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  1. GRO$$ Registered Senior Member

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    I'm going into senior year of highschool and looking at colleges.

    I have been fascinated with MIT since I heard about it. I love comptuers, engineering, and anything related to the subject.

    I will literally do ANYTHING to get into MIT

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    So far, I have:
    * worked on 3 advanced web sites that incorporate PHP and heavy backend MySQL
    * written a program my dad's coworkers now use in research at industrial a phamacuitical company
    * been elected computer club president for two years in a row
    * founded the robotics club at my school, become president

    What else can I do to get into MIT???

    I'm willing to learn languages (computer and not), read 10 hours a day instead of sleeping, and experiment with anything as long as I have a 50+ percent chance surviving.

    Ideas?
     
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  3. testify Look, a puppy! Registered Senior Member

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    I'd suggest you learn 3 languages: Java, C++, Assembly. I'm pretty certain if you know those prior to graduating it might begin to impress the MIT recruiters. Good Luck!
     
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  5. GRO$$ Registered Senior Member

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    Tnx

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    I know C++ (at least as well as I plan on learning it): got a 5 on the AP CompSci test this year (self-taught)

    I'm taking a class in Java, but the teacher dosen't know much (she only has ASM experience from about 15 years ago, she herself learned Java at nightclasses last year). I'm planning to just read a lot...

    There are a lot of different versions of assembly, and I have found it overall confusing to learn. Is it worth the effort, where is a good place to start?


    What I was thinking more along the lines of were ideas of projects I could make or learn to make...

    ex. I wrote a file-sharing site organised around HW/study material... with the right marketing, i'm hoping to make it popular next year

    ugh, this is the shit that gets me down
     
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  7. Xerxes asdfghjkl Valued Senior Member

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    You've definately got to do something to stand waaay out of the crowd. For one, skyhigh SAT scores wouldn't hurt. Other than that, get as many notable achievements as you can under your belt and make sure that they are worthwile. Maybe a science fair project that breaks new ground.

    Other than that -- Good luck. There are many other people who want to get in. But I think that if you really want it, it's probably attainable. So work hard.

    Lastly, you should probably start focusing on how you're going to pay the bills. I've heard they could run upwards of $50 000 a year. So if you do get in, make sure you're absolutely commited staying and bring many scholarships.

    (I know a guy who's planning on going there. Hasn't done too much besides getting glossy marks. But his father offer to pay for it all, so thats probably half of the incentive for the university right there.)

    I applaud your efforts to get into such a good school.
     
  8. testify Look, a puppy! Registered Senior Member

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    Yeah, I'm sorry about the Assembly remark in my frist post. I honestly don't think it will help a lot in the future (except with compiler management), but learning it sure shows dedication in my eyes. I myself would love to learn it someday, but not now

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    As for a project goes, think MASSIVE. I am going to have to do a huge senior project for just before I'm finished my B of CS. I can't really tell you exactly what we are planning on doing yet, but we have had a lot of huge projects thrown around. Just try and think of something that will drastically change an area of the computer industy you are interested in (making a new protocol, designing an OS, creating a minimlatist web server).

    I guarantee that you'll be able to find something large enough to do that will surely catch any school's eye.

    Good luck
     
  9. palosheights Registered Senior Member

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    yes, money, money, money and more money for mit.

    like i tell everyone i know, including my son who is 17 and one of the more computer literate ones in his hs class (he teaches linux to all of his friends) is to start your own business. make money from the get go. be your own boss. there are many many numerous niches in the market for someone with computer knowledge to make money with.

    andy
     
  10. testify Look, a puppy! Registered Senior Member

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    The problem with starting your own business is that it requires you to have some kind of business education. From what I can tell you don't get the required experience in school to be able to do that with a Computer Science degree.
     
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