Worth going for Stanford/MIT?

Mjag1898
Thu, 21 May 2015 20:07:47 +0000

Hello,

I am a current junior interested in studying engineering. My top choices are Stanford and MIT, however, I am not sure if with my qualifications, I have a good enough chance to use my early application on one of these schools.

If I decide the chance is not good enough, I will probably apply ED to Cornell Engineering (where I have legacy).

Would you all advise I go for Stanford/MIT or Cornell?

My stats are as follows:

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
780 CR
790 M
800 W

ACT (breakdown):
Did not take

SAT II:
800 Math 2
800 Physics
800 Chem

Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
4.0

Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
4/600

AP (place score in parenthesis):
US History (5)
Calc AB (5)
Calc BC (5 expected)
Chem (5 expected)
Physics C Mech (5 expected)
Physics C EM (5 expected)
Language and Composition (4 or 5 expected)

IB (place score in parenthesis):
N/A

Senior Year Course Load:
Multivariable Calculus
AP English Literature and Composition
AP Macroeconomics
AP German
Honors French 4
Band/Orchestra
Either physics 3 (university) or AP Bio

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Published in Nature’s Scientific Reports Journal
ISEF 2015 4th Award
ISEF 2014 Finalist
AIME Qualifier
National Merit Semifinalist
Hall of Fame Inductee from Local Science Center
Various science fair awards from local and state fairs

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Band (section leader, 3 years)
Orchestra
Honors Band
Robotics (head programmer)
Math Team (co-captain)
Varsity Scholastic Scrimmage
Varsity Tennis (captain)
Science Olympiad
School Newspaper
National Honor Society

Job/Work Experience:
N/A

Volunteer/Community service:
About 100 hours of service at local science center.
Tutoring through NHS

Summer Activities:
Took precalculus and programming course (summer after 9th grade)
Took Calculus 2 at University (summer after 10th grade)
Governor’s School for Sciences (summer after 11th grade)

Intended Major:
Electrical Engineering or Materials Science

State (if domestic applicant):
East coast

School Type:
Large, public

Ethnicity:
Asian

Gender:
Male

Income Bracket:
Upper Middle

Essays and recommendations will be solid but probably not amazing.

Thanks!