<p>Hi, I was just wondering how much help it really is to get recruited by a coach from MIT. The coach I talked to emphasized the fact that it wasn't a guarantee to get in, but I really have no idea how big or small a deal it really is. If anyone has any personal experience or knows how much help the coach's recommendation is, please tell me!</p>
<p>Thanks a lot!</p>
<p>Chris, who’s an MIT admissions officer, posted statistics last year that indicated that about a third of art/music/athletic stars are admitted.</p>
<p>So being recruited is a great thing, but is by no means a guarantee. And nobody who’s a recruited athlete is admitted solely (or primarily!) for his or her athletic talent.</p>
<p>are there any stats showing the scores of the recruited athletes who got in?</p>
<p>If there are, their scores aren’t much lower than the regular applicants. Like mollie said, you can’t be admitted based on athletic talent. You need excellent academics and be the right match</p>
<p>@robogeeko
If MIT is a good fit for you, if you have and show your passion for math and science, love for making the world a better place, if you like to collaborate with others and you show it, if you have great GPA compared to your class, SAT score above 700, in math above 750 would be better, ACT between 32 - 34, good solid AP classes with good grades, AND if you are a top recruited athlete for the sport you play/compete, let me tell you that your chances of getting in are really GREAT! My D was in this situation that I described above and she is a freshman at MIT. I think she might have gotten in to MIT without being an athlete but I think her chances would be much less because she would be like every good/solid candidate who applies to MIT. I think being a top recruited athlete made the difference. But I don’t think she would have gotten in if she was not a good fit for MIT, or if she had low/medium gpa/test scores, or if she had not challenged herself in high school. I don’t think that being only a top athlete is enough to get you in.</p>
<p>Thanks so much for the advice! I am actually in a really challenging math science computer science magnet program in my high school and have a decent gpa: 3.86. The thing that mainly worries me is my lower end SAT score of 2150. The main section that messed me up was the writing though, I got 770 in math, 730 reading, and 650 writing. I’m just hoping the lower SAT score doesn’t bring me down.</p>
<p>@robogeeko. Your SATs are solid. The writing part won’t kill you. Your SATs score are very similar to my D. Work hard on your essays, I sincere think you have a shot. This link may help you:
[MIT</a> Admissions: The Match Between You And MIT](<a href=“http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/pulse/the_match_between_you_and_mit/index.shtml]MIT”>http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/pulse/the_match_between_you_and_mit/index.shtml)
GOOD LUCK! My D is loving MIT and academically she is doing great. Got a 86 on one of her classes when class average was 50, woo hoo!. She knows how to manage her time due to being an athlete. She is on a sorority, on a varsity sport team, religious groups and you name it! I am afraid I lost her to MIT :(</p>
<p>I will second what GoodFit described as her daughter’s experience because it was the same as my daughter’s experience. I think the recruited athlete status just might give you that little nudge that gets you into the accepted group. Also, we were advised to apply Early Action. The coach stressed to us that you really have to be a solid candidate in your own right. My D also was able address that essay on dealing with adversity based on what happened in her sport, recovery from a serious injury. Also definitely look at that link on the match between you and MIT.</p>