<p>I will be applying RD for a finance major from Sloan at MIT
SAT:(780 math)(640 verbal)
SAT2:(740 math)(740 physics)(760 us history)
gpa:3.65, with very though classes
rank: top 10%
MATH CLASSES
1.Algebra 1 Hon.
2.Geometry Hon.
3.Algebra 2 Hon.
4.Calculus of One Variable-taken at Yale during the summer
5.College Trigonometry-taken at UCF
6.Business Math-taken at a local community college
7.AP Calculus AB
8.AP Statistics
SCIENCE CLASSES
1.Biology Hon.
2.Chemistry Hon.
3.Physics Hon.
4.AP Physics C
Other Dual Enrollment Classes
1.Law-10th grade
2.Law-10th grade
3.Law-10th grade
4.Law-10th grade
5.Urban Development Studies-taken at Yale during the summer
AP Courses Besides Math and Science
1.US History
2.Macroeconomics
3.Microeconomics
4.Government
besides those mainly honors classes except for mandatory standard classes and 2.5 non mandatory standard classes
CLUBS
1.Math Honor Society
2.Math Tutor
3.NHS
4.Interact Club-treasurer
5.Law Academy-treasurer
6.Editor-in-Chief of an independent law newspaper
7.Teen Court-lawyer, client interviewer, and juror-you try real sentencing trials, youngest student to become one
8.Beta Club
9.Business Club
10.Democrat Club
11.582 hrs. community service
12.awards for math and business
13.honor roll and president’s list at a community college for having a 4.0 gpa
14.junior golf tour
15.JOBS-assistant to Editor-in-Chief of a business magazine
–I SELF TAUGHT MYSELF CALCULUS WHILE ENROLLED IN ALGEBRA 2 HONORS
–great recs
please tell me if i have a chance i think that i am doomed due to a 3.65 gpa
also if it helps my dad is a law professor at a university</p>
<p>Erm… I’m sorry but you’re not a math “prodigy.” Maybe if you went to USAMO, you could say that, but otherwise, your math and science classes do not balance out your low stats.</p>
<p>Math prodigy? Probably not. But your GPA isn’t as terrible as you say it is, and your SAT scores are within the mid 50% range for MIT, and you seem to have interesting involvement with law in your ECs. No, your dad being a law professor at a university will not help you. Unless he’s with MIT… in which case, it probably still wouldn’t help you much.</p>
<p>All in all, it all depends on how you portray yourself as a person to MIT, because statistically, you’re within the range.</p>
<p>ressons for putting prodigy:
1.makes it stand out to get replies
2.4th grade-did algebra
3.IQ>150
4.in 10th grade mentored my brother in college algebra
5.self taught myself calculus while in Algebra 2
6.skipped precalculus and went to college calculus at Yale
7.helped my geometry hon. teacher andstumped her with some of my solutions
8.and many more small reasons</p>
<p>thanks pebbles and kinetic, did you guys apply to MIT ED or RD?</p>
<p>Though I have nothing against your math abilities, they do seem to be above average, I will say a little something about coming across with seemingly too big of an ego. </p>
<p>IQ - void unless measured against a standard - Einstein’s IQ was supposedly 160… measured against what? I dont know.</p>
<p>They had Algebra 1 Honors in 4th grade?</p>
<p>What you did with your brother (as nice as it is) doesn’t matter to admissions.</p>
<p>Self-taught courses also do not matter unless you get a good score on the AP exam - and even so, the scores don’t get to them until after you’re accepted. You must understand, it’s hard to measure the quality and rigor of a “self-taught” course.</p>
<p>Yale - if you pay the money, you can take classes at Yale. There are no prerequisites. I know, I live outside Yale, but I refused to pay that much for a few “college” credits.</p>
<p>Your geometry honors teacher’s ability is really no measure of your own.</p>
<p>I’m sure most MIT applicants are in much teh same situation as you - well-versed in math and/or science. However, prodigy is not one word I would recommend you use on your application to describe yourself 
But you do seem like a very capable and motivated student, so I wish you best of luck for MIT 09 with the rest of us :)</p>
<p>MIT doesn’t have ED lol… so I’m an MIT EA applicant…</p>
<p>pending decision - they mailed them out today, I guess we’ll find out on Monday :)</p>
<p>Actually I took Algebra 1 Hon. in 9th grade, long story…
in 4th grade my teacher recognized my potential and mentored me with algebra problems, she did not give me the same tests or homework that the other students got, she gave me mainly prealgebra and algebra work.
Then I chaged schools to a small private middle school and I had to take Algebra 1 in 9th grade. I did the Yale courses so I could graduate with AP Calculus and AP Physics C on my record.</p>
<p>good luck next week, I know how stressful applying is</p>
<p>also, I used the word prodigy mainly to get quick feedback, I thought it would make it more appealing than just RD chances, I don’t think that I am a prodigy but I do think that I am above average, didn’t mean to make it sound like I had an ego</p>
<p>Listen- you’re probably not as arrogant as the title of this thread suggests, no matter what, don’t tell MIT you’re good at math (seriously). Although you may be great at it, saying something like “I’m a math prodigy” will make your low chances to nil. Instead, act as modest as possible, and focus your essays completely on how much you like other people, not yourself. MIT rejects candidates with perfect SAT scores and great grades who sound arrogant all the time.</p>
<p>I would never say that when I apply mainly because I do not believe that I am a math prodigy, but from a marketing stand point by including math prodigy in the title I recieved 5 replies in less than an hour. After all, if I can’t market something there is no point in me wanting to go to Sloan for business.<br>
Thank you for your replies</p>
<p>lol, we MIT EA-ers reply pretty rampantly to the boards anyways nowadays,</p>
<p>we’re all on edge and lurking around CC</p>
<p>when I was on the old forum, it would be days before I got even one reply, but I didn’t post on the MIT forum on the old one, guess MIT applicants are good at computers, lol.</p>
<p>The question is how many relevant replies did you get?</p>
<p>just so you kno, taking classes at a university doesnt earn as much kudos as you think. girl from my school took a class at pton during the year, went to boston college (not by choice).</p>
<p>I have to doubt your chances. My older brother truly is a math prodigy- started geometry before kindergarden, bc calc at 10, usamo at 13 or 14 or so, graduated high school at 12, it goes on… </p>
<p>Your gpa is close to what his was, but he had much better test scores- perfect on sats/sat2s/8 aps. He was only 15 when he applied, so that’s probably why he got rejected (he waited a few years after graduating hs to apply to college- he spent that time at a different high school, taking harder classes), but even so… I don’t think you’re close to being a math prodigy, and just being a math prodigy isn’t enough.</p>
<p>I don’t mean to sound negative, since there’s so much chance involved, but I’m don’t think you have a great shot. Keep in mind that the large majority of us will be rejected.</p>
<p>And anyway, it’s not so bad to be rejected. My brother is now a senior at brown (at 19) and he’s very happy there. He’s probably a little better off since the workload at mit can be so huge and stress-inducing.</p>
<p>abitconfused wouldn’t your brother graduating hs at 12 and applying to MIT at age 15 be a good thing and get him accepted instead of doing the opposite and getting him rejected.</p>
<p>I think that they recognized that he’s a genius and could do the work, but since he was so young, they figured he probably wasn’t ready for college on a social level (which was true, i think). Had he waited a year or two, he definitely would have gotten in. As it was, he got into brown, wait listed at p, rejected at h, y, mit. It was four years ago, and I think all of those schools offered EA. Since he got into Brown early, he didn’t bother with safety schools.</p>
<p>to be considered a math prodigy is to be like Richard Pang, a fellow rickoid who took ap calc bc in 7th grade and got a 5, and was featured on Fox" Battle of the Child Genius" at 13. Or to be like dmitry taubin (another rickoid) who got more than 20 on the Putnam as a junior in high school and took enough math classes to get a B.S. in math already, or to be like Gabby and Tianka who won IMO with gold medals.</p>
<p>actually everyone i just named here is a rickoid.</p>
<p>Hey! I am a sophomore now, taking Calc BC and Phsyics B(self-studying C). I will qualify for AIME, and if I am lucky, USAMO. Does that mean I am a math prodigy? NO! </p>
<p>Never tell MIT you are a math prodigy, unless you went to MOP and IMO in 9th grade or something. No matter how hard you try, there is always someone better than you, and it makes you look arrogant. Moreso, anyone who can get into MIT has to smart as hell, so really, modesty is your best-bet.</p>