MIT today

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Anonymous wrote:Congrats to the kids who got in and hugs to those who didn't. All these kids have worked so hard.

+1

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NP. DD accepted (Asian)

Stats: 1600. Probable Valedictorian at a pretty large public HS, 10 APs. Average public school, no charter/STEM magnet, etc.

ECs: Robotics, CS competitions, Internships, Community Service.

Awards: Except for CS competitions, I’d say most of her distinctions were unique. She had around 30 to choose from, so did not add things like NMSF, NHS, PVSA. There’s a page on the MIT admissions blog that lists possible distinctions — she definitely used that, although I do not know exactly which ones she put on her application.

Absolutely stunned! She has worked very hard, but we are well aware that there were equally (maybe even more qualified) applicants that did not get in. My DD did not get into her ED school.

She only did what she wanted in HS — did not want to take on more stress than was needed.

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Anonymous wrote:Is anyone's DC eagerly waiting for MIT regular decision today?

My DC from magnet was waitlisted for Caltech over the weekend and is hoping he would get into MIT. What does waitlist for Caltech mean, and chances of getting in? His dream school is MIT.

Can people share stats of their DC awaiting acceptances today for MIT?

DS accepted! So happy for him, was his dream school. Any questions, happy to answer.

Congrats to your DC!! Indeed an achievement! Please share some stats. My DD is a junior applying to MIT hopefully early next year

My older son was WL in Caltech 3 years back and then accepted. He also got RD into Princeton which was way better for him.

Congrats! Has your son sent anything to Caltech to help him get accepted from WL?

My son got into Princeton and definitely made the wise choice of Princeton over Caltech even after he was accepted from waitlist. I think many kids get accepted into Caltech and then get accepted into Ivies or MIT and choose that over Caltech.

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Anonymous wrote:Is anyone's DC eagerly waiting for MIT regular decision today?

My DC from magnet was waitlisted for Caltech over the weekend and is hoping he would get into MIT. What does waitlist for Caltech mean, and chances of getting in? His dream school is MIT.

Can people share stats of their DC awaiting acceptances today for MIT?

DS accepted! So happy for him, was his dream school. Any questions, happy to answer.

Congrats to your DC!! Indeed an achievement! Please share some stats. My DD is a junior applying to MIT hopefully early next year

My older son was WL in Caltech 3 years back and then accepted. He also got RD into Princeton which was way better for him.

Congrats! Has your son sent anything to Caltech to help him get accepted from WL?

My son got into Princeton and definitely made the wise choice of Princeton over Caltech even after he was accepted from waitlist. I think many kids get accepted into Caltech and then get accepted into Ivies or MIT and choose that over Caltech.

My DD got into Caltech this weekend and also got into MIT yesterday. She has her heart set on MIT. So if you are waitlisted at Caltech, I think there will be many kids who get into MIT and Caltech, and will accept MIT. So chances of getting in Caltech may be high from waitlist

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP. DD accepted (Asian)

Stats: 1600. Probable Valedictorian at a pretty large public HS, 10 APs. Average public school, no charter/STEM magnet, etc.

ECs: Robotics, CS competitions, Internships, Community Service.

Awards: Except for CS competitions, I’d say most of her distinctions were unique. She had around 30 to choose from, so did not add things like NMSF, NHS, PVSA. There’s a page on the MIT admissions blog that lists possible distinctions — she definitely used that, although I do not know exactly which ones she put on her application.

Absolutely stunned! She has worked very hard, but we are well aware that there were equally (maybe even more qualified) applicants that did not get in. My DD did not get into her ED school.

She only did what she wanted in HS — did not want to take on more stress than was needed.

Congrats!! What was DD's school that she did not get in ED? Cal Tech?

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Honestly, if you even applied to MIT, you are a total badass. Congrats to all these kids and best of luck.

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So, I take it that MIT > Cal Tech? Why?? Does MIT offer more popular majors, better research opportunities, greater inter-disciplinary approach? What is the allure? I'd rather take Pasadena weather than Cambridge in the winter!

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Anonymous wrote:So, I take it that MIT > Cal Tech? Why?? Does MIT offer more popular majors, better research opportunities, greater inter-disciplinary approach? What is the allure? I'd rather take Pasadena weather than Cambridge in the winter!

I just know what my friends and professors at MIT said about Caltech. My one professor said that it was the one place he saw bunny ears on physics books from kids reading them, repeatedly. He felt like his lectures were a joke to some because they knew the material already. One friend described it as a much deeper nerdom than even MIT. "East campus" at MIT has that vibe, so that's how it was put to me.

I was in Greek life, sports and most of my friends were too. That POV is people very smart, dedicated to studies but also well balanced, love to party, etc. MIT was very fun place to be.

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An MIT professor told us not to apply because the school does not support its students. So, you come in and you must quickly learn to swim yourself, or you sink.

Don't know if this is true, but anecdotal experiences from students seem to jive with this account.

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Anonymous wrote:DS got accepted but likely he will turn it down and go work for his older brother startup in SV.

Or accept and take a gap year to do that. Then, come back for a semester, and apply again a further leave of absence

+1 to deferring.

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Anonymous wrote:NP. DD accepted (Asian)

Stats: 1600. Probable Valedictorian at a pretty large public HS, 10 APs. Average public school, no charter/STEM magnet, etc.

ECs: Robotics, CS competitions, Internships, Community Service.

Awards: Except for CS competitions, I’d say most of her distinctions were unique. She had around 30 to choose from, so did not add things like NMSF, NHS, PVSA. There’s a page on the MIT admissions blog that lists possible distinctions — she definitely used that, although I do not know exactly which ones she put on her application.

Absolutely stunned! She has worked very hard, but we are well aware that there were equally (maybe even more qualified) applicants that did not get in. My DD did not get into her ED school.

She only did what she wanted in HS — did not want to take on more stress than was needed.

Your DD is highly qualified - I will all kids that got in over mine were so impressive. Congratulations to your family.

[Anonymous]

DS got into MIT. From MCPS school, non magnet/ IB. Had GPA 4.85 W, 4.0UW, AP's with mainly 5's, perfect SAT, national level science competitions with awards, dancer which probably makes him stand out, arts related service activity with many nay service hours and a wonderful story on how this all started.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DS got into MIT. From MCPS school, non magnet/ IB. Had GPA 4.85 W, 4.0UW, AP's with mainly 5's, perfect SAT, national level science competitions with awards, dancer which probably makes him stand out, arts related service activity with many nay service hours and a wonderful story on how this all started.

Congrats to your DS! Very different ECA's which shows his passion. He is very talented! I think this is what they look for into MIT. I am told that they look for passion in any field that the kid is pursuing

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My DS was rejected from MIT. He is disappointed as MIT was his dream school and had worked very hard to maintain very good stats. He was accepted to Caltech, Georgia Tech and Berkeley MET. He wants to do electrical engineering. Which school would be the best for his major? He is leaning a bit to the MET program due to dual degree advantage and as he is interested in entrepreneurship.

He has received Stamp's scholarship at Georgia Tech, part scholarship at Berkeley. He had not looked into Caltech earlier but had just applied. Money is somewhat of a consideration but ultimately we want him to go to place that is best for him ( we do not mind taking loans). Understand that Caltech would be much higher fees. If we were not to consider money situation, any advice?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DS got into MIT. From MCPS school, non magnet/ IB. Had GPA 4.85 W, 4.0UW, AP's with mainly 5's, perfect SAT, national level science competitions with awards, dancer which probably makes him stand out, arts related service activity with many nay service hours and a wonderful story on how this all started.

Congrats!!