Is it possible that I can get into MIT?

DadTwoGirls
Wed, 29 Nov 2017 23:23:01 +0000

You appear to have noticed that high school is more difficult than middle school. It turns out that university will be more difficult than high school, and if you can get in then MIT will be more difficult than most universities.

At this point I think that the main thing that you can do it to learn from your first few months of high school. You need to “up your effort” and find a way to get A’s. You also should try to get involved in a few activities that you like and have some fun.

Don’t worry about universities for two more years. Two years from now you will have a much better sense regarding what sort of school is a reasonable match for you. You should keep in mind however that there are hundreds of very good universities. Frankly MIT is a very good match for only a very small number of students. It is not enough to be super smart and have very high grades and test scores. You also need to have appropriate activities or “hooks” to get in, and most importantly to go to a school as academically challenging as MIT, YOU HAVE TO WANT TO DO IT. In this case “do it” includes working exceptionally hard in university.