<p>I played football in hs for one year and was injured. I want to get back to football and MIT is the only school I am applying to where I even have a chance of playing. Basically, I'm walking on.
So i was wondering if anybody else has walked onto a sport @ MIT, especially football. How much committment was it? DId it interfere with class? How competitive was it?
Thanks</p>
<p>Sports @ MIT are pretty low-key in the sense that "walk-ons" are generally accepted, no problem. All you really need to do it send an email to the coach or meet with them during CPW. This is especially true for football and other fall sports, because they generally start training before orientation starts, so you would need to touch base with the coach to make arrangements for an early arrival. I play field hockey and all I really did was add my email address to the coach's list during CPW. Then you get all the information sent to you and you take it from there.</p>
<p>I obviously don't know about football specifically, but for field hockey we didn't have any cuts because the team that showed up was a good/average size for a field hockey team. Practice is for 2 hours every day (5-7) but games mess the schedule up. Especially far away games which are scheduled on Saturdays. Weekend away games basically leave you with a one-day weekend. Bleh. I had no problem balancing class and sports, especially first term with that whole pass/no record thing.</p>
<p>As for competition, it is only Division III. But the truth is that some teams do put up a good fight, despite whatever stereotype you might have about MIT. Field hockey was pretty decent for the first part of the season (had a bit of a losing streak at the end there) and women's volleyball is really good, from what I hear. Unfortunately, my understanding is that football isn't so hot, but maybe Mollie can chime in here, since she cheerleads for them. =)</p>
<p>Let me know if you have any more questions.</p>
<p>Well I can take this one, I played DT for the Tech this year. First thing, MIT football takes up MUCH less time than HS. Two hour practices a day, that's about it. Coach Smith understands that we are students first. Competition wise, we don't have many guys, but we do have some good ballplayers. I wouldn't worry about "walking on," because, really we're all walk-ons. MIT doesn't give scholarships.</p>
<p>As for games, we only play on Saturdays, so that doesn't mess with school. We don't travel far either. We play in the NEFC which is almost all local schools. Record wise, we were 3-6 this year. From the way things look we should have a winning record next year. We're really anchored by some solid football players.</p>
<p>If you have any questions, just ask. I'd be more than happy to answer questions about Tech football.</p>
<p>If I go to MIT, I'll prolly join football, ultimate frisbee, and anything related to martial arts.</p>
<p>What martial arts styles are at MIT?</p>
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<p>Oh god, anything you can come up with. I never knew there were so many types of karate.</p>
<p>I think all or almost all of the martial arts are club sports, a list of which can be found [url=<a href="http://web.mit.edu/athletics/www/clubsports/%5Dhere%5B/url">http://web.mit.edu/athletics/www/clubsports/]here[/url</a>].</p>
<p>Just as a small warning -- although I agree with KirbusPrime that MIT sports often take up less time than sports at other colleges, they do take up more time than high school sports. Not very many people have time for more than one or two extracurricular activities.</p>
<p>EDIT: (for the question below) I dated a guy who had never played football before he got to MIT. Yup, true story.</p>
<p>Kirbus, would it be possible to join the MIT football team without having played in high school? Do you know anyone that has been a true walkon (no football experience)? I suppose I'd have to gain some weight before I even tried though (5'10" 150 pounds right now) :(</p>
<p>What's the size of MIT football players? Obviously a lot of variation among positions, but are they mostly pretty normal, or are there a lot of big guys?</p>
<p>Basically a bunch of really small guys (for football). Average weight of a lineman seems low 200's.</p>
<p>wow some of those guys are pretty small...</p>
<p>hey, do you need to inform anyone early if you have interest in playing a sport?</p>
<p>I've heard it's a very good idea to get in early with a coach. Not sure about MIT's policy, but many schools start practicing before their season or before the school year if their season is fall.</p>
<p>Has anybody else tried contacting Coach Smith? I had trouble doing so by email.</p>
<p>Yes, if you're interested in playing a fall sport, you'll need to arrive on campus a few days to a week before all the other freshmen. I believe that sort of information is mediated through the coach.</p>
<p>Yeah, I've filled out that little athlete form online. Some coach (maybe it was Smith) emailed me back about my position, height, and weight. Haven't heard from him since. This was maybe aout two weeks ago?</p>
<p>I also filled out the form, but got no response.</p>
<p>I doubt if the coaches would have a lot of contact with the early admits prior to RD unless there was a particular individual they wanted to encoursge. It would make more sense to wait until s/he knew who all of the admitted athletes are and then communicate with all of them at the same time about administrative stuff like coming early before the other freshmen.</p>
<p>Well, Coach Smith contacted Kyt, but not me. Do you think it's because of my very unimpressive athletic resume (see post one)?</p>
<p>I think it's probably because it was the holidays. :)</p>
<p>Many of us just got back to campus today or yesterday.</p>
<p>i posted this somewhere else but only got one response. on the subject of sports @ mit, ive been in contact with the mit track coach, and he encouraged me to apply. he sai that he sent a "letter of support" to the admissions office. how much does this increase chances of getting in to mit? thnx in advance.</p>
<p>He wrote me one and I got in.
Not that that really proves anything. Good luck!</p>