# Should I apply to MIT?

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**Category:** random\
**Created:** [October 24, 2006, 11:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/should-i-apply-to-mit/204964 "2006-10-24T23:46:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Al6200](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Al6200](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Al6200)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 11:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/should-i-apply-to-mit/204964/21 "2006-10-25T23:23:58Z")

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Doesn’t MIT want an interview???

Oh yes, and do colleges care if you do poorly as a freshman but clean up your act later, or do they just look at the flat numbers. I got a 2.9 unweighted as a freshman, but now I have a 3.9 unweighted GPA

Also there’s a thing of how many colleges I send my SAT scores to.

Basically the weighted GPA system is something like this:

A in a basic class is a 4.0  
A in an honors class is a 4.5  
A in an AP class is a 5 (AP classes are classes which have college level tests administered by the college board)

I heard one story of a girl having a 5.0 GPA as a senior, but its extoardinarily rare.

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**Author:** ![Templarian](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/templarian/32/7152_2.png) [@Templarian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Templarian)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 12:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/should-i-apply-to-mit/204964/22 "2006-10-26T00:01:21Z")

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Try to get into MIT theres nothing to lose but the fee and some time. All else fails you saved yourself a ton on college and can go someplace else.

[ot]wow… this thread makes me look dumb, my schools really hard though. Although because I’m also looking at colleges I’ve found that in the states a 3.5 will automatically get one into most universities. To bad I’m lazy and live 2 min from a college and I’m going there for my first 2 years.[/ot]

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**Author:** ![Al6200](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Al6200](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Al6200)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 12:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/should-i-apply-to-mit/204964/23 "2006-10-26T00:46:30Z")

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A 3.5 unweighted will get you into most schools. Community Colleges will accept anyone, with any GPA. But there are some schools that demand a pretty close to 4.0

MIT is one of the most selective schools in the nation

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**Author:** ![hl1](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/hl1/32/849_2.png) [@hl1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hl1)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 1:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/should-i-apply-to-mit/204964/24 "2006-10-26T01:27:09Z")

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[QUOTE=indiasfinest;1985549]harish, your a freshmen? wow im surprised.[/QUOTE]

Why’s that so suprising?

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**Author:** ![indiasfinest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5e9695/32.png) [@indiasfinest](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/indiasfinest)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 1:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/should-i-apply-to-mit/204964/25 "2006-10-26T01:30:34Z")

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idk, i’ve just thought that u were an adult ever since i joined

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