Chance me for MIT

Jalmoreno
Mon, 18 Apr 2011 20:14:42 +0000

therazor302 is right, chancing is impossible. Hence, why I won’t say you will get in, but I think you’re a strong applicant and being URM is extremely helpful for college stuff. But, as is the usual caution with top school, admissions are a crapshoot and they have so many qualified applicants that they will usually have to let a few go. You will never have a guarantee. However, think about it this way, if you apply and get rejected, you’re not going, if you don’t apply you’re not going, so you might as well apply (this logic made me apply to schools I did not getting into and I actually managed to get in ).

MIT requires SAT Subject Tests, one in math and one in science. Math 1 or Math 2 are both ok, but I only took Math 2. Personally, I do better at harder math than easier math (I overthink easier problems, wasting all my time :P) so Math 2 was better for me. Also, you have to take through pre-calc to do math 2 because that’s the level of math it tests. If you aren’t sure you’ll do your best at Math 2, you can take 3 Subject tests at the same time so you can take one science and both math, or one math and 2 sciences (I had other colleges in mind when I took it, so I ended up doing Math 2, Physics, and US History; the latter being useless for MIT). For science, take whichever you’ve done more recently/feel stronger about and don’t wait until senior year; end of junior year is the ideal for these.

I was accepted this go-around and will be attending MIT next fall. MIT was, in a way, my first choice all along (even though I convinced myself it was impossible to get in and managed to enthuse myself for UF) and CPW sealed my decision.