<p>Hey everyone! I'm about to enter University in Ireland to study Biomedical Science/Undenominated Science and I want to my graduate studies in BCS in MIT. I haven't done many ECs, or anything really amazing so far (although my average grade in school is an A), which I plan to do in Uni. However the no. 1 roadblock I can see on my way into MIT is demonstrating maths proficiency, as on my preferred course, Biomedical Science, there is no maths component - however there is one for Physics. On general science (which I will get if I don't make it into Biomed) there is a maths component but I'm not sure if that is up to MIT's standards. When I make my application to BCS in 2016/17 after I finish my undergrad, how do I demonstrate maths proficiency? I've already looked up MITs OCW.</p>
<p>Applicants to grad school in the U.S. demonstrate their math proficiency with quantitative GRE scores. To see some discussion of this, Google “grad cafe and biomedical science”.</p>
<p>Extracurricular activities, whether in high school or in college, are totally irrelevant for graduate admissions. The only non-classroom activity that matters for PhD admissions is undergraduate research, and you should try to become involved in research as early and as deeply as possible in your undergraduate career.</p>
<p>In terms of college math, I would advise taking at least single- and multivariable calculus and a college-level statistics course. These are the math classes required of a brain and cognitive sciences undergraduate at MIT. If you are interested in computational neuroscience, you will probably need to take additional math courses, but for molecular/cellular neuroscience, those three will be sufficient.</p>
<p>These courses live within EECS (the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department), and so the requirements will be the same as for all EECS students. These requirements are available here:</p>