How can I Improve, Especially ECs and Awards. Trying to get into MIT, UNCCH, NC State, Rice

Chance Me / Match Me
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[quote=“MrMrag, post:1, topic:3518081”]

  1. I am a white male, not financially challenged
  2. #2 Charter High School in my state
  3. 100 people per class
  4. My school does not have any non-honors classes except for Spanish[/quote]

So you are starting from just about the most privileged position possible: white male (b/c despite what you hear, by the #s that is still who is most likely to get in), top marks, elite program that all of the colleges will be familiar with. You have one of the big markers that say ‘wealthy’ to a college: your sport And yet, you still want to use this:

To use an Irishism, cop yourself on.

I am not minimizing the role a stutter can play in a child’s life. IF that has materially shaped who you are and why you do what you do, fair play. Maybe it’s just how something comes across in a list but to me it read pretty cynically.

Go read this from MIT: Applying Sideways | MIT Admissions

The Dean who wrote that is still there.

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