<p>do whatever you want as long as you become really realllllly good at it. you don’t need to cater to mit either. for instance, you would think that doing really well in some math/science extracurricular would help. It definitely would, but don’t do it unless you actually want to.</p>
<p>me personally, i did not join a single math/science related ec throughout high school, but I pursued other endeavors that i truly love, had a FANTASTIC time becoming accomplished in them, and then i got in to mit. </p>
<p>…and get near perfect sat’s & grades with a difficult courseload</p>