<p>On the MIT website under track and field recruiting, it says if you have like a certain GPA/SAT ACT and you maintain a certain level of performance (in track and field) then you'll receive a likely letter or the equivalent. That is paraphrased so please do not comment on the accuracy of that, but I do discus and shot put on my schools varsity track team and I was wondering if discus and shot put are on the same level as the track events in terms of a recruiting perspective, and if so what are the probable distances I would need to be considered. (D III track)</p>
<p>You posted in the wrong forum and should repost in the MIT forum. To answer your question, I think you misread that section on the MIT website; it’s just the coach’s idea of what your qualifications should be. MIT doesn’t send likely letters or the equivalent.</p>
<p>This is easy to answer but can be hard to do. Instead of asking a bunch of strangers on the internet to guess the answer … go directly to the folks who can answer your question. Contact the coaches at MIT and ask them your questions … if they are interested you will know very quickly.</p>
<p>PS - these may help some although they are very general … [Men’s</a> Track Recruiting Information | NCSA Athletic Recruiting | NCSA](<a href=“http://www.ncsasports.org/recruiting-tools/mens-high-school-track/mens-track-recruiting-guidelines]Men’s”>http://www.ncsasports.org/recruiting-tools/mens-high-school-track/mens-track-recruiting-guidelines) … again, the MIT coaches can tell you the level of performance for which they are looking.</p>
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It’s not a likely letter – it’s that promising recruits will receive a recommendation from the coach to the admissions office. That recommendation is great, and every little bit helps when you’re talking about a school as difficult to get into as MIT, but it’s nothing like a guarantee of admission.</p>
<p>@iamthecowgodmoo:
Read molliebatmit’s reply very carefully.</p>
<p>If you read through a couple of MIT threads in this forum from last March/April, you’ll see several very disappointed applicants who thought an interest from MIT’s athletic coaches carried more pull than it actually does.</p>