<p>I really want to get into MIT, and I think my only hope is submitting the Music supplement (due to bad SAT score).</p>
<p>I've been playing trumpet for a long time, and I'm planning on submitting Hummel's 3rd movement and Hayden's 2nd </p>
<p>movement. I can play both, and I qualified to state competition with Hummel's 3rd movement before.</p>
<p>To all trumpet experts or wind instrument experts, do you guys think these two songs are good candidates for MIT's Music </p>
<p>supplement?</p>
<p>Your music supplement is sent to the music faculty who reviews it and then sends a review to the admissions office indicating how much they want to work with you. As such, the choice of song is entirely what might express your accomplishment and potential to the relevant faculty. In terms of form, the process is very similar to an coach sending a recommendation for a sports star that they want to recruit. It can be very useful in pushing a borderline case across the line and accepted. That being said, if your academics are not good enough to merit admission, a music supplement is highly unlikely to get you in. A lot depends on your definition of a “bad” SAT score. If you were hoping for an 800, and you only got a 730, then you are likely fine. If you got a 580, then the music supplement cannot save you. MIT has no reserved slots for musicians.</p>
<p>Thank you so much. And What I mean by bad is like my average SAT score is between 25% and 50% range, so not really meeting the average score.
My strengths are mathematics and music. Idk if my AMC and AIME score will be fine for MIT, so I believe music is my only chance…</p>
<p>I wouldn’t worry too much about SAT scores…my CR score was well below the 25% mark and my writing was near the 25% mark.</p>
<p>Many MIT students here have never even heard of the AIME, much less taken it, so making AIME is already something.</p>