Very serious chancing!

Colleges and Universities A-Z Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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<p>Chance my friend! She really wants to know her chances, but doesn't feel like making an account so we're both on mine.</p>

<p>JUNIOR, Indian, Female</p>

<p>GPA: 4.74 W; 4.0 UW
Rank: 2/340
PSAT: 210 (taking SAT in march, will likely go up after taking prep class)
SATII: Planning on Bio, World History, Physics, Math IIC
AP: Calc AB (4), Government US (4)</p>

<p>classes this year:
AP Spanish 5 (accelerated language program)
AP Calc BC/Multivariate (accelerated math program)
AP English Lang
AP Biology
Honors Physics
Honors Internship Period
AP World History</p>

<p>ECs:
- Student Government VP
- Member of internationally recognized Ice Skating team
- 2 years of neurology research @ Johns Hopkins (continuing for a 3rd year next year) [she will likely be published by the end of this year w/ Johns Hopkins]
- 3rd State-Wide Science fair for discovery of a math formula
- JSA Vice President
- Johns Hopkins Peabody Chorus
- Indian Classical Dance
- Recreational Soccer (quit school team due to injury)
- Being Silly</p>

<p>Other thangs:
- Summer @ Brown class in Biology
- Many student of the month/year awards</p>

<p>Things she's worried about:
- She feels as if she has to score above 2300 on SAT to stand a chance
- Weak AP scores
- Even her sister (Harvard 09) was deferred from MIT</p>

<p>Chance her for:</p>

<p>MIT (EA/Grad-School Legacy)
Harvard
Yale
UPENN
Stanford
Columbia
Brown
Wellesley
Maryland</p>

<p>She really wants to go to MIT and study neurology/biology!! Can anyone offer any suggestions to boost her chances of admittance to MIT?</p>

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<p>A few weak numbers, very strong ECs. Get published, SAT score over 2200, and decent scores on these other APs (maybe one 4, rest should be fives) and she's in.</p>

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<p>It's not that simple, and never is.</p>

<p>Nonetheless, actually being published is a big deal. Might I suggest also looking into Siemens, Intel STS, and/or Intel ISEF?</p>

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<p>PSAT= weaksauce. And she's going to need above a 2300 to stand a chance; there is no denying that fact. But then again, admission to all the aforementioned schools is a crapshoot.
Said person seems to have somewhat of an affinity for math, so she would be advised to take the AMC and qualify for the AIME. I fully agree with the above member, if she wants a shot at MIT, an entrance into the Siemens competition would be a nice addition to all the great ECs she has/is doing.</p>

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<p>For one thing, she's sure got a chance at Maryland!</p>

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<p>And, I recommend that she takes AP Physics next year; its not advisable to go into a field of science without a decent background in physics.</p>

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<p>Aim for 2300+ on the SAT. It's possible - I had the same PSAT score as you but somehow got a 2370 on the actual SAT. </p>

<p>Otherwise, your grades and ECs look great</p>

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<p>Wait...how did you do that flutterfly_28 (in reference to your SAT scores)?</p>

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<p>50/50 chance</p>

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<p>Indian? Native? What state?</p>

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<p>hah, no she's not native american; her parents are from india</p>

<p>:)</p>

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<p>haha okay so my PSAT score was 210 (80 math, 76 writing, 54 critical reading) and i remember this one passage about telescopes that i completely zoned out on.... so i guess the 210 wasn't exactly representative of me lol</p>

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<p>
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3rd State-Wide Science fair for discovery of a math formula

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haha that's hot.</p>

<p>:D her ECs kick ass! get SATs up, take some APs and get 5's</p>

<p>MIT is insane tho...:) but good chances if her SATs are up!!</p>

<p>haha but responses like these make me think holy cow i'm never going to get in >_<</p>

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<p>Why does everyone keep telling her to raise her scores? To me, it looks like you have really very impressive ECs, and stand a good chance. But it all depends on a lot of things. Anyway, good luck, and don't stress about SAT. I seriously doubt 2300+ helps that much more than 2200+, etc.</p>

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<p>I don't know why everyone keeps telling her to raise her scores. She should aim for around 2150-2200, higher if possible, but as long as she isn't below 2000 (then it's kinda weird) she's fine. </p>

<p>Besides there are far better things for her to be doing than raising her SAT score.</p>

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<p>bee tee dubs, she's native american</p>

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<p>No I dont think she is .... I think the OP meant Indian, as in a person from India..... Not a native Amercian..</p>