Great Interview already, Chances RD???

Colleges & Universities Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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<p>Asian male from Windsor Ontario Canada
Honor roll student: A average (80%+) for every year of high school
Special honor roll student: (90%+) for grade 10
Taken every enriched/gifted course offered (projected enriched credits: 20)
Fluent in Mandarin Chinese, English; working knowledge in French</p>

<p>SATs:
waiting, took december administration
SAT II:
Math IIC 800 Physics 760 Chemistry 730</p>

<p>I had my interview last week, and we talked about everything from baking bread to breaking down cinder block walls and such. He was always saying stuff about how I if I get accepted, I shouldn’t look at other schools (one girl last year got accepted at both MIT and Princeton and went to Princeton) and just go to MIT, is this a good sign?</p>

<p>My essays are going well, I’m still editing</p>

<p>Averages (Marks from our school are deflated and the schools know it because every year, we have at least 3 people going to Ivy or Psuedo-Ivy, so our marks are increased by 10% automatically)</p>

<p>Nine: 87% (A)
Ten: 92% (A)
Eleven: 87% (A)
Current marks: 89% (A)</p>

<p>English Enriched: 77% (B+)
French Enriched: 88% (A)
Chemistry Enriched: 97% (A+)
Physics Enriched: 79% (B+) (highly deflated)
Biology Enriched: 85% (A)
Calculus Enriched: 96% (A+)
Geometry and Discrete: 94% (A)
Computer Science: 95% (A+)</p>

<p>Competitions: (at least top 10% on all national contests)
AMC: 123
AIME: 7
ARML participant all 4 years. Massey Ontario A ranked 15th in North America against big state all star teams. Individual medallist.
COMC: 64
Euclid: 73
York Science Olympiad Team finish 3rd in province
Great Lakes Science Olympiad Team finish 1st overall 1st in Bio 1st in Chem
Sir Isaac Newton Contest: 97%ile
Avogadro Contest: 97%ile</p>

<p>Athletics:
Competitive Swimming, high school team, travel team
Club:
15+ hours/wk spread over 8 practices
Club Record Holder in two events
Southwestern Ontario regional champion in two events
Highschool:
City Champion in one event
Provincial Qualifier</p>

<p>School Clubs:
Debate team
Science club
Robotics team
Night math participant
Sunday math participant (by invitiation, ARML team is selected from this pool)</p>

<p>Work Experience:
Chef’s assistant at Chinese restaurant on saturdays for 5hr/wk</p>

<p>Personal Circumstances:
Currently living alone, parents working in other cities, does this kinda count as hook?</p>

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<p>wow… your contest history are almost identical to mine (except the newton one which was the day of my mock exams so didn’t do to well, and dont know what ARML is)
I understand the grade deflation that happens at many canadian schools, but still as an internation applying MIT…</p>

<p>overall I just wana comment on how similiar your acctivities/stats are to mine lol ( you even got the swimming bit!)</p>

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<p>ARML is American Regional Math League
We (Massey Ontario) go to Penn State University every year to compete against state all star teams
Vincent Massey is the only Canadian team :stuck_out_tongue:
Lynda where do you go to High School. I would probably have heard about yours if our scores are the same.</p>

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<p>…bump…</p>

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<p>bumppppppppp</p>

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<p>Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaappppppppppppppp</p>

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<p>??? what’s that… w/e…</p>

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<p>I don’t think anyone can tell you what your chances are; bumping probably only annoys other people on this forum. I don’t believe the interview counts enough that it alone should make you excited - my E3 card barely even touched on what my EC said. And every year, lots of people get into many prestigious schools; I know people who chose Caltech over MIT, whereas I chose MIT over Caltech. Most alums I know try to promote their own schools, too, so that just sounds normal to me. It certainly sounds good though, so keep your hopes up. =]</p>

<p>(btw, do you do CUSID style debating? I know some alums who did that in high school; they said the APDA style we do is a lot better. If you do get in, join our team! =D)</p>

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<p>^_^" right now, I’m just hoping to get in. SAT scores come in tomorrow, the morning of a school trip, I’ll find out my score around 10 ish tmrw. Can’t wait!</p>

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<p>Wow, your contest stuff is impressive as well as the SAT II scores. I’d say you have a great chance. I’m in the same boat as you, so good luck.</p>