What is the surest way to get accepted to MIT?
Okay, first things first. There is no sure way to get accepted to any college. You can do things that make it extremely likely, but nothing is ever sure. I know someone who was an Intel Science Talent Search Finalist (there are only 40 in the entire country), had done well at other science competitions, and he did not get into Harvard or Stanford. During my senior year in high school, we had people accepted to Columbia, Brown, Stanford, MIT, and UC Berkeley, but not to Pomona. The college admission process at all schools has some randomness associated with it (there HAS to be since there are a ton of students applying that have similar GPAs, activities, and SAT scores). People always ask, “If I have these grades, this SAT score, and have done these activities, will I get in?” Don’t ask me. Don’t ask other students. They won’t know! So many students and their parents get obsessed with test scores and such, and truthfully, it’s not a good idea! Just because you scored higher on the SATs
