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Mitchell Johnson Profile

Mitchell Johnson remains a once in a generation bowler more than a decade after he was first spotted by Dennis Lillee as a 17-year-old. No other fast man has been able to copy his successful left-arm method that mixes bouts of waywardness with spot-on strike-power. Off the field he is so shy that it is hard to believe he has taken on the role as Australia's chief marksman, a weapon capable of hitting batsmen and 155kph.

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Mitchell Johnson Profile

Mitchell Johnson Profile

An athlete who started out preferring tennis, Johnson was late to focus on cricket and suffered early in his career with four back stress fractures that almost floored him for good. He persevered, driving a plumbing van when he lost his Queensland contract, and became only the fourth Australian left-arm paceman to pass 100 Test wickets. With a strong, flowing run to the crease, Johnson can become mechanical in delivery, especially if his wrist, a long-term concern, is in the wrong position.

When it's bad, he sprays the ball on both sides of the wicket like an old-fashioned firebrand. When it's perfect, there is probably no better bowler in the game.

The late swing at pace is a major problem, along with sharp bounce, and sometimes it's just the angle across the batsmen that undoes them. South Africa suffered the most brutal spells in 2008-09 while England's run-makers enjoyed his wonkiest ones during the 2009 Ashes. Whatever his mood, he has become a must-have for Ricky Ponting since debuting in 2007 - and that's before considering his batting.

Johnson's belief in his run-making is so strong that he would like to open in Twenty20s or one-dayers in the future, and he will always be able to claim his Test average was 99.00 after five games. His style is smooth enough for a specialist and when he nails a big swing it looks as effortless as Ernie Els on the golf course. The owner of a Test hundred and a 96, both against the might of South Africa, he will be mildly miffed if he doesn't finish his career as a genuine allrounder.

Full name
Mitchell Guy Johnson

Born
November 2, 1981, Townsville, Queensland

Current age
29 years 35 days

Major teams
Australia, Queensland, Western Australia

Nickname
Midge, Notch

Playing role
Bowler

Batting style
Left-hand bat

Bowling style
Left-arm fast

Height
1.89 m

Batting and fielding averages

Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St

Tests

39
54
8
1030
123*
22.39
1739
59.22
1
4
127
21
10
0

ODIs

85
47
16
500
73*
16.12
535
93.45
0
1
41
12
21
0

T20Is

24
13
4
76
28*
8.44
62
122.58
0
0
7
2
4
0

First-class

70
96
20
1837
123*
24.17

2
8

17
0

List A

109
57
21
598
73*
16.61
696
85.91
0
1

24
0

Twenty20

27
14
4
81
28*
8.10
66
122.72
0
0
8
2
4
0

Bowling averages

Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10

Tests

39
76
9122
4994
166
8/61
11/159
30.08
3.28
54.9
9
6
2

ODIs

85
83
4129
3420
129
5/26
5/26
26.51
4.96
32.0
4
2
0

T20Is

24
24
512
586
30
3/15
3/15
19.53
6.86
17.0
0
0
0

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I will be in AP Calculus BC as a senior, is my math level good enough to get into MIT?

I know there's a lot of other factors, my senior sched will look like this:
AP Calc BC
AP Physics C
AP Lit
AP Econ
AP Government and Politics
IBHL Music

It will depend what you want to do with your life. If your goal is to go into MIT and take honors/advanced math course, then absolutely not. If you have no intention of going into math, then you will be run-of-the-mill.

Lets consider the first option, that is you actually care about math.
Then you're math is painfully weak. Some of the best math students in the world go into MIT for their math programs. These are students who have been proving mathematical results since middle school and have been on the US math olympic team. Unless you work your rear end off learning such subjects as linear algebra, point set topology, and basic real analysis, then you will have no shot at competing. You can learn these subjects by the texts by Axler, Munkres, and Spivak (his calculus text) respectively.

Let us assume you don't want to go into math. What you heard about the level of the general student is probably an understatement. This is MIT, this is not a liberal arts college you're talking about. Only the best get in, and even then there are absolutely tons of great students who get rejected. This is not a bash on you, for I guess you are an incredible student, but the fact stands that MIT is statistically one of the hardest schools to get into. You're chances are slim to none, and this is simply a result of the sheer volume of students who apply. Your credentials seem to be decent, but everyone who applied to MIT will have those credentials and then some.

For a realistic idea of what students get into MIT, I know several who got in. One of them competed in math contests his entire high school career, and often submitted solutions to math competition journals. He placed very highly in many of these competitions.

Another was a member of the US math olympic team.

I have no intention of ruining your dreams. But the reality us that tens of thousands of the best students apply, and they only have room for a few. I went through the process myself and got rejected by some very good schools. My best advice to you is to not get your heart set on MIT only. There are many of great places that you can apply to, and I'll give you a list of the places with the best math programs.

MIT, Stanford, Harvard, Princeton, U of C Berkeley, UCLA, University of Michigan, University of Chicago.

Judging by your credentials, you can probably get into at least two of these schools. So my advice to you is to apply to many schools, and just acknowledge the fact that all of these are good schools.

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