<p>What if you want to go to MIT for their business program (Ranked top 5) or animation? I know that MIT does not make you specifically apply to Sloan or a college but a university as a whole and then you pick which area, but if you don't have sciency-mathy stuff on your app or sciency-mathy awards does that make you any less of an applicant? I know you can explain your passion for something other than STEM on the essay, if the essay has anything to do with it, but I heard MIT usually only takes people who are crazy about the STEM field.</p>
<p>It’s not necessary to have math or science awards/ECs to be admitted. </p>
<p>You do need to show that you have the ability and the willingness to get through the General Institute Requirements, which are required for students in all majors (including management). The GIRs consist of two courses in calculus (single- and multivariable), two courses in physics (mechanics and E&M), a course in chemistry, a course in biology, two science/engineering electives, and a lab class.</p>
<p>if MIT took only crazy STEMers, theyre business program wouldnt be ranked top 5… obviously theyre looking for all sorts of people. they also have great humanities, though its rarely recognized since theyre such a bias to think of MIT as nerds on computers doing math sets</p>
<p>I think it depends on what kind of business you want to do. If you want to do general management then MIT is probably not the right place. Tech entrepreneurship is a big thing here though. I think the primary reason Sloan is ranked highly is because it is an excellent graduate program. The claim that MIT has great humanities is also questionable. Other than philosophy and comparative media studies, MIT’s humanities departments are all very small and not particularly well regarded. However, MIT is very strong in the social sciences (econ, political science, linguistics).</p>
<p>You don’t need a lot of math/science awards to get into MIT. Lots of people take 18.01 simply because they didn’t or weren’t able to take calculus in high school, in which MIT still admitted them because they were still smart, driven, passionate students. You do have to take up to multi-variable calculus (18.02) per the GIR’s while at MIT though.</p>
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<p>The first sentence is definitely true. I think lots might be stretching the truth a little. Only 15% of MIT freshmen start in 18.01. My guess is many if not most of that 15% have already taken some sort of calculus.</p>
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<p>The MIT business major also requires 18.06 linear algebra, 6.041 probabilistic systems analysis, a class on optimization, and a statistics class.</p>
<p>So basically specify what area of business you want to go to, expose yourself in it, and then show MIT what you’ve done and etc. ?</p>
<p>^ Yes, if you do what you love, how can you go wrong?</p>
<p>[Applying</a> Sideways | MIT Admissions](<a href=“http://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/applying_sideways]Applying”>Applying Sideways | MIT Admissions)</p>
<p>I read the above link and it still makes no sense. I don’t think MIT or any other college excepts people blindly. Actually I don’t even know how they accept people. How do they compare you with the rest of the group? It’s so crazy…
So all in all, no one knows if they’ll get into MIT no matter what stats they have?</p>
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<p>That’s correct. They don’t accept people “blindly” – it’s a complicated process – but they don’t just look at your GPA and SAT and say that you’re in. Many 4.0/2400s get rejected.</p>
<p>Once your credentials are “good enough,” they don’t matter. It’s about your passion for learning/STEM, your fit in the upcoming class, and what you have to offer to the campus as a person and student. Since it’s holistic/subjective, there’s no way to know if you will get in.</p>
<p>To answer your original question, MIT does not look at your major/school when you are applying as a freshman. So being a potential business student is irrelevant. They will expect the same level of math/science rigor as they would from any other applicant.</p>
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<p>This really isn’t true. Even when undergrads took business only as a secondary major, the business school was top 5.</p>
<p>Historically and unlike other top schools, MIT does not believe that kids need to be specialized by age 18. Rather, the general philosophy is that they take people with top intellects and work ethics and assume they will differentiate into a variety of professions.</p>