<p>My academic statistics are that of a garden-variety advanced student, I have a 4.0 GPA, weighted(after this year, my junior year, because I got 2 Bs my freshman year in health/PE and econ/gov, two classes which I unfortunately, didn’t take very seriously.), I picked up 2 AP credits my Junior year, and got A’s in both classes, and am expecting a 5 in AP Statistics and roughly a 4-5 in AP English lang/comp. </p>
<p>Next year I’m taking 4 AP classes, AP Comp Science AB, AP Calc BC, AP Eng lit/comp, and AP Psych. So my courseload and performance has increased substantially over my years in high school: </p>
<p>freshmen: 2 Bs, no AP
sophomore: all As, no AP
junior: all As, 2 AP
senior:[expecting] all As, 4 AP</p>
<p>And I know improvement is at least a small factor that admissions offices look at.</p>
<p>On top of that I have a 30 ACT(no writing) that I took as a required test at my school, and when I went to school I didn’t even know we were taking it, because news didn’t really get around. I took my SAT with prep, and will get my scores back June 25th, 2009, expecting anywhere from a 2150 to a 2300, could be higher if I’m lucky, but that’s a realistic expectation, and it’s my first SAT, and I only MIGHT take another, due to difficulty with paying for the test, and my inability to qualify for waivers.</p>
<p>My ECs are limited: National Honors Society and French Club.
My Awards as well: top 10%, invitations to many clubs/events, and [expecting] summa cum laude</p>
<p>Where I believe that I have leverage is in my ability to convince someone that I’m good for the position/job/enrollment in writing, The essay. On top of being able to sell myself well, I have a lot of personal qualities that I can write about that I know admissions offices are looking for, and I have personal experiences that take a lot of personal effort to ensue, such as writing my own video game, which could easily be an explanation for the lack of ECs, due to the intricacies and complexities I force myself to use in programming my own game, being very time consuming, taking the time of most student’s EC time, plus a large portion of their leisure time.</p>
<p>I think my academic achievements are far above average, as I’m in the top few (don’t know exact rank) in my class, but as far as MIT applicants go, fairly average. Will my ability to write an essay that could excuse my lack of ECs, Bs freshman year, push me over the edge to give me a DECENT CHANCE(above the average of like 12%, to like 25%) at MIT? (obviously, there’s no way anyone can 100% tell if I’ll get in)</p>