MIT

They were recruiting my son this summer and told him he would need a minimum of 30 on his ACT.

Did they say antything else besides 30 on his ACT as to grades / SAT I or SAT II scores?

Thank you. My guess is the unemployment rate for MIT grades is quite low!

I applied, and I hear back from admissions in mid March. I talked to Coach Carroll on the phone and really liked him. There is a form that the coaches put in your application, but I don't know how much of an impact it has on admissions.

My fingers are crossed.

MarlinsMS_35, you have a PM.

So this is a little off topic, but is MIT #1 in education because it is so hard to get into. Or is it because MIT has the most difficult classes once you get into the college?

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So this is a little off topic, but is MIT #1 in education because it is so hard to get into. Or is it because MIT has the most difficult classes once you get into the college?

Both.

Keep in mind MIT, is D3 for baseball. So, one would have to be approved by Admissions as a student first. In other words, athletics don't carry much weight.

My understanding is the coaches have very little influence in the Admission process at MIT (excect Crew which is D1). Also, you need to have an SAT 800 in math (or very, very close to it) to be considered for admission. The coaches should be explaining these requirements and situation to you if you are being recruited.

They told my son - you must get beyond 700 in Math. We took that to mean 710-740 for starters + Math 2 SAT 2.

Just to corroborate the sentiment of the other posts here, I have straight As and a 2400 on the SAT and they made clear to me that there were no guarantee through admissions. Feel free to PM me for some detailed info; I ended up committing to an Ivy but I managed to learn a lot about MIT's program during the recruiting process.

My daughter had 800 Math, 800 Verbal, 760 Writing, and 800 on the Math II subtest and got waitlisted. BUT, they do look at more than just test scores. Despite her scores, she really didn't have anything on her resume that showed that she was REALLY interested in hard math/science/technology.

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Originally posted by monstor344:
Just to corroborate the sentiment of the other posts here, I have straight As and a 2400 on the SAT and they made clear to me that there were no guarantee through admissions. Feel free to PM me for some detailed info; I ended up committing to an Ivy but I managed to learn a lot about MIT's program during the recruiting process.

My daughter is a recruited softball player at Wellesley and is a fraternity sweetheart at MIT. If you would like me to inquire I could put you in touch with some recruited athletes at MIT who can give you the first hand account... just drop me a PM.

Most people that follow PG stuff know that nearly every top college in the country has former PG participants dominating most of their roster. Sometimes this leads people to think PG is only for those highest level players that are prize national recruits.

When I saw this thread, it got me to thinking. I already know there is a great number of PGers playing in the Ivy League. But I was pleasantly surprised when I checked MIT's roster and found 8 players who had attended PG as high school players.

I sure didn't have anything to do with all that, but for some reason I still feel very proud. Wow... MIT!

One of my nieces was actually accepted at MIT in December. Yale was one of her safety schools. I'll find out what her test scores were. I'm guessing there were pretty strong.

Good responses everybody.

Dad04, how in the world is Yale a safety school for anybody?

# 1 in her CT prep school class. I guess she's that good. Anyone who doesn't get their app. thown in the trash there, is definately smarter than I am. She was told by Yale she'd get in, if she applied. MIT was the only app she made. Apparently she can go wherever she wants, so I'm told.

Dad04,

That sounds like one very impressive young girl. Wonder what it's like to be that smart?

I have no idea either.

I didn't get in.

Good reference:
http://talk.collegeconfidentia...-results-thread.html

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Originally posted by MarlinsMS_35:
I didn't get in.

Good reference:
http://talk.collegeconfidentia...-results-thread.html

I am so sorry to hear that, man, it much be REALLY tough if you didn't make it! How are ya?

I'm good. Still waiting on April 1st decisions on my #2 (now #1) school.

A player from my son's high school has been accepted to MIT for next year, but I don't know if he has any expectation of playing baseball.

I think it is very difficult to break the code on school's which have such low acceptance rates since they turn down so many amazing students.

I was recruited fairly heavily by the staff at MIT...basically what the coaches do is "tag" your admissions folder that you will be a baseball player. They never rally talk to admissions and they have no control over how much weight admissions will give the fact that you will play a varsity. I got the feeling that not very much weight was placed on athletic ability (partly because I didn't get in).

There are so many great applicants from all over the entire world that you need something that stands out in your resume that shows that you are genuinely interested in science/engineering/technology on top of the great test scores.

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Originally posted by BB13:
Did they say antything else besides 30 on his ACT as to grades / SAT I or SAT II scores?

Thank you. My guess is the unemployment rate for MIT grades is quite low!

I got a little more info on the admissions process from my sister, who lived it last fall. This is probably available online, but I was told the median SAT is 2100 on the new scale and 1400 on the old. Apparently some admissions officers discount the writing part of the SAT and read each app. "hundreds of times" in a grueling admissions process. My niece scored 2120 and 1480 (Dec. admit) FWIW.

My mom's god-father went to MIT, and also worked in their admissions committee in some form. He called to ask about me, and they said that in my specific category they broke me down into there were 9 people. Only #1 got admitted, and I was #3.

9.6% acceptance rate.