LadyAda question about MIT

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LadyAda question about MIT

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Limor, my son is 12 and has expressed an interest in going to MIT. He's tested as high IQ and is clearly highly intelligent. Unfortunately he also shares some of my other traits such as being easily distracted by "fun" things. Mostly Minecraft. We have a number of RPi's and Arduino's around the house but it hasn't caught his interest yet. He has started some Python programming for one of his classes. He's currently in High School honors Algebra II.

We've read the MIT recommendations for how an applicant should be rounded. I'm curious if you could talk about the kinds of things you did to improve your chances of getting accepted by MIT. Aside from school, what kinds of experiences did you have to lean on in your application?

Thanks for any help you can provide!

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Re: LadyAda question about MIT

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times have changed a lot, check out the latest over at MAKE

http://makezine.com/2013/08/16/mit-welcomes-makers/
http://mitadmissions.org/apply/freshman/supplements

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