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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MIT double degree here with a CalTech double degree sibling.

Kids who absolutely love math and science and do things on their own - outside of school - well will get in.

Don't think so much about what your kid does in school...what do they do outside of school?

Do they earn volunteer hours by having a side gig codding for a non-profit?
Are they taking apart every electronic in the house and putting it back together?
Have they started their own business?
Do they use their tech savvy abilities in some special way?  For example - entering hack-a-thons for the public good? (and winning); winning an X-prize?

This is how kids get into MIT.

FWIW:  My kids go to public school.  
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Fwiw, my MIT alum sibling did none of these things. Managed to do well there and has done very well in life despite never disassembling the TV remote! They are more of a reader who happens to be great at math and physics. Point is, MIT takes many types of kids.[/quote]

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