<p>I’d switch to calculus, for all of the excellent reasons cited above. There’s plenty of time to take real computer science and stats in college.</p>
<p>It is hard to imagine a HS that would schedule robotics so that none of the top science/math kids in the class, all of whom will be taking calculus, can take it, unless it is a course not aimed at serious science/math kids. Or maybe I’m over-thinking it. </p>
<p>By all means apply to MIT, but do have a range of other suitable schools also. MIT’s admissions seem to have grown increasingly quirky in recent years, and kids with what one would think are bullet-proof STEM backgrounds are routinely rejected. What other schools are on your list? And what are your real SAT and SATII scores as of now? If you share that, people here can help you make up a good, realistic list.</p>