u/rawramen65

Academics

• GPA 3.95 / 4.77
• Rank: school doesn't rank
• of APs/Honors/Dual Enrollment: 13 APs, 3 DE
• senior yr: physics c mech de, calc 3 honors/ diff eq honors, ap lit, ap gov/ap econ, French 4 honors, ap physics 2,

Standardized Testing

• 34 ACT, Taking SAT later

Extracurriculars/Activities

1. Taught myself ROS at university robotics lab to program robot for PhD level studies (internship) (prof will write a rec letter she is an alum)
2. Researched pddl path planning at same uni, submitted paper to 45% acceptance rate uni
3. Paid intern building drone with team at Fortune 500 company
4. AMC Math Club Pres + tutoring
5. developed therapy assistance app for local autism nonprofit
6. robotics club team captain
7. district advisory board (made podcasts + designed and researched radar sensors)
8. organized stem projects for kids at local science center

Awards/Honors

1. ap scholar w distinction
2. deans list nominee frc
3. impact + ei frc
4. peo star scholar
5. top science/math award in school

Hi Everyone!

I am making this post to get some clarity on my realistic chances at MIT so here are my stats. Please offer insight if you can!

Low income/ Asian Female/ Small Public High School in AZ

3.95 uw/ 4.77 w 34 ACT (Taking SAT in August)

Extracurriculars:

- FRC Robotics Team Captain/Software Lead

- President of Math Club (Qualified for AMC State, tutor students at our school in all math subjects, 30+ people),

- Chosen for School District Advisory Board (climate and culture podcast, designed radar sensors to implement in bathrooms)

- Internship at Arizona State University (created basic mechanism code on ROS through Gazebo Simulation for Leo Rover for a PhD group's autonomous planning studies)

- Individual Research Paper on PDDL Planning and Spatial Modeling (ASU Prof went to MIT for 8 years and is writing me a rec letter) presented at Southwest Robotics Symposium (World-wide conference, 45% acceptance rate)

- Volunteer social worker at preschool for autistic children

- Designed a interactive robotic platform mimicking AAC devices that allowed nonverbal children to communicate easier

- Paid engineering intern at Fortune 500 company

- Director for stem activities including robotics at az science center

- Volunteered at local library encouraging literacy for summer reading intiative

Awards: outstanding achievement math/science x2 (school award), ap scholar w distinction, frc impact award, frc engineering inspiration award, frc dean's list nominee, peo star scholarship nominee

Hi Everyone!

I am making this post to get some clarity on my realistic chances at MIT so here are my stats. Please offer insight if you can!

Low income/ Asian Female/ Small Public High School in AZ

3.95 uw/4.77 w 34 ACT (Taking SAT in August)

Extracurriculars: FRC Robotics Team Captain/Software Lead, President of Math Club (Qualified for AMC State, tutor students at our school in all math subjects, 30+ people), Chosen for School District Advisory Board (focused on improving climate and culture through podcasting, designed radar sensors to implement in bathrooms, presented at governing board meetings), Internship at Arizona State University (created basic mechanism code on ROS through Gazebo Simulation for Leo Rover for a PhD group's autonomous planning studies), Individual Research Paper on PDDL planning and Spatial modeling with Leo Rover as experimentation (ASU Professor went to MIT for 8 years and is writing me a rec letter) and showcased this paper + poster at Southwest Robotics Symposium (World-wide conference, 45% acceptance rate), volunteer social worker at preschool for autistic children (directed large scale events as well and then based off my experiences designed a interactive robotic platform mimicking AAC devices that allowed nonverbal children to communicate easier, tested this device with autistic children and got feedback from therapists, pitching to the entire nonprofit in October (inspired by my younger brother who has autism and is nonverbal), paid engineering intern at Fortune 500 company (designed, built, and programmed a drone for autonomous navigation through vision processing with rest of interns), also volunteered as director for stem activities including robotics at az science center and volunteered at local library encouraging literacy for summer reading intiative, two yrs JV Soccer, mentor for incoming freshman,

Awards: outstanding achievement math/science x2 (school award), ap scholar w distinction, frc impact award, frc engineering inspiration award, frc dean's list nominee, peo star scholarship nominee