<p>Hello.
My name is Jack and I'm going to be a junior in High School this year in the fall. MIT is my dream college and I've had this nagging desire to live out my college experience there for about a year now. As a sophomore this year, I took two APs and other honors courses. But I absolutely love math. This year I took Mathematics B (A New York State Regents course), which is like Trigonometry, essentially.. But I nearly aced the end of the year state exam with a 98, and was the highest in my school by over 12 points.. I think my main catch though is the fact that I'm an above-average baseball player. This year I played baseball on the varsity level, and excelled quite steadily. This year I've been told by different coaches and instructors I can go Division 1 for baseball, and MIT is Division 3... I think that right there would be a great help in getting through to MIT. Right now through 9th and 10th, I would guess my average would be somewhere around a 97 unweighted, which would be around 103 weighted with APs and Honors... So yeah that's basically me in a nutshell, but should give whoever reads this a glimpse of my chances.</p>
<p>Do / Can I have what it takes to become an MIT acceptee?</p>
<p>You should try and contact MIT's Baseball coach eventually. I'm not sure if MIT gets any scholarships for athletes, or if the coach could help you through the admissions process however.</p>
<p>Yeah, I am planning on soon contacting the coach and the recruitment process.
But D3 schools can't offer athletic scholarships, so there's no hope there..
I just want to play baseball in college and I want baseball to help me get into MIT.</p>
<p>Don't put all your trust on your athletics getting you in, although they'll probably boost your chances. Just keep your grades and test scores high - if you can do that AND continue to excel in athletics, you'll be showing how flexible you can be with your skills and time management =) Best of luck; I hope to see you there in two years ;D</p>
<p>Make sure you visit the campus--you want to make sure it's truly the right fit for you/you like the enviroment. It's foolish to just look at a school's website and say "I want to go there." Personally, I wasn't considering MIT until I visited it.</p>
<p>From what I've heard from their admission officers, they look for people who genuinely seek a challenge and can demonstrate a passion for something that they can pursue at MIT.</p>
<p>If you do this through extracurriculars and essays, and have acceptable grades, then you have a shot.</p>
<p>Yeah, I've been to Boston every year since i was like 3..
And my great-uncle lives right on beacon hill, up a little from the Charles..
I haven't specifically visited the campus, but I intend to this summer or next year</p>