<p>Hi, I'm an international and currently a jr.
I'm hoping to get into MIT and do as much extracurricular activities as possible this year.
My question is:
is honors or national/international competition more impressive to MIT admission officers
THAN club activities or leadership positions?</p>
<p>I mean everyone's running out of time with SATs and APs ahead of them
and isn't it more efficient to specialize in one or two club activities?</p>
<p>Yes and yes. :D</p>
<p>I wouldn't quite definitively say Yes, for the first question. Yes to the second question. The first one I wouldn't say Yes for several reasons, first and foremost being the IMO gold medalists have been rejected before. It all depends... MIT doesn't really want just award winners from what I can tell. You have to be more real to them, and I would imagine club activities and leadership positions do that better than many awards. Getting both would be ideal, but I don't think one is necessarily better than the other in the case of your first question.</p>
<p>The only people in my country who get admitted are the ones who have distinctions (top in country or top in world) in O or A levels. But i am sure there others i havent heard of who get admitted too.
Understand this. If you can show in the application process how great the extent of your involvement was and how much it meant to you and what you gained from it, then you'll be fine.
of course the o and a levels are academic achievements. I use them as an analogy only.</p>
<p>Thanks a million!
Looks like I better be well rounded wouldn't I?</p>
<p>yes definitely, especially if you win, its an academic institution, so they will care more about your academics</p>
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<p>find on eor two ECs that your REALLY PASSIONATE about, and follow them.</p>