What are my Chances for MIT or Ivy League school?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi my name is Andrew and I am about to be a senior in High school and was wondering if MIT(Preferred) or any Ivy League School would accept someone with my marks. so here they are:</p>

<p>Un-Weighted GPA:
Freshman - 3.00
Sophomore - 4.00
Junior - 4.00
Average - 3.67 (Kinda low)</p>

<p>Weighted GPA:
Freshman - 3.9
Sopomore - 4.65
Junior - 4.60
Average - 4.38</p>

<p>Classes:
Pre-Ap/GT - English I
Pre-Ap/GT - English II
Ap/GT - English III
Ap/GT - English IV</p>

<p>Pre-AP - Algebra I (8th grade)
Pre-AP - Geometry
Pre-AP - Algebra II (Tested out in summer)
Pre-AP - Pre-Calculus
AP - Calculus AB
AP - Calculus BC
Ap - Statistics (double blocked senior year)</p>

<p>Pre-AP Biology
Pre-AP Chemistry
AP - Physics B
AP - Physics C
AP - Chemistry/ Chemistry Lab</p>

<p>Pre-AP - World Geography
AP - World History
AP - U.S. History
AP - Microeconomics(1/2)
AP - Government(1/2)</p>

<p>Latin I
Pre-Ap - Latin II
Pre-Ap - Latin III
Ap- Latin IV</p>

<p>Baseball(4 years)
Health(1/2)
Speech
Computer Science I
Art I</p>

<p>SAT Scores:
Math - 800
Writing - 780
Reading - 790
Cumulative - 2370</p>

<p>ACT Scores:
35 cumulative</p>

<p>AP Exams:
Scored 5 on 8 of 13
Scored 4 on 5 of 13</p>

<p>Volunteer Work:
450 Hours</p>

<p>Class Rank:
unsure but I believe in top 15% based on counselor information out of 750 Kids</p>

<p>School Rank:
in top 600 schools in nation </p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities:
Latin Club
Varsity baseball player
National Honor Society</p>

<p>Extra:
Caucasian with no alumni relatives
From Massachusetts originally, but moved to Texas when I was 5 for fathers work
I have worked as gymnastics coach
I am Agnostic
Will apply with Early Action</p>

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<p>Colleges will take into consideration your jump from freshman to sophomore and junior year. That being said MIT is very competitive and although there are no guarantees you are definitely a strong competitor,
Match me please,
GPA: 3.72 W (4.6667 scale, 4.6667 being A+ and 4.3333 being A)
ACT:25
Strong extracurriculars considering I will apply to the business schools at the following:
Purdue
Penn state: university park (smeal)
Wisconsin- Madison
UCONN
James Madison
PITT</p>

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<p>@antassantas If you have good recs and good essays and good interview, they should make up for your gpa. Your classes seem tough and you extra - currics are good. You have very good scores. At the same time, MIT and Ivies are reaches for everybody</p>

<p>@Dkushner10 Purdue - Reach
Penn State - Match to High Match
Wisconsin - High Match to Low Reach
UConn - Match
JMU - Match
Pitt - High Match to Low Reach
Try get some safeties in there</p>

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<p>The Ivies routinely reject 85%-90% of applicants with stellar profiles (e.g, Brown said no to 85% of Salutatorians that applied, 85% of those with a 750-790 SAT CR and 86% of those with a 750-790 SAT Math)</p>

<p>Message: they are a reach for almost everyone.</p>

<p>So apply if you wish because you might be in that cohort that is accepted . . . but know that they are a reach.</p>

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<p>You have a very strong course load, superb test scores, a high number of volunteer hours, and a variety of extracurriculars. I believe you are definitely correct in aiming for MIT and the Ivies, but your GPA is worrisome. The single largest factor that admissions officers consider is your transcript. I guarantee you that out of the 28,000 kids applying to each of those schools, some if not most of them will have similar credentials as you except that their GPAs will be higher. Also, the students that MIT, Yale, Princeton, etc. choose usually have something defining that gets them in. By that I mean that Bob wrote a symphony, Susan won a national prize for cancer research, Jill overcame homelessness, etc. I’m sure you have one of those things - all you have to do is highlight it. Also, you might want to consider taking SAT IIs in order to strengthen your application. If you plan on using your SAT scores, then you have to have at least 2 SAT IIs to go with them. I would assume you want to major in a math/science area, in which case you should take one in math and the other in a science (obviously). I know that’s required for engineering majors. You’ll have to use your ACT scores if you don’t have SAT IIs. Anyway, I think you have an impressive application that will serve you well in your college search. Even if you don’t go to MIT or an Ivy, I know you’ll go far:)</p>

<p>One last thing. I know this is not the place, but God is really speaking to me to tell you the story of Christ even if you already know it. Jesus lived a perfect life, teaching the world how to live lovingly, peacefully, and forgivingly. He so loved each and every one of us that He chose to be brutally tortured (beaten/flogged with jagged pieces of stone and nails) and crucified even though He was the last person deserving of death. His life was sacrificed for the forgiveness of our sins - mine, yours, everyone’s - thus fulfilling the millennia old prophesies foretold about Him, the Messiah. Whatever your reason for being unsure about religion, please don’t let it be that you don’t know the true story of Christ. If you let Jesus into your life, I know He will make you new. If you want to talk or learn more PLEASE message me or you can go to lifechurch.tv (They’re really good I love them).</p>

<p>Best regards in all you do!</p>

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<p>Oh yeah also I forgot the most important part. Jesus was laid to rest in a tomb, but three days later He arose and ascended to Heaven. I was thinking about you and this post then realized that I left that part out.</p>

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<p>Algebra II I took over the summer so it was actually regular Algebra II.</p>