If you go/went/going to MIT post.

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<p>I am interested in going to a school like MIT and I was wondering what your highschool carrer was like (what you did to get into MIT) , how your experiance at MIT has been, and what you think about my plan (also comment on my schedule) ? </p>

<p>So if you could please answer the above questions id really appreciate it. </p>

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Plan : I want to major in either computer science, or engineering and get a graduate in it, while getting a bachellors in bussiness. I am currently a incoming sophmore so im very young yet i really focus on my future. I am alredy prepping for the SATs with a few books. Is this the school for me? The following is my highschool schedule what should i change.</p>

<p>9th>>><<< English 9cp>> Algebra 1cp>>Health/Geography/Careers>>PE>> Spanish 1 >> Physical science cp</p>

<p>9th to 10th summer>>><<< Geometry semester 1 and 2 taken online </p>

<p>10th>>><<< ACD English 10cp>>Algebra 2cp>>>ACD World history>>>PE>>>Spanish 2>>>ACD Biology Cp>>>Mass Media</p>

<p>11th>>><< English 11cp>>>Math Analysis H>>>US history AP>>>Spanish 3cp>>>Chemisty H>>>Computer programming 1</p>

<p>12th>>><<<english 12cp="">>>Calculus AP>>> Physics AP>>> Computer repair ROP >>> Economics and Politics CP/AP</english></p>

<p>ACD = Academy. I am in the academy which changes certain courses to be acd courses. These courses are focuses on my choice of topic, for me computer repair specifically and bussiness and IT in general. So my essays in english for ex. would than be based on computers.</p>

<p>ROP = Off campus class with hands on training. </p>

<p>DO I HAVE ENOUGH APs????</p>

<p>ECs So far-
* Plan on over 80 hours of community service
* Became comptia A+ certified (cert. pc tech after self study) at 15
* Member of CSF (requires 3.5gpa and 10 hours of com. service a semester)
* Creating a computer based club this upcoming semester, i plan to be the president of this club and take an active role in it though my senior year
* Getting a job at the geeksquad my 10th-11th grade summer
* Plan on taking more technician classes at comptia.org
* Academy program includes job shadowing, interns, and interveiws. Also includes feild trips to companies. All based on computers and bussiness (however at any time if i choose i may go into the engineering academy)
* Working on a new product , and im hoping to sign a deal with companies like samsung for them too sell it, but of course cant really count this one
* Was 5th class president, not sure if colleges care because some people say it does matter while other say they dont really consider it a good sign of leadership</p>

<p>SATs: I plan on taking the SAT and the SATII at the end of 10th grade or the end of 11th grade (not sure yet)</p>

<p>Application : obviously havent written an essay but i am going to send in for the early application (early choice)</p>

<p>Me: Live in southern california (30 min to LA) and I am male of italian ancestroy (born in new york) . </p>

<p>Thank you in advance for any comments.</p>

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<p>Entering 10th grade isn't too early at all to start picking colleges. I think I picked my top choices when I was in 7th grade! ;)</p>

<p>As for how you're preparing, you seem to be doing all the right things. There isn't any magic formula to get into MIT, and if there was, MIT would be a vastly different place than it is. The single most important thing that you can do is show that you have a combination of passion and talent in learning/science/what-have-you. What you choose to do in high school is no more important than the reasons for which you choose it. You can do a million activities and when they end, their true value isn't the pile of awards you get for them but what you yourself take from them - a hunger for knowledge, an interest in something you didn't previously know about, self-discipline, new abilities or a new outlook, etc. It sounds corny, but it's true.</p>

<p>In high school, I was a bit of a jack-of-all-trades. I took all the AP classes because easier ones bored me. My favorite subjects were math, physics and english, but I also was also very involved in music, the academic team, public speaking, freshmen mentoring, tennis, and the science olympiad team. I can honestly say that I didn't do any of those things to pad my resume. I'm not sure how best to communicate that or if there's even any one way to do it, but I like to think it's simply evident. It's certainly one of the things I can't help but notice in common about every MIT student I meet.</p>

<p>I apologize for the length of that rant, when really my point can be stated concisely - don't lose yourself in the process of grooming for a specific school. Don't change your schedule for any school, even one as spiffy as MIT. Do what you excel in and enjoy, and then show your "best self" to the school(s) that fit whatever that ends up being. For you, it sounds like that may indeed end up being MIT. Good luck! :)</p>

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<p>Thanks. I actually have a second thread (duplicate) in the caltech forum. I want to get in these two schoold badly, but i know that even if i dont get accepted having an application fit to enter MIT/Caltech means i will have a good chance at schools that are also in the elite class so to speak. </p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=220858%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=220858&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>The responses on the Caltech board highlight some of the primary differences between MIT and Caltech. The Sloan school is an excellent, excellent business school and you can get a great degree from it, while Caltech's strengths are more limited to science and math. That is not to say that many Caltech grads don't later go into investment banking or consulting or whatnot, but they don't tend to major in business.</p>

<p>Also, with regard to science, MIT is more practical and hands-on in comparison to Caltech's more theoretical approach. That seems like it would suit you with your interest in fixing computers and such.</p>

<p>Finally, I agree that in the long run the path of majoring in EECS and either second-majoring or minoring in Business and then pursuing an MBA might make more sense, but you have plenty of time to decide that for yourself.</p>

<p>Congrats on being able to see past these two schools to that fact that aiming for them can't help but land you at a great school, even if it isn't either one of them.</p>

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<p>we were really surprised this year to observe that many accepted caltech applicants were also accepted to mit. tho ppl are rite - they are indeed quite different schools in many aspects! =D u should dig around for those old mit vs. caltech threads.</p>

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<p>I'm not completely sure, since obviously there are geographical differences, but when you say "CP" do you mean the "regular" class? I mean to say, not honors, Pre-AP, AP, etc.</p>