Average Sophmore Looking to go to MIT

Applying to College Common and Coalition Application
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<p>Well, I’m a sophomore in high school, and I get average grades, I have about a 3.68 GPA, not exactly perfect, but I have an extremely strong desire to attend MIT. So, I figure it’s best to get started as early as possible, I’m about one forth of the way through sophomore year, which in retrospect is probably a little late, but I have to work with what I have.</p>

<p>Basically I need to know what I should start doing now, besides SAT prep and bringing up my GPA to a 4.0. I need to know what I can do now that will pay off when I’m applying to MIT so that I can stand out against the thousands of applicants that have had a 4.0 since 5th grade.</p>

<p>ANY suggestions are greatly appreciated, I just hope I’m starting early enough to make a difference. Also, if anyone has links to good websites, I would love to take a look. Thank you.</p>

<p>-Nick</p>

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<p>First thing first, move this to an appropriate subforum
Second thing, join all EC’s you can, get involed in a lot. Do stuff on the side of school, do something UNIIQUE (in fact, dont even tell anyone bout it!). </p>

<p>Be as devoted as you can during high school (it will get tough and stressful) and you should be able to get into MIT.</p>

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<p>Try to win a Fields Medal. That usually works.</p>

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<p>One of the best ways would be to realize that the MIT does not use the common application…</p>

<p>Anyway you should focus on science/math kind of comptitions/EC’s</p>