoming Junior - MIT, Stanford, CalTech, etc.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm going to make this as easy as possible for you guys. I'm an upcoming junior, and I've got some stats and some information as for the future. Here goes.</p>

<p><a href="Perhaps">B</a> Necessary Information:**
[ul] [<em>]Gender: Male
[</em>]Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>]Region: South
[</em>]School Type: Public High School - IB focus
[li]Major: Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Physics (hoping for double major EECS and Physics)[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Scores</p>

<p>SAT: One sitting
[ul] [<em>]2320 Total
[</em>]1600/1600
[li]800CR, 800M, 720W-8[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>SAT IIs to be taken this year (Physics, Math 2)
PSAT: 220 - 80M, 72R, 68W... should get like 230 this year? or something</p>

<p>AP Tests:
[ul] [<em>]Macroeconomics - 5
[</em>]Microeconomics - 5
[<em>]Computer Sci A - 5
[</em>]World History - 3 (eck, I think I might still report this though)
[/ul]</p>

<p>To take (This year and next):</p>

<p>[ul] [<em>]Biology (self study)
[</em>]Physics B & both Cs
[<em>]Calculus AB and BC
[</em>]English Lit and Comp
[<em>]English Lang and Comp
[</em>]US History
[li] Statistics (self study)[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>IB Tests:</p>

<p>Junior Year
[ul] [<em>]Spanish SL Diploma
[</em>]Physics SL Diploma
[/ul]</p>

<p>Senior Year</p>

<p>[ul]
[<em>]Physics HL Certificate
[</em>]Music HL Certificate
[<em>]English HL Diploma
[</em>]History of the Americas HL Diploma
[<em>]Math HL Diploma
[</em>]Computer Studies HL Diploma
[/ul]</p>

<p>School Stuff</p>

<p>The Numbers
[ul]
[<em>]GPA: 4.00UW 4.50W - end of schooling, 4.79W I believe
[</em>]Rank: Top 1% (top 7 [somewhere] of 725 students)
[/ul]</p>

<p>Schedules
[ul]
[<em>]Freshman (4.36W GPA):
[ol]
[li] Pre-IB Biology[/li] [</em>] Concert Band
[<em>] Business Computer Programming I (prereq) (Visual basic)
[</em>] Pre-IB Spanish II
[<em>] Pre-IB Geometry Honors (Accelerated IB)
[</em>] Pre-IB English I
[<em>] Inquiry Skills / American Government (required IB class)
[/ul]
[li]Sophomore (4.64W GPA):[/li] [list=1]
[li] Pre-IB Chemistry[/li] [</em>] Symphonic Band
[<em>] AP Computer Science A (Java, of course)
[</em>] Pre-IB Spanish III
[<em>] IB Precalculus
[</em>] Pre-IB English II
[<em>] Pre-IB World History
[</em>] AP Macroeconomics (FLVS)
[<em>] AP Microeconomics (FLVS)
[/ol]
[li]Junior (5.00W GPA):[/li] [ol]
[li] IB Physics SL[/li] [</em>] IB Music SL
[<em>] IB Computer Studies SL (more Java)
[</em>] IB Spanish IV (SL)
[<em>] IB Calculus SL
[</em>] IB English III (SL)
[<em>] IB History of the Americas SL
[/ol]
[li]Senior (5.00W GPA):[/li] [ol]
[li] IB Physics HL[/li] [</em>] IB Music HL
[<em>] IB Computer Studies HL (more Java...)
[</em>] Theory of Knowledge (IB required)
[<em>] IB Calculus HL
[</em>] IB English IV (SL)
[li] IB History of the Americas HL[/li] [/ol]
[/list]</p>

<p>Extracurriculars</p>

<p>Focused Five
[ul]
[<em>]Mu Alpha Theta (9,10,11,12) - Top Scorer, taken AMC 12 once as a sophomore, did not qualify for AIME. Taking again this year, should qualify.
[</em>]Bands (9,10,11,12) - Jazz Band(11,12) Doubling Alto Sax/Clarinet, Symphonic Band (9-12) Clarinet, Made All-County Band (9,10) 4th Chair sophomore year and should be 1st this year, Marching Band (9-12) clarinet. Should be section leader next year. Possible All-State this year and next
[<em>]Robotics (9,10,11,12) - Lead Programmer in FIRST Robotics (FTC+FRC), Team Captain (11), on Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams (11) (for top robotics team members)
[</em>]Model UN (10,11,12) - Regional and State Competitions, President (11), plan to attend national conference Senior year
[li]Boy Scouts of America (9,10,11,12) - Currently Star Scout, should get Life in January, Eagle by January of the year after. Assistant Senior Patrol Leader(11), Patrol Leader (9,10), volunteered at Lanoche Boy Scout Summer Camp (11) 250hrs, taught Merit Badge classes[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Other Extracurriculars
[ul] [<em>]Chess Club - (9-12) Vice President (10), didn't really want to lead it
[</em>]Spanish Honor Society (10), probably 11th
[<em>]National Honor Society, probably (11)
[</em>]Chemistry Club (10)
[<em>]Physics Club (11)
[</em>]Young Democrats (10), figured out that we need a Libertarian club, but no teacher to sponsor it, no time to do it myself, not really something I'd want to lead, just participate in
[li]Spanish Club (9) yeah...no. It really didn't do anything[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Awards or Other</p>

<p>[ul] [<em>]3rd Team Project Regional Science Fair (we definitely should have gone to state... Robotic Simulation involving physics and OpenGL), continuation this year, adding a code parser, more detailed graphics and physics, better input methods, increasing efficiency
[</em>]All County (9-10)
[<em>]State Mu Alpha Theta Competition, scored 8th
[</em>]Guessing... National AP scholar
[<em>]Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, took classes as a student. 8th grade, C Programming. 10th Grade - Calc 1 (trying to get into calc 2 for junior year, but no luck). Received As in both courses.
[</em>]Application to RSI this year. (CEE:</a> Research Science Institute Introduction). Hopefully, my passion, along with scores and extracurriculars (REALLY good recs) will help me get in... but it's a long shot. Counting on AMC12 going well this year...
[/ul]</p>

<p>Universities/Colleges</p>

<p>[ol]
[<em>]MIT (EA)!
[</em>]Cambridge University, King's College (as in UK)
[<em>]Stanford University
[</em>]CalTech</p>

<ul>
<li>(not in any really particular order past here)</li>
</ul>

<p>[<em>]Carnegie Mellon
[</em>]Rice University
[<em>]Cornell Eng
[</em>]Princeton University
[<em>]UPenn
[</em>]Purdue University (double legacy... and grandparents and junk)
[<em>]RPI
[</em>]Johns Hopkins
[li]Harvard University[/li][/ol]</p>

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<p>Wait... You're GOING to be a junior? Therefore, you don't know your grades for sure. If that's what your grades will be then you have a shot at all of those, but to be honest, come back after you know your real junior grades and you'll have better chances.</p>

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<p>alright, thanks. I really don't expect to lose my 4.0UW. After surviving 9 classes last year, I think that this might actually be less stressful :P</p>

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<p>^ I'm rooting for you, really. But you never know because there may be things that are beyond your control. Good luck either way :).</p>

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<p>those stats are great for a mere junior, kudos to you . Keep up the good work, stay competitive, and your chances will definitely be good.</p>

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<p>lol. I really appreciate that :)</p>

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<p>2320 on one sitting and you're not even a junior???</p>

<p>Goddamn, you're gonna have a fine time. :)</p>

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<p>Your stats are sick. Here are my predictions if you keep your grades up:</p>

<ol>
<li>MIT (EA)! - crapshoot</li>
<li>Cambridge University, King's College (as in UK) - match (UK universities are a lot more predictable)</li>
<li>Stanford University - crapshoot</li>
<li>CalTech - match</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon - low match</li>
<li>Rice University - match</li>
<li>Cornell Eng - match</li>
<li>Princeton University - crapshoot</li>
<li>UPenn - low reach</li>
<li>Purdue University (double legacy... and grandparents and junk) - safety</li>
<li>RPI - safety</li>
<li>Johns Hopkins - match</li>
<li>Harvard University - crapshoot</li>
</ol>

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<p>You should consider EA Caltech with MIT then? I would have if I applied Caltech.</p>

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<p>thanks all. </p>

<p>@Lollerpants: I honestly haven't looked as much into the other EA stuffs, but if CalTech offers it, I think that your advice is probably quite smart. muchas gracias :D</p>

<p>EDIT: Just checked out CalTech - EA looks good.</p>

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<p>bumppppppp</p>

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<p>bumpppppp?</p>

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<p>Omg, your stats and everything are AMAZING! In at Purdue, RPI, and probably JHU (<3)... CMU, Cornell, and Rice are very likely... the rest are crapshoots but I wouldn't be surprised if you got into many of them. </p>

<p>Early Action is a great choice for MIT. I doubt you'll be rejected -- I think you're an outstanding enough candidate that you could practically count on acceptance or deferral (limbo...), which would give you a "second chance." </p>

<p>HPS and Penn are impossible to predict, but you've got as good a shot as anyone.</p>

<p>Cambridge is very score-oriented, so I think you'll get in. </p>

<p>I'm very impressed with your ECs -- you've got a good variety of activities but it's clearly not a laundry list, as you have positions and have done stuff with your activities. Best of luck next year! I think your main problem will be choosing where to go in March. ;]</p>

<p>Oh, and report the World score! It's not bad, and it shows that you're human. :]</p>

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<p>Thanks, and thank you for chancing:)</p>

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<p>i can't believe youre becoming a junior and you already have your SATs done. see part of the reason why people are so stressed about junior year is more schoolwork+SATs (lots of ppl take SAT classes during the year so they don't lose momentum till october). but well...for u its just schoolwork...which uve been owning...so...i dont even know why im chancing u -.-;;</p>

<ol>
<li>MIT (EA)!-low reach</li>
<li>Cambridge University, King's College (as in UK)-dunno</li>
<li>Stanford University-crapshoot</li>
<li>CalTech-low reach</li>
</ol>

<pre><code> - (not in any really particular order past here)
</code></pre>

<ol>
<li>Carnegie Mellon-match/high match</li>
<li>Rice University-match</li>
<li>Cornell Eng-low reach</li>
<li>Princeton University-crapshoot</li>
<li>UPenn-low reach

<ol>
<li>Purdue University (double legacy... and grandparents and junk)-in</li>
<li>RPI-noclue</li>
<li>Johns Hopkins-match/low reach</li>
<li>Harvard University-crapshoot</li>
</ol></li>
</ol>

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<ol>
<li>MIT (EA)!-mid reach

<ol>
<li>Cambridge University, King's College (as in UK)-not sure</li>
<li>Stanford University-reach</li>
<li>CalTech-low reach</li>
</ol></li>
</ol>

<pre><code> - (not in any really particular order past here)
</code></pre>

<ol>
<li>Carnegie Mellon-match</li>
<li>Rice University-high match</li>
<li>Cornell Eng-high match</li>
<li>Princeton University-reach</li>
<li>UPenn-low reach

<ol>
<li>Purdue University (double legacy... and grandparents and junk)-in</li>
<li>RPI-in</li>
<li>Johns Hopkins-match</li>
<li>Harvard University-reach</li>
</ol></li>
</ol>

<p>really really impressed.. you are an awesome cantidate</p>

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<p>I think you're in at all (excluding the Ivy's & MIT). However, I think you have just as good a shot at MIT/IVY's as anyone else; especially w/ good essays/rec's.</p>

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<p>any more chances?</p>

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<p>Should I consider UC Berkeley? I hear they also have strong EE/CS programs, which is the most important thing.</p>

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<p>As a rising junior, it's pretty hard to say. However, the biggest thing I see is a pretty scattered list of ECs. All of the non-Big 5 ones don't even need to be listed on an app, so be wary of joining any filler clubs for these next two years. Focus on what you've got EC-wise, and feel free to drop a "Big 5" activity or two if you get strained. Grades first, ECs second!</p>

<ol>
<li>MIT (EA)!- Reach for everyone, but awesome ECs!</li>
<li>Cambridge University, King's College (as in UK)- Can't say</li>
<li>Stanford University- Ditto MIT</li>
<li>CalTech- Low reach</li>
</ol>

<pre><code> - (not in any really particular order past here)
</code></pre>

<ol>
<li>Carnegie Mellon- Match</li>
<li>Rice University- Low match</li>
<li>Cornell Eng- Match/High match</li>
<li>Princeton University- Reach, but I see you in.</li>
<li>UPenn- High match.

<ol>
<li>Purdue University- Safety</li>
<li>RPI- Can't say</li>
<li>Johns Hopkins- Match</li>
<li>Harvard University- Ditto MIT</li>
</ol></li>
</ol>