What should I do to get in?

Colleges & Universities A-Z Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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<p>I will do anything as long as it gives me a higher chance of being accepted into MIT. Currently, I am a freshman in my second semester of high school. I have a 4.1 GPA with PAP English, PAP Geometry, PAP World Geography, and PAP Biology. I have been in Orchestra since the 5th grade and I am in it this year as well. I am on the tennis team, but on the lowest level because I never attended tryouts. I started taking German one year early, in the 8th grade. I came to the high school early every morning then went back to my middle school to begin normal school. I will be taking german every year, so I will get all the way to the top. I am 1 of 4 from my middle school that started German early.</p>

<pre><code> All of my classes have been advanced as long as I can remember, I never once got close to failing. Last year, in 8th grade, I maintained an A average for the whole year. When I can, I am going to join the National Honors Society. As far as my personal life goes, I have always been ahead of my peers in terms of reading and writing. In my wee years, I could read very fluently while I waited for the rest of my peers to sound words out. By the end of elementary, I had developed an advanced vocabulary and could write as well as or better than most adults. My whole entire life has been dedicated to technology. I have always known more about technology than anyone around me. At my very early ages, I was obsessed with cars, and I researched how engines work and every part of a car in general. As I got older, I would go through phases during which I would get interested in a different kind of technology.

I have a gift of learning technological concepts and retaining their knowledge much faster than any normal person would. When it comes to mathematical concepts, I may not grasp them entirely the second I see them, but when I do learn them, I learn them more thoroughly than the person that claims to have gotten it in a second. I haven't always been the best with numbers. Beginning with kindergarten, I was on a course of regular classes. I never understood why I had to be the one to initiate a switch to advanced courses. I was always the best in all of the regular classes and they were boring, easy, and full of slackers. I asked them myself to switch, and so I lost a year of math schooling, which I believe lead to a slower development of my computational abilities, although I am above average now.

The only bad grade I have ever made in math is in Pre AP Geometry this year. I have 4 grades in the mid-high 70s and 1 in the mid 80s. That is about average for the freshmen in the class. The only people making decent grades are little asian kids that come over from their middle schools in the mornings. I believe if I didn't have a morning class, my grade would be higher because there would be no little asian kids eliminating a possibility of a grading curve. Also, the teacher gives out assignments that she does not explain well enough daily. My grades in all other classes are high 90s. Back to my personal life.

Before all of these interruptors, I was explaining my technological phases. When I go through these, I retain all knowledge, which will ultimately end up in me having advanced knowledge in many fields. When I was buying a TV, I researched them in depth, learned about their pixels, different technologies, displays, response times, etc. When I was buying headphones, I learned about headphone drivers, ohm impendence, etc. When I was buying a DSLR camera, I learned about sensors, capacitors, lenses, etc. Even when I was buying a Swiss watch, I learned about springs, escapements, hairsprings, etc. When I was buying reference monitors, I learned about imaging, tweeters and woofers, etc. After I bought turntables I learned about the different aspects of sound, beats, etc. You know where I'm heading with this... And the biggest thing is when I was building a computer. That is when I learned the most.

I started building computers at the age of 12. I learned them inside-out. Solid-state drives, memory structure, motherboard layout, all about different voltages and frequencies, CPU, power supply rail system, different methods of heat transfer, video chips, memory bandwidth, everything. Also, I have had multiple experiences putting together private game servers, recoding them, distributing clients, hosting the server 24/7 on my computer, hiring moderators, managing the database, and general networking.

I am also going to graduate from high school one year early (does this affect my application positively or negatively?) Should I stay in orchestra throughout high school? Will that affect my chances or not? Only 1 year of fine arts in high school is required and I haven't been fond of orchestra for the many years I have been in it. I don't know if this will be an influence or not but I will start an engineering course next year when I have space in my schedule and will continue on as long as I can until graduation. I know that one of the MIT essay questions asks how my world has shaped my dreams and aspirations, but my sole influence has been myself, so I really don't know how I would answer that. So, I am positive I am going to major in electrical/electronic engineering. And I can't tell everything I have just told you to the admissions officers. Since I am starting to consider these things so early, what can I do or start doing to get into MIT?
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<p>Scary long piece. Break it down to point form?</p>

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<p>Sorry, it’s a long string of thought and it would take forever to break down. It’s an easy read, though.</p>

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<p>Paragraphs are useful in making writing easier to read.</p>

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<p>Paragraph formatted. I didn’t expect people at College Confidential to be intimidated by walls of text xP</p>

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<p>I second that.</p>

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<p>Tone down your arrogance. You’re not as superior as you think you are.</p>

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<p>“little asian kids” ??</p>

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<p>I don’t want to start a debate or anything, but nowhere have I implied that I am superior to the world. When it comes to technological subjects, I, my family, and all of my friends have no problem in saying that I am always up to date with different technological subjects. Maybe people like me are common where you live. We all have different situations. I think it is wrong to feel indignant because of a person on the internet that you don’t know.</p>

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<p>Yes, little asian kids. The kind that talk about asian pride before class starts and make fun of all other races for having inferior grades in mathematics.</p>

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<p>I recommend a brain transplant. I believe they usually throw in an attitude transplant with that.</p>

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<p>It’s incredibly difficult to make a real contribution in science or mathematics. People that are arrogant about getting perfect grades in high school mathematics always struck me as pathetic. To me, arrogance means that you don’t plan on achieving anything difficult in the future, because there are problems out there that are difficult even for Nobel Laureates.</p>

<p>That said, you should study harder until there isn’t people getting higher grades than you. </p>

<p>My advice to you is that you should be able to master the high school material. This is your time to do that. That means you should be able to do well in geometry. You’ve got a book. Even if your teacher isn’t any good, you should be able to learn it. My first 6 years in school all I had were math books, no teacher.</p>

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<p>What is “PreAP Geometry”? Are you from Florida, the state that inflates everything on the transcript? Just asking, because both my kids took geometry in the 8th grade and “Algebra2/Trigonometry” in 9th, and in California public high schools, neither of these courses counts as an honors or “PreAP” course on the transcript. Not even when your high school is in Silicon Valley, and all of your classmates are the children of Apple, Google, and Cisco engineers. Be aware that MIT is used to seeing many applications from these kinds of schools. </p>

<p>Start doing some research. Enter the local science fair; see how you enjoy the process and how you shape up against other highly motivated young scientists and engineers. Join a FIRST robotics team, or start one. And start thinking about how you can help others, and how you can make a difference in your community. Work on developing humility. Work on developing cultural understanding. </p>

<p>Just my 2 cents.</p>

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<p>You’re doing it wrong. Stop fixating on a single school. Focus on what you want to do and your life.</p>

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<p>I’m from Texas. We have no kind of technology teams at all here. We also don’t have many young, aspiring engineers. We may have people that want to be engineers, but most of them know nothing at all about it and do nothing about it. To the people around me, the concept of building a computer is unfathomable.</p>

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<p>“PreAP Geometry”…?</p>

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<p>If you want to get in you should either win a Nobel prize or find a cure for aids before the admission deadline. That will definitely get you in.</p>

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<p>You shold not say that you are supperior to the people around you, instead just lift forward your strengths. </p>

<p>And seriosly you can’t blame your bad grade on something like “only little asians get good grades in that subject anyways”.</p>

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<p>personality is also a factor for admission’s
i think we all must say u need an improvement in that </p>

<p>‘‘I will do anything as long as it gives me a higher chance of being accepted into MIT.’’</p>

<p>As u said u will do anything so i will advise you to change it</p>

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<p>^ I concur.</p>