Chance these two competitors

<p>Candidate 1 key factors:
AP environmental science (5)
AP bio (5)
AP calc AB (5)
AP music theory (2)
AP language (5)
AP US history (4)
AP art history (4)
AP gov/econ (4)
AP Lit (5)
AP world (5)
AP psychology (5)
AP chem (4)
AP calc BC (5)
Spanish 1-4
Physics honors (highest available)
EC’s- key club (president), MAT (president), NHS (vice president), academic Olympics (number 1 competing math student in county)
36 ACT, 2350 SAT, 800 SAT math II
4.9 weighted GPA (5.0 scale)</p>

<p>Candidate 2 key factors:
(Scores not applicable)
AP calc AB
DE US hitory
DE English
AP psychology
DE biology
AP calc BC
AP gov/econ
AP lit
AP human geography
AP us history
AP stats (online)
AP physics (self study)
EC’s- key club, NHS (president), MAT (president), academic Olympics, student government
34 ACT, 2250 SAT, 800 SAT math II
4.7 weighted GPA (5.0 scale)</p>

<p>Which do you think has a better shot of getting in? One already got accepted to JHU (MIT rejected) and the other is applying for MIT this fall</p>

<p>Depends but probably the first candidate…</p>

<p>Depends on what?</p>

<p>Other stand-out activities, “hooks,” major awards/competitions, grades/trends in grades, etc.</p>