Does top colleges like MIT take students from Langley on academic grounds.

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Anonymous wrote:Also - if you’re that determined to get your kid into MIT - move to “fly over” country (not a college town or one with strong tech/biotech/chem industry - i.e., where a very low percentage of the population has PhDs or other advanced degrees) and have your kid take the hardest classes - virtually if necessary and rely on geographic diversity.

Slacker GenX grad here - who likely benefited from the geographic diversity aspect.

Imagining people actually deciding to pack up and move to <insert random non-college town in a state in the middle of nowhere> in order to increase their odds of their kid getting into MIT. Are people really that crazy and intent on getting their kids into Ivies?

Absolutely! Have you been reading DCUM?

Yes, but not that much. I am still wondering if it's really the case that people will do this or is it a myth?

I get why Ivies matter to many people, but at the same time I don't get it. Like, there are many other ways to achieve status and success that don't involve the indignity of competing and jockeying for a leg up in all sorts of embarrassing ways. To each their own! I'm glad it's not something I obsess about or want for my kid. I'm ok if that makes us a bit inferior in the eyes of some people.

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Anonymous wrote:Also - if you’re that determined to get your kid into MIT - move to “fly over” country (not a college town or one with strong tech/biotech/chem industry - i.e., where a very low percentage of the population has PhDs or other advanced degrees) and have your kid take the hardest classes - virtually if necessary and rely on geographic diversity.

Slacker GenX grad here - who likely benefited from the geographic diversity aspect.

Ha I grew up in one of those middle of nowhere towns and I credit my MIT acceptance to the fact I got a scholarship to boarding school and did well there for my last two years of high school. I know part of my acceptance was because of my essay on my robotics club experience (there was a handwritten note on my acceptance letter) and that didn’t exist in the no name town I grew up it. I think MIT does a pretty good job of leveling the playing field with regard to expectations but seriously folks: it’s a lottery and your kid will get as good an education at many many other schools.

I can't help but laugh at this and the other post. How do you know someone went to MIT?

Seriously, all the schools are good. MIT isn't special and I wasn't special to get in. (But don't forget I went to MIT!)

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DH went to MIT. in addition to the very true lottery points above, you have to understand MIT’s curriculum. The required first year classes are very hard. They don’t take people who don’t have a reasonable chance of getting through them, which means kids who are exceptionally well prepped and smart.

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Anonymous wrote:LHS rarely sends kids to MIT. Why are you focused on one college, OP?

Thanks everyone for your inputs. But I didn’t see one response where it stated that one of the top schools like MIT has taken a Langley student on academic merit only. Should I assume it never happened ?

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Anonymous wrote:LHS rarely sends kids to MIT. Why are you focused on one college, OP?

Thanks everyone for your inputs. But I didn’t see one response where it stated that one of the top schools like MIT has taken a Langley student on academic merit only. Should I assume it never happened ?

Maybe you should call MIT admissions and ask them yourself, OP.

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Look at the Naviance data.

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Anonymous wrote:I have seen Langley high students getting in to Ivys, MIT, Stanford for their sports achievements. How about on academic merit ? Didn’t see any student in last 5+ years from Langley in MIT based on academic merit.

almost never

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Anonymous wrote:I have seen Langley high students getting in to Ivys, MIT, Stanford for their sports achievements. How about on academic merit ? Didn’t see any student in last 5+ years from Langley in MIT based on academic merit.

almost never

+1. Pure academics is unlikely to be enough. Same concept applies to most top schools - need top academics AND some differentiator.
And also please read the posts about MIT being a lottery. Btw, CalTech is a nearly identical lottery.

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Anonymous wrote:MIT grad here. There aren't feeder schools for MIT. MIT takes more from TJ, but IMO not enough to justify going to TJ with the cut throat competition.

You must be the absolute best student at your school, almost perfect SAT scores, take the hardest classes, be a leader, be unusual and have national awards for even a chance in the "lottery" to get in at MIT.

Another MIT grad here. Yep. My guess is the sports is the cherry on top of an academically perfect student that puts them into the lottery.

Luckily for me, I was part of the GenX slacker generation, so I had an impressive, but nowhere near perfect, academic record and still got in. I’d have no chance with the same application now.

One poster, posing as two, was at MIT for sure, but it was at Manasas Illusion Therapy, a mental health institute. Has grudge against Langley, and posts this garbage

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Anonymous wrote:DH went to MIT. in addition to the very true lottery points above, you have to understand MIT’s curriculum. The required first year classes are very hard. They don’t take people who don’t have a reasonable chance of getting through them, which means kids who are exceptionally well prepped and smart.

same poster from Manasas Illusion Therapy, a mental health institute. Has grudge against Langley, and thinks studying is prepping

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Anonymous wrote:DH went to MIT. in addition to the very true lottery points above, you have to understand MIT’s curriculum. The required first year classes are very hard. They don’t take people who don’t have a reasonable chance of getting through them, which means kids who are exceptionally well prepped and smart.

same poster from Manasas Illusion Therapy, a mental health institute. Has grudge against Langley, and thinks studying is prepping

Both sound credible to me whereas your post not so much

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Anonymous wrote:LHS rarely sends kids to MIT. Why are you focused on one college, OP?

+1