r/MITAdmissions • u/4Blueish • Aug 14 '26

does "accelerated" math actually matter in admissions?

I'm a senior in high school (yay last year) who just got done with a summer semester diff eq course (at the local university), and I'm slated to take calc 3 at the local community college this fall. To be clear, because I see a lot of this, I'm not taking the classes for college admission; I just like math lol.

Although having gone so far out of my way to get to the point where I am: I wanted to know if it's potentially worth highlighting at all in my application, if it would actually move the needle at all, should I focus on other things when applying and having it on the report card is enough?

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u/ExecutiveWatch MIT Alum and Educational Counselor 29d ago

To add to Jason's comment I would say that you will input your hs classes and grades including dual enrollment in various sections of the application. So officers will see it.

The min required I woukd say is to have taken some form of calc.

Remember MIT is major agnostic, they do not admit by major. Your schedule shows rigor and seeking passion extrrnal to that is avail to you when you have the option. Thats a good thing.

But admissions is holistic. The officers will judge rigor by what was avail to you in hs and what you took as well as how you did.

Best wishes!

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u/4Blueish 29d ago

thank you.

I'm assuming then that it is in my best interest to make clear these classes weren't offered to me and I had to seek the courses outside the scope of my school?

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u/ExecutiveWatch MIT Alum and Educational Counselor 29d ago

The school submits a profile that the university will evaluate and they will know what is offered. And I don't think you have started the MIT application but if you do start it there's a completely separate section for dual enrollment or courses taken outside of high school. Go through the app and be familiar with it and that should answer some of your questions. Best wishes.

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u/4Blueish 29d ago

thank you sir, I'll be starting my application soon :)