MIT- recruited athlete?

[wannabetechie]

<p>I'm applying EA to MIT as a "recruited" athlete heavily supported by the coach; I'm wondering how much emphasis the admissions office places on this. Can my athlete status only break a tie between two close applicants, or does it carry more weight than that?</p>

<p>I'm a female of Japanese background. I have high test scores (ACT-36, SATII math 800, physics 780, bio 790), good grades in challenging AP/ Honors classes, and a ton of community service and leadership. Nothing in way of math/science awards or competitions, though.</p>

[molliebatmit]

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Can my athlete status only break a tie between two close applicants, or does it carry more weight than that?

It’s not really either of these – the recruited athlete status is one thing the admissions office will consider among many others when discussing your application.</p>

<p>More information from Matt McGann:

@Matt McGann

Athletes at MIT do not face a “different admissions process.” There is no separate athletic admissions committee. Coaches do not get to sit with the Dean and present their students in a special meeting as at many schools. There is no policy that we admit all academically-qualified recruited athletes. Perhaps more importantly, there is no “slot” system. What is a slot system? In a major article on Division III athletics admissions in 2005, the New York Times wrote,

roadly, Division III colleges are separated into those that use what is customarily called a slots system and those that do not. Slots are reserved for athletes in each freshman class, a specific number that typically represents 15 percent to 30 percent of those admitted. Colleges that do not have a slots system may admit more, or fewer, recruited athletes, but there is no set number.

That is to say – we don’t hold open admissions spaces for teams/coaches, we have no quota or even any target for athletes.</p>

<p>That being said, we do value extracurricular talent, including athletic talent, in our admissions process. Most of MIT’s full-time coaches do recruit (though this recruitment bears little resemblance to what Division I schools call recruiting). Because of stereotypes and preconceived notions, many talented student-athletes are not aware that MIT even has varsity sports, much less that we’re actually pretty good (for example, a classmate of mine, Jason Szuminski '00, went on to pitch for the San Diego Padres, after completing his Aero-Astro degree). The outreach work of our coaches complements the work done by many at MIT in identifying talented prospective MIT students.

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[GoodFIt]

<p>@wannabetechie make sure you fit with MIT vision. The link below may help you.<br>
[MIT</a> Admissions: The Match Between You And MIT](<a href=“http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/pulse/the_match_between_you_and_mit/]MIT”>http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/pulse/the_match_between_you_and_mit/)</p>

<p>If you do, and if you are a top recruit and you will make a impact on the team/sport, I think with your scores, fit and athletic impact, you have a great chance to get in. Keep communicating with the coach during the process. Schedule your interview early. All colleges recruit. The difference is that MIT recruit smart, math/science lovers, who happens to have a great fit with MIT vision and are great athletes. Good luck!</p>

[IBfootballer]

<p>given your outstanding applicant profile and the fact that you’re being recruited, you are one of the precious few cases in which one can be fairly sure you will get into MIT</p>

[molliebatmit]

<p>^From [Chris</a>’ thread](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/massachusetts-institute-technology/882019-statistics-mit-2014-admissions-cycle.html]Chris”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/massachusetts-institute-technology/882019-statistics-mit-2014-admissions-cycle.html) on this past admissions cycle:

@MITChris

19% of the class were identified as being art, music, or athletic stars. These are people who may have played major concerts as soloists, or who have been recruited to be varsity athletes. One of our art stars has designed several US stamps and a major art installation at the UN, and has been supporting his family since the age of 8. Same as with the academic stars, this helps, but isn’t a meal ticket: of the 900+ AMA stars who applied, around 300 got in.

So, again, it is great to be a recruited athlete (or musician, or artist), but it doesn’t provide any sort of certainty as to admission, even in combination with great test scores.</p>

[GoodFIt]

<p>If you fall into this category (art, music or athletic star), and you show a good fit with MIT vision, and you have great scores, great gpa, and you show your passion for science and math, your chances of getting in increases by a lot. But this is not easy. To be a top athlete and to have all that in addition to your dedication to a sport, is hard. But let me tell you, if you can do this, your chances increases from like 10% to 33.33% according to the numbers above. It does not assure you will get in, but to apply to MIT knowing you have like a 33.33% chance of getting in, is just amazing and you deserve to get in!</p>

[pseudoreal]

<p>@molliebatmit It sort of was his meal ticket… and his family’s.</p>

[cgar514]

<p>So I’m a student from MIT, so I don’t know all the info obviously, but from what I’ve seen from from my time at MIT, I get the opinion that athletics will be evaluated simply as one of your many extracurricular talents. However, MIT is not looking to crank out pro-athletes or olympic gold medalists, it’s looking to crank out the leaders of tomorrow’s science, technology, and business leaders. MIT has had a few extremely talented athletes, but the most important things is that you show the potential to be one of the future leaders. Admissions at MIT will definitely consider your application with recruiting in mind, but they have some academic standard that everyone accepted must be above, even if an athlete.</p>