Ivy League Schools Extracurricular

Coloradomama
Sat, 14 Apr 2018 10:43:49 +0000

Only Rowing is division 1 at MIT, and follows those rules for recruiting. all other sports are division 3, and carry somewhat less weight with MIT Admissions is my understanding. See other posts, but many athletes are very disappointed to be “recruited” by an MIT coach and rejected by MIT Admissions! Athletes need other hooks, for MIT.

If you are an Ivy Division 1 recruit, thats different, Ivy schools and Stanford, Northwestern etc save seats for athletes.

MIT does not necessarily, but if you are first generation college student, and an athlete, that will get their attention I bet. If you won an international debate contest and a top athlete, that may work. If you are a qualifying AIME math score, an athlete and a girl, that will get their attention. Everyone needs at least two check boxes today to get into MIT, so good at something and good at something else, or in a special category like first generation college student. It probably depends on exactly what you do in starting a club, how much time you take with it, how passionate you are about it, and how you convey that to MIT and whether it makes some sort of difference to students in your high school, and IF you can convey that to MIT and/or your EC.