chances for football player?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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<p>need finaid: YES!
SAT:2150/(see ACT
SAT II:700 USH, 790Math2, 740 Chem.
ACT:33
GPA:4.00/4.67
Rank:1/312
Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):
Art History=3
APUSH=5
AP Calc. AB=5
AP Chem. =5
AP Calc. BC=?(think 5)
AP Gov/Micro.=? (think four/ if lucky five)
Essays: One about work ethic instilled in me by having an immigrant father
Teacher Recs:excellent
Counselor Rec:known him very will. should be excellent
Supplementary Material:very short version of football highlights; rec from mentor abotu how dedicated I am on the aerospace field
Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): first generation,athlete
Location:FL
High School Type: small public. 1200ish people
Ethnicity:White
Gender:male
Extracurriculars:
I have done one year of research in environmental sciences and three years in aerospace sciences.</p>

<p>Have earned me:
School Science Fair:1st,1st,1st,1st
Regionals:1st,1st,1st,1st
4 time state qualifier(no award,6th,3rd,2nd)
3 time ISEF FINALIST(no award,3rd,2nd)
Siemens Semi-finalist
various other science fair awards</p>

<p>3 years VP of class</p>

<p>3 years debate/ 2 years officer</p>

<p>officer of FIRST robotics team 3 yrs </p>

<p>350 hours tutoring football players</p>

<p>250 hours volunteering at one of the largest science museums in Florida</p>

<p>Worked 80 hours each summer at a science camp(amazing experience)</p>

<p>4 years football(7 in life)
3 year varsity starter
district champs senior year
went pretty far in playoffs
I am recruitable at a certain level
team captain as a senior </p>

<p>4 years varsity weightlifting </p>

<p>3 years coaching girls weightlifting</p>

<p>only male nominated from school to try to represent our school on the student-athlete board for the state(eventually denied lol)</p>

<p>NHS 2 years(relay for life)</p>

<p>I had a private 3 year mentorship with the top aerospace proffessor at my nearest university). 1 on 1 meetings. I learned so much.</p>

<p>Various telescope events locally.</p>

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<p>You’re excellence in academia is good enough. Im afraid MIT are NCAA II, so your athletic ability wont mean much… but it will only help, if anything. Good luck.</p>

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<p>^Division III, actually, not Division II.</p>

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<p>Yep, I know it won’t help too much. Just using it as a title haha.
But hopefully I can get in on academics without football.</p>

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<p>goalsetter11111 I’m looking to get recruited for football as well!</p>

<p>What position do you play?</p>

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<p>this is a very cool application. seriously.</p>

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<p>I play mostly Linebacker and Guard. You? </p>

<p>Thanks Vhiremath4, I am just hoping it is enough. I really want to go here and I tried my best not to get caught up with trying to fit myself to a school. I just did what I love.</p>

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<p>Whoa, you have some amazing awards. I would say those science awards are even more impressive than being a great football player, although I have to say that playing football does make you stand out at MIT.</p>

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<p>I play Guard and Outside Linebacker. </p>

<p>Is MIT your top choice?</p>

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<p>

totally agree.</p>

<p>are you sure you want to go to a school that has little appreciation for sports? it seems like football is a big part of your life…</p>

<p>your well-rounded enough to get into a bunch of top schools, I would think. I dunno how much MIT would value this. not to bash on MIT or anything, heh.</p>

<p>but anyway, academically you look solid…valedictorian, solid test scores, great academic awards…</p>

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<p>Great awards! I say if you retake the SATs and get a 2300+ you are a lock for MIT. No exceptions.</p>

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<p>If you’re as good a football player as you say you are, you don’t need to retake the SATs. you should be in. Coaches will ask for you, and admissions will likely be happy to oblige.</p>

<p>yours is one of the few cases in which I would say you WILL get in. I’d put money on it.</p>

<p>When people b1tch about unqualified athletes or URMs stealing their spots at top schools, yours is a case I’d use to tell them to stick it up their asses :-)</p>

<p>btw, linemen ftw</p>

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<p>IBfootballer - No. Just, no.</p>

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<p>PiperXP…=[</p>

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<p>What is the MIT coach saying to you and your coach? They will be a good gauge of whether your academic stats are competitive. And if they are not, they wont encourage you. However, if your academics are competitive, and they support your application from a sports perspective, they will notify the admissions committee with a written recommendation [called a request to admit]. Although by no means a guarantee of admission, that should be some indicator of where you stand. BTW, I understand that many “recruited” athletes have been admitted early action as opposed to RD.</p>