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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So let’s tee this up: how does a white boy from NW DC at Jackson-Reed, MacArthur-Thompson, SWW, or Banneker with a 1520 SAT and varsity sports experience (not good enough for DI), some volunteering experience and STEM-centric club membership (not leadership) at school and a 3.9 unweighted get into MIT?

(I ask like this because I don’t think it’s possible.)[/quote]

Unless he's good enough for D3, and even then the chances aren't good.  MIT coaches pick carefully, because they're looking for kids they think they can get through admissions.  [b]I think the 3.9, and the lack of leadership, would turn them away.  But if they decided to take a chance, MIT admissions rejects about half of athletes with coach support.  [/b]

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My kid was offered support at MIT so I'm familiar with the process

The 3.9 is fine as long as the rigor is the highest available at your school. The single most consistent thing that we heard from the coaches during 10th and 11th grade is that you must always take the hardest course available to you for your core subjects. Mostly A's are necessary but a B+ or an A- isn't a problem for a term but the other part of the year should be an A. A little bump isn't an issue. My kid had a bit above 3.9 with highest rigor and nobody blinked.

SAT score. They say 1500 with a 750M but it really isn't sufficient in most cases. Coach told us that 1520 was probably the bar with a 750V 770M. Above 770 he said that it didn't matter. My kid had a 1560 780/780 and the coach was far more interested in the Verbal score than the math. We had the exact same experience at WashU.

They understand that your sport is your EC so there is leeway here but the feedback was that they want to see consistent interest in something. Mne kid had a couple of hundred volunteer hours at a hospital and over 100 at a foodbank.

For leadership she was a team captain for multiple years both HS and club but that was it.

In terms of athletic ability she is mid-major D1 level, she had offers from Patriot League and A10 schools in her sport. She played on a HS team that was a perennial top 30 team nationally and in the top 10 during two of her years.

Regarding chances I am supposed to say 50%-66% but I'd be surprised if you didn't make it through. The previous year a girl on her team didn't make it through with similar but slighty different stats.

Can't tell you how it turned out at MIT because mine ultimately took a different offer and didn't apply to MIT.

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