Fill in the app to the best of your abilities - and get second opinions on essays.
No.
No
They view your application in a holistic manner so everything counts.
So you’ve thrown all your eggs in one basket? It’s MIT or nothing? That’s not a good thing to do. There’s a very strong possibility of rejection and you don’t seem to want to hear that reality.
There are over 20,000 very well-qualified students with high SAT scores, high grade point averages, thousands of hours spent in volunteering in their communities and glowing LORs from teachers, coaches and employers who apply yearly. And there’s only 1000 spaces. The US has over 95,000 valedictorians each year. And even they don’t necessarily qualify for admission to MIT.
Do the math.
Take the SAT.
Apply to the universities in Canada. You’re underestimating them. Those are your targets. My son-in-law graduated from Waterloo. His resume is impressive.
Realistically, these are your reaches.
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Forgot to mention, MIT students tend to be above 99% and top 1%, in all subject areas. That’s what you have to provide to have a minimal chance.
UK and Canadian Standards are different.
You are asking for an answer no one can give. Put forth your best app.
If you want to be in the U.S. you need to add a school that will assuredly hit budget.
NO-ONE is getting 99% or above in all their GCSEs.
This conversation seems to have exhausted itself and has become circular. OP, if you have a specific question in mind, please post in the relevant forum. Here is a link to the forum categories: College Confidential Forums - Admissions Discussions and Threads
Please heed the advice you have been given so far. It is impossible for you to make MIT a target. It is a target for virtually no one. Move on from that line of enquiry, please.
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Math / physics olympiads, ISEF, attending SSP and RSI, as examples
I tried to apply for RSI, I had to be some First Nations individual or attend some school in the north of Canada, I’m too late for SSP (No equivalence in the UK), I only have Math Olympiads.
By the way, just curious, but why are you interested in majoring in aerospace engineering?
I was always interested in scientific advancement towards the stars and outer space which was first sparked when I watched the Saturn V launch. Seeing the potential for interplanetary space travel and other resources in outer space, I endeavour to create trajectories that will enable us to do so efficiently using my knowledge in differential geometry and orbital mechanics.
You don’t need to go to MIT to accomplish that.
There are other goals entailed.
Well you better get those apps in but I hope you heed the budget words. I’ve named one school that if your gpa is seen as a 3.5 and if you get a 1420 on the SAT, you will make it. I mentioned others that may make it. None of your publics will get close.
Now it’s time to get all apps done - MIT and the rest.
You noted NASA. Have you ever looked at their engineer LinkedIn profile. Not MIT and Stanford. Some maybe but those are schools like - in order - Florida Tech (big space school), NC State, Rutgers (phys major), Case Western with UVA Masters, Oklahoma State, and the list goes on and on.
SpaceX - Ohio State, Washington, Grand Valley State
MIT is great. Other American and Canadian schools can get you to the forefront.
By limiting yourself you will limit yourself.
Good luck
If you like pure math and want to go do a PhD specifically focusing on orbital dyanmics, you could look into geometric control theory which is a branch of control theory that uses math like differential geometry towards controlling systems, potentially including aircraft orbits.
For this, a major in math or physics, where you can develop more rigorous mathematics and physics skills necessary for graduate study in orbital dynamics, would be more advantageous than a degree in aerospace engineering, where you get a broader introduction to multiple fields.