MIT Regular Decision

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Anonymous wrote:My sophomore has a showcase this summer and MIT coaches will be there.

Ok

Just saying not sure why they'd talk to riding juniors if they don't recruit. That's nonsense.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My sophomore has a showcase this summer and MIT coaches will be there.

Ok

Just saying not sure why they'd talk to riding juniors if they don't recruit. That's nonsense.

You will see. Do you think we are lying? They will talk to your kid if your kid is a decent athlete and excellent student. Ask outright if they commit athletes and if coach support means admitted.

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Anonymous wrote:MIT, the fairest, middle classes friendly and true merit based school. Good luck to everyone.

Esp if you're a female or athlete!

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Mit athletes get no admissions boost whatsoever from
Coaches. Yeah, admissions gets a notice who the coach supports but 2/3 of those kids still won’t get in. The 1/3 that do are because they are qualified. No one unqualified is getting into MIT no matter what your athletic abilities are.

It's not a huge boost, but it's a tip and with so many ultraqualified applicants, that tip can determine who gets in.

No one gets in unless qualified. No one. Coaches know ther hands are tied and tell athletes that: no guarantees, no true prereads, no commitments, and if you want to get security, we understand but go elsewhere. They also tell students they will want a 1580 sat with a minimum 790 in math.

100% incorrect. My kid is a recruited athlete at MIT, why do you keep posting stuff that you have no clue about?

Recruited? Or
Admitted? This info is directly from a long time coach there who recruited my kid (kid stopped interacting after understanding there was no guarantee). Teammate committed to swim at JHU when the same thing was told to her. Bird in the hand. So this came from swim
Coaches at mit. Who told you differently -
Identify the MIT coaches.

women's soccer.

its not a bird in hand. it wasn't during early round. if you wanted a bird in hand you had to go elsewhere. (although "committed to the process" is always the language). but it was a large boost.

anyway, my dd graduated already. but the soccer coach is still there and I'm familiar.

Why does MIT only recruit athletes from here? Are there any students from DMV recruited not as an athlete?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My sophomore has a showcase this summer and MIT coaches will be there.

Ok

Just saying not sure why they'd talk to riding juniors if they don't recruit. That's nonsense.

You will see. Do you think we are lying? They will talk to your kid if your kid is a decent athlete and excellent student. Ask outright if they commit athletes and if coach support means admitted.

I hope I can speak for all of us by saying, we're sorry your son didn't get into MIT. Maybe time to move on

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:MIT, the fairest, middle classes friendly and true merit based school. Good luck to everyone.

Esp if you're a female or athlete!

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Mit athletes get no admissions boost whatsoever from
Coaches. Yeah, admissions gets a notice who the coach supports but 2/3 of those kids still won’t get in. The 1/3 that do are because they are qualified. No one unqualified is getting into MIT no matter what your athletic abilities are.

It's not a huge boost, but it's a tip and with so many ultraqualified applicants, that tip can determine who gets in.

No one gets in unless qualified. No one. Coaches know ther hands are tied and tell athletes that: no guarantees, no true prereads, no commitments, and if you want to get security, we understand but go elsewhere. They also tell students they will want a 1580 sat with a minimum 790 in math.

100% incorrect. My kid is a recruited athlete at MIT, why do you keep posting stuff that you have no clue about?

Recruited? Or
Admitted? This info is directly from a long time coach there who recruited my kid (kid stopped interacting after understanding there was no guarantee). Teammate committed to swim at JHU when the same thing was told to her. Bird in the hand. So this came from swim
Coaches at mit. Who told you differently -
Identify the MIT coaches.

Mine recruited, admitted and currently attending so I’m limiting some things.

Female, her HS team was nationally ranked and she had multiple D1 offers (not Ivy)
780/780 so test scores were fine
4.6 GPA, 12 or so AP classes if I recall correctly mostly 5’s some 4’s

Coach said that they were supposed to tell her 50-65% chance of getting in but the coach also said that they didn’t see many rejected with her academics

Coach started talking seriously only after she gave them her SAT score which was the summer after her sophomore year. Coach asked for her junior schedule at that time and asked if it was the hardest available. Never asked for any additions or changes.

But you are glossing over the fact that they wouldn't even talk until the test scores were in. That tells you exactly what you need to know. Sports do absolutely nothing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:MIT, the fairest, middle classes friendly and true merit based school. Good luck to everyone.

Esp if you're a female or athlete!

-100
Mit athletes get no admissions boost whatsoever from
Coaches. Yeah, admissions gets a notice who the coach supports but 2/3 of those kids still won’t get in. The 1/3 that do are because they are qualified. No one unqualified is getting into MIT no matter what your athletic abilities are.

It's not a huge boost, but it's a tip and with so many ultraqualified applicants, that tip can determine who gets in.

No one gets in unless qualified. No one. Coaches know ther hands are tied and tell athletes that: no guarantees, no true prereads, no commitments, and if you want to get security, we understand but go elsewhere. They also tell students they will want a 1580 sat with a minimum 790 in math.

100% incorrect. My kid is a recruited athlete at MIT, why do you keep posting stuff that you have no clue about?

Recruited? Or
Admitted? This info is directly from a long time coach there who recruited my kid (kid stopped interacting after understanding there was no guarantee). Teammate committed to swim at JHU when the same thing was told to her. Bird in the hand. So this came from swim
Coaches at mit. Who told you differently -
Identify the MIT coaches.

Mine recruited, admitted and currently attending so I’m limiting some things.

Female, her HS team was nationally ranked and she had multiple D1 offers (not Ivy)
780/780 so test scores were fine
4.6 GPA, 12 or so AP classes if I recall correctly mostly 5’s some 4’s

Coach said that they were supposed to tell her 50-65% chance of getting in but the coach also said that they didn’t see many rejected with her academics

Coach started talking seriously only after she gave them her SAT score which was the summer after her sophomore year. Coach asked for her junior schedule at that time and asked if it was the hardest available. Never asked for any additions or changes.

But you are glossing over the fact that they wouldn't even talk until the test scores were in. That tells you exactly what you need to know. Sports do absolutely nothing.

Are you dense? Your definition of “sports do absolutely nothing” is strange at best.

Imagine two qualified female candidates from the same school: Student A is the best in the graduating class; STEM focused, top test scores; a dancer. Student B is also a strong student, but not in the top 10 percent of class; top test scores; an athlete.

If I tell you that Student B got accepted, would you still argue that “sports do absolutely nothing”?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My understanding is that MIT does not do prereads for athletes. The coaches try to help shape the applications though based on what they’ve seen/know.

For example, DC was initially told he needed to take Calc BC by junior year, which he did is sophomore year. Also needed to take AP Physics C course. If your school didn’t offer, need to go outside of HS to take.

okay, my kid (above, admitted, graduated) didn't take anything outside of our local high school which topped out at Calc and Physics in senior year. she did say her math prep was worse than a lot of her peers and she had zero coding, which she felt was unusual her freshman year but now as a recent grad says would have been a total waste of time.

anyway, if a coach told you all that, clearly the different coaches are giving very different information to kids. was your kid an all-state athlete?

If your kid graduated already, she was a junior/senior at a minimum 5/6 years ago. Admissions are even harder now for all schools. I am stating what mit coaches are saying in 2025/2026.

to be fair bcs the Oscars are slow:
she said her daughter was admitted

last CDS (in 2024-25)
MIT woman applicants (and acceptances) 8,975 (612)

in 2021-22
MIT women applicants (and acceptances) 11,568 (700)


So it was more competitive in 2021-22 and even MORE competitive in the couple of cycles before that when test weren't required and there were so many more applicants

anyway .. always good to check your math!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:MIT, the fairest, middle classes friendly and true merit based school. Good luck to everyone.

Esp if you're a female or athlete!

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Mit athletes get no admissions boost whatsoever from
Coaches. Yeah, admissions gets a notice who the coach supports but 2/3 of those kids still won’t get in. The 1/3 that do are because they are qualified. No one unqualified is getting into MIT no matter what your athletic abilities are.

It's not a huge boost, but it's a tip and with so many ultraqualified applicants, that tip can determine who gets in.

No one gets in unless qualified. No one. Coaches know ther hands are tied and tell athletes that: no guarantees, no true prereads, no commitments, and if you want to get security, we understand but go elsewhere. They also tell students they will want a 1580 sat with a minimum 790 in math.

100% incorrect. My kid is a recruited athlete at MIT, why do you keep posting stuff that you have no clue about?

Recruited? Or
Admitted? This info is directly from a long time coach there who recruited my kid (kid stopped interacting after understanding there was no guarantee). Teammate committed to swim at JHU when the same thing was told to her. Bird in the hand. So this came from swim
Coaches at mit. Who told you differently -
Identify the MIT coaches.

women's soccer.

its not a bird in hand. it wasn't during early round. if you wanted a bird in hand you had to go elsewhere. (although "committed to the process" is always the language). but it was a large boost.

anyway, my dd graduated already. but the soccer coach is still there and I'm familiar.

Why does MIT only recruit athletes from here? Are there any students from DMV recruited not as an athlete?

On reddit, there is a dmv kid with 1530/3.88UW who got in with very good research.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My sophomore has a showcase this summer and MIT coaches will be there.

Ok

Just saying not sure why they'd talk to riding juniors if they don't recruit. That's nonsense.

You will see. Do you think we are lying? They will talk to your kid if your kid is a decent athlete and excellent student. Ask outright if they commit athletes and if coach support means admitted.

I hope I can speak for all of us by saying, we're sorry your son didn't get into MIT. Maybe time to move on

You sound insane.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:MIT, the fairest, middle classes friendly and true merit based school. Good luck to everyone.

Esp if you're a female or athlete!

-100
Mit athletes get no admissions boost whatsoever from
Coaches. Yeah, admissions gets a notice who the coach supports but 2/3 of those kids still won’t get in. The 1/3 that do are because they are qualified. No one unqualified is getting into MIT no matter what your athletic abilities are.

It's not a huge boost, but it's a tip and with so many ultraqualified applicants, that tip can determine who gets in.

No one gets in unless qualified. No one. Coaches know ther hands are tied and tell athletes that: no guarantees, no true prereads, no commitments, and if you want to get security, we understand but go elsewhere. They also tell students they will want a 1580 sat with a minimum 790 in math.

100% incorrect. My kid is a recruited athlete at MIT, why do you keep posting stuff that you have no clue about?

Your kid was unqualified?

My kid was as qualified as the pool generally. But most of the applicants to HYPSM are qualified and can do the work. Why they get admitted is their hook. At MIT, this is often MITES and being URM in recent years. At MIT, this is often being a female. And at MIT, this is often being an athlete.

My kid was 2 of those things and I'm sure it's what made her get admitted. She says that. But she did just fine while there so she was clearly qualified. the proof is in the pudding. but plenty of applicants are qualified.

Most Stanford athletic recruits are not as qualified as the general admitted class. I think this is also true at HYP. MIT basically gives you a hook like getting a good math award.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:MIT, the fairest, middle classes friendly and true merit based school. Good luck to everyone.

Esp if you're a female or athlete!

Nah. All the kids win their spot by academic merits.

It's hard to explain the demographics if it is purely merit.

Please elaborate.

Look at the composition of the female student body by race and then compare them to the relative proportion of the male student body.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I dont know why MIT gets a pass on "admit only on merit" when their stats clearly show a class that's as hooked as any: female, URM, athletes. I get they dont take legacy into consideration - good for them. But they have plenty of institutional priorities.

my advice: get into MITES, Women's Tech program, or any of their summer programs.

In my child's experience, the kids that make it into MIT are the very good but not necessarily brilliant girls while the non-athlete boys are waitlisted or rejected unless they have made MOP or are simply beyond brilliant. When you have taken classes with these kids, you know the difference. Of course, girls also have an easier time with science and math competitions/awards, so things get very fuzzy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:MIT, the fairest, middle classes friendly and true merit based school. Good luck to everyone.

Esp if you're a female or athlete!

Nah. All the kids win their spot by academic merits.

It's hard to explain the demographics if it is purely merit.

Please elaborate.

Look at the composition of the female student body by race and then compare them to the relative proportion of the male student body.

Are you insinuating that if the students aren’t Asian then admissions isn’t meritocratic? That’s pretty messed up.

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Anonymous wrote:MIT, the fairest, middle classes friendly and true merit based school. Good luck to everyone.

Esp if you're a female or athlete!

-100
Mit athletes get no admissions boost whatsoever from
Coaches. Yeah, admissions gets a notice who the coach supports but 2/3 of those kids still won’t get in. The 1/3 that do are because they are qualified. No one unqualified is getting into MIT no matter what your athletic abilities are.

It's not a huge boost, but it's a tip and with so many ultraqualified applicants, that tip can determine who gets in.

No one gets in unless qualified. No one. Coaches know ther hands are tied and tell athletes that: no guarantees, no true prereads, no commitments, and if you want to get security, we understand but go elsewhere. They also tell students they will want a 1580 sat with a minimum 790 in math.

100% incorrect. My kid is a recruited athlete at MIT, why do you keep posting stuff that you have no clue about?

Recruited? Or
Admitted? This info is directly from a long time coach there who recruited my kid (kid stopped interacting after understanding there was no guarantee). Teammate committed to swim at JHU when the same thing was told to her. Bird in the hand. So this came from swim
Coaches at mit. Who told you differently -
Identify the MIT coaches.

Mine recruited, admitted and currently attending so I’m limiting some things.

Female, her HS team was nationally ranked and she had multiple D1 offers (not Ivy)
780/780 so test scores were fine
4.6 GPA, 12 or so AP classes if I recall correctly mostly 5’s some 4’s

Coach said that they were supposed to tell her 50-65% chance of getting in but the coach also said that they didn’t see many rejected with her academics

Coach started talking seriously only after she gave them her SAT score which was the summer after her sophomore year. Coach asked for her junior schedule at that time and asked if it was the hardest available. Never asked for any additions or changes.

But you are glossing over the fact that they wouldn't even talk until the test scores were in. That tells you exactly what you need to know. Sports do absolutely nothing.

It has been repeated as nauseam that there is no relief on academic requirements. But if you have the academics 65% is a whole lot better than 3%

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:MIT, the fairest, middle classes friendly and true merit based school. Good luck to everyone.

Esp if you're a female or athlete!

-100
Mit athletes get no admissions boost whatsoever from
Coaches. Yeah, admissions gets a notice who the coach supports but 2/3 of those kids still won’t get in. The 1/3 that do are because they are qualified. No one unqualified is getting into MIT no matter what your athletic abilities are.

It's not a huge boost, but it's a tip and with so many ultraqualified applicants, that tip can determine who gets in.

No one gets in unless qualified. No one. Coaches know ther hands are tied and tell athletes that: no guarantees, no true prereads, no commitments, and if you want to get security, we understand but go elsewhere. They also tell students they will want a 1580 sat with a minimum 790 in math.

100% incorrect. My kid is a recruited athlete at MIT, why do you keep posting stuff that you have no clue about?

Recruited? Or
Admitted? This info is directly from a long time coach there who recruited my kid (kid stopped interacting after understanding there was no guarantee). Teammate committed to swim at JHU when the same thing was told to her. Bird in the hand. So this came from swim
Coaches at mit. Who told you differently -
Identify the MIT coaches.

Mine recruited, admitted and currently attending so I’m limiting some things.

Female, her HS team was nationally ranked and she had multiple D1 offers (not Ivy)
780/780 so test scores were fine
4.6 GPA, 12 or so AP classes if I recall correctly mostly 5’s some 4’s

Coach said that they were supposed to tell her 50-65% chance of getting in but the coach also said that they didn’t see many rejected with her academics

Coach started talking seriously only after she gave them her SAT score which was the summer after her sophomore year. Coach asked for her junior schedule at that time and asked if it was the hardest available. Never asked for any additions or changes.

But you are glossing over the fact that they wouldn't even talk until the test scores were in. That tells you exactly what you need to know. Sports do absolutely nothing.

It has been repeated as nauseam that there is no relief on academic requirements. But if you have the academics 65% is a whole lot better than 3%

Gosh people really are dense on here. The reason they won't talk until scores are in is because they have no say in the admissions process.