What is MIT's view on self studying and taking hard math classes earlier on?

rainynightstarz
Wed, 06 Jun 2007 11:37:30 +0000

I am just wondering what is MIT’s view on self studying?
I self studying a couple subjects (Algebra 1 before 8th grade, then Precalc Honors before 10th grade, then Chem Honors before 11th)
So i didn’t actually get a lot of the easily Honors class credits, and I am running out of Math and Science classes to take at my school.
I’ll be taking a couple classes at Community College next year to continue Math and probably Physics (those classes are harder than any other subjects at that Community college, the Physics class itself is from 6 pm to 11 pm on a school night).

Does MIT adcom recognize the difference between someone that took calc bc their sophomore year and someone that took calc bc their senior year?

oh and does qualifying for AIME since 8th grade help? I know that it’s not even close to USAMO, but not that many people qualified since 8th grade.