Chances for MIT/how is MIT for premed?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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My Profile:
Asian female, middle class, no hooks/legacy unfortunately
Stats:
SAT 1 1560(770 r/w, 790 m 8/8/8 essay)
SAT II Math Level 2 800, Biology M 800
PSAT 1510(likely national merit semifinalist in CA)
AP/ Courseload: Sophomore year course load: Ap calculus AB/ BC(5) Ap Computer science, AP Chemistry(4), AP World History(5)
Junior Year Courses: AP Biology(5), AP Physics 1, AP US History(5), AP Psychology(5), AP Environmental Science(5), AP English Language(5), AP Art History
Senior Year Schedule: AP English Literature, AP Physics II, AP Government/Econ, AP Spanish, AP Statistics, AP European History, Anatomy/Physiology, Work Internship(EMT program)
GPA 4.0 unweighted, 4.8 weighted
EC’s:
Paid research internship for 2 years as part of competitive life science program-work involved in upcoming publication
Internships in clinical research from freshman year- first author publication in peer reviewed journal
Second author publication in prominent cancer research journal with director of cancer center, third paper under review for publication
Presented original research at a national conference
Science fair awards for neuroscience research
president of GWC and founded outreach programs to the middle school and teaching STEM to girls with autism
Provisional patent filed for healthcare device
women in computing awards, won an app challenge related to women empowerment
paid tutor for math/reading
Volunteer at an arts workshop for cancer patients and a free clinic, donated glasses to rural eye camp
Started an arts program for other patients, founded a nonprofit to help cancer patients
Around 650+ hours of volunteer service(PVSA 3 years Gold)
Founded bone marrow drive club, organized a STEM conference

Rec Letters: One supplemental from cancer research mentor (very well known and respected leader in the field)
Teachers: bio, comp sci, english

My question is: is it worth applying to MIT based on my profile? I also have heard mixed things about MIT as a premed school (grade deflation) but it does have amazing research opportunities.Is there any advantage to EA at MIT?
Any advice is greatly appreciated!

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Apply EA. You’ll be happy to avoid the stress of waiting until March to know the outcome. If you were asking whether early applicants get preferential treatment, the answer is no. Grade deflation is a concern. However, med schools do take the rigor of colleges into account. If MIT is your top choice, go for it. You’ll have an amazing four years.

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Your hook might be your research experience and publication record as a high school student, more unusual than you seem to realize. Three publications is unusual for a high school student applicant, even to MIT. Quite a few have one, but not too many work as long as you have in a lab to achieve three publications, good work! Very good idea to get supplemental recommendation from your research advisor.

If you enjoy research, consider getting a PhD and becoming a medical research scientist. You may not need an MD, but it depends on exactly what sort of research work you want to do, and you can get funding for five to six years at most graduate schools for PhD programs.

MIT does not use legacy as an admissions criteria.

MIT defers many good EA candidates, more candidates by far get deferred than accepted early.

MIT offers health science PhDs with Harvard, no MD degree, but it is a good premed school in that its
rigorous, has a lot of research in medical related fields in many departments, including chemistry, biology, physics, bioengineering, materials science, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering and other majors.

What is your intended major at this time? MIT is very flexible for changing majors.

Other college options to consider:

Also add other colleges to your list with hospitals associated, such as UCLA, U of Rochester, Vanderbilt, Case Western Reserve U. The proximity to a university hospital is an advantage for clinical internships.

You can easily, as an MIT student, go into Boston to work at a variety of hospitals. You will be on the T to get there, but its doable, lots of medical related research on MIT’s campus too, but if you plan to be a clinical doctor, its nice to have some “patient contact” type of internship, in addition to research lab experience. If you pick an undergraduate school with a teaching hospital, and you work in a hospital, that may help you assess your suitability to becoming a doctor.

Look at BA/MD programs as well, you may qualify. Rochester, Case Western and other universities with Medical schools, allows high school applicants, they are typically 8 year programs. Some may still require the MCAT scores
but some do not require you take the MCAT.

At UCLA, you can get into med school as early as freshman year of undergrad, but cannot apply as a high school applicant for the combined BS/MD program, you must get into UCLA first, then apply early to med school, there if you want to get in early.

Case Western allows students who get into med school a year early, graduate in three years, as well. MIT, you will have to complete requirements to get a bachelors degree, usually, but not always four years to complete that.