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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes. But chose to attend the school across town instead

Harvard actually recruits athletes (unlike MIT). Their entire team was mostly international recruits (unlike our team which was mostly Americans). I heard rumors of low performing academic stats, but outstanding athletes there.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone get in that isn’t FGLI with just high stats some research, leadership but no awards or Olympiad?

OP here , to clarify not athlete. 1550plus sat. All 5s 4.0 UW, public, major leaderships in basically all stem in school, hardest classes and an extra one as per counselor, published research but no awards nor Olympiad, because I know you will ask WF

Middle class or upper middle class white or Asian boy? Basically impossible with those stats, unless the research is truly outstanding.

[Anonymous]

my niece got in for a field sport. I don't want to accidentally dox her, but lacrosse/soccer/field hockey ..that kind of thing. she had a 4.0 in very easy high school. 1530 superscored SAT. no major awards, no outstanding ECs but was very involved in her high school. she struggled a fair bit her first year at MIT. she didn't think she was prepared and sports took up a decent chunk of time. but she's doing fine now. dropped the sport - she wasn't playing anyway - and has acclimated. loves it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. But chose to attend the school across town instead

Harvard actually recruits athletes (unlike MIT). Their entire team was mostly international recruits (unlike our team which was mostly Americans). I heard rumors of low performing academic stats, but outstanding athletes there.

what are you talking about. of course they recruit. 20% of MIT students play a varsity sport. they dont offer athletic scholarships, but that's not unusual for top schools that fully meet need.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. But chose to attend the school across town instead

Harvard actually recruits athletes (unlike MIT). Their entire team was mostly international recruits (unlike our team which was mostly Americans). I heard rumors of low performing academic stats, but outstanding athletes there.

what are you talking about. of course they recruit. 20% of MIT students play a varsity sport. they dont offer athletic scholarships, but that's not unusual for top schools that fully meet need.

Recruitment at Ivies, which are D1 and allow athletes to know whether they will be admitted before they apply ED/SCEA is entirely different than MIT in D3 sports.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. But chose to attend the school across town instead

Got into Harvard with OP stats?

Similar stats. 1580 SAT. Not athlete. Not FGLI. Attended well known public with just under 4.0 unweighted. Didn’t have published research. No olympiads or awards.

[Anonymous]

Some posts on DCUM make me mad at how the twisted world of college admissions sometimes seems to cause some of our best minds to corrupt themselves in an effort to maintain the belief that their own admission was entirely meritorious and fair.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. But chose to attend the school across town instead

Got into Harvard with OP stats?

Similar stats. 1580 SAT. Not athlete. Not FGLI. Attended well known public with just under 4.0 unweighted. Didn’t have published research. No olympiads or awards.

Girl?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. But chose to attend the school across town instead

Harvard actually recruits athletes (unlike MIT). Their entire team was mostly international recruits (unlike our team which was mostly Americans). I heard rumors of low performing academic stats, but outstanding athletes there.

what are you talking about. of course they recruit. 20% of MIT students play a varsity sport. they dont offer athletic scholarships, but that's not unusual for top schools that fully meet need.

If you look at MIT's generally not winning record in D3 you'll understand these are not recruited teams of athletes. There are lots of athletes at MIT but most are not high caliber.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. But chose to attend the school across town instead

Got into Harvard with OP stats?

Similar stats. 1580 SAT. Not athlete. Not FGLI. Attended well known public with just under 4.0 unweighted. Didn’t have published research. No olympiads or awards.

Girl?

Boy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. But chose to attend the school across town instead

Harvard actually recruits athletes (unlike MIT). Their entire team was mostly international recruits (unlike our team which was mostly Americans). I heard rumors of low performing academic stats, but outstanding athletes there.

what are you talking about. of course they recruit. 20% of MIT students play a varsity sport. they dont offer athletic scholarships, but that's not unusual for top schools that fully meet need.

If you look at MIT's generally not winning record in D3 you'll understand these are not recruited teams of athletes. There are lots of athletes at MIT but most are not high caliber.

But, also, I'm the poster that was on a winning team at MIT. We once absolutely trounced the Florida Gators! So I do actually know about the lack of recruitment efforts. Even our team could not recruit in any meaningful way.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. But chose to attend the school across town instead

Harvard actually recruits athletes (unlike MIT). Their entire team was mostly international recruits (unlike our team which was mostly Americans). I heard rumors of low performing academic stats, but outstanding athletes there.

what are you talking about. of course they recruit. 20% of MIT students play a varsity sport. they dont offer athletic scholarships, but that's not unusual for top schools that fully meet need.

Recruitment at Ivies, which are D1 and allow athletes to know whether they will be admitted before they apply ED/SCEA is entirely different than MIT in D3 sports.

MIT recruits. They do pre-reads. They even have 4 different DI varsity teams.. men's lightweight, mens heavyweight, women's lightweight and women's heavyweight)

if you want to say MIT and Alabama have different recruiting styles, sure. But to say they don't recruit is incorrect.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. But chose to attend the school across town instead

Harvard actually recruits athletes (unlike MIT). Their entire team was mostly international recruits (unlike our team which was mostly Americans). I heard rumors of low performing academic stats, but outstanding athletes there.

what are you talking about. of course they recruit. 20% of MIT students play a varsity sport. they dont offer athletic scholarships, but that's not unusual for top schools that fully meet need.

If you look at MIT's generally not winning record in D3 you'll understand these are not recruited teams of athletes. There are lots of athletes at MIT but most are not high caliber.

you are making things up. just in last couple of years:

- Women's "Triple Crown" in Track & Field and Cross Country

MIT became the first women's program in history to win all three NCAA Division III national championships in the same year: cross country (fall 2024), indoor track and field (March 2025), and outdoor track and field (May 2025)

- Women's Cross Country team won NCAA Division III National Championship in 2024

- Women's Indoor Track & Field NCAA Div III National Championship in 2025

- Women's Outdoor Track & Field won Div III National Championship in 2025

- Women's Swimming & Diving won Div III National Championship in 2025
The women's swimming and diving team won the program's first NCAA Division III

- Kate Augustyn is one of the best Div swimmers in memory. She won 4 national championships in and the MIT team won four relay national championships. Swimming Career

this is just the women.

the men's program does well too.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. But chose to attend the school across town instead

Harvard actually recruits athletes (unlike MIT). Their entire team was mostly international recruits (unlike our team which was mostly Americans). I heard rumors of low performing academic stats, but outstanding athletes there.

what are you talking about. of course they recruit. 20% of MIT students play a varsity sport. they dont offer athletic scholarships, but that's not unusual for top schools that fully meet need.

Recruitment at Ivies, which are D1 and allow athletes to know whether they will be admitted before they apply ED/SCEA is entirely different than MIT in D3 sports.

MIT recruits. They do pre-reads. They even have 4 different DI varsity teams.. men's lightweight, mens heavyweight, women's lightweight and women's heavyweight)

if you want to say MIT and Alabama have different recruiting styles, sure. But to say they don't recruit is incorrect.

But the pool of 18 year old athletes who can make it through MIT's core curriculum - physics, chemistry, calculus, etc - is tiny. Pretty much every "athlete" at MIT is a great student. MIT and Alabama are recruiting completely different kids. There is no gliding through MIT. Being a good athlete can help with MIT admissions, but only after a fairly high academic threshold has already been crossed. There aren't any dumbasses on the MIT football team. And the coaches don't even try to recruit students who can't hack the academics.

[Anonymous]

Op here , will let you know pi day