<p>While I agree with a lot of what cellardwellar says, I will say that it’s possible to be accepted as a junior. My son will be heading off to MIT in a few weeks after graduating a year early as well. Here’s his decision thread:</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/13616195-post19.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/13616195-post19.html</a></p>
<p>Some differences/updates though - he had a 2360 SAT (which I didn’t have when I posted that) and 800’s on both his SAT 2’s. He also ended up with 13 AP’s by the end of junior year and had taken Calc AB as a freshman and (as CD discussed), had completed Calc 3 by the time he’d applied and then took additional math and engineering classes at the local state U during his junior year. I think MIT saw that he TRULY didn’t have anything else to do at his HS. Only AP he hadn’t taken was Euro, and had he stayed for senior year, he would have taken band at the HS and the rest of his classes at the local college. Having a 2015 MIT son as well, we had found out that pretty much nothing from that school transferred (ie MIT didn’t consider Diff Eqns at a local school to be comparable to theirs) so really he would have been just trying to take what he could just to learn and “pad” his resume. Also, he had the credits to graduate early and get a diploma - I realize this isn’t a requirement for MIT but I think it helped. Will you have a diploma?</p>
<p>I’m also curious about your changed stats/scores/goals between some of your threads. You talk about applying SCEA to Stanford and possibly Penn on other threads - is MIT now truly your first choice? My son also went out last fall to MIT and spoke with some of the admissions officers to reaffirm with them that it was his. I also think your chances will be higher if you apply EA. That said, you really have nothing to lose by trying to apply to some of these top schools this year. If you don’t get in and decide at the last minute to stay in HS another year, you can always reapply as a freshman the following year. If you get into a school you’re happy with and want to take the jump to college a year early (once my son got his Purdue acceptance in October, he knew he was graduating early), there’s certainly nothing wrong with that! Good luck!</p>