Chance me for MIT (Junior)

collegealum314
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:32:54 +0000

I’ll assume you’re SAT’s will be 1500+/1600

MIT (EA) — good chance, but not a lock
Caltech (EA) — very strong chance, close to a lock (how many USAMO qualifiers are there these days-it would depend on that)
Harvard — toss-up
Yale — I would predict you would get in as they don’t get as many strong math/science people
Stanford* — maybe, admissions is unpredictable there
Brown* — very unpredictable admissions, highly essay-dependent
UChicago* — lock
Duke* — lock
UC Berkeley — lock unless “holistic admissions” is completely messed up
UCLA — see Berkeley answer



OK, now chance me:
mid-1500’s on SAT out of 1600
770-800 on several SATIIs
did well in state math, science competitions (nothing like USAMO), some other awards in other fields too…
blah blah blah some other stuff i’m well-rounded OK
People tell me I’m at the level ABOVE AND BEYOND A GRAD STUDENT in my chosen field.

CHANCE ME CHANCE ME CHANCE ME for mit.