The Big Schools

[shrig94]

So anyone here going to or planning on going to any of the following?
-MIT
-CalTech
-Stanford
-Rice

Those are my top 4 (programming schools of course).
Anyone else dream of going to one of these?
I doubt I have the specs for anyone of them….but I'm only going into the 10th grade.
SAT: 2030 (800 Math, 640 Verbal, 590 Writing)
PSAT: 197 (74 Math, 62 Verbal, 61 Writing)
High School Class Plan:
Mathematics: College Stats-AB/BC Calculus-IB Math SL/HL- Multivariable Calculus-Linear Algebra
Science: PIB Biology-PIB Chemistry-PIB Physics-Physics B-IB Chemistry SL/HL
English and History: 4 years PIB/IB
Foreign Language: 4 years French PIB/IB
Arts: PIB Theater-PIB Visual Arts-IB Visual Arts SL/HL
Technology:College CS 1-PIB Film-IB Film SL/HL-College CS 2-College Data Structures
AP/IB tests:
AP: AB calc, BC calc, French, Physics B, Chemistry, Statistics (maybe), Computer Science (maybe), English
IB: Math HL, English HL, History HL, French SL, Visual Arts SL, Film HL, Chemistry HL

E/Cs:
-math team (Freshman state champ in Math, Number Sense and Calculator)
-AMC/AIME/USAMO: Current- AMC10:120, AIME: 3, USAMO: N/A
-Film Competitions
-Art Competitions
-Eclipse (yes I will add it on there)
-Class President
-Community Service

GPA: 4.0 (unweighted), 4.75 (weighted)
Class Rank: 1/170

Sadly, my chances of getting into MIT are still less than 25%.

[Skell]

My chances are less than 100%

[Techno 5.0]

it be cool if Eclipse had its own college for game design…

i have less than 50% of getting into these schools but hey
i have 3 more years of highschool somethin might change

[Saida]

My chance is 0% lol but you still have 2 years just get good grades and you should be able to get in

[Homicidal Monkey]

@Eternal:

> My chance is 0% lol but you still have 2 years just get good grades and you should be able to get in

I started college when my friends were starting sophomore year in highschool…

duck, more competition.
Congratulations, you now are competing with me.

I plan to apply to those schools for transfer in November. Ive got a 95% chance (supposedly) to any UC within the next year, although Id prefer to get into CalTech.

some stuff Ive done:
HighSchool:
-early graduation @3.5ish
-SAT: 2000 (bombed essay)
-SAT2: 720 Math/ 720 Science ( I think, gotta check)
-ACT: 33 (essay again)
-1st place district Science/Invention fair
-2nd place County Science/Invention fair
-finalist State Science/Invention fair

College:
-early admittance, lol I was 14 and about 4 foot 10
-about 4 classes away from getting Assoc. degree
-Current gpa: 3.75

ec:
-"Mad Scientist"
  lol, I got a digital brain with 1/9th the neurons the human brain has
  competed in a few "Hacker Wars"
  Eclipse (yep, its a totally legit thing to add)

bonuses: minority status (although I look white) :D

[shrig94]

CalTech is awesome, really the only difference between it and MIT are the people. MITers are more well rounded and geeky, while kids at CalTech are total nerdy bookworms.

Good Luck on CalTech, I would definitely keep a few backups (like I'm assured UT Austin, so thats my back up).

[Homicidal Monkey]

@[SB:

> Shri (shrig94) link=topic=47419.msg485283#msg485283 date=1246496979]
> CalTech is awesome, really the only difference between it and MIT are the people. MITers are more well rounded and geeky, while kids at CalTech are total nerdy bookworms.
>
> Good Luck on CalTech, I would definitely keep a few backups (like I'm assured UT Austin, so thats my back up).

actually they're both geeky. On the transcript it says: "CalTech is notorious for its history of pranks. What pranks have you participated within the last few years"

every year CalTech's seniors on ditch day produce crazy tasks that the underclassmates must perform. Its on Pasadina's news every year whenever it occurs.

A few years ago, MIT stole CalTech's cannon so CalTech sent 20 students to Cambridge to take it back. While there, they handed out shirts with "MIT" written on the front to incoming students. On the back it says "…because not everyone can get into CalTech" lol I got one of those shirts the last time I was at the campus.

[Khachaturian]

@Zetta:

> bonuses: minority status (although I look white) :D

+bonus points :P

And the shirts thing is funny.
Big name universities/whatever?

Not a chance for me, but thats cool, its not really something thats going on around here

[shrig94]

Lol, those shirts are nice. I should give those out to the kids at the other high schools xD

So anyone else planning to work their ass off or be a genius for one of those schools?

[Homicidal Monkey]

@[SB:

> Shri (shrig94) link=topic=47419.msg485611#msg485611 date=1246539493]
> Lol, those shirts are nice. I should give those out to the kids at the other high schools xD
>
> So anyone else planning to work their ass off or be a genius for one of those schools?

spoke to Adulese last night, He's trying MIT/CalTech also. He said that Admiral wants to transfer to one of them.

[shrig94]

Where does Admiral go?
Oh and you guys need to pm me your msn. I just downloaded messenger.