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<p>That’s just wrong! </p>
<p>I knew a guy that was a troublemaker (i.e. gang involvement, rough part of town, etc.) Yet he managed to pull his stuff together in high school. To everyone’s surprise he managed to get into Stanford and MIT, among others.</p>
<p>You are going to have to double up on both Math and Science. Have AP Calc and AP-some science under you belt by end of Junior year. All competitive tech schools require SAT subject tests, and to do well in a subject test you need twice the usual hs curriculum. </p>
<p>You are going to have to beat, torture and harass your school administration to make this happen. </p>
<p>An develop a hobby/EC.</p>
<p>I am currently a freshman. I was born on a tiny island named Guam, which is an American territory, in the middle of the Nowhere (Pacific Ocean). There are barely any “eligible” summer camps I can go to that is good for MIT. I cannot go to the states for “training” there because of the lack of money I have. One of my dreams, like many people, is to be accepted there. My GPA is very high and I have been intensely studying for the SAT’s. (My highest practice SAT score was in the 2000’s) I take volley ball and cross country for sports and I take band as my extra-curriculars. I’m one of the top players in the sports team and band. I’m not trying to show off but I need advice. What more can I do to increase my chances of going to MIT? Please email me at mik<em>y</em><a href="mailto:nhoj@hotmail.com">nhoj@hotmail.com</a>…</p>
<p>I also forgot to mention that I am close with the teachers, kind of like best friends. Are recommendations good and what else… >.<</p>
<p>milkynhoj- 1) stop worrying about the SATs. There is no need to study for them as a freshman if you can score in the 2000s. You don’t need a perfect score to get into top schools. 2) Take a ton of math and science classes and get straight As in most, if not all, of them. 3) #2 is not enough to get you into MIT. You need to have some intense science/math experience outside of school. This is different for everyone. Some people will rewire their house’s circuitry, others will build computers, others will form businesses, and some write out some really intense proofs. </p>
<p>Here’s what I did: I took Calc junior year and MV Calc/Linear Algebra senior year. The past two years, I have taken two science courses each, for a total of 3 AP sciences. Straight As in every math and science class since freshman year. A- average in my school’s overly difficult AP english and history classes. Aced two subject tests and got a 35 on the ACT. Played varsity golf (2nd best senior in a class of 1000), on the science olympiad team, tutored in and out of school, coached golf to inner-city kids, and made a program that tracks my golf stats and then built a device to help out my putting. And I got flat-out rejected from MIT, probably because I was like thousands of other applicants and never stuck out (or MIT is extremely harsh on my HS, because no one has gotten into MIT for the past three/four years, but HPYS all accept a few each every year)</p>
<p>So, in conclusion, do something amazing that will make you stick out. Of course, this all changes if you are a girl, as MIT will be slightly more lenient on their admissions standards to get an equal proportion of males and females in their school.</p>
<p>I have heard that many people who study hard and get into good clubs get rejected. On the other hand, people who have not worked as hard and have not gone into anything got into better colleges, even one of the Ivy Leagues. Why is that?</p>
<p>milkyhoj- that’s a pretty tough question, and it perplexes me as well. It really comes down to what a school is looking for: are they looking for a machine, or a vibrant personality that demonstrates a ton of interest in their school? Top schools say that they could fill entire classes multiple times with valedictorians, so some top students have to be rejected assuming they are going just by grades, which they won’t be. It’s all a crapshoot (I should know, I got waitlisted at CMU but accepted at Stanford). Top students will always be rejected at top schools, but what I’ve noticed is that all the great students I know who are also fantastic down-to-earth people end up getting into tons of schools.</p>
<p>You’re going to have a helluva time getting into MIT. I got rejected as a valedictorian with a 36 ACT and 9 varsity letters.</p>
<p>X/ awww man…</p>
<p>There are many factors that impact MIT decisions. Grades and test scores are only a part of the pie.</p>
<p>for a freshman to highschool, he sounds really clueless on what he is going to do…</p>
<p>He’s also not very quick on resources I must say, haha, i’m mean, but seriously, google these things up, a good course load is like </p>
<p>This is like the bare minimum. If you CAN, take classes OUTSIDE of HS at a community college.</p>
<p>I took physics, psychology, art, japanese language 2 years, and applied math in my junior/senior year.</p>
<p>Also join 1-2 sports where u can STAY dedicated to. As well as 1-3 clubs where you can have a high position.</p>
<p>Freshman:</p>
<p>Geometry Honor
English Honor
Biology Honor ( if available)
Language </p>
<p>Sophomore:</p>
<p>Algebra II Honor
AP Bio/chem
English Honor
Language 3/4</p>
<p>Junior:</p>
<p>Pre:calculus honor
AP lang
AP Physics
language 5/6</p>
<p>Senior:</p>
<p>AP cal AB/BC
AP lit
AP chem/physics/bio
Anatomy</p>
<p>Hi, I’m an 8th grader and I want to go to MIT.
So far, the things I’ve been doing so far -
I made it to the National MATHCOUNTS Competition 2009
I’m currently in Pre-calc and I am taking AP Calc AB in Freshman year
I’m on the school soccer team
I’m in the History Club
I’m in a Student Historic Preservation Society w/ our city’s department - Treasurer
I’m the Treasurer in another Honor Society.
I have gotten all As and A+s throughout all of middle school (all A+s in 8th grade), and I have a 100 in Precalc.
I have taken the SAT and scored 1910.
I am planning to take 6 or 7 AP classes in high school, (hopefully) maintain a perfect GPA, be ranked 1-5, be in the school Senate, tutor, take additional classes in local colleges, be in the math and science olympiads in high school.</p>
<p>Any suggestions? I’m crazy about MIT; I live close and I have attended Splash. I also plan to serve internship at the labs there. Please help me!! I have to get into MIT, or any other top school, but preferably MIT!!!</p>
<p>Pray. And get great grades, test scores, etc. Basically, be awesome in every category. And even then there’s no good chance that you’ll get in, because MIT gets amazing applicants every year.</p>
<p>Praying would be nice.
Also, if this helps, I’m crazy about nanoscience and nanotechnology.
I’ve read tons of articles and I’m planning to meet with professors to ask them what I should do now.
I’ve read that you should take something you like and completely master and do a lot of things with it and basically know the thing really well.
Any suggestions?</p>
<p>Dear High School Kids,
This is how you get into MIT
<p>A couple of things to remember:
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>0/0 =1^∞*π
Lol.</p>
<p>Thanks for the post Gandhiji. I plan to apply for the Seimen’s national science fair. I think the Intel science fair is another prestegious one that MIT likes to see.</p>
<p>If you are having to ask how to get into MIT you are already destined for failure. I’m sure that if you did some research and payed slight attention to detail you would not be asking this kind of question.</p>
<p>“to get into MIT, you must solve this problem:
0
0
express answer in terms of pi”</p>
<p>i don’t think i can really do the pi thing…</p>
<p>0/0 = (π-π)/(π-π)<br>
= [ln(-1)/i-ln(-1)/i]/[ln(-1)/i-ln(-1)/i]<br>
= [ln(-1)-ln(-1)] / [ln(-1)-ln(-1)]
= ln(-1/-1)/ln(-1/-1)
= ln(1)/ln(1)
=> e^[ln(1)/ln(1)]=1/1=1 **
=> ln(1)/ln(1)=ln(1)=0
0 ≠ 1 -> it is raining purple carrots shaped like bunnies</p>
<p>lol, i suck at math.</p>
<p>** interesting:
i*ln(1)/ln(1) –> e^i(0/0) = cos(0/0) - i sin(0/0)
=> bound in a unit circle in the complex plane for any value of 0/0
=> ‘i’ is operating like a projection operator to a semi-tangible plane but does not change the nature</p>
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<p>WHY MIT? because you’ve seen it in numerous movies about “smart people”?</p>
<p>there is a fundamental problem with our youth when they base their decisions/goals on perceived glamour of a field. i hate glamour… and i know perceived glamour well from my place of work.</p>
<p>spend a few years in HS, take the toughest classes you can, do summer programs/internships, do some research on universities, and THEN come on here and say you want to go to MIT or the like. i cannot take you seriously until then.</p>
<p>OP was in 2005… wow.</p>
<p>Though I did hear MIT grad is a bit easier to get into, grad school > undergrad, so don’t fret all you crazies.</p>