I am being recruited for football, and I want to know what my chances would be for Early Action.
GPA: 3.85 (4.0 junior year)
ACT: 35
SAT II: 800 Math 2, 800 Physics, 770 World History
AP’s: Will have taken 9 by end of senior year (Most rigorous course load possible), all 4s and 5s
EC: Varsity Sport, Captain of Football team, Captain of very successful national circuit debate team, Started several eCommerce businesses,
Awards: Nothing major, state/regional sports awards.
The higher you are on the coach’s recruit list the better. You have the test scores we were told to reach when we started the process (not football). Good luck.
MIT does not have “slots” for athletes the way that Ivy league schools do. As a result, recruiting matters less at MIT than at other schools. MIT uses the injury test for recruited students: “If this student suffered a serious physical injury the summer before starting university and could never play their sport ever again, would MIT still be the right school for them.” If the answer is yes, then being a recruited athlete can help you a lot. If the answer is no, then it is irrelevant how much the coach wants you on campus.
This is a question your need to ask the coach. He’s been there a number of years and he’ll know if your numbers are good enough.
I am being recruited for football, and I want to know what my chances would be for Early Action.
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No one here can tell you what your chances will be. Even MITChris has written blogs on how neither he nor anyone in admissions will be able to tell you, [until the moment your app is being discussed.]
Mikayle gave you some great insight above.
My kid is a recruited athlete at MIT and will be attending this fall. While it’s true that MIT does not have athletic slots, coaches still have significant influence on a recruited athlete’s chances of admission—as long as the athlete is academically qualified per MIT’s high standards. The coach we interacted with was very honest about where our child was on the recruiting priority list and what kind of academic numbers had to be attained to get accepted at EA. We were told that if certain academic benchmarks were met our athlete, with the backing of the coach, would have a greater than 80% chance of acceptance. Ultimately our child was accepted back in December (as were seven of the other eight athletes in the current recruiting class).
To get the best idea of your chances, have a frank discussion with the coach involved in your recruitment. Find out where you are on their recruiting priority list and what the likelihood of acceptance would be given your academic record.
@CubsFan16 - interesting that your experience is a bit different than what we are being told. We were told it was more like 50/50 with coach support. The challenge of course is that other schools we’re looking at what my kid to apply ED for coach support so you still have to put all of your eggs into the MIT basket for essentially a 50/50 chance.
This isn’t really a response to your chance request, but there was a student who was a highly sought-after MIT recruit and was deferred EA and rejected RD. My impression is that recruiting at MIT is not as strong as recruiting at other schools. This recruit had a 1600 SAT, competed in a national STEM event (they had to advance from regionals to states to get there), and went to a STEM-oriented, selective magnet school. However, the sport they were recruited for was not really a big one like football or soccer, so I’m sure it did not hold as much weight. You’ve probably submitted your application by now and are waiting for your decision, so I know this is a little late. Take what I’m saying with a grain of salt. The outcome of one situation does not determine that of another. Good luck!