<p>I’ve just finish Sophomore Year and and here are my stats (Indeed They’re DREADFUL HORRIDOUS but… Help! What do I need to improve and any advice to improve this applicant, let me know!? >.<’ )</p>
<p>Freshman Year: (The first and second grades are semester grades)
-World History H - C+/B+
-Math H - B/B
-English H - A/A
-Biology H - B+/C+
-Latin H - B+/C+
-Gym - er… don’t remember probably B/A
-Humanities - A</p>
<p>Clubs:
Jpop/Rock Club
Student Book Club
French Club</p>
<p>Sophomore Year:
-World History -A
-Math - A
-English H- B+
-Chemistry- C+
-Latin H - C+
-Kickboxing - A
-Humanities - A</p>
<p>Clubs:
-Model UN - Researcher
-International Club
-Classics Book Club -President
-History Club
-Animation Club </p>
<p>Summer Program:
-Queens College Summer Science Program
-Volunteer in Flushing Library</p>
<p>Next Year Planned Courses:
-English H
-Math H
-USHistory H (independent study for AP)
-Physics H
-Latin H
-Humanities
-College NOW Computer Programming
-Swimming</p>
<p>Planning to write for the School Newspaper, Artwork/Stories for the Lit. Magazine. Continue volunteering and probably another summer program course. </p>
<p>Senior Year Planned Courses:
AP Java
AP Statistics
AP Chemistry
AP Economics
Health
AP Calculas AB</p>
<p>Those Bs and Cs in math and science classes have put you in a very, very difficult situation. You’ll need to show both passion and exceptional strength in these areas to recover.</p>
<p>How to show passion? Well, the summer science program sounds like a good start, although I don’t really know what it is. Try to get some sort of internship or research job with a professor or researcher. Enter science fairs and competitions. Anything that shows a substantial and dedicated commitment to the subjects will benefit you.</p>
<p>How to show exceptional strength? Well, your “stats” - quantitative indicators of achivement - are pretty abysmal right now, although there’s a very small sample. Score as high as you possibly can on the math SAT and your SAT IIs - I mean very close to 800 or 800. Can you possibly take AP classes or tests next year? You need some concrete indicators proving that you’re better than your grades suggest.</p>
<p>Honestly, your chances of getting into MIT are very spotty, so don’t expect anything. But it never hurts to work at it!</p>
<p>I’m not gonna lie, your Cs in Chem and Bio will hurt you. I see various computer things on your resume - maybe if you did well in the math/programming olympiads. Also, prep for your SATs like you can’t get enough of the practice books! And pick the other schools you want to apply to carefully (meaning pick less competitive schools and spread out your choices). Assuming that you’re looking at a tech/engineering major, maybe Carnegie Mellon, your state university or universities, and I would personally recommend Case Western in Cleveland - it gets less press than other schools, but it gives a LOT of merit money and it is quite a strong school (for engineering anyway) considering the monetary side of things. A lot will depend on your SATs and your grades the next two years - but if you want MIT, something has to change. Good luck to you! :)</p>
This is a good thought, but I have to be honest: these olympiads are really hard. If you’re able to do well in a math olympiad, for instance, than you can pretty effortlessly get 800s on SAT Math, Math IIC, and subject tests like Physics and Chemistry. This would already put you in much better shape. If you were good enough to do well in USACO (the programming olympiad), then you could easily get a 5 taking the AP Computer Science AB test, and you’d also be good enough to get some sort of programming job (if you were proactive).</p>
<p>Olympiads can be great, but the ones in math and informatics are hard enough that they’re only really accessible to a very small portion of the population. If you turn out to be that good, then you’ll probably have a lot of other things going for you too. If not, then you’ll have to concentrate on showing passion (substantial science/math extracurriculars) and ability (really good test scores) as well as you can.</p>
<p>Oh yes, I didn’t mean to imply that you should off-handedly ace the olympiads! Just that you might try getting involved because they would greatly supplement your application if you could accel in one of them.</p>