MIT - EA, Worth it? What are my chances?

jsim0808
Tue, 14 Apr 2009 01:58:52 +0000

Thank you all for the replies! It’s great to hear some encouraging feedback.

MIT at the moment is among my top 3-4 choices for college. If I do manage to get in by December through some fluke chance, there’s a number of colleges I can rule out in terms of applying there by the new years.

shravas and jessiehl, I’m very new to CC so I’m probably confused about “hooks” since I’ve never heard it elsewhere before besides here. Can someone care to explain it to me?

anamai, in regards to the resume, the MIT Admissions website states this:
“Please use our form, not your resume, to list your activities… You are welcome to submit a resume, but submitting a resume in lieu of filling out our standard activity list can hurt you (so don’t).”

anamai and shravas, my school has an awesome biotech program, in which I’ll be allowed to both pursue an internship this summer as well as an Independent Research class my senior year. It’s kind of confusing, and because IR is a class per say, it don’t think it belongs as part of my EC list.
And in IR, we do have an advisor, with whom we’ll meet with once every month or so for guidance/funds/etc.