January 11, 2010

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Chances at mit, Caltech, stanford?

can you help me out? , What are my chances for getting into undergrad mit, caltech, stanford?

male, asian ; planned major: bioE
unweighted gpa: 4.0
cp weighted: 4.67

APs:
Bio :5
Euro: 4
Chem :5
USH:2

sat2s :
math 2: 800
bio: 790
ush: 750
chem: 800

SAT1 : in one sitting 2310 (math 790)

ECs:
Rubik's cube club : co-prez : teaching
Math Club: president (2 yrs) , treasure/sec 1 yr -- club offers tutoring , amc, mandelbrot, itest

COSMOS- a summer -program at UC Davis , studied robotics & a little biophys

BNNI-Sharp - intern at Cal Berkeley, worked at lbl, a lot of matlab, a lot on optics and EUV lith.

what are the chances of me getting into MIT , Caltech ,and Stanford?

and should i consider taking sat 2 physics ? would an 800 on physics look better than an 800 on chem?
-- and if i send 4 subj. scores, will they only look at 2 and completely ignore the rest?
-- do i have even close to enough science extra-currics?
:: thanks a lot.

You look like you are a reasonable candidate at those schools. I doubt you will get into all of them, but maybe some of them. Your stats look good, but an application is much more than just what you have put here. There will be more math/science students with similar stats than there are positions in these three universities. So it will come down to how you come across in your application. If you falter on the essays or recs, you could easily be rejected by all those schools. So do take the rest of the app very seriously.

Let me go point by point through your numbers and answer your questions.

-The 2 on the USH will hurt you. There is no doubt about that. None of those schools will want to see anything lower than 4's on AP tests and a 2 will stick out.

-They will look at all the scores you send them, no matter how many you send. If you do well on 4 SAT2's then that is better than doing well on 2 of them. But there is no difference between doing well on the Chem or the Phys SAT2. They will be the same in the eyes of the admissions committee. Furthermore, there is a law of diminishing returns for tests. Doing well on 4 tests is not twice as good as doing well on 2 tests. To be honest, the added value of doing well on more tests is so small that it is hardly justifiable to take extra tests unless you have some other weak spot in your application. So I would personally not take more tests if I were you. That being said, its your choice and they will be your consequences, so it needs to be your decision on how many tests you want to take.

- Your math EC's are a bit weak for Caltech and MIT. But they are not drastically weak. If you could bolster that a bit, it would help. But I wouldn't count yourself out or anything like that.

- I can't tell you what your chances are at these schools, given that all I have is a few stats. But, assuming the rest of your application is consistent with what you have given above, then I would say you are at about 50/50 for getting into one of the three schools, if you apply to all of them. I do not think you will get into all three (and I would guess Stanford is the least likely, believe it or not).

If I were you, I would stop worrying about your tests, and start worrying about your class schedule, your ECs, your essays, and your recs. Those are all much (MUCH) more important than your test scores (since your test scores are high enough).

Good luck with the application process!

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