How does MIT view Early Entrance Programs

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>Hi all,</p>

<p>My name is Tanner and I attended an Early Entrance Program at a state university in Kansas during my junior and senior year of high school. The program is called the Kansas Academy of Mathematics and Science, and like the title implies, is a program heavily focused on a math and science curriculum. I have taken a full college course load, lived in a dorm on campus and I am only affiliated with my high school as to ensure I get enough transferrable credits to get my diploma. My junior year of KAMS, I took Analytic Geometry and Calc 1 and 2, University Chemistry 1 and 2 with Labs, Linear Algebra, a course designed to help us conduct scientific research and wrote two papers, both focusing on environmental chemistry. My senior year of KAMS I Engineering Physics 1/2 with Labs, Organic Chemistry I with Lab (I am not taking organic 2 because I can’t stand this subject. I am more of a theory/calculation kind of guy), Analytic Geometry and Calc 3 (Multivariable Calc), Abstract Algebra, Differential Equations, and Advanced Calculus 1. I have also been apart of other research teams in the Chemistry and physics departments. I also took other english and history classes to meet my high school graduation requirements. </p>

<p>I really don’t care if MIT takes much, or any of the credit, but if I did well in a program like this, do you think it will make me stand out from the other applicants or do colleges really care that much about EE programs?
I know this isn’t a full “application” so when I ask for my chances I just want to know really how do you guys think this will look on my application. I have extracurriculars as well, but for now I just want to put this out there. Here is some more information:
<a href=“Kansas Academy of Mathematics and Science - Fort Hays State University (FHSU)”>http://www.fhsu.edu/kams/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Thanks and I will chance back. </p>

<p>Tanner</p>

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<p>What did you score on the math portion of the SAT and the Math II subject test?</p>

<p>Nice that you took those classes, but they don’t mean much to a school like MIT.</p>

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<p>I didn’t take the SAT. I took the ACT with a 32 on the Math and 730 on the Math II subject test. Why wouldn’t that mean much?</p>

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<p>It probably be better than some kid coming from a nowhere public school.</p>

<p>In Texas we have the same thing called TAMS, my friends go there and there are a ton of MITs and Caltech etc every year, so yes early college programs help.</p>

<p>Chance me back?</p>

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<p>Well unfortunately, the programs don’t mean much in general to MIT. They mean next to nothing if you have a low ACT score, and a low SAT II Score.</p>

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<p>MIT says explicitly that test scores are not the most important factor.</p>