For MIT athletic recruits.

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<p>Though there are several threads about MIT recruits, someone PMed me asking if I knew any other MIT athletic recruits and their stats. I thought this discussion would be helpful to athletes applying this year or in the future.</p>

<p>I have applied EA and have gone on a couple night recruiting visit to the school. While I don't want to reveal my exact stats, this will give you an idea and will jumpstart the thread. Feel free to share your stats, too.</p>

<p>*ACT superscored: >32
*SATIIs: 730+
*GPA: >3.94 (UW) - school only ranks quintiles... so first quintile.
*First-gen American
*APs: 7 by the end of HS
*EC activities: Sport (team captain), environmental club (officer), independent research (survey), NHS (a lot of tutoring), volunteering at a camp for disabled children (leadership position), shadowing MDs and JDs. Not many science-y ECs, but none were really available.
*My counselor and teachers wrote positive recommendations.
*Yes, I did interview. </p>

<p>MIT was my first choice, as indicated on my recruit form. </p>

<p>How has everyone's experience with recruiting been? Do you all think that being recruited will give you an edge? Where else are you applying? What questions or concerns do you have?</p>

<p>Good luck to you all.</p>

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<p>Considering that MIT is ranked #1 in both Div. III basketball and football, and the fact that their basketball team lacking two of their star players was able to challenge a Harvard team that went to the NCAAs last year, leads me to believe that athletics now has considerable weight in admission. To my admittedly casual observation, school records seem to be dropping left and right in a variety of sports. Maybe MIT is more popular to athletes who are also stars in the classroom, but it seems like this is not enough to explain the sudden influx of athletic stars.</p>

<p>It seems that a recruitable athlete with strong stats and a science bent is nearly a shoe-in these days. MIT still does not have a “slot” system like most DIII schools, where spots are set aside for x number of athletes from every sport, but admissions seems to be heavily tipped in their favor.</p>

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<p>A few years ago, Chris indicated that about a third of athletic recruits are admitted. This is certainly a higher percentage of admits than the applicant pool as a whole, but it’s also not indicative of athletic recruits being a shoo-in for admission. </p>

<p>I think that, overall, the applicant pool is much higher-quality than it was when either you or I was admitted, and that there are plenty of applicants with a wide variety of credentials who never would have considered MIT fifteen or twenty years ago. </p>

<p>Athletic recruitment is a great thing, in the same way that submitting an art or music supplement is a great thing. It can only help you, especially in the context of an otherwise very strong application.</p>

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<p>Collegealum314-</p>

<p>Basketball, yes. Football, no.</p>

<p>From the MIT website:
“After putting together the best season by an MIT football team since 1999, the 2012 squad had seven players named to the New England Football Conference All-Boyd Division team the league announced today. Head Coach Chad Martinovich was honored for leading the Engineers to a 5-4 record and a fourth-place finish in the NEFC Boyd Division standings.”</p>

<p>From the NEFC website:
Salve Regina… 9 2 0 356 161 .818
Endicott… 8 2 0 414 201 .800
Curry… 6 4 0 269 248 .600
Western New England. 6 4 0 327 227 .600
MIT… 5 4 0 215 252 .556
Plymouth… 2 8 0 112 237 .200
Nichols… 1 9 0 162 365 .100
UMass Dartmouth… 1 9 0</p>

<p>This is not exactly a powerhouse league.</p>

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<p>Id like to know if me playing lacrosse will hold any weight in admissions? i have all As, the hardest courses, adequate SATs and some research and awards under my belt… so i guess my question is should i mention that i play lacrosse or focus on the research/community service awards/science awards?</p>

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<p>Curiosity - </p>

<p>The only reason I see lacrosse having weight in your application would be if you were recruited. Otherwise, it’s just another thing you do.</p>

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<p>I think recruiting will give me an edge, but I’m not counting on acceptance. MIT is my #1 choice too. Recently committed to play soccer, but will be applying RD as I have yet to take my subject tests.</p>

<p>33 ACT - one sitting
4.0 GPA
Most Rigorous Course Load
5 of 189 - will probably increase
Student Body president
Soccer Captain, MVP, numerous honors/broken records
3 years of basketball
good interview
expecting good recs
Lots of ECs/leaderships: Math club, spanish club, paid referee for youth basketball/soccer, NHS, created web site for club soccer team… idk maybe others but too lazy to remember :p</p>

<p>My main concern right now is being able to perform well in my sport with a lack of sleep. Right now, if I don’t get more than 8 hours of sleep a night my performance just goes downhill. I know that majoring in engineering will have me sleep deprived. This combined with MIT’s EXTREMELY rigorous course load has me worried, but at the same time excited for the challenge. I’ll have to adjust/</p>

<p>I’ll be applying to University of Illinois (safety, in-state - in case I break my leg or something) and for soccer: Colorado College, Duke, Tufts, Wake Forest, Cornell, Hopkins, Colorado School of Mines, and Illinois Wesleyan.</p>

<p>Is this too many schools? Not sure lol.
Anyways good luck to all other recruits!</p>

<p>EDIT: Receiving strong support from coach as well. He says his meeting with admissions went very well.</p>

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<p>I don’t believe this is true. While MIT Athletics has definitely gained power since I was first admitted, it is not a “shoo-in”. In fact, it is a nice advantage as far as you vs a comparable applicant, but MIT does not “recruit” in the traditional sense, so if your app isn’t up to snuff, you probably still won’t get in.</p>

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<p>a) MIT offers overnights?
b) i guess by definition, I’ve been recruited to play a sport at MIT. I applied EA, and I was told my application was marked. however, i was told nothing about an overnight visit. also, the coach has not responded to the past 5-10 emails I’ve sent. does anyone have input into this situation?</p>

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<p>spacygirl - </p>

<p>a) MIT invites some recruits from my sport on overnight visits. FYI, my sport isn’t softball, so I am not sure if they invite softball recruits on unofficial visits.</p>

<p>b) If the coach marked your app, there isn’t much more he could have done, besides submitting a ranked list of recruits to admissions or discussing apps with admissions. You should give a coach 1-2 weeks to respond. Sending 5-10 emails will only distract him/her. If you think that (s)he’s not getting your emails, trying calling him/her.</p>

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<p>I’m someone who you can consider “recruited”, although that doesn’t mean everything else I have is lacking. Ask me stuff about athletics and admissions and I’ll try to get back to you.</p>

<p>For reference, I was a top 250 in the nation athlete in my sport, fielding recruiting offers (some offered spots to me while others would have if I had wanted to go) from almost every top D3 college (Amherst, Chicago, Pomona, CMS, Swarthmore, Wash U) and a lot of D1 colleges, too. I played in basically every big event there was for my sport and did fairly well. My sport was a huge time commitment, but I still was able to keep up my academics and the like.</p>

<p>SAT (1 sitting): 2300+
ACT (1 sitting): 36
GPA: 4.45 (val in my class was ~4.55, I was about 5th out of 300, went to a top high school)
SAT IIs: 3 800s
APs: 14 5s
ECs: Scientific research that was semifinalist in a smaller national competition and that was published in a professional scientific journal, presented research to professionals in the field, co-captain and key starter for my sport in high school, Chem Olympiad semifinalist, Science Bowl (2nd place in region), volunteer at hospital, volunteer for underprivileged kids, taught kids my sport, might be forgetting stuff since it’s been awhile
Essays: good, some funny, some personal
Recs: I was one of my dean’s favorite students, teachers liked me a lot (for one rec, I was the first and only soph ever to take Phys C at my school, teacher let me take it as a trial, did very well)
Interview: 1.5 hrs, talked about lots of stuff, don’t remember much</p>

<p>Recruiting here factors in somewhat, but clearly not as much as all other colleges. The coach for my sport said he wrote a letter of support for me for admissions. I think without my sport, I would have had a decent shot, but my sport definitely helped me.</p>

<p>Good luck! MIT is an awesome place!</p>

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<p>offer to answer athletic recruiting questions still stands, although im really busy these next couple weeks</p>

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<p>I’m bumping this just in case any new users are interested.</p>

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<p>lolz99-</p>

<p>Oh how the trolls ■■■■■…</p>

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<p>I’m a junior this year, working on getting recruited in the MIT sense!</p>

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<p>dundunyang</p>

<p>I was simply extending an offer to help prospective athletic recruits/students. If you deem it necessary to call me a ■■■■■, go ahead. I saw your other posts, and you call numerous other people trolls. What is your basis for calling everybody trolls? Do you have any proof we’re trolling? Also, you sound very arrogant and cocky in your posts. The anonymity of the Internet can protect you here, but I really hope, for your own sake, that you aren’t like this in real life. I saw in one of your posts that you are worried about being “mature.” Calling other people trolls definitely demonstrates how mature you are. If you want to continue to call me a ■■■■■ or something, go ahead. I hope you are satisfied with how mature and humble you are. Congratulations.</p>

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<p>how nervous are you guys about tomorrow’s notification? lolz99 YouKnowWho</p>

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<p>Me? I wish the best for my friends who are applying early. I’m actually a freshman at MIT right now (studying for finals…) haha, but last year, I was really nervous. I couldn’t sleep the night before Dec. 17th, and on the morning of the 17th, I woke up an hour or so before the release. I remember exactly what happened too lol. At 12:16 EST, I left my computer for a brief moment, and when I came back, it was already 12:17. I anxiously put in my login info, fully expecting to be deferred. When I saw that I had gotten in, I started jumping up and down hysterically and shouting I got in and all that stuff. I still remember it super clearly. 12/17/11 at 12:17 EST :D</p>

<p>Good luck tomorrow!</p>

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<p>@spacygirl </p>

<p>Ehh not really expecting anything, so I’m not nervous. No one is a perfect match - and it’s hard to guess if you have good chances. Honestly, I’ll probably be rejected, but that’s OK! I’ll be happy wherever I go to college.</p>

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<p>to the person who pmed me:</p>

<p>i play softball! I haven’t checked my decision yet because I’ve been out all day and I have a couple of more things to take care of. According to past CC post, a lot of athletes seem to get deferred. Good luck! </p>

<p>sorry for riding on your post YouKnowWho13. I haven’t posted enough to reply to the PM:(</p>