Please chance for MIT (early action)

pensull
Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:44:25 +0000

I applied MIT early action-

White, Male, Northeast top HS
GPA: 96.3 (out of 100, unweighted, top 1 or 2 percent out of 360)
SAT: 700 CR, 800 M, 800 W
SAT2: 760BioM, 800Chem, 800Phy, 800Math2
AP Exams: World Hist, US Hist, Eng Lit, Calc BC, Phy B (all 5s)
AP Courses Senior Year: Eng Lang, US Gov, Phy C, Bio, ComSci

ECs (in order of importance):

Science Research (very passionate about this) - part of selective summer research program (2009), molecular genetics project –> Siemens Semifinalist (slight hook??), Intel submission

Math Team - elected position, AIME qualifier, county awards

Debate Team - elected position, local awards, nothing huge

Charity Club - elected position, helps impoverished S. American communities

Intended Major: Biological Engineering (I love biology & physics)
Recs: GREAT!! I have supplementary from research mentor, and my HS teachers love me
Essays: Pretty good, maybe not unbelievable, but generally interesting
Interview (how much does this matter at MIT?): just ok

Please chance for MIT (and any other top engineering schools that I may have a shot at - I will apply to Princeton, Penn, Johns Hopkins, Duke, Northwestern, Stanford, Michigan, etc.)

Thanks - I will chance you back if you link it.