<p>people keep talking about this but i have no clue what is means. lmao.</p>
<p>and just to be totally random...if i take calc BC my sophmore year (a year or 2 earlier than most) would this place me ahead of (in general), say, students who took it jr year when it comes down to pure admission competition?</p>
<p>When you get into MIT early action, you get a tube in the mail instead of just an envelope =D</p>
<p>And it's definitely helpful to take calculus early, but the thing is that admissions doesn't look at people in competition with each other - MIT admissions looks at the opportunities you have and how you have used them. My school didn't have calculus BC at all and it didn't count against me. But people who, say, had honors math at their school and took regular math instead would be counted against. Everything in context.</p>
<p>Prime, I think the MIT tube that you are talking about may mean the acceptance letter? I heard that MIT sends out their acceptance letters in a tube... </p>
<p>If you take Calc BC your sophomore year, and continue to take upper-level math at a local college or something, that proabably will give you an edge in terms of how rigorous your schedule may come off as to admissions officers. However, be sure that you will do well in that class, otherwise you may want to take BC later on when you feel a bit more ready.</p>
<p>It's still no guarantee. I significantly exceeded my school's "opportunity threshold" (yes, this includes taking Calc BC as a sophomore and getting a 5) and didn't even get waitlisted after applying EA. It's all about the match between you and MIT.</p>
<p>Of course it's not a guarantee =). Tons of things go into this - passions about something, recommendations from teachers, etc. Scholastics are only part of this.</p>
<p>so what happened in the end piccolojunior?</p>
<p>If you look at the "Location: NY ---> Hahvahd, Cambridge, MA 2012" part under his name, I'd assume he's going to Harvard. So the early math did pay off in the end :)</p>
<p>It also depends what the rest of the people in your school does.
My year , we had 2 people take calc BC freshmen year , one applied, one got in, but that guy always went to the MOsP or Physics Camp (top 24 kids in the country) every year so far and
I think we had about 7 kids take it sophomore year, most applied about 3 got in?
Every year we have a few people who take calc BC as a sophomore, and generally only 1 gets in.</p>
<p>This is only because my school's math is pretty competitive.</p>
<p>Just try to take it when the rest of your school takes it, a little earlier if you can. But there isn't much of a pattern in terms of when you take Calc bC or even if you take it at all. There are plenty of people who didn't take it at all and are still doing fine at MIT.
soo the Match > everything else</p>
<p>The MIT tube is the awesome, that's what.</p>
<p>The match is something that is greatly strengthened by qualification. </p>
<p>MIT</a> Admissions | Blog Entry: "Match Game"</p>
<p>You still have to be really smart to get into MIT, and you need to work very hard to prove it in some way or another. That's the way the world works, you have to present yourself as a stronger candidate than the others (the point of admissions is that you are indeed being compared to other candidates (probably indirectly), because there are only so many beds at MIT).</p>
<p>Take Calc BC as early as possible such that you still get a really good grade in it. I self-studied Calculus AB and BC sophomore year, and I found the exams very straightforward and easy, so I think it shouldn't be too bad.</p>
<p>The tube is the EA acceptance letter package. It comes to your home with some random goodies and a poster. I never actually got one, I got home from boarding school and my parents said "surprise, we got the tube while you were at school and your brother opened it and we've taken everything out, and I'm not sure where half the stuff is."</p>
<p>However if you paint it blue you can pretend to be megaman.</p>
<p>The tube is indeed awesome. I don't think I'll ever throw it away.</p>
<p>Here you go:</p>
<p>Snively:</a> The Tube</p>