<p>I'm currently a junior at a private school. I have not taken the PSAT as a junior yet, but I got 217 last year. My grades are almost all A's except for Art last year. I have no grades yet, but I expect no worse than all A's except for one that might be an A- or B+. Last year, I took two honors classes, this year, three APs, next year, 4 APs. I'm worried that I'm not good enough for MIT, which is where I really want to go; I spend literally all my time but weekends doing homework; I have no time for anything else. So I don't really have extracurriculars. I had an internship over the summer at the Naval Postgraduate School, which is a fairly well-known institution. Do you think I can get into MIT? I keep reading their statistics and I just don't add up, or even come close. I do have some accolades, but those are more in the language areas because there are more to get.</p>
<p>Take a deep breath and relax man</p>
<p>You are a great student but still a junior so stop worrying so much. Remember that MIT is an Ivy League school and its a reach for EVERYBODY. What you want to make sure is that you don’t get caught up on one school and forget to apply to others. You need to look at other schools too.</p>
<p>+1 for what ESTU5993 said. Apart from the fact that MIT isn’t an Ivy League school common mistake XD</p>
<p>I had to look up what to make sure but your right it isn’t Ivy</p>
<p>The things you learn…</p>
<p>There are a lot of great schools that you can get into with high stats and no EC’s. However, the most competitive schools will want to see that you have leadership and research in addition to the high stats. MIT in particular favors research and innovation. If you truly cannot do anything outside of class during the school year, you need to line something great up for the summer. See if any of your science teachers can point you in the direction of something.</p>
<p>MIT’s acceptance rate is 8.9%. The majority of the 91.1% that were rejected were excellent candidates. That is just the reality when dealing with the most famous engineering school on the planet 
So do your best in classes and on standardized tests, find some extracurriculars that you enjoy, try to enjoy your high school experience. Apply to MIT, but spend time learning about the great institutions that compete with it (Stanford, CalTech), or are 98% as good but a little easier to get into. There are some great schools out there, you just need to open your mind.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, MIT is clearly a reach for you. Math and science are highly important in their admission considerations. For example, olympiads and contests and research are all important.</p>
<p>I don’t know about how hard your AP classes are, but struggling with three is slightly indicative of your ability - personally, I am taking 7 and am having nearly no trouble (maybe 10-15 hours a week).</p>
<p>@Carla, good advice - research is great but not absolutely necessary.
@BeanTownGirl - I wouldn’t say that Stanford nor Caltech are easier to get into than MIT.</p>