<p>Hey guys! I'm going to be applying to MIT this fall, most probably for computer science. I have significant awards in CS (NCWIT, Iridescent's Technovation, internships, etc.) and decent math ability (AIME qualifier this year, ARML, Math Prize for Girls, etc). However this all pales in comparison to my Classics awards - gold medals on exams like the NLE (perfect papers), NME, NRCE, NCEE, and Medusa Myth exam and state and National Certamen awards (top 3 teams at both) as well as first place on an NJCL Academic test. Is this even viewed as beneficial since it is in the liberal arts or does MIT just ignore anything on my app that's academic but not a math/science thing?
Thanks!</p>
<p>No, your liberal arts awards are actually detrimental to your application since it cancels out with your math/science awards. Sorry.</p>
<p>A for accomplishment, F for modesty. BTW, not understanding the value of being a well rounded student shows shows an inability to think outside of the box.</p>
<p>mrwongburger is either trolling or being sarcastic :P</p>
<p>These other awards won’t be ignored. They just won’t carry the same weight as the math/science awards. After all MIT is the Massachusetts Institute of TECHNOLOGY. </p>
<p>If the question is will MIT favor a very strong math science candidate over a well rounded candidate, the answer is YES.</p>
<p>I think everything is considered…Why do people do 1000+ hours of community service as EC’s??? How is that “tech”…I feel you’ll be an awesome candidate do doubt:D</p>
<p>OP,</p>
<p>Yes, MIT will look favorably upon those awards as well as your others. You’re a very accomplished student-congratulations! :-)</p>
<p>I had some NLE/JCL awards and stuff on my application. There’s no real way to tell what it’s worth, but all the same, there’s no reason not to mention it on your application. If you’re like me, you didn’t do that Classics stuff for the purpose of padding your resume, which, I think, says more about an applicant anyway.</p>
<p>Looking back on that wow, that did sound really stuck up. My apologies - I was trying to show how unimpressive my math and science awards are when viewed in comparison to many other applicants, whereas I think my Classics awards stand a better chance against competition (if only because there are far less people involved in this field.)
Thanks for the feedback - and yes, my question was asking if these will be ignored, and I’m glad to know that they won’t 
It’s a bit unnerving to me that I can’t go to any science/math camps because of Certamen at NJCL each summer.</p>
<p>The only reason classics awards would not help your application is if the admissions officers thought you were seriously interested in classics and questioned how well you’d fit in at MIT. Unlike most other areas of the humanities where MIT is either decent or at least has some faculty, the classics are virtually absent from MIT. MIT offers something like 1 semester of Latin which would presumably be far below your level.</p>