<p>whats are sum specifics MIT favors? Do they like 2 years of all 3 of the main sciences pre ap and Ap? i took ap chem as a soph, ap bio this year as a junior and im enrolled for ap physics next year. Do they like AP stats and AP cal? im enrolled for both next year. How about academic decathlon as an A teamer? I might be the president next year of my school's. Not really sure what they frickin want frm us.</p>
<p>there is NO specific criteria. Enroll in what you feel is necessary to impress them. However, don't do everything just to impress them. They'll see through that</p>
<p>ha thats pretty impossible unless u love math cause ur calculator is ur only friend</p>
<p>What are you talking about. I'm just saying you should take rigorous courseloads since it shows colleges you take initiave and are willing to challenge yourself. What does this have to ddo with math and calculators. Sheesh.</p>
<p>seth blue, your previous comment to girlfriendmb seems pretty contradictory to what your comment instructed The Witzness to do. (i.e. do research in science or math)</p>
<p>I believe that you should focus on what you are passionate about. Obviously The Witzness prefers business over math or science. </p>
<p>BTW, The Witzness, you have amazing extra curricular activities. Bring out your drive and passion for business in your essays and interview. </p>
<p>Bring up your SAT scores to 2250+. </p>
<p>Other than that, you're in.</p>
<p>haha im just saying i feel like nuthin is really enough. that would be so frickin cool if i got into MIT cause my sis is at harvard now. Do u go2 MIT? lol i joined aca dec this year cause i saw this movie where these azns were in it and got into yale Better Luck Tomorrow</p>
<p>no I'm a soph. do I sound like a college student?</p>
<p>u seem pretty confident but contradictory in ur statements about wut colleges really want. MIT, UCSD, UT, USC, Rice ehh kno where im going in less than a year yay</p>
<p>"i joined aca dec this year cause i saw this movie where these azns were in it and got into yale Better Luck Tomorrow"</p>
<p>This is precisely what i'm saying one shouldn't do. It's hypocrytical and colleges will see through it. And i'm NOT contradictory. I meant that for MIT, it's appropriate to have math and science accomplishments. however, there is no specified criteria for any school, so do what you enjoy and excel in it.</p>
<p>hey im open to all opinions, seth blue is right in some aspects, my sats r too low right now, but im not itnerested in math and research as my focus as the title says SLOAN business oriented and masamune i apprciate the feed</p>
<p><em>shrug</em> you may want to go to sloan, but you still have to get into MIT. i always stay away from saying "oh, you must find a way to do independent research, or MIT will never accept you!" b/c that's silly, and not true. if you're not interested in the sciences at all (i may be reading too much from your comment, here, so do correct me), why do you want to come to MIT?</p>
<p>....?</p>
<p>"it's appropriate to have math and science accomplishments. however, there is no specified criteria for any school" ?</p>
<p>how is that not contradictory?</p>
<p>as The Witzness says, he's leaning toward MIT for Sloan (BUSINESS NOT MATH OR SCIENCE). MIT is for everyone, not just math/sci type people. I have friends who major in music at MIT.</p>
<p>^ what he said</p>
<p>um, it's still an institute of technology. yes, people major in music here...but they usually also have at least some passing interest in science & math. or they start out doing that, and then realize they love music more. this isn't the wrong place for them, and MIT will get them decently to where they want to be, but it's almost certainly not what they had in mind when applying. and it doesn't obviate the fact that they have to take a few math & science classes when they're here, and i think everyone prefers to take classes in things that interest them, given the choice. which is why i asked, if you're not interested in them, why do you want to come to a school that, even if you're not majoring in them, still places a decent emphasis on math & science? i'm really not trying to be snarky here, i'm just curious. especially since, given your stats, you can probably get admitted to schools with excellent business programs that will emphasize things you enjoy more.</p>
<p>it's not contradictory b/c "math and science accomplishments" are sufficiently broad a category to not qualify as "specified criteria". now, if we'd said "above a 130 on the AIME, 5s on AP bio, physics C, chemistry, and calc BC, and an Intel-qualifying research project", that would be "specified criteria", especially if it came from the admissions office. but that's not the case, and there really are no cut&dried minimum standards among successful applicants, except that they seem to have demonstrated interest and ability in math&science. among other things, but the other things vary.</p>
<p>I said "appropriate", I never said math and sciences are a "must" for mit.</p>
<p>It's true that MIT does place an emphasis on math/science. I'm sure The Witzness has many reasons for attending, however. </p>
<p>Even still, I would argue that simply trying to evince the image that you have some interest in math and science by going after "math and science accomplishments" would be wrong. It would be a waste of space on your application. That is, why would you just participate in the AMC 12 and score decently to fill a space that could have been used to detail activities more meaningful to yourself? That just doesn't make sense to me, no matter where you're trying to get in. </p>
<p>But it's up to you in the end.</p>
<p>this is random but does mit have the highest suicide rate?</p>
<p>oh, no, i wouldn't advocate doing something for appearances at all. uck. i hope that's not the impression i gave.</p>
<p>i hear that cornell is much better at that suicide thing, but i don't have hard numbers to back that up.</p>
<p>Have to say I agree with goddess on this one... although Sloan is a great business school, and people certainly get admitted to MIT for their non-math/science interests... in my experience, people who come here without at least a little passion for math/science are the ones who can't decide on a major and are not so happy.</p>
<p>Of course, that's a huge generalization, so take it with a grain of salt.</p>
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why would you just participate in the AMC 12 and score decently to fill a space that could have been used to detail activities more meaningful to yourself?
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Sorry to be pedantic, but... there's a space on the application that specifically asks you to list your best AMC/AIME score if you have one. So listing that doesn't use up any space that could be used for something else.</p>
<p>Remember: as goddess says, you are not applying to <em>Sloan</em>, you are applying to <em>MIT</em>. And you'll still have to take the science core your first year(-ish).</p>