<p>Afte receiving the RPI scholarship along with a 780 math reasoning and 800 math level 2, I've had a lot of people recommending MIT for me. I worry, though, that I may not be cable of handling the aacademic rigour of the school. I've always been the best math/science student in my class, but I'm not a genius by any definition. As a well above average but not brilliant student, would I be in over my head at MIT?
Thank you guys for your help/feedback.</p>
<p>I'm about to start at MIT in 10 days and I'm still not sure whether I'm in over my head. I was in your situation during high school, but I am passing out of a few classes through APs and am studying for advanced standing exams so I think if you can excel in your high school, you can excel anywhere. Look at it this way. Apply and if you're admitted then you'll know you're capable. The admissions committee only admits people who they believe can handle the load and succeed.</p>
<p>Thank you. That is by far the most reasonable, cogent thing anyone has said to me on the matter thus far. Good luck with school; maybe I'll run into you next year.</p>
<p>I think MIT has a pretty broad spectrum of academic capabilities, so chances are, you won't be completely lost. There are classes that cater towards all these levels too. </p>
<p>If you come here and realize that something IS above your head, MIT won't leave you in the dust either. They have programs to help students who come from backgrounds with less opportunities (such as students from more rural schools). That is, along with the freshman year pass/no record policy, free tutoring, freshmen learning communities, special resuscitations to prepare for first-year quizzes/exams! </p>
<p>That said, I'm also about to start at MIT in a week, so take my advice with a grain of salt!</p>
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I'm about to start at MIT in 10 days and I'm still not sure whether I'm in over my head. I was in your situation during high school, but I am passing out of a few classes through APs and am studying for advanced standing exams so I think if you can excel in your high school, you can excel anywhere. Look at it this way. Apply and if you're admitted then you'll know you're capable. The admissions committee only admits people who they believe can handle the load and succeed.
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<p>YOU BUM HOW DID YOU GET INTO MIT ROFLMAO</p>
<p>To the OP: you miss 100% of the shots you don't take, or so they say (but 0/0 isn't 1....)</p>
<p>hey i'm pretty sure you have the exact stats I had when I applied to colleges, right down to the RPI medal. I'm now going on my 4th year @ MIT, studying physics, and loving it here.</p>
<p>I remember being terrified by MIT before coming, but then got here and realized everyone else was too. You'll find yourself surrounded by mostly by normal - if not a bit nerdy - people who did well in highschool, and a support structure that does a great job of easing you into the entire college experience. As bballdude said, if you were admitted, you're capable.</p>
<p>Agree 100% with everyone else in the thread. MIT Admissions doesn't admit people whom they don't think can handle the work. Some people at MIT are absolutely brilliant at physics/computer science/whatever, others are more well-rounded, and others just work very diligently and have incredible passion. MIT takes all sorts, not just "super-geniuses."</p>
<p>That is SO great to hear; thank you guys. I'll definitely give it a shot.
To pebbles- that's really cool that you're a physics major; that's what I want to do because most of the specialties within medicine that interest me are physics related and you get plenty of bio/chem in med school. Hopefully I'll see you guys next year.</p>
<p>for those of you who got into MIT... When you were applying did you feel confident or doubtful about your acceptance? And what other schools did you apply to?</p>
<p>Nobody should feel confident in his or her acceptance -- a quick look at last year's results thread (linked at the top of the page) should show that.</p>
<p>I had so little confidence in my ability to get into MIT that I applied, then forgot completely about the application for three months. I didn't think about it at all until the day my big folder came in the mail.</p>
<p>I'm /still/ terrified of MIT ;). </p>
<p>I was incredibly doubtful of my acceptance. In any case, just remember to go to MIT thinking, "I'll get all the help I can" - like going to recitation and OFFICE HOURS(!). It's good to be wary, keeps you on your toes and you get things done =).</p>