由于你是新人，先讲我家情况：今年共申请了5个大学，都录取了。EA MIT，RD S。
如果你要EA MIT，因为看不出你家具体情况，目前为止学了多少AP 数学和Science 课程？有没有在CC或附近大学选数学课程？
这个Summer 有什么打算增加份量？
对你们下学期选课建议：在满足毕业要求下，如果你们高中不能满足需求，到CC或附近大学选尽量多的数学课。
EC建议：孩子去竞选Math Club 的Captain。
下学期申请建议：如果你们高中能开的各种AP数学课孩子都没有选完，鉴于你们现在情况（没有AIME，没有单项奖，也看不出全面发展）不建议申请MIT。如果高中能开的所有数学课都修完了，而且下学期到CC或附近大学选了数学课，可以冲一下EA MIT和EA 你们州大。
谁都没有把握能被MIT录取，我们也是。
另外，申请MIT前要参考MIT对高中生的基本要求（我以前粘贴过，MIT网站上有，这里再粘一次）
What To Do In High School
http://mitadmissions.org/apply/prepare/highschool
When we admit a class of students to MIT, it's as if we're choosing a 1,100-person team to climb a very interesting, fairly rugged mountain - together. We obviously want people who have the training, stamina and passion for the climb. At the same time, we want each to add something useful or intriguing to the team, from a wonderful temperament or sense of humor to compelling personal experiences, to a wide range of individual gifts, talents, interests and achievements. We are emphatically not looking for a batch of identical perfect climbers; we are looking for a richly varied team of capable people who will support, surprise and inspire each other.
Preparing yourself for MIT, then, means doing two things:
- making sure you're ready to do the work, and
- taking the time to really explore things that interest you, both inside and outside of school.
Academics
A strong academic foundation in high school both improves your odds of getting into MIT and will help you make the most of the Institute when you're here. We recommend (please note that these are not "requirements") that your high school years include the following:
- One year of high school physics
- One year of high school chemistry
- One year of high school biology
- Math, through calculus
- Two years of a foreign language
- Four years of English
- Two years of history and/or social sciences
Overall, you should try to take the most stimulating courses available to you. If your high school doesn't offer courses that challenge you, you may want to explore other options, such as local college extension or summer programs.
MIT OpenCourseWare Highlights for High School is also a resource which highlights MIT courses selected specifically to help you prepare for AP exams, learn more about the skills and concepts you learned in school and get a glimpse of what you'll soon study in college.
Extracurricular Activities
Some students feel so much pressure to get into the "right" college that they want to make sure they do everything "right" - even do the "right" extracurricular activities. Fortunately, the only right answer is to do what's right for you - not what you think is right for us.
Choose your activities because they delight, intrigue and challenge you, not because you think they'll look impressive on your application. Go out of your way to find projects, activities and experiences that stimulate your creativity and leadership, that connect you with peers and adults who bring out your best, that please you so much you don't mind the work involved. Some students find room for many activities; others prefer to concentrate on just a few. Either way, the test for any extracurricular should be whether it makes you happy - whether it feels right for you.
By the same token, some applicants struggle to turn themselves into clones of the "ideal" MIT student - you know, the one who gets triple 800s on the SAT. Fortunately, cloning is still for sheep. What we really want to see on your application is you being you - pursuing the things you love, growing, changing, taking risks, learning from your mistakes, all in your own distinctive way. College is not a costume party; you're not supposed to come dressed as someone else. Instead, college is an intense, irreplaceable four-year opportunity to become more yourself than you've ever been. What you need to show us is that you're ready to try.
