<p>oh haha i c</p>
<p>ohhh! …yea…i was being sarcastic too (no i wasnt)</p>
<p>Some clarification & thoughts…</p>
<p>You can take the old SAT1 <em>or</em> the new SAT1 <em>or</em> the ACT w/o writing <em>or</em> the ACT w/ writing. If English is not your native language, you can take the TOEFL instead.</p>
<p>On top of one of the above, you need to take 3 SAT2’s. One must be Math (Ic or IIc); one must be Science (Chemistry, Physics, or Biology e/m) and you get to choose the third. Yes, in theory you could just take both Math Ic and IIc and a science, but that wouldn’t be very exciting for <em>you</em>! :-)</p>
<p>(If English is not your native language and you take the TOEFL, you are only required to take 2 SAT2’s - a math and a science.)</p>
<p>RE ECA’s: Why do we have 5 slots (with significant room for elaboration on each) instead of more slots (with less room for each)? And should you submit a supplemental resume?</p>
<p>It’s a complicated answer which I’ll try to address briefly here.</p>
<p>To start - quality over quantity. Indeed, most applicants participate in more than 5 activities, we know that. But you don’t need to tell us about every single one of them. Telling us - in detail - about the 5 most meaningful things will tell us a lot more about you than a laundry list of everything you’ve ever done in high school.</p>
<p>Should you submit a resume? Read the previous paragraph again to clarify what we’re looking for. Does your resume fall under “quality over quantity” or is it a laundry list? We find that most resumes tend to be the latter, aside from the 5 (or so) most important things on them (for which we make lots of room on our application). </p>
<p>What’s your passion index for each activity? (Be honest!) Are you as passionate about all of them as you are about the top 5? If not, a supplemental resume may make you look like you’re spreading yourself too thin.</p>
<p>Answer these questions honestly and you’ll know whether or not attaching a resume will help or hurt you.</p>
<p>We’re trying to do our part to counter the widespread idea that you need to do 50 activities to get into college - you don’t, at least here at MIT. We see people filling up every minute of their schedules with things they don’t even like, sleeping only a few hours a night - all <em>simply</em> because they think this is how one gets into college. Not only is this physically unhealthy, but it’s robbing them of vital time for what’s truly important: simply living. </p>
<p>Old man quote that is true: You don’t want to wake up one day and wonder what happened to your teenage years. Make some time to take a step back and appreciate them before it’s too late.</p>
<p>Summary: (1) follow your heart and explore your true passions to the nth degree, (2) don’t do things just for the sake of getting into college, and (3) make sure your application reflects both of these. </p>
<p>And what about that old man quote? Well, there’s a very good reason that our application includes question 12A, which says “We know you lead a busy life, full of activities, many of which are required of you. Tell us about something you do simply for the pleasure of it.”</p>
<p>That’s not a trick question. Truly. Make sure to have a real answer for it when the time comes.</p>
<p>WOWWW
A COLLEGE REP!!!</p>
<p>it’s the first time i saw one on CC! (i havent been here very long)</p>
<p>Thanks, benjones for your mit-insider views</p>
<p>The problem I have is that whatever I do, I like (usually), and then I overdo it sometimes, and like oyu said…it results in me not having enough timeee to sleep (well…maybe not that extreme)</p>
<p>lol… looking back and regretting, it doesn’t seem like i’ll be doing that, but i’ll always have wondered what could have been if i got into mit… (not that i know already, as i haven’t applied, but i can tell i’m not exactly the model candidate…)</p>
<p>I find myself running into this, not because of colleges (some would doubt me, but I assure you I am honest), but because I am interested in everything there is to learn. I went to a montessori school for most of my life… so I find myself not sleeping, just because of the giant data stream the world is, all there is to see and do. I wonder if many colleges consider that this could be the case?</p>
<p>stasterisk: essays would help. reveal yourself in the essay and they’ll understand that you are the type who grasps every opportunity in life living to your fullest extent.</p>
<p>but the trouble is, not every school has cool admission like MIT.
they somewhat encourage you to beef up your ec’s in the sense that some provide 8 coloumns and ask you to send a resume if that wasn’t enough!</p>
<p>hah chanman, you are such silly and clueless little farm boy. you need to get some exposure to urban people before coming here if you do, so nobody takes advantage of your naivete. good luck with all.</p>
<p>and cujoe your location cracks me up.</p>
<p>what do u mean?</p>
<p>i don’t think that reaction had anything to do with being a country bumpkin; admit it, w/o prior knowledge, wouldn’t you be surprised to see an actual college admin on a forum like this?</p>
<p>not having been around the net or a certain segment of it doesn’t mean you need to gain sophistication. tho that might help you hide it better.</p>