<p>Hi, as a freshman in HS I have a variety of choices on AP's. I really love math and science (duh MIT) and thus have a choice on math and science AP's. Along with those are other AP's such as world history and such which are all interesting... but I really do wanna just focus on math and science courses. Would it shine badly on me if I simply chose just math and science courses or would MIT rather see a well rounded student?</p>
<p>MIT lists the classes they want to see you taking here: [What</a> To Do In High School | MIT Admissions](<a href=“http://mitadmissions.org/apply/prepare/highschool]What”>What to do in high school | MIT Admissions)</p>
<p>Keep in mind that if you come to MIT, you’ll be taking at least one humanities, art, or social science class per semester as part of the general institute requirements.</p>
<p>As well, I would expect that MIT will not be the only school you apply to and your chance of admission is really low (regardless of which APs you choose), so it is best for you to take the courses you want to take. It is generally a school requirement that you take history for example, so given the choice, yes AP history is going to be viewed better than “regular” history.</p>
<p>Let your passion for math/science shine through in other ways than just course selection.</p>
<p>Sas0ri, MIT wants it all. MIT wants some well-rounded students, and MIT wants some pointy students. MIT wants some oboe players and some professional Magic card players and some impressive athletes and some amateur rocket scientists.</p>
<p>MIT isn’t looking for people who will only work in a certain category - MIT wants different people for all sorts of categories. MIT’s going to look at you and say, “Is this person going to take advantage of the tools we will give him/her at MIT and do something awesome?” Doesn’t matter what awesome is - medicine, politics, space travel. They don’t want everyone to focus in, say, medicine, because meanwhile our economy might fall apart, or we won’t be able to explore more of our universe!</p>
<p>So don’t worry about fitting a specific category of interests. If you’re a pointy person, you can get in. But take advantage of the opportunities you have that interest you - MIT wants people who will push resources to the limits, in whatever worthwhile endeavor they’ll choose.</p>