Do I have a shot? (Difficult Schools)

rainynightstarz
Tue, 05 Jun 2007 02:50:55 +0000

Berk from out of state …better have at least 2200s for chance even like higher if you are applying for engineering(if in state, 2200 is like safe)

you want to do engineering stuff but you haven’t done enough math and science.

and don’t count on yours honors class to be always weight by college cuz my school district the smartish(top 25% ish) people take geometry 8th grade, and get to calc by junior year. and the smartest people take calc freshman sophmore year. and the only honors in math is precalc…( this is a public school)

and you are a bit too hopeful( the more hopeful you are, the harder you fall? no?)… I want to go to MIT too. but the chances are not easy ( my school gets people into MIT every year, 2400s in every graduating class. like last year 80 got into berk. etc, so knowing who got in and who didn’t, i know how hard it is to get in)

I used to live in St. Louis (Clayton), its suppose to be really good, but its only so small part of U.S., no one there even made to like USAMO for math.

have you win any math contests things ?
MIT has place for AMC and AIME scores ( you should have done them if you are interested in math )

and since you don’t have anything really special, you need like 2200 to have a chance for MIT
and math needs to be higher than 690,
you’ll need a math SAT2 and science SAT 2 too

oh yeah if you got an A in APUSH and a bad score on the AP test, it only shows how easy your school is, which makes your GPA less spectacular looking.
my school AP class is more like you are only gonna get A if you can get a 5 on the ap test
depends on class, a D in my stats class can get you a 4 on the AP test ( imagine how hard to A is to get)
A to B in calc BC will probably be 5 and B to C ish will be more like a 4, 80/120 got 5, max. 1 person didn’t pass (2 or less)
for Chem, your grades shows aproximately your AP score

so a B with 5 on the AP test can look better than A in the class and 3 or less on the AP test
but then college don’t look at AP scores, but they do know approximately how good your school is

don’t go into a major for the pay. go into for your interest, or you are gonna suffer in college and the rest of your life with something you are not interested in, nor care about