Which extracurriculars are most appealing?

rothstem
Sat, 15 Aug 2015 21:38:41 +0000

The MIT application leaves space for 5 extracurriculars but it’s not true that they don’t allow for more. They give you additional space to add anything you feel is important to your application. MIT wants to know the real you. You can put your top favorite activities on that list or the ones that take up most of your time. There are also other places to add extra curricular activities. There is place to list summer activities and and another place to list work experience. You can list a summer internship, paid or unpaid, in any of those three places. That adds up to 14 spots for extra curricular activities. Fill them in however you’d like or leave some spots blank. It’s meant to be flexible. But there is absolutely no right answer of what MIT wants to see. If there were, you’d find that most students at MIT are clones. That is furthest from the truth. MIT makes a great effort to make a well rounded class. They pride themselves on an atmosphere that is very collaborative. Collaboration works best when there are many students with different skills and different interests.