<p>Probably Calc I/II (Depends), Physics III, Chem/BioChem, Humanities, and EE
Maybe even robotics :P</p>
<p>Meh… Probably Calc 3, Physics 2(taking C ATM), Chemistry</p>
<p>College Confidential… The official website for try-hards and micromanagers.</p>
<p>You gets forget that MIT Physics is actually pretty difficult. Calculus on the hand goes more in depth than regular AP level… Even though I’m way surpassed Calc haha. I’m going to take Advanced Calculus next year :p.</p>
<p>Where’s the geographic distribution count?</p>
<p>MIT Physics is difficult. I’ve seen some MIT lectures on Open Courseware, but they didn’t seem too hard (the concepts.) What gets you is likely the problems. Of course, without experience, I can’t say for sure. </p>
<p>@Alpha - taking C but thinking of Physics II? I thought someone done with C would take Calculus III (because who would have taken physics beyond C?) I’m in B but I think I can handle III, because I’ve learned some C stuff independently. However, I don’t know any Calculus based physics in E&M (only slightly in mechanics.) Maybe that will put me into Physics II. I want III though.</p>
<p>According to the MITES website:</p>
<p>Physics II: An investigation of basic mechanics (kinematics, forces, energy, momentum, rotation), circuits (electric fields and forces, basic circuit components and combinations) and geometric optics (refraction, lenses, ray tracing).</p>
<p>Physics III: Various wave phenomena, including oscillations, mechanical waves, electromagnetic waves, matter waves (elementary quantum mechanics), and special theory of relativity.</p>
<p>Physics I, Calculus I, Humanities, and Biochemistry, preferably, with Digital Design or Engineering Design.</p>
<p>I’m taking AP physics C (Both Mech and E&M) in highschool and Calculus 2 as a Dual Enrollment course. I find physics easy and I got bored in Calc AB so I took the Dual Enrollment course.
@Rivstein
This website cannot possibly improve one’s self esteem, unless they are perfect.</p>
<p>I"m taking AP physics B and dual-credit Calculus II so…</p>
<p>I’d probably go with Physics I or Physics II, Cal II or Cal III, Humanities, Biochem, and Engineering Design.</p>
<p>I agree with Ozzy on the self esteem haha</p>
<p>Calc I or II, Physics III, Biochem, Humanities, and EE or Engineering Design. Calc and Physics depend on how much independent study I am able to do since my school doesn’t offer Calc or physics C to juniors.</p>
<p>oh man… Seriously though, you guys think MITES will do geographic representation?</p>
<p>I don’t know, but what run1116 said about Texas made me feel a lot better haha</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure what MITES will do is to choose individuals they believe to deserve the spots; that being said, geographical representation will be automatic and independent from their decisions. If you check MIT’s stats, they are incredibly diverse and they work on this system.</p>
<p>I hope the applicant pool isn’t at large this year, but that’s just me dreaming.</p>
<p>I emailed MITES and the internship I applied to. MITES still hasn’t replied (been a couple days). I heard that they don’t reply to e-mails, but this really sucks!! I’ll have to call them Thursday. Unfortunately my internship will not grant me an extension so I am now in a sticky situation. I guess I could accept then decline later, but that is the last thing I want to do. I cannot decline the internship without knowing that I have a backup program, because then I will face the possibility of doing nothing this summer, the worst-case scenario!</p>
<p>Hope you can reach them 
I had trouble calling them in January to ask them some questions, but I hope you have better luck…</p>
<p>Does anyone know how their email system works? Emails seem to go to the office and are then sent to a randomly selected person within the office.</p>
<p>Example: A few weeks ago I sent the same email twice and got two different responses(one being an out of office auto-reply) from two different email addresses linked to the MITES email address.</p>
<p>Guys, I am seriously doubting whether I should even take MITES if I got it. This is a research internship, and I wonder if MITES can beat it. This whole time I always thought it would, but I don’t really know anymore. I’m stressed and confused over this whole thing. I want to think MITES is the best thing in the world right now, but I don’t know if I can. I used to, and I still think it’s great, but I don’t know if I should go for it. I still really want to do it though.</p>
<p>Run, I’m sorry about your dilemma We get notifications in a couple weeks…can you decide then? What do you see yourself doing this summer? Conducting research or taking classes at MIT?</p>
<p>I must decide by April 1st. That’s a full two weeks before the expected notification date of MITES. I will call them Thursday since I’ll be out of school, and ask if I can get an early notification. I’ll have to explain my situation and tell them that if they don’t give me a decision by April 1st, I’ll be forced to accept the internship and decline MITES if they decide to accept me later. </p>
<p>I applied to three research programs (well, if you count SSP I guess that’s four) and MITES. MITES was the first program I really wanted to do and knew I was going to apply to. I heard about RSI, Clark Scholars, SSP, and this internship a bit later. I applied to all and this internship was my backup. I knew it was pretty good but I always had it as my backup, my last choice, the one I thought I could get into but was the last thing I wanted to do. I’ve now decided that I’d probably take it over SSP and probably Clark as well, especially since their decisions come out late. All that was left was RSI, MITES, and this internship. I got a decision from RSI (my top choice) and got rejected, so my only two choices now are MITES and this internship. I got the acceptance last Friday and was hoping that I could get an extension and see if I could get into MITES instead. </p>
<p>Now that I can’t get an extension, I’m in desperation mode and hope that MITES will give me a decision by the 1st if I explain my situation to them. The absolute worst thing that could happen is that I do nothing this summer, meaning I decline the internship and I get rejected from everything. I cannot let that be a possibility, considering how competitive MITES and the other programs are. Thus MITES is the only way I get out of this internship. </p>
<p>I’ve always had MITES as one of my top choices, but now I’m thinking that maybe this internship won’t be so bad after all. I’ll conduct research, get paid, stay local so I can do things like learn how to drive and volunteer at a local science museum. I’ll get practical experience in the lab that I can use to bolster future applications to internships and such. This seems great, and it looks better by the day. However, I don’t see how I could turn down MITES. Considering MIT is where I want to go for college, there is nothing like a six-week trip to MIT during the summer. I’ll get six weeks worth of taste of the college environment in high school. I’ll take classes that challenge me more than the ones I am currently taking at school. I’ll be able to meet college professors, MIT graduate students, tour the campus, and decide whether MIT is for me. I’ll get to meet 79 or so other amazing kids like you guys! Assuming I actually get into MIT (MITES is almost a guaranteed acceptance, so this is a safe assumption for now) then I would have already have made friends with maybe 50 or so (guess) fellow MIT freshmen. Both programs are excellent and I don’t know what to do.</p>
<p>It has always been my dream to research, and I emphasized this extensively in all my summer program essays. I’ll get to do research this summer if I take the internship. However, I think I might be able to do research next summer as well (for example, through Clark Scholars or some local internship that accepts graduated seniors.) There is nothing else like MITES. I think that maybe I should save the college experience for… college. Maybe I should wait on taking Multivariable and Physics and instead research something. I’d grow a lot and gain much experience working in a lab. However, I can’t imagine how much I’d grow at MITES, in the college environment, under all the classes, along with 80 other brilliant kids. I’d be with the best of the best this summer and nothing else can match that. But maybe, I can just tour MIT some other time. But imagine the help on college information I’d get at MITES! It’s too much to pass up. After thinking of this, I think to myself that maybe this summer won’t really matter in enough years, and whatever I do this summer that helps me for my future will help me the same way. Whatever I do will be fine, I mean. Maybe so, or maybe not. I don’t know. </p>
<p>Of course, this is assuming that I actually get into MITES in the first place. If I don’t, then I’ve done all this worrying for nothing. But I actually think I have a shot at MITES. RSI was out of my league, but MITES seems like something that would fit me much better. But maybe research would be the best way to spend my summer. Whatever happens, I guess I’ll be good to go either way. </p>
<p>Sorry for the long post guys. I’m just getting all my thoughts out. These next few days will be intense for me. If I do MITES I’ll regret not doing research. If I do research I’ll regret not doing MITES (if I get in.) I don’t think I will cancel after accepting the internship. I know that some of you will definitely attend MITES this summer, and I wish you all the best. If I see you there, then hopefully we’ll celebrate the best summer of our lives together. If not, and I decide to take the internship over MITES, then at least I know that some kid out there who wouldn’t have otherwise gone will have an amazing experience at my dream school, MIT. And if I wouldn’t have gotten in regardless of my internship, then bravo to those of you that were impressive enough to get in, and I wish you guys well in your future. Maybe we can be MIT classmates one day, do research, and win a Nobel Prize together! :D</p>
<p>Aww, well I’m hoping MITES reaches you early! Both programs seem pretty great 
Since April 1st is approaching pretty quickly, I’d recommend that you call the offices instead of trying to reach them by email if you haven’t yet. Keep in mind that if you are accepted into MITES and attend MITES instead, you’ll have so many other opportunities to research. I guess I can’t say more than good luck! :)</p>