Is my curriculum good enough for MiT?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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<p>Hello everybody, I am currently a junior and really stressing out like crazy wondering if MiT is just too much beyond the scope of my school's offered education. I also would like to inquire as to whether MiT will really care about a C in Spanish II from my 10th grade year. I had an A- or A in every other subject besides Spanish II but that C brought me down to a 3.78 GPA. The school I was at for 9th and 10th grade did not offer any challenging courses and was overall a very bad school, so I left in favor of a math, science and technology-oriented high school. The new school runs on a 4 classes block scheduling system and I was actually not going to be able to take Calculus during high school unless I took algebra II and Precalculus/Trig concurrently this year, so hopefully that will be looked favorably upon and show my motivation for challenging myself/interest in math. Also, so far I have maintained a 4.0 GPA the entire junior year and plan on keeping that going. Sorry that I kind of went off on a tangent there but I'm just trying to give you guys/girls an idea of my background.</p>

<p>My schedule is as follows:</p>

<p>Last semester/This Semester</p>

<p>-Intro to Engineering
-Health (a graduation requirement by school)
-Algebra II
-Precalculus/Trig</p>

<p>Final Two Junior Year Semesters</p>

<p>-Pre-AP English Lit
-Pre-AP US History
-Honors Chemistry (new at my school this year)
-Technology Careers (a grad project requirement where you basically research different careers you might want to pursue)</p>

<p>Upcoming Summer (Classes at local community college/very reputable engineering college, not sure yet)
-Calculus
-Physics</p>

<p>Senior Year
-AP English Lit (School Only offers AP US History, AP English Lit, and AP Bio)
-AP US History
-Principles of Engineering
-Probably either Statistics or Calculus(again, but high school's class), seeing as my school requires 6 math credits to graduate. I will also take more advanced math/science at the college I choose in senior year.
The rest I'm not sure of but the only class that I'm opting out of is Spanish III/Spanish IV, so no more Spanish for me throughout high school. Other than that, I'm taking the most rigorous curriculum available to me. Thank you for your input.</p>

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<p>bump 10 char</p>

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<p>I don't think your curriculum matters (obviously it does but usually everyone takes the hardest classes possible). You have to be extraordinarly smart and have something really special besides being a genius. Like varsity cheerleader/football captain who is really good at chess who also got a near perfect SAT and an amazing GPA. MIT is the hardest school to get into in the country so good luck.</p>

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<p>Well I'm certainly no genius, but I do have a wonderful work ethic. I am very smart: excellent at math, but I have an extraordinary gift for writing, which could set me apart from the pack as far as the application essay goes. At the end of the day, the chance of acceptance is always going to be a crap-shoot for MiT so I'll try to get some really awesome things going for my application, but obviously nothing is certain.</p>

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<p>If you think you have a chance at MIT, you're probably near genius. It's great that you're a good writer. I feel like most math/sci kids lack the history/english thing and vice versa.</p>

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<p>^ Yeah, most people I know are basically polarized towards Math/Science or English/History. I would have to say that my brain is "wired' more for English/History, but over the past 2 or so years I have really become interested in mathematics and have refined my skills greatly, as well as challenging myself whenever possible. I'm going through a polar shift if you will :D</p>