<p>^Depends on the department. The MIT EECS department has an admit rate of about 5% most years, and although the aerospace department’s published admit rate is around 50%, that includes a lot of MIT undergrads applying and 100% being accepted.</p>
<p>I’m in 8th grade in a private school and i wanted to get into mit since i was in 6th grade.
i am really good at math half of my class is falling back in it that my principle told me to take geometry.
Now I’m doing trigonometry and just finished doing the Pythagorean theory thingy. It was hard because i just got worksheets and there we go i had to do it.
but yea i get it now I’m only 13 and I’ve been in advanced math my whole life. I’m average in science. Next year I’m gonna try my hardest to get 4.0’s. I love video games
and really interested in computers. I know the parts and stuff (youtube) lol i self taught myself basically. also, I want to be an electrical engineer to hopefully like repair computers or help make the latest consoles… etc. i have a good interest in tech…</p>
<p>Anyway, my question is do you think i have a chance? Also, IF i don’t make it what other colleges will be the best for a good career.</p>
<p>Edit: sorry for reviving a 1 month old post</p>
<p>Any college you graduate from can lead to a great engineering career. It can be MIT or it can be anywhere else.</p>
<p>Since the OP started high school in 05, he must’ve graduated last summer. I wonder if he got into MIT, lol.</p>
<p>ya know what really sucks…</p>
<p>being the younger sister (junior) of a MIT student (sophmore)
having better SAT scores than them
having more 5s on AP exams
going to a more challenging school
actually having research experience and competition awards
and STILL not knowing if you’ll ever be accepted…</p>
<p>i would also like to enter into MIT college… i was actually just trying to figure out some tips to get in… i am currently an 8th grader about to be a freshman in highschool. i am testing out of Algerbra II this summer and will begin Pre-Calculus as freshman, AP Claculus as a sophmore, AP Stats as a junior, and duelscheduling to go to MSU college my senior year. i also am testing out of biology through the summer since i am planning to go into physics. i was wondering if this was a good plan, i have had a multitude of different answers from people. my father says i should do biology as a freshman so i am taught by a teacher, i disagree because i figure i should be as far ahead as possible, especially since i would like to be accepted to MIT. please give me some feedback 
i would very much appreciate some oppinions</p>
<p>i would also like to enter into MIT college… i was actually just trying to figure out some tips to get in… i am currently an 8th grader about to be a freshman in highschool. i am testing out of Algerbra II this summer and will begin Pre-Calculus as freshman, AP Claculus as a sophmore, AP Stats as a junior, and duelscheduling to go to MSU college my senior year. i also am testing out of biology through the summer since i am planning to go into physics. i was wondering if this was a good plan, i have had a multitude of different answers from people. my father says i should do biology as a freshman so i am taught by a teacher, i disagree because i figure i should be as far ahead as possible, especially since i would like to be accepted to MIT. please give me some feedback i would very much appreciate some oppinions</p>
<p>^^always listen to your dad, he’s right 99.9% of the time…no joke</p>
<p>You might end up liking biology. At this point you don’t even have fundamental knowledge about most sciences, so skipping out on an important one that you may find out you really like could be a mistake. Besides, I know five people who graduated (or will graduate soon) from my school that got into MIT and such places and they took Biology freshman year.</p>
<p>I think you have a skewed perception as to what can get you into these places. You need to have more than just great stats because everyone has those.</p>
<p>[Want</a> to Get into Harvard? Spend More Time Staring at the Clouds: Rethinking the Role of Extracurricular Activities in College Admissions](<a href=“Want to Get into Harvard? Spend More Time Staring at the Clouds: Rethinking the Role of Extracurricular Activities in College Admissions - Cal Newport”>Want to Get into Harvard? Spend More Time Staring at the Clouds: Rethinking the Role of Extracurricular Activities in College Admissions - Cal Newport)</p>
<p>I found this to be a different perspective on what gets you into schools. I feel that MIT is quite clear that, yes, they do want stats, but they also want a freshman class that has a variety of outstanding abilities that they can use to achieve much more than the norm.</p>
<p>Wow I just stumbled upon this thread and am truly amazed at some of the 8th graders here. I am currently a junior in high school, I have taken the highest classes realistically possible in math, science, history, and everything except for language. I am in hon trig/precal this year and will take AP calc my senior year. I thought that was pretty good, but it seems so far behind everyone else.
With this in mind, I do lots of clubs and try to focus on science and math (math team, computer club). I also do track and cross country but I am not the most dedicated.
My one true passion is music. I play guitar and love it. I even researched it the summer between sophomore and junior years and taught myself audio engineering and recorded, produced and put an album on iTunes. That’s probably my one big thing.
In conclusion I think I will apply to MIT but realistically I wont get in due to my SAT scores and lack of amazing science/math competitions.
So with this realistic mindset, what are other very good schools for engineering in the northeast area?</p>
<p>Guitardude… there has to be a ton of engineering schools in the NE!</p>
<p>Wooster Polytech, Franklin Olin Tech both send out letters begging my son to give them a shot. </p>
<p>You could use the College Search function right here on CC and find plenty more that would fit your stats. give it a shot.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>This is most certainly an interesting thread. As I am sure people have already said throughout this thread, there is no set way of getting into MIT or any similar school for that matter. I wouldn’t worry about it so much if you are only in 8th grade. Considering there is still that whole in between thing called high school, you can settle down. Take the classes that are going to challenge you the most and get involved in activities that interest you. That is basically the only thing to do when you’re just entering high school. Also, make the most of it, don’t spend all of your time worrying about whether or not you’re going to get into MIT or some other school. Work your hardest and if you don’t get in, then it probably wasn’t meant to be in the first place.</p>
<p>Also, don’t put all of your hope into one school. Explore your possibilities and you might find that another school is a better fit for you.</p>
<p>Best of luck!</p>
<p>**DO NOT **decide to go to MIT just because you want to say later on in life that you went to MIT.</p>
<p>Thread > 5 years old.</p>