<p>Lechuga, I don’t really see any reason for you to graduate early. Unless you have truly exhausted your resources, which you haven’t, you should just finish your 4 years. Even if you feel bored, there are plenty of things you could do outside of school like research or volunteering, or entrepreneurship. Graduating early will only hurt your chances and at a place like MIT, unless you’re publishing a bunch of math papers and an IMO medalist or have legitimately exhausted everything (e.g. underprivileged school/area) it’s very hard to get in. Also, if you don’t mind me being frank, it’s a little arrogant to think there’s no reason to first take AP courses in high school and then study at MIT. AP courses are a good introduction to college material and especially at such a rigorous school as MIT, you may have trouble handling the college level material with no real preparation. Don’t get me wrong; you are very qualified, but let’s not get cocky. And at the very least, why not enjoy one more year of childhood?</p>
<p>There are other reasons for my graduation. I would rather not discuss them. It won’t hurt me and I hardly think you can accurately judge how well I can deal with the work load. I do understand your concerns though and rest assured, I will adjust accordingly. But my school offers no Ap’s for me besides art English and statistics beyond his year</p>
<p>I know a few people who graduated at my school a year early (one of them, two years early), never found out why. Some people I know are very intelligent and are on their way to graduating 3+ years early, and I’m sure they’ll do well in college.</p>
<p>I am sorry if I seem arrogant but it’s predominantly up to myself to judge myself on matters other than what I asked for. Thanks for your input though and I agree with the above poster.</p>
<p>What are your scores for your Aps?</p>
<p>Sorry, I didn’t mean to sound snarky or presumptuous. I just wanted to warn you and to say there are definitely cons to graduating early, at least in terms of admissions, though of course it’s up to you to weigh them against the pros and in the end to make your final decision. I’m sure someone with your preparation could definitely survive, do well even, but perhaps not at the level you could. In any case, best of luck!</p>
<p>Will you be graduating early, or are you choosing to leave early - at the end of this year, will you have completed your school’s requirements to graduate?</p>
<p>You say your school offers AP English, yet you are not taking English at all this year. In our school system, while the administration might support you applying for early admission, you would not in fact graduate until you complete graduation requirements, either at the HS by taking double English, or through getting credit for completion through your freshman year classes (we had one early “graduate” last year). Students who wish to do this must ask, and it’s not always approved. If not approved, they can still go to college early, but they will not have a HS diploma.</p>
<p>You program is very heavily weighted toward math and science, which may work against you. Most schools, MIT included, want well-rounded students. Even with A’s in you Honors English classes, if you are not taking English this year, I’m not sure you will be prepared for college level writing. You will have to demonstrate that in some other way.</p>
<p>Have you spoken with an admissions counselor at MIT? I would ask them if your Creative Writing and Writing Prose classes will be considered as meeting the recommended 4 years of HS English. If not, you are hurting yourself by taking no English this year.</p>
<p>Ancient Greece is English. Thank you for your concern though, I do try to weight my schedule towards math and science (thanks for noticing :-))</p>
<p>Frankly, I belive your chances of early admission to MIT as a junior are slim to none. I interview a lot of students for admission to MIT and the only times I can recall students being admitted early is if they were such academic superstars that it was was absolutely obvious they would not benefit from an extra year. This would include IMO medalists or students with extraordinary achievements in research or science. Your record would at best be considered lower than average by MIT standards. </p>
<p>Ther are several reasons why I believe you should wait another year before applying:</p>
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<li><p>Your test scores are relatively marginal. You don’t even have any SAT II scores yet. </p></li>
<li><p>You have not yet completed any advanced AP classes such as calculus. Many applicants take calc as sophomores or juniors and multi-variable as seniors. You can always take classes at the local community college if they are not available at their high school. MIT likes to see students who have succeeded with very rigorous schedules. Get the math/science APs under your belt and show you can succeed in harder classes. </p></li>
<li><p>You have a lot of ECs but they are all over the map and none demonstrate a serious commitment to the sciences. An internship with a lab does not qualify as a major achievement and nobody believes that you could publish a scientifc paper in genetics without ever having taken any advanced classes in biology or chemistry. Spending an extra year to showw commitment to the research and possibly submit the results to the Intel/Siemens compettion would greatly help.</p></li>
<li><p>Participate in some national math/science competitions such as the AMC and try to get to the AIME at least. Frankly, business math awards won’t impress MIT. </p></li>
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<p>It seems you have spent the last four months trying to get feedback on your chances in multiple threads on cc with often different claims as to your achievements. In one thread you state you will take AP Calc BC junior year.In this thread you claim it is not even offered. In one you claim SAT scores of 2349 (!) and SAT II math scores of 800. Now your SAT I has dropped to 2220 and no SAT II scores at all! It is hard to know what to believe. This indicates a lack of self-confidence. You should not worry so much about what will impress admissions committees. Do something because you genuinely like it. Most exceptional candidates stand out without much effort. </p>
<p>If you are really serious about MIT, you should buckle down and show an excellent junior year record first and focus on a few key elements before applying senior year. At this point, your are clearly not ready! </p>
<p>This is my sincere advice based on years of experience interviewing candidates to MIT.</p>
<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>