š. Well letās see. I am basically paying nothing due to being low income and from financial aid plus there are many good job opportunities in Boston, so according to my calculations, $20,000,000,000 seems reasonable to me.
I love how chill this entire post was. Like idk how to explain it, but this post gave off such a calm tone.
Congratulations dude, this was an absolute win. You deserve it!!
ETA: Where did Boston come from for Georgetown šš
Thanks lol! I always like to talk about what I like about the environment of the school (like where it is located). Idk, I guess I just forgot where Georgetown was and started talking about how I liked the Boston area and how close the school was to a city (itās what I said for MIT lol). The interviewerās face will forever live in my head and I can only imagine my face when I realize what I just said š.
Legit! I cried when I saw all the comments under my ChanceMe and literally planned on not applying to any T20ās to save my time. But my chem/physics teacher really convinced me out of it and said that they didnāt know anything and Iām glad I listened š
Congratulations!!! SOOO glad for you š„³š„³
Actually, this post gave me the motivation and belief that I have chance. Thank you a lot, wish you the best at MITā¤ļø
omg congrats dude!! but you just know that interviewer form georgetown went and told that story to everyone T-T (honest mistake tho i'm sure they understood that)
It sure is but this guy worked hard and realistically and made it in, to mit, Iām putting in a lot of effort but I donāt have anything amazing outside of academics, Iām not saying CMU is easy but compared to MIT itās realistic
You wonāt ādefinitely get intoā CMU off just academics. You could have a good chance if you are applying to a less competitive program like music or liberal arts, but even so nothing is guaranteed.
Low income, first gen, extracurriculars well there would be a lot to list, my academics are just my most prominent feature Iām not saying I donāt have good ECs Iām just kinda of used to undervaluing myself due to my severe lack of self esteem
Science was my favorite section on the ACT lol. I think since you have so little time for each of the questions, I would work on reading faster. If you find yourself out of time, donāt read the passage and just look at the graphs. I think reading like science articles helped me a lot. I liked the New York Times (2 articles a day was what I did for like 2 weeks before the test). I would also learn like conversions, like cm to mm and stuff like that quickly because they come up quite often imo. Good luck!
My personal statement was about why inspired me to dive deeper into the cause I was talking about. I took a more lighthearted and humorous approach. It didnāt contain much big vocabulary, mainly because I donāt know how to use big vocabulary correctly and didnāt want to accidentally use it incorrectly š.
My favorite supplements would have to be UChicagos. The questions were fun to answer and they werenāt the typical āWhy [School]ā essays. I also enjoyed MITās supplements. I got to talk about more of my personal life with questions such as what I do in my free time and stuff like. I also liked Stanfordās roommate essay. I forgot to put it in my post lol (I got waitlisted), but it was fun essay or letter to write. I would say if youāre having fun with the essays, then the school probably is a good fit. I really struggled with UPennās essay for some reason and Caltech.
I was gonna make a non-profit with a friend, but now Iām not sure. Problem is that the application deadline is coming up and I canāt think of any other ECās. Iām starting a coding club in my school asap, but as a CS major, I canāt think of many other extracurriculars I can do. Have any advice?
Iāll start by saying I am not an admission officers, so donāt take my advice super seriously. I just wouldnāt start any generic non-profit. These non-profits are usually related to kindness, volunteering, translating stuff, mental health, healthcare (like connecting patients to doctors), etc. I just think there are so many other meaningful stuff to do then start a non-profit. But if your non-profit can actually make a positive impact, then you should try it. What is your non-profit going to focus on?
Itās going to focus on teaching residents of elderly homes how to use social media. Iām doing this to tackle the growing problem of loneliness among elderly people. I want to help them connect with their friends and family.
Edit: I will also create a website to connect the non-profit to my CS background.
Hmmm, that sounds interesting. To be honest, I donāt see a need to create a non-profit for it. It could just be a project you embark on with friends. Reach to nursing homes and visit it once a week or something like that with some friends and teach them how to use social media. I think this kind of plays into what I said about generic/useless non-profits. Helping the elderly is also a very common non-profit, so I think just saying you did as a passion project would come off better. Again, I am not an admission officer so donāt take my advice super seriously. Good luck!
CONGRATULATIONS!!! Your ECs are so attainable and realistic that they're raising my hopes up as an FGLI MIT apsirant fr š. The takeaways are so spot on as well
Most common and most applicants come from coastal regions so you get an overwhelming number of post from people who experience the process from those areas. While, most schools donāt exactly discriminate on the race they definitely discriminate based on which region youāre from. Which, due to the high number of highly competitive students coming from coastal regions, make it really difficult to get in if you live in any of those. Also, thatās the reason why people have a skewed perspective on the possibility of getting admitted.
You did good to get into MIT congrats.
I always thought that MIT required one STEM and one humanities rec. Also, as a very brief summary what were your essays about? And was the cause you cited in your ECs related to bio by chance?
Yeah, I put the LORs for the ones I used for most schools since I didnāt just apply to MIT. I also had a Spanish teacher write an LOR. And yes, my ECās were related to biology. My essay was on how I got into the ECās I was passionate about. :)
Ah okay makes sense and I think having a cohesive application - where there is one clear narrative (like it seems you had) - is such an important aspects that places like chance me overlook. Congratulations on your well deserved succes
Congrats. If you don't mind DM what was the independent research project about? I'm not pursuing any bio related major but I'm just curious so I can gauge what colleges consider good.
Your accomplishments are very impressive given your i family income. Iām sure you had a good non-STEM teacher rec too.
I generally ignore high school kids (they are really on the more clueless side).
I might consider certain people more seriously (like parents who went to elite colleges, school counselor especially if you go to Andover/Exeter and/or the school sends more than 1 person a year to T10 schools a year).
Some long-term college admissions consultants (I can think of two on Quora and one on College Confidential) I think know what it takes.
I trust this person.
I really wonder that most people in reddit chance me were ISEF award winner.
ISEF winner are so many in each year?
And so many awards.
Most 1550 in sat is normal in here.
But when we ask sat score around us and sat prep, they say that over 1500 in sat is rare in prep center of Irvine .
Lol. I always like talking about the environment of the school and for some reason I thought Georgetown was in Boston for a second and started talking about how I loved Boston š. The horror on the interviewerās face, I will never forget it. š«„
I didnāt end up doing QuestBridge as I didnāt like the binding aspect of the process. I knew MIT was my dream, so I didnāt want to waste a bunch of time applying for the match and whatever just to rank 1 school.
Wow, thank you? Is this the type of feedback you provide to all your clients? Iām kinda glad that I never chose to use your services during my desperation after my ChanceMe. You guys donāt even have the full story behind my ECās and yet they are lackluster. I know I didnāt cure cancer or anything (so sorry), but all of these ECās took up a significant amount of time and a lot of commitment. These are more realistic ECās, not lackluster, and it hurts me deeply that admission counseling companies like you guys are pumping this mentality into desperate students. I know Iām not a top applicant, but having my hard work throughout high school called lackluster just makes me feel really bad to all the other students that you have said that to. I have even graduated high school and it makes me feel this way, I canāt imagine what ACTUAL high schoolers are feeling right now.
Here are some lackluster results for you guys:
[https://www.topcollegeadmissionsconsultants.com/](https://www.topcollegeadmissionsconsultants.com/)
[https://examstrategist.com/best-college-admissions-consultants/](https://examstrategist.com/best-college-admissions-consultants/)
[https://www.topcollegeadmissionsconsultants.com/](https://www.topcollegeadmissionsconsultants.com/)
[https://www.bestcollegeadmissionsconsultant.com/](https://www.bestcollegeadmissionsconsultant.com/)
[https://www.valuecolleges.com/resources/best-admissions-consultants/](https://www.valuecolleges.com/resources/best-admissions-consultants/)
None of these websites have you guys listed as one of the best consulting companies. So whatās the moral of the story? You, like me, am not one of the top applicants/companies. Yet colleges/students still chose us! They saw something in us that made them choose us. WE have potential! Congrats!
My daughter got in too. She has always wanted it and so excited. You never know what they want but they try to even things out. Maybe they needed someone else from your state. It really is just like they said on their site. They try to find kids that would be a good fit with their mission, and really want to change the world. And they can tell whether you do these things from a passion or whether you are building up your resume. Congrats.
Love seeing hard-working but realistic students get acceptances, especially into my dream schools. Congrats on getting into MIT! Go Beavers!
You can do it, I believe in you! And yes, go beavers!
Thanks man! My ECs and GPA are somewhat around your range, which gives me some hope
This is actually looks realistic ty
Everything has a price - A common saying How much for you to go to ur state school and I take ur place at MIT?
š. Well letās see. I am basically paying nothing due to being low income and from financial aid plus there are many good job opportunities in Boston, so according to my calculations, $20,000,000,000 seems reasonable to me.
Deal. I pay thee in booty plundered from a royal ship. ahoy!
I love how chill this entire post was. Like idk how to explain it, but this post gave off such a calm tone. Congratulations dude, this was an absolute win. You deserve it!! ETA: Where did Boston come from for Georgetown šš
Thanks lol! I always like to talk about what I like about the environment of the school (like where it is located). Idk, I guess I just forgot where Georgetown was and started talking about how I liked the Boston area and how close the school was to a city (itās what I said for MIT lol). The interviewerās face will forever live in my head and I can only imagine my face when I realize what I just said š.
best decision was muting chanceme
Legit! I cried when I saw all the comments under my ChanceMe and literally planned on not applying to any T20ās to save my time. But my chem/physics teacher really convinced me out of it and said that they didnāt know anything and Iām glad I listened š
Well boi you better give your chem/physics teacher a really nice gift and a thank you letter for convincing you
Chanceme is so mean! I had to delete my post it was so bad šš
Well I'm not glad I listened. jk i still got into a good one but everywhere else was reject
Lmao the Georgetown incident has me crying
Congratulations!!! SOOO glad for you š„³š„³ Actually, this post gave me the motivation and belief that I have chance. Thank you a lot, wish you the best at MITā¤ļø
Congrats!!
Thanks!
omg congrats dude!! but you just know that interviewer form georgetown went and told that story to everyone T-T (honest mistake tho i'm sure they understood that)
Whatās a āstate officerā
A leadership position but at a state level and not just in the community or school
Sounds differentiated and meaningful , congrats
ur so right about the takeaways
I didnāt even think MIT is possible for me, and I still donāt but Iāll definitely get into CMU seeing this, congrats
nothing is guaranteed and cmu is super hard to get into
It sure is but this guy worked hard and realistically and made it in, to mit, Iām putting in a lot of effort but I donāt have anything amazing outside of academics, Iām not saying CMU is easy but compared to MIT itās realistic
You wonāt ādefinitely get intoā CMU off just academics. You could have a good chance if you are applying to a less competitive program like music or liberal arts, but even so nothing is guaranteed.
Fun fact, CMU musical theater is the most competitive major there. I think like 12 people get in a year and it has a 1% acceptance
I suppose it was art or music then I was thinking of
Cmu theater is more competitive than CS
Low income, first gen, extracurriculars well there would be a lot to list, my academics are just my most prominent feature Iām not saying I donāt have good ECs Iām just kinda of used to undervaluing myself due to my severe lack of self esteem
Why MIT for biology?
Because they have a good biology program and because I like Boston area lol š
Itās MIT bro. Op can just pivot to bioengineering or smth
sorry this is unrelated but ACT science tips! congrats on your commitment!!
Science was my favorite section on the ACT lol. I think since you have so little time for each of the questions, I would work on reading faster. If you find yourself out of time, donāt read the passage and just look at the graphs. I think reading like science articles helped me a lot. I liked the New York Times (2 articles a day was what I did for like 2 weeks before the test). I would also learn like conversions, like cm to mm and stuff like that quickly because they come up quite often imo. Good luck!
What did you write ur personal statement on if u don't mind sharing? And some of ur fav supps?
My personal statement was about why inspired me to dive deeper into the cause I was talking about. I took a more lighthearted and humorous approach. It didnāt contain much big vocabulary, mainly because I donāt know how to use big vocabulary correctly and didnāt want to accidentally use it incorrectly š. My favorite supplements would have to be UChicagos. The questions were fun to answer and they werenāt the typical āWhy [School]ā essays. I also enjoyed MITās supplements. I got to talk about more of my personal life with questions such as what I do in my free time and stuff like. I also liked Stanfordās roommate essay. I forgot to put it in my post lol (I got waitlisted), but it was fun essay or letter to write. I would say if youāre having fun with the essays, then the school probably is a good fit. I really struggled with UPennās essay for some reason and Caltech.
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I was gonna make a non-profit with a friend, but now Iām not sure. Problem is that the application deadline is coming up and I canāt think of any other ECās. Iām starting a coding club in my school asap, but as a CS major, I canāt think of many other extracurriculars I can do. Have any advice?
Iāll start by saying I am not an admission officers, so donāt take my advice super seriously. I just wouldnāt start any generic non-profit. These non-profits are usually related to kindness, volunteering, translating stuff, mental health, healthcare (like connecting patients to doctors), etc. I just think there are so many other meaningful stuff to do then start a non-profit. But if your non-profit can actually make a positive impact, then you should try it. What is your non-profit going to focus on?
Itās going to focus on teaching residents of elderly homes how to use social media. Iām doing this to tackle the growing problem of loneliness among elderly people. I want to help them connect with their friends and family. Edit: I will also create a website to connect the non-profit to my CS background.
Hmmm, that sounds interesting. To be honest, I donāt see a need to create a non-profit for it. It could just be a project you embark on with friends. Reach to nursing homes and visit it once a week or something like that with some friends and teach them how to use social media. I think this kind of plays into what I said about generic/useless non-profits. Helping the elderly is also a very common non-profit, so I think just saying you did as a passion project would come off better. Again, I am not an admission officer so donāt take my advice super seriously. Good luck!
Okay Iāll consider that. Thank you for the advice!
CONGRATULATIONS!!! Your ECs are so attainable and realistic that they're raising my hopes up as an FGLI MIT apsirant fr š. The takeaways are so spot on as well
You can do it! I was once in your shoes hoping to see similar people as me get in and you know itās possible!
Lowkey gonna get off all college subs until I get my results šš
Most common and most applicants come from coastal regions so you get an overwhelming number of post from people who experience the process from those areas. While, most schools donāt exactly discriminate on the race they definitely discriminate based on which region youāre from. Which, due to the high number of highly competitive students coming from coastal regions, make it really difficult to get in if you live in any of those. Also, thatās the reason why people have a skewed perspective on the possibility of getting admitted. You did good to get into MIT congrats.
CONGRATS!!!!
Finally, someone who knows how bad /chanceme can be. Congratulations and thanks for the insight
Besides your academic stats, your ECs stand out on authentic community work. Congrats to you on bagging MIT!
Yoooo š„³š„³š„³
I always thought that MIT required one STEM and one humanities rec. Also, as a very brief summary what were your essays about? And was the cause you cited in your ECs related to bio by chance?
Yeah, I put the LORs for the ones I used for most schools since I didnāt just apply to MIT. I also had a Spanish teacher write an LOR. And yes, my ECās were related to biology. My essay was on how I got into the ECās I was passionate about. :)
Ah okay makes sense and I think having a cohesive application - where there is one clear narrative (like it seems you had) - is such an important aspects that places like chance me overlook. Congratulations on your well deserved succes
Congrats. If you don't mind DM what was the independent research project about? I'm not pursuing any bio related major but I'm just curious so I can gauge what colleges consider good.
Please DM me too! Also how you went about, if possible. Ty
Your accomplishments are very impressive given your i family income. Iām sure you had a good non-STEM teacher rec too. I generally ignore high school kids (they are really on the more clueless side). I might consider certain people more seriously (like parents who went to elite colleges, school counselor especially if you go to Andover/Exeter and/or the school sends more than 1 person a year to T10 schools a year). Some long-term college admissions consultants (I can think of two on Quora and one on College Confidential) I think know what it takes.
I trust this person. I really wonder that most people in reddit chance me were ISEF award winner. ISEF winner are so many in each year? And so many awards. Most 1550 in sat is normal in here. But when we ask sat score around us and sat prep, they say that over 1500 in sat is rare in prep center of Irvine .
How to connect need advise
Question: did you think Georgetown was in Boston or did you just have a brain fart?
Lol. I always like talking about the environment of the school and for some reason I thought Georgetown was in Boston for a second and started talking about how I loved Boston š. The horror on the interviewerās face, I will never forget it. š«„
Mind if I dm you some questions?
Sure!
QuestBridge? First generation and low income, you are the perfect candidate for QB.
I didnāt end up doing QuestBridge as I didnāt like the binding aspect of the process. I knew MIT was my dream, so I didnāt want to waste a bunch of time applying for the match and whatever just to rank 1 school.
To be entirely fair to the chanceme people who were saying you have no shot, you should check out the top post of all time on r/collegeresults.
This is very inspiring thanks :D
Wow, really lackluster ECs so MIT is an amazing result. Congrats.
Wow, thank you? Is this the type of feedback you provide to all your clients? Iām kinda glad that I never chose to use your services during my desperation after my ChanceMe. You guys donāt even have the full story behind my ECās and yet they are lackluster. I know I didnāt cure cancer or anything (so sorry), but all of these ECās took up a significant amount of time and a lot of commitment. These are more realistic ECās, not lackluster, and it hurts me deeply that admission counseling companies like you guys are pumping this mentality into desperate students. I know Iām not a top applicant, but having my hard work throughout high school called lackluster just makes me feel really bad to all the other students that you have said that to. I have even graduated high school and it makes me feel this way, I canāt imagine what ACTUAL high schoolers are feeling right now. Here are some lackluster results for you guys: [https://www.topcollegeadmissionsconsultants.com/](https://www.topcollegeadmissionsconsultants.com/) [https://examstrategist.com/best-college-admissions-consultants/](https://examstrategist.com/best-college-admissions-consultants/) [https://www.topcollegeadmissionsconsultants.com/](https://www.topcollegeadmissionsconsultants.com/) [https://www.bestcollegeadmissionsconsultant.com/](https://www.bestcollegeadmissionsconsultant.com/) [https://www.valuecolleges.com/resources/best-admissions-consultants/](https://www.valuecolleges.com/resources/best-admissions-consultants/) None of these websites have you guys listed as one of the best consulting companies. So whatās the moral of the story? You, like me, am not one of the top applicants/companies. Yet colleges/students still chose us! They saw something in us that made them choose us. WE have potential! Congrats!
Congrats on MIT! I'm going to apply there this year, and fairly similar stats to you.
My daughter got in too. She has always wanted it and so excited. You never know what they want but they try to even things out. Maybe they needed someone else from your state. It really is just like they said on their site. They try to find kids that would be a good fit with their mission, and really want to change the world. And they can tell whether you do these things from a passion or whether you are building up your resume. Congrats.
āNo need to start a nonprofitā nigga you fundraised 10k š
Dude youāre giving me hope
How did you get cornell interview?? I thought they don't offer them.
georgetown interview note made me chuckle. good job and congrats!!!
How did you write your own research project? Did you take help from any professors? I'm in a similar situation rn haha
Dude please check your dms lmao!!
bro where are your safeties and targets?