MIT offers students the option of filling out a Varsity Athletics form for a sport of choice, a form that will indicate interest in the sport. I have played a sport but won no outstanding achievements or even rankings in it. Despite this, I hope to pursue it on the varsity level in college. The MIT athletics form seems to primarily concern itself with academic and personal information, with only one small section for athletic achievements.
My questions are (1) can my overall application be harmed by filling out the form with my less-than-stellar record (2) can this potentially help, if only by indicating interest, in any small way?
It will not hurt you–only help you. If you are admissible on your own to MIT then being a solid, if undistinguished athlete will only help you. Worst case they will be uninterested in you as an athlete.
Hmm, what makes you think that you can play in college if you are not highly ranked in high school? While MIT does not accept candidates for their athletic prowess, their teams aren’t filled with also rans. Some of their athletic teams do well. Maybe you play an unusual sport ( like water polo which I don’t think MIT has a team for) or some other team you can walk on? IMO, anything that doesn’t make your application look stronger should not be included.
If you are referring to the recruiting form that you access from the athletics page then I doubt admissions even sees that - it is for the coach to know who’s interested and see any relevant recruiting metrics for your sport.
No. The form goes to the coach; I doubt admissions ever sees it
No
Look at the roster. Most are nationally ranked, and were 4 or 5 star recruits on tennisrecruiting.net. If that does not describe you, expect to hear crickets from the coach in response to your form
Do Not see Golf? would it still help if my son sends one for Golf --may be they will start a team? He played all four year of varsity golf --not good to be in Div 1 or 2 …may be Division 3 - definitely on his good day!!! If you are a golfer, you know what I mean, right Thank you.
NCAA sports don’t usually work that d1 is better than D2 is better than D3. There are D3 teams that can beat a D1 and kids on D2 teams that could have gone to D1. This is especially true in individual sports like golf and tennis.
On one of the NFL games last weekend, there was a player who had gone to Limestone College. The announcers were shocked that a D2 player was in the NFL. Happens.
MIT coaches recruit high school athletes just like any other college. The difference is that a student athlete can’t be a weaker student and there are no admissions guarantees/pre-reads/likely letters. But again, they are very much recruited before application time.
Thank you.