Chance me MIT class 2017

EngAero
Tue, 17 Jul 2012 01:15:52 +0000

Hello! Being a small town kid from Kansas, it’s hard to recognize and compare the competition I will be up against in my MIT app. I’m currently finishing out my Junior year and will be applying this upcomming fall. Please provide some constructive comments on what I should try to work on, and how you think I’m doing right now! Thanks!

Academics-

SAT- Not great
Math- 780
Reading- 600
Writing- 600

ACT- The scores I’ll be using
Math- 36
Science- 36
English- 34
Reading- 32

AP- (should I report these to MiT?)
Lang and Comp- 4
US History- 4

Course Load next year-
AP Chem
AP Physics AB
AP Calc AB
AP Lit
Band
Accapella Choir
Intern/ Mechanical Drafting and 3 Dimensional Printing Private Study

I have not taken SAT II yet, yes I know I need to.

GPA- 4.021 W 3.997UW

Rank- TOP 5% (like 15 out of 400, but this was the first year I could take AP classes)

AMC Score- 79.5

Clubs and EC’s-
NHS (President)
FCA
TSA (President)
SkillsUSA (Treasurer)
Science Club
Math Club
Youth Groups
Band (Section leader)
Show Choir
Soccer (JV Captain)
Tennis
Mentoring Program

Awards and Acheivments-
1st State: SkillsUSA Technical Drafting '12
5th Nationals: SkillsUSA Tech Drafting '12
1st State: TSA 3D Modeling and Drafting '12
1st NATIONALS TSA 3D Modeling and Drafting '12
1st State: TSA Manfacturing Prototype '12
5th Nationals TSA Manfacturing Prototype '12
2nd State: TSA Tech Bowl '12
4th State: TSA Technical Sketching '12
5th State: TSA Technical Sketching '12
Local Winner: VFW VOD Essay Contest '12
Local and Regional Winner/State Finalist: VFW VOD Essay Contest '11
Eagle Scout '10 (Also received Bronze Palm)
Band 1 Rating at State Marching Contest
Band 1 Rating at State Symphonic Contest

Community Involvment-
This is a hard catagory because so many of my clubs do service projects, escpecially with NHS. I have lead several service projects on my own such as my Eagle Scout Service Project (overall +200 hrs), Salvation Army Bell Ringing (75 hrs.), and a Citywide Clean-Up (+100 hrs). I also have traveled to Mexico to build a house for a week (about 50 hours alone, 1000 total amongst team) and will be returing to build again next summer. Every month my youth group volunteers at a local food bank called Harvesters which is a main distributer for food banks in the major Kansas City area (about 5hrs/month). The past few years I have helped lead the drama skits for our church’s VBS program (100hrs/summer) but I will be unable to do it this year because it overlaps with Kansas Boys State. This past year and this year I have been and will be a member of my NHS’s Relay for Life team. Overall I would say I have done at least +1000 service hours throughout my high school career.

Work Experiance-

Lifegaurding, fun job. Not. Pay sucks, but it has great job security with incredable flexibility. This will be my second summer.

Next summer I will be working as an intern for either a packaging company designing mechanical parts or a sifting company designing food sifting trays

Thanks for reading through this and let me know what needs work! Thanks!