How important are ECs?

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Anonymous wrote:My junior DS in magnet/IB has been super involved in EC's in school. He is a math/ CS kid, participating in math competitions such as HMMT, PUMAC, etc as well as USAMO and similarly in CS and cyber security competitions. He does not have much in terms of sport or music. His service activities are in math related field. He has won national/ international awards in math and CS. He is also involved in some science competitions. He also has leadership positions in clubs.
GPA is high, SAT perfect, taken 5 AP's with 4 and 5, will be taking a few more this year. His dream school is MIT, anything he can do enhance his profile for MIT admission?

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Are there other kids applying to MIT from his high school? Are they stronger applicants? Keep UW GPA as high as possible, he will be competing with a lot of 4.0 kids.

There are many kids I would assume will apply to MIT since this school has acceptances from top schools. His GPA UW is 4.0 and weighted 4.68.
In terms of EC's how should he stand out?

There is no guaranteed formula, he is already an AMAZING student. Let him keep doing what he likes to do and show his passion in his application. I believe MIT has its own application platform and requires several essays. And remember to tell him if he doesn’t get in, it is not the end of the world, and there is always graduate school.