<p>Hi everyone
I am a freshman in high school now.
I guess it might be a bit early to look for colleges or something but I was wondering if anyone could tell me what to do to get into MIT.
Can anyone tell me what I can do to have a good resume?</p>
<p>Why did you post this here? Post this in the College Admissions Forum.</p>
<p>Hi Techboy, go to the Colleges forum, then at CC Top Universities, you'll find MIT forum.</p>
<p>techboy...this is as good a place as any for a 9th grader to open up the rather open-ended inquiry into what one can do to get into MIT.</p>
<p>The discussions here certainly touch on that...otherwise we wouldn't have conversations about matriculation and prep schools wouldn't publish their matriculation data on-line and tout it in their viewbooks. Jonathan1 is correct in noting that this is not the only place to have that discussion.</p>
<p>The main things you need to do -- imo -- to boost your chances at getting into MIT would be to excel at all things, seek out challenges and excel when you confront those challenges, and then seek out more challenges...exhibited by taking > And while you're doing all that excelling at challenges you've gone out of your way to encounter, don't allow yourself to become one-dimensional. </p>
<p>Excel in other areas as well, including English, foreign language and the humanities. The great scientists are discoverers in the mold of Columbus and Magellan, not lab rats in the mold of Beaker from the Muppet Show. They're philosophers and poets (of sorts) and statesmen and -women. They can engage their fellow scientists from around the world. They can communicate their innovations and ideas -- concepts never before understood -- to colleagues and laypersons alike.</p>
<p>That's a tall order, and for that reason it's probably a good starting to point for creating your roadmap to MIT. Beyond that sort of generalization I cannot add much more. I would suggest you seek out biographies of modern day scientists and engineers and learn about the highways and byways that they traversed. And I'd consider tracking down some MIT students or alums -- perhaps through the CC forums -- to learn more detailed and specific insights that will prove valuable to you.</p>
<p>And, no, it's not too early. Too many people wait until it's time to write about themselves and their achievements on their college applications to think about what they should do to prepare themselves. Good luck.</p>
<p>It seems to me a while back there was a posting in the college forum by somebody at MIT (an admissions officer I think) who wrote quite an interesting piece about how they look for kids with unique experiences. My impression is that they assume you can do the math from the test scores and GPA, but are really looking for people with a passion who find their own way - pretty much what D'yer has pointed out.</p>
<p>If you spend some time on the search function (only 1 per minute) looking for MIT admissions type postings, you might find it.</p>
<p>Have you read the book Catalyst by Laurie Halse Anderson? It's fictional, but it's about this girl who didn't get into MIT, but it shows why and her struggles, etc. Basically that you need to have more than great math/science scores.</p>
<p>ok thx everyone and sorry about posting this here
i just made this account and i dont know much about...
everything i guess</p>
<p>Don't worry about it. You might not even get help on the MIT board. I went on the Yale/Harvard one once and they told me I was too young to be obsessing about that. ;) PM me if you want more help.</p>
<p>Or me. I'm a 9th grader. MIT is my dream as well. I've wandered around this site for quite a while, so I know a thing or two about admissions. PM me. We can talk.</p>
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<p>haha same here...</p>
<p>Wait...so what can I do to make myself more of an attractive applicant for prep school? Know modern languages? Athletics? Arts?</p>
<p>because i'm starting to think about what schools I should choose if I were to apply again..</p>
<p>is the IB program better than the AP program?</p>
<p>wrong forum</p>
<p>yeah i know
but since people look at it
too lazy to post it at the right one
so if u guys want
u can answer it for me right here right now</p>
<p>apart from the obvious things like taking the most difficult courses available at your highschool--and getting firsts in them--how about applying to Canada/USA mathcamp, how about learning an instrument? What kind of advice would a counsellor at a good prepschool give techboy as to programme and ec's?</p>