Good Engineering School?

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>Hey everyone, I would really appreciate any feedback you could provide, I think this forum is a great thing for students.</p>

<p>15 year old Asian-American, skipped 8th grade.
Junior at Massachussetts Academy of Math and Science

  • Prestigious small pseudo-public school, graduating class of about 45*</p>

<p>Numbers:
GPA: 4.18 unweighted
SAT I: I haven’t taken them recently, but I took them once before in 7th grade, and got a 780 in Math, 680 in Verbal. I’m shooting for a perfect score though.
SAT II: Math IIC - 800, Writing: 800
AP Modern European History - 5</p>

<p>EC’s and Awards:</p>

<p>Freshman Year -
Headmaster’s List for all 4 quarters
Academic Decathlon school high scorer in regional competition
Academic Decathlon state finalist
24th in Worcester County Varsity Math League
19th in Worcester County Freshman Math League
Harvard/MIT Math Tournament participant, Finalist in Buzz round
AIME participant
Volunteer student head photographer at the Annual Saint John’s Gala</p>

<p>Sophmore Year -
Headmaster’s List for all 4 quarters
Founding member of the Table Tennis Club
ARML (American Regional Math League), member of Western Mass team
Silver medalist in mathematics in Academic Decathlon at regional level
A score of 229 on PSATs (80 verbal, 71 math, 78 writing skills)
67th in MA in the MAML Olympiad
Mandelbrot Competition participant
NEML participant
Bronze medals in mathematics and interview at State Academic Decathlon
20th high scorer in Worcester County Math League
Harvard/MIT Math Tournament participant
Volunteer student head photographer at the Annual Saint John’s Gala</p>

<p>Junior Year -
231 on PSATs (76 Reading, 80 Math, 75 Writing)
Currently 4th in Varsity Math League
Administrative Assistant on Robotics Team
ARML (American Regional Math League), member of Western Mass team
Competing in ACSL (American Computer Science League)</p>

<p>Miscellaneous:
I took a college C++ course the summer before junior year, and got an A.
The reason I don’t have many APs at all is because my current high school does not offer them, instead, the seniors take college courses at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, as college freshmen.</p>

<p>Desired Major - Computer Science, Engineering</p>

<p>What are my chances for MIT/CalTech? What sorts of things should I work on?</p>

<p>I appreciate your help, thanks everyone!</p>

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<p>Ooops, I forgot to mention my current research project.</p>

<p>I’m working on using principles borrowed from natural evolution as a means of parameter optimization for large-scale computer networks, and to develop a network’s resistance to worm propagation through variation in its topology.</p>

<p>Hopefully, I can do well at the project fair. And again, I’d appreciate any feedback :)</p>

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<p>ur in everywhere, thats it</p>

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<p>i think you could out-teach the teachers at my school. they are turd sniffers.</p>

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<p>Haha, thanks. I doubt it though, MIT and CalTech are notoriously difficult to get into…</p>

<p>Anything I need to improve on?</p>

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<p>Dude… you are a Junior… Calm Down for once you have enough EC to impress all colleges. The only thing MAYBE you MIGHT want to improve is you GPA bc i know a bunch of ppl who got rejected and they had 4.5 GPAs and stuff. But with you ECs you should be fine</p>

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<p>Cal Tech, MIT, and I have to throw in UIUC Eng.</p>

<p>Jerod-UIUC '09</p>

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<p>Thanks for the encouragement. I’m not sure about the GPA though. For my freshman and sophmore years, the high school I attended gave 4.3 for A+'s, 4.0 for A’s, etc etc. They didn’t weight courses though, but I’ve taken all honors, with one AP sophmore year.</p>

<p>Thanks for the input! :)</p>

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<p>You should apply to the California Ivies. Stanfurd engineering, Cal Tech, Berkeley would love to have you. Remember, that you can only grow as much as your environment allows you to. And frankly in my opinion, California does more for talented people such as yourself.</p>

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<p>What an impressive result, you’ll get anywhere you want robomason :)</p>

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<p>apply full scholarship</p>