Graduate Admission into MIT

collegealum314
Fri, 30 May 2008 02:52:21 +0000

"Anonamous, I’ve heard a lot about the competition, but I didn’t even know it was regarded so highly outside Sydney uni. I’ll definitely participate; however, in my opinion, it is still easier than competitions such as Putnam and IMC (which I don’t think Australia participates in, but I’m not sure).

Well, even if the MIT faculty isn’t familiar with a particular contest, the faculty at your university can indicate what that performance means in terms of future promise.

The most important thing is to do your classes as well as you can. Don’t worry so much about these contests. In order to make it to MIT from where you are, you’re probably going to have to be the best person at math at your university. Ask yourself what type of performance in class you would need in order for your professors to say that you are the most talented person they had seen in the past 10 years. It’s that type of mastery you will need to do well on these contests anyway.