MIT EA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What about for DS who is interested in MIT?

Play a sport well

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I do alumni interviewing for an Ivy. My only interviewee who got in last year was a cheerleader.

Gag

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What about for DS who is interested in MIT?

Play a sport well

For MiT? Uh no.

[Anonymous]

My DS is a sophomore in a magnet school. The MIT EA thread seems disheartening. My DS has started doing research in a lab, and presented at science fair last year, and also won. He likes STEM research and wants to continue. His GPA has been high and hoping he continues that way. He will try to get some leadership positions in the next year in school clubs. He plays the piano and has performed at Kennedy center.
What else should be do to build his profile?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What about for DS who is interested in MIT?

Play a sport well

Lolz

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DS is a sophomore in a magnet school. The MIT EA thread seems disheartening. My DS has started doing research in a lab, and presented at science fair last year, and also won. He likes STEM research and wants to continue. His GPA has been high and hoping he continues that way. He will try to get some leadership positions in the next year in school clubs. He plays the piano and has performed at Kennedy center.
What else should be do to build his profile?

My DS (now at MIT) was interested in research and started working with a professor at the state university since 9th grade in CS. He presented and won at science fairs all 4 years, was STS top 300. He was also NMF and Coca Cola Semifinalist. He played an instrument and qualified for state and county. He had some leadership positions in school.
The key is to do something more every year in the field of his interest which shows your passion. I think what got him into MIT was his passion for research which showed in his essays.

[Anonymous]

How important is a sport or music activity if DC has academic accomplishments (STEM awards, research etc.)?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DS is a sophomore in a magnet school. The MIT EA thread seems disheartening. My DS has started doing research in a lab, and presented at science fair last year, and also won. He likes STEM research and wants to continue. His GPA has been high and hoping he continues that way. He will try to get some leadership positions in the next year in school clubs. He plays the piano and has performed at Kennedy center.
What else should be do to build his profile?

Become a cheerleader.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DS is a sophomore in a magnet school. The MIT EA thread seems disheartening. My DS has started doing research in a lab, and presented at science fair last year, and also won. He likes STEM research and wants to continue. His GPA has been high and hoping he continues that way. He will try to get some leadership positions in the next year in school clubs. He plays the piano and has performed at Kennedy center.
What else should be do to build his profile?

My DS (now at MIT) was interested in research and started working with a professor at the state university since 9th grade in CS. He presented and won at science fairs all 4 years, was STS top 300. He was also NMF and Coca Cola Semifinalist. He played an instrument and qualified for state and county. He had some leadership positions in school.
The key is to do something more every year in the field of his interest which shows your passion. I think what got him into MIT was his passion for research which showed in his essays.

Did he do anything specific during summer for research?

[Anonymous]

Cheerleading is most coveted “sport” at MIT.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What about for DS who is interested in MIT?

Play a sport well

For MiT? Uh no.

If you believe that MIT doesn’t have favorable admission rates for athletes, you’re in denial.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What about for DS who is interested in MIT?

Play a sport well

For MiT? Uh no.

If you believe that MIT doesn’t have favorable admission rates for athletes, you’re in denial.

DD’s ex BF recruited to play a team sport. Normally he wouldn’t have considered but his top choices were passing so best shot @ HYPMS. Very good student but not necessarily what one would think of as an MIT kid.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What about for DS who is interested in MIT?

Play a sport well

For MiT? Uh no.

If you believe that MIT doesn’t have favorable admission rates for athletes, you’re in denial.

it’s Division III!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What about for DS who is interested in MIT?

Play a sport well

For MiT? Uh no.

If you believe that MIT doesn’t have favorable admission rates for athletes, you’re in denial.

it’s Division III!

DP. MIT is Div 3 for all sports except crew (Div 1). It's not about getting recruited for a sport or for being a cheerleader, but rather that you are able to do something else extremely well on top of the STEM stuff. Saying MIT has favorable admissions rates for great athletes is a little like saying MIT has favorable admissions rates for teens who have published novels or played at Carnegie Hall.

No one can tell you what to do because for your DS to do it well enough and come across as genuine in essays and the interview, it actually needs to be something he really enjoys (like stuff they spend time daydreaming about, reading about for pleasure during school breaks, etc.), not something chosen for a statistical advantage. I don't know if I'm saying this clearly, but the process should be that he already has some passion he would spend time on anyway, and any awards or leadership positions are almost a byproduct of him looking for opportunities to test, improve or demonstrate his skill in that arena. What you seem to be asking for is the reverse, where a kid identifies an award or leadership position and then work towards that as the goal. I'm sure some people manage to brute-force it that way to get in, I just don't know how that works.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What about for DS who is interested in MIT?

Play a sport well

For MiT? Uh no.

If you believe that MIT doesn’t have favorable admission rates for athletes, you’re in denial.

it’s Division III!

Yeah the athletics are not strong