<p>I…like many others, desire to, and have long since desired to go to MIT. I’m currently a junior. Umm…to name a few stats. I got a 2290 (700Cr, 790M, 800W), a 32 on ACT (absolutely no studying, should I take this again?). I’ve been in band for three years, plan to do a forth, play two instruments, and am 2009-2010 band president. I’ve also been in track for three years, run and pole vault, and am planning on doing a fourth year. Running is certainly one of my passions, and I actually ran my first Houston Marathon in January. I’m currently ranked #1 in a very competitive class of 600ish (top 100 school in the country). Umm…I’m in math, spanish, and national honors societies. I’ve put in hundreds of hours in volunteering (90+ with school and hundreds on missions trips and with church). I’m planning to be a volunteer leader this coming year for school as well as a peer group mentor leader. Actively actively actively involved in church (is this something I should avoid mentioning on resume for fear of…idk disapproval?). Science olympiad team. Double sciencing this year (CHEM 2 and Physics Pre-Ap). Planning to double math in the coming year. Any suggestions? Is there a chance I can get into MIT? If so, how good? My second choices are Stanford, and third is Harvard. Thanks!</p>
<p>Nope none at all. You will be rejected everywhere and turn to drugs. After that, you will either turn your life around and raise a family after creating an alias for yourself, or you will become a successful drug lord in Mexico and will operate the world’s largest drug cartel. This will go on until the United States undermines your cartel, arrests you, and “brings you to justice”.</p>
<p>Happy Trails!</p>
<p>I beg to differ.</p>
<p>At some point in your high school career, you will undergo an internship as a staff member in your local town’s funeral home. After seeing the place, it will be love at first sight. You will drop out of high school to embark upon an illustrious career as an undertaker, and you will make a great name for yourself as one of the greatest morticians to walk the face of this planet. You will have the privilege of being the man in charge of the funerals of landmark contemporary figures, including Hillary Clinton, Jay Leno, and Ice Cube. At the age of eighty, you will be so glorified with your achievements, but you will not remember your humble beginnings, and you will donate a monolith in the shape of a coffin to MIT to be placed on the lawn in front of Kresge Auditorium. You will die at the age of 93 and will be buried next to Charles Darwin in Westminster Abby.</p>
<p>Have a great life :)</p>
<p>Why are you asking here? MIT, like many top tier schools has an admissions process that is often devoid of both rhyme and reason. They get more highly qualified applicants every year than they have slots to offer their freshman class. This means that they will reject people who are every bit as qualified as those they admit seemingly at random. We are not the adcomm, we can’t tell you whether you’ll be admitted.</p>
<p>That said, your stats seem pretty solid, so I don’t think it would be a waste of your time to apply, especially if MIT is your first choice.</p>
<p>You won’t get a definite and honest answer out of anyone here, unless you’d come to us and told us you had only C’s and D’s, with a smattering of F’s, were barely graduating last in your class, and had never had an extracurricular or a job. In short, all we can tell you is: apply and find out if MIT is in your future.</p>
<p>My bad then. I didn’t mean to ask for admissions here, but rather just to inquire about my chances. In addition to this, could anyone address this questions of whether it would be smart to take SAT or ACT again, and if I should avoid religion on my resume. Thanks!</p>
<p>You would never be castigated for mentioning church activities–that’s perfectly fine.</p>
<p>Honestly, your SAT is in the right range for accepted students. If you think your time is better spent prepping for the subject tests, I’d worry about them instead.</p>
<p>Actually, I just got my SAT subject test scores back today. I got Chemistry -750, Math 2 - 720, U.S. History - 680. Is this high enough to not worry about it, or should I take them again in June?</p>
<p>^^How did you get 790 on the SATI math but only 720 on the SATII math?
Did they change the curve on the SATII math? It used to be that you could get 6 wrong and still get a perfect score on it.</p>
<p>The 750 is fine. The 720 is kinda low, especially if the curve is the same as it used to be, but I guess it will be ok because of your SATI math score. If you have taken AP bio or the equivalent, you might consider taking the bio SATII. It is very easy.</p>
<p>Speaking of subject tests, is it wise to retake a 710 in physics if I’m aiming for MIT?</p>
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<p>The chemistry score is fine; don’t bother retaking that. Math II is a little on the low side, so I would suggest retaking for a 750+. MIT only really cares about math/science, but you’re also applying to Stanford/Harvard, so I definitely suggest studying and retaking USH.</p>
<p>^^ Or don’t submit the history. Frankly, if you want to study math and science, I’d just aim for solid scores in those. Aim for an 800 in Math II – very easy to do if you know what to study from. Back in the day someone recommended me this book by a Rusen Meylani or something. I took calculus straight after Algebra II/Trigonometry, so I never had a lot of the topics in the Math II covered in depth, but an 800 was easy to get from that. </p>
<p>Chemistry is definitely not bad – I’d say, though, ideally take another science (maybe physics) and aim for a solid score in that.</p>
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<p>If you have solid scores of 750+ otherwise in many sciences, not necessary. Else, I’d suggest it. Everyone realizes that a less than stellar SAT II score generally reflects that you weren’t prepared with the exact material the test required, so it’s not a red flag unless you don’t have anything else to show.</p>
<p>Math 2 should be easy. I remember in eighth grade, before I took pre-cal and with only a 3 week geometry class and self teaching myself in algebra 2, I scored a 680, no prep. Now, it should be fairly easy for an 800. Borrow a Pre-Cal book and get your hands on 2 or 3 real SAT math 2’s, then go through each problem, once without the book, once with it.</p>