Kaervak
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Whatever you do, DO NOT go to ITT. I wasted two years of my life at that place. Incompetent instructors & brain dead administration. Their career placement is a damn joke. My graduating class had a placement rate of less than thirty percent. I graduated a little over a year and a half ago, and the only job I got in the field was from a friend. Don't waste your time or money. Biggest mistake of my life. Only good thing was the people I got to know while going there.
Actually, home schooling can be a plus for getting into MIT - if, of course, the other things are in line. Someone from the usual boring places who wins an Intel, ho hum, but if some home schooler does it, then it's a big deal.
Wanna get into MIT? Start now- 14 is none too soon. Enter every science/math competition you find and ace every one. Not a joke, this means find out about the competition, contact everyone who's ever won and every judge you can find, learn what it takes to win, and then go one better.
Also, start talking to every one you know who went to MIT. Ask around. You'd be surprised. Find as many connections as you can. Get to know them. Figure out what makes them special. Appreciate them. Impress them all with your friendliness, your intelligence, your curiosity, your unique personality.
I don't need to say, do a million times better than A on every single one of your classes. Go far beyond being the best.
Things like patents help. You have enough time to invent some things and get some patents. Looks great on the application. If you can get an Olympic medal or Nobel Prize or Pulitzer, Oscar, etc, same thing. Without, of course, neglecting your studies and your math-science superiority.
Starting a business that quickly goes platinum is okay, but not as good as the others. You probably won't have time to make enough money to donate enough to impress the admissions committee.
Good luck.
Wanna get into MIT? Start now- 14 is none too soon. Enter every science/math competition you find and ace every one. Not a joke, this means find out about the competition, contact everyone who's ever won and every judge you can find, learn what it takes to win, and then go one better.
Also, start talking to every one you know who went to MIT. Ask around. You'd be surprised. Find as many connections as you can. Get to know them. Figure out what makes them special. Appreciate them. Impress them all with your friendliness, your intelligence, your curiosity, your unique personality.
I don't need to say, do a million times better than A on every single one of your classes. Go far beyond being the best.
Things like patents help. You have enough time to invent some things and get some patents. Looks great on the application. If you can get an Olympic medal or Nobel Prize or Pulitzer, Oscar, etc, same thing. Without, of course, neglecting your studies and your math-science superiority.
Starting a business that quickly goes platinum is okay, but not as good as the others. You probably won't have time to make enough money to donate enough to impress the admissions committee.
Good luck.
hmmm one person in my HS went to MIT... he was ranked in the top 30 of 600 studends graduating... and he didnt score over 1400 on the SATS but haddddddddddddd TONS AND TONS Of awards for Math and Sciences...
I went to ITT. The entrance exam is to tell if you know your a$$ from a hole in the ground. Its very simple. The app fee was $100 when I went. It was easier than High School. They are a business, not a school. All they care about is your $30k, and making themselves look good by getting you through their program. If you know anything about computers, you will be bored out of your mind, and probably not learn a whole lot. The staff usually is in a fight with administration, so your lucky if you can find a good teacher. If you do, they are usually fired or promoted to a level that they aren't allowed to teach at. I had 5 deans in two years. Every time you think you have figured out the way to get what you need from them, they have a new policy, and everything has changed. They smooth talk you, and make empty promises when you go to meet the rep. I got flat out lied to that they would have a bachelor's in Comp Sci by the time I graduated.
My career is great, but that's because I worked my way up at a financial institution from the time I was a Junior in HS until now.
Bottom Line:
DON'T GO TO ITT!
My career is great, but that's because I worked my way up at a financial institution from the time I was a Junior in HS until now.
Bottom Line:
DON'T GO TO ITT!
You don't need spectacular scores/grades to get into MIT (I sure did NOT get 1600 on my SATs 
). MIT is a tech school so obviously they look for excellent math/science skills and experience (I don't think I knew anyone there who didn't score 800 on their math SATs). Good candidates are people that have gone above and beyond their school assignments and have taken part in lots of projects. You're not going to get in if you're a valedictorian, got 1600 SATs, 4.0 GPA etc if your whole life revolved around school work and you did nothing outside of what was required of you at school.
However, I don't mean you should find a cure for cancer or anything like that. In high school, I focused more on what was fun for me and not so much on my school work - although just enough to get mostly A's. I taught myself lots of programming languages, computer graphics, internet technologies, UI design, etc etc...
). MIT is a tech school so obviously they look for excellent math/science skills and experience (I don't think I knew anyone there who didn't score 800 on their math SATs). Good candidates are people that have gone above and beyond their school assignments and have taken part in lots of projects. You're not going to get in if you're a valedictorian, got 1600 SATs, 4.0 GPA etc if your whole life revolved around school work and you did nothing outside of what was required of you at school. However, I don't mean you should find a cure for cancer or anything like that. In high school, I focused more on what was fun for me and not so much on my school work - although just enough to get mostly A's. I taught myself lots of programming languages, computer graphics, internet technologies, UI design, etc etc...
Originally posted by: Alternex
You don't need spectacular scores/grades to get into MIT (I sure did NOT get 1600 on my SATs
However, I don't mean you should find a cure for cancer or anything like that. In high school, I focused more on what was fun for me and not so much on my school work - although just enough to get mostly A's. I taught myself lots of programming languages, computer graphics, internet technologies, UI design, etc etc...
agreed. Listen to this man. He has sage advice.
Since we're on the subject I have a few questions I'd like to add to this, I'm 17 I just got out of high school and I'm looking into MIT as well, I have a 4.0 GPA, I've attended a Tech school while in college and also had a 4.0 GPA, I have not taken the SAT or ACT yet, I will be taken them soon. I'm really just interested in computer sciences in general, I'd swing either way, IT, or Networking ECT... Any suggestions?
Also, I forgot to add, I made the top 5% of high school students... that should help somewhat should it not?
Also, I forgot to add, I made the top 5% of high school students... that should help somewhat should it not?
MIT is about technology, not computers. there IS a difference. tech = stuff like building bridges to designing a new media for a hard drive. computers = processors, etc. and the software associated with it.
technology includes computers
I didn't get in to MIT, got waitlisted at Cal-Tech, but didn't want to wait.
I think MIT you have to be damn near perfect, and they have interview with alumni too.
ITT you prolly just have to send in a postcard or something.
I think MIT you have to be damn near perfect, and they have interview with alumni too.
ITT you prolly just have to send in a postcard or something.
What are some other not so hard to get into/not so fscking expensive-good engineering schools? i was looking at Georgia Tech and U of Michigan-Ann Arbor
GA Tech and UMich are good choices imo... also check out Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ (not well known, but well-respected in the engineering industry, good academics), maybe Lehigh if you don't mind the only social activity being getting drunk... Lafayette, RPI (Rensselaer Polytechnic), RIT (Rochester Institute of Technology)... there are others too.
To be honest I'm not exactly sure. Some of those college listing books give like mean SAT or the 50% range of SAT scores for the schools, so you could check in those.
Einz
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Originally posted by: xuanman
go to itt tech for the hottie girls
Wahahaha.. that's a good one. Although I do have to give it to ya, MIT sure seems to be lacking in that department
As far as MainFramed is concerned, all I can say is go for it. MIT isn't as bad as many people make it out to be. You can slack off and still get by with a degree or you can work your ass off and still not be able to do everything. Being here is a wonderful experience. Don't think you need to be perfect and be able to do everything perfectly. They say here that they aren't necessarily looking for a diverse individual, as much as they are looking to form a diverse campus. All I can say is work hard and never look back.TRENDING THREADS
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