Pls share your MIT acceptance stories?
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Anonymous
| Anyone's DC get in without national awards? |
Anonymous
Not from TJ. |
Anonymous
| My oldest DD’s best friend is a current junior. She didn’t have any ECs or awards of note, just a very high GPA with a very advanced course-load in math and science and 1580 SAT. |
Anonymous
| My kid applied RD without national awards....perhaps we wasted our time and $. |
Anonymous
| Several kids from Baltimore privates have gotten in without national awards, a few were recruited but not all. |
Anonymous
| Only ones we know are sports recruits. |
Anonymous
| Every one of these threads should request posters to specify whether the applicant is an athlete or not. I feel very annoyed by recruited athletes getting a boost. |
Anonymous
Read somewhere that the recent EA round yielded a higher acceptance rate, maybe more recruited athletes or national awardees this time
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Anonymous
Same |
Anonymous
Gender is a huge hook at MIT. |
Anonymous
Huge hooks are athletes and urm, gender not so much. |
Anonymous
| Maybe higher admit rates who express interest outside of STEM? |
Anonymous
No it's not. Being an athlete isn't either. I know, I was an athlete at MIT in one of the Division I sports. My coach has been there for decades and laments all the time about good athletes not having the academic record to get in. |
Anonymous
To clarify, two were sports recruits, three were not, none had national awards, |
Anonymous
| Any recruited athlete is a hook. They get into a smaller pool. They may still have to have 700+ math, but they are at a relative advantage to a non-recruit due to the smaller pool. May be a 40-50% acceptance rate, but that much better than 4% |