Yet another chance thread

Colleges and Universities A-Z Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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<p>Yes, I realize that No One, not even you, can accurately chance me, however some suggestions or advice would be appreciated.</p>

<p>SAT I : (700CR, 630M, 680W)
SAT II: 730 Math II, 700 Phys</p>

<p>GPA: 3.82
Ranking: 1/1
School: Home-school
Essay: Great, wrote about living in a large family (7 siblings) and about my love of computer science.
Interview: Meh, accidentally brought up another school, but overall went well.
Senior Course Load: Linear Algebra, Honors Philosophy, Honors US I, Fencing, Fundamentals of Chem, Introduction to SQL.
Recommendations: Incredible, got three from my CS professor, and two humanities professors
Counselor Rec: Also Incredible, from my father (homeschool, after all)</p>

<p>ECs:
Heavy Involvement in Church, including hosting a five week sermon series
Designed Alpha Website for Employer
Study of AI Theory Philosophy
Extra-Curricular Study of Python Language
Community Parkour Group
Study of Science Fiction works
Heavy Involvement in Theater, including a nationally recognized AV design.
Work as cashier for four years
Political Volunteer Time</p>

<p>Hook: Home-schooled, 100+ College Credits (w/3.6 GPA)</p>

<p>Things working against me:
Low GPA for College classes
- Due to three Cs into Pre-Calc, Calc I, and Phys 101 (addressed in essay, due to under-estimation of the difficulty of the courses)
Low SAT Scores</p>

<p>Things Working For Me:
- Mathematics through Calc 2 & Linear Algebra
- Well over 30 credits of humanities
- Started College Classes at 13
- Got AS Degree in CS at 17
- Member of College Honors Society & PTK</p>

<p>Applying to:
MIT - Reach
Caltech - Major Reach (Worth it, or not?)
Worcester Poly - Fit
Carnegie Mellon SCS - Fit/Reach</p>

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<p>Fencing is a class? Sweet!</p>

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<p>You’ve been taking college courses since age 13, so I’m wondering if you have some strong AP scores to send to colleges. If so, they might counterbalance the college gpa.</p>

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<p>Regrettably, I have no AP scores, I used dual enrollment (since I’m home-schooled) to augment my high-school education, and thus all I have is my college classes</p>

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Do you also know that only you can prevent forest fires?</p>

<p>I think we should make this our forum slogan. :)</p>

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<p>If your SAT/SAT II scores were good then you’d have a real shot.</p>

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<p>Valedictorian? ;)</p>

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<p>No, not valedictorian, I’m actually at the bottom of my class.</p>