So with the looming results date, my anxiety is growing ever larger – why i’m writing this obligatory chance me thread.
To note: I thought my application and stats were pretty solid, which is why I applied to begin with (duh!).
Common App Essay -
About how I was marginalized as a black woman at a predominantly white school. I thought it was pretty sound and had it checked by 3 other peers.
Supplement Essays -
Also pretty solid pieces. Not as coherent as my CommonApp main essay, though: I was told that it kind of veered off into a weird direction, but I personally thought it read out fine.
Leadership Roles -
NEHS (National English Honor Society) - Treasurer
NHS (National Honor Society) - Board member
Clubs and Other Activities =
Science Olympiad (since 9th grade)
Varsity Soccer
Which test scores did you send to MIT?? What did you write your 5 supplements on, since I know it’s not a CommonApp school. Do you have other ECs?
I got in Early Action so I might be helpful just please answer those five questions.
For reference, I got a 33 on my ACTs, I’ve taken 11 AP courses (including senior year) and 13 AP exams, getting 5’s on a majority and 4’s on the rest. I’m the salutatorian of my 200 people class. I’m a white female. I competitively row AND got the MIT crew coaches’ letter of recommendation. I shadowed an anesthesiologist and worked as an ice cream scooper. I’m in three national honors societies. Have medaled state wide at Science Olympiad. I’m a Girl Scout with my Bronze and Silver Award. I’m my ski team captain. I have played at Carnegie Hall. I have done more things… but this is the general gist.
Based on the people I have met in the MIT 2021 Facebook Group, I would say you would definitely need some outstanding extracurriculars or a coach’s support because your stats (although good!) are slightly on the lower side if you search MIT’s scores and class rank!
Here’s the thing: this thread isn’t about you. I was asking for a legitimate response and here you are gloating about ur own life. This is clearly evidenced by the fact that your pseudo-answer is dominated by your “reference” detailing your own application. Your concerns outlined in the first paragraph are merely a frame to prop up your own credentials. No thank you.
I’ll be honest with you - I don’t think your chances are good. Your SAT meets there minimum threshold but its certainly not helping you and your GPA is probably your bigger problem. There are plenty of 3.9+, 2300+ SAT kids that are rejected by MIT (more than there are that are accepted), so while I won’t entirely eliminate you based upon a quick glance I’d have other options.
You are a good student. Your SAT is good and your GPA, while it could certainly be better, is still pretty good. There are plenty of excellent colleges that you have a shot at and plenty more that you can probably get into, I just don’t think you have a shot at a schools like MIT.
@GradeMongerer btw I highly agree, @rower2017 's over boasting of his/her own application was completely out of place and shows little to no humility. Why would you go to a someone else’s thread trying to gage their own chances to insert a paragraph to gloat over all of your achievements? It was completely unnecessary.
@GradeMongerer@IN4655 I’m so sorry! I totally understand how it could be perceived that way. I did not intend it to be that way when I originally wrote the post, but looking back, I can totally see how it can be perceived otherwise.
I really hope you all the best!!! I really do feel bad! I’m so sorry!!!
Mitchris is a college rep for MIT. He is here to drum up support for MIT. He could accurately chance you if he wanted to. It is not in the schools best interest or his to do that so they wont
I am not calling MITChris a liar nor would I ever. However I do believe that most college reps can tell for the most part a 3.47, 2030 is not getting in barring extremely exceptional circumstances such as their last name being Gates
The OP’s chances are probably slim but you still can’t really tell until you see the application and put it into context with all the other applications.
MIT (for some reason) does not quote GPA ranges for the incoming freshman class in their common data set. But as far as test scores go in the most recent data set for the incoming freshman class; 5.3% had SAT math scores in the range from 600 to 699 (OP is 700), 4.5% had reading scores in the 500 to 599 range (OP is 600), and her writing score was in the top range of 700 to 800.
So, OP don’t get your hopes up, but still apply if you want to. Just be sure to have a backup plan. Note that even strong candidates should have a backup plan as the admit rate is so low.
@HPuck35 it’s because, unlike most schools, we don’t convert GPAs internally, so there is no common base of comparison to report.
I didn’t take @collegedad13 as calling me a liar, FWIW. I don’t like to give people chances for the reasons in the blog post I linked. I’ve blogged a lot about why it’s difficult to make sense of data and why it’s hard to predict the outcome of a case before you see it in front of you (c.f. the indeterminacy thesis in critical legal theory). As a rule, we don’t tell people to not-apply to MIT, although we may not tell someone to apply to MIT (i.e., by restricting our recruitment parameters to a tighter academic band than some of our peers).
It’s all very complicated, this business of applying to college, from all sides.
