what do you think my chances are for....

<p>MIT?
I've always been interested in the brain and how it functions, and when I heard about the brain and cognitive development program at MIT I knew that that was where I wanted to go.
I'm a junior this year, but the past couple of years have been pretty difficult because... well because of personal reasons, let's just leave it at that. Anyways, the past two years I maintained a 3.7 GPA, I was in 1 club freshman year (french), two clubs sophomore year and accepted into the french national honor society, four clubs this year (french, rotary, book and ski/snowboard club). I've played two years of JV tennis, and this year Varsity (and I will be on varisty next year). I took 1 AP last year, got a 4. two APs this year, four or five AP classes on my schedule for next year, five clubs I will definitely be in next year. I took the PSAT and scored a 1940, but I think I can push it up to a 2200 for the SAT(cross my fingers). I played violin for six years, then stopped so I could double up on sciences, then took guitar lessons that year. My average dropped by three points this year because of one class. (personality clash between me and a teacher, she doesn't "trust" quiet people, and I'm not really sure that that's at all professional) but my math grades have still been ninties, my science grades are still higher ninties. I also know of at least two or three teachers I would trust for really good letters of recommendation.
I know that MIT looks for students with "passion" but what does that mean exactly? I know I'm "passionate" about tennis, but would they care more about my passion for thought, for exploring, for seeking understanding and knowledge; for standing up for beliefs, rights, equality, justice? I wouldn't know how to express this to them.
Sorry if this confuses you. But honestly, do you think I could get into MIT?
thanks for your feedback :)</p>

<p>It won’t let me edit, so I have to sort of edit it here.
What I think my main question is, is do I even compare to half the kids that apply for MIT? I didn’t know until the beginning of this year that extracurriculars were important. My parents never went to college (my dad can barely even speak or write in english, let alone know the application process) and my school counselor has never even talked to me about college, so I feel sort of out of the loop and like I don’t stack up to the kids with 7 clubs every year, a 4.0 GPA and 13 AP scores of 4 or higher. Sorry I write too much.</p>

<p>can anyone help me please?</p>

<p>You have GOT to get that GPA up to like 4.3, 4.4 for however many semesters you have left of high school if that’s possible and your SAT needs to be beyond kickass. For MIT you need to have like 2200 SAT. that place is so intense, so study hard and do the best you can. goood luck</p>

<p>yeah, i figured, but how do I calculate weighted GPA? because my school doesn’t weigh AP courses differently than other classes, so my GPA is lower than what it would be.</p>

<p>thanks</p>

<p>I created a formula for AP Weighted classes, according to my school, where an A- is a 4.17, weighted in AP, an a A- ia a 4.0 in honors. This is the AP formula I created to find the GPA for that single class (4.17(∛(4.5/4.17)^X)= Y X is the number of points higher than 90, for example a 93 would have x = 3. A formula for honors classes would be (4(∛(4.33/4)^X)=Y wher X is the same as the one above. Hope this helps.</p>

<p>oh jeez, I loath algebra!! but thank you that will definitely be helpful :)</p>