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Take college courses in the evenings through your local community college (or a better local university, if you can afford it). Take the full math sequence that they offer - linear algebra, multivariable calculus, differential equations, etc. - in the evenings/weekends, during the summers if you're in town, or even during the school day if you can swing it. Learn your way around a machine shop (community colleges offer many classes) and demonstrate your skill by entering design or robotics competitions. Those things will matter more for MIT and your MechE career than tennis or volunteering in a library (although ideally you would do it all!).
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