yes...another chance thread

Colleges and Universities A-Z Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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<p>what do u think my chances at MIT are based on the following credentials (sophomore, Chinese female)</p>

<p>SAT: yet to take (expecting >2100)
PSAT: yet to take, although I got a 206 on the practice one I took this year
SAT II: Math I: 750, Math 2: 780, plan to take US History and Biology</p>

<p>GPA: 4.00 unweighted, 4,63 weighted
Rank: 1/418</p>

<p>AP:
10th: World History, Calc AB/BC (awaiting results; most likely 4's and 5's)
11th: Lang & Comp, Chinese, Biology, US History. (i'm also taking calc 3, although that's not considered an "AP" course)
12th: Lit, Chemistry, Stats</p>

<p>EC:
Dance Team 10th-12th
Mock Trial 9th-12th (all-star lawyer 10th)
Future Business Leaders of America 9th-12th
Freshmen Club
Sophomore Club (secretary)
Chinese Club 10th-12th (founder/president)
NHS 11th-12th
Junior Club
Senior Club</p>

<p>Awards/ Honors:
State and Regional Dance Awards in hiphop, jazz, and open competitions (I don't want to list all of them right now)
Level 12 in National Piano Playing Auditions
All-American Scholar
National Acheivement Academy Math Award
National Acheivement Academy English Award
National Acheivement Academy Leadership and Service Award
National Honor Roll</p>

<p>Work/Volunteer Experience:
9th volunteer at retirement home (30hrs)
10th-12th volunteer at local hospital (>200 hrs)
10th student teacher of Bilingual class at Chinese School
11th-12th Bilingual class teacher at Chinese School
summer before 12th-12th National Cancer Institute internship</p>

<p>I plan to write my essay on either teaching Chinese to non-native speakers or my passion towards dancing (emphasis on hiphop)</p>

<p>I'm thinking engineering and/or business</p>

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<p>do you have any sort of math or engineering related EC at all?
and how did you calculate your weighted GPA, you are only a sophmore. don't except yourself to get straight A's in all those APs unless your school have really easy AP classes, or at least assuming is bad (according to my 8th grade geo enriched teacher =P)</p>

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<p>The most important figure isn't listed. When you say "Chinese", does that mean applying from China? If you are a US Citizen or permanent resident (green card holder), then the admit rate is 13-14%, if you are applying as an international student, then it is roughly 4%.</p>

<p>That being said, all chances threads are fundamentally meaningless. You can be the best student in the world but not do yourself justice when it comes to filling in the application (particularly on the essays). It is impossible to judge any application based on numbers. If is were possible, then they could get rid of the admissions officers entirely.</p>

<p>-Mikalye</p>