What kind of kid gets into MIT?

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Anonymous wrote:Super nerdy kids. Just get off at the T stop and you see a bunch of kids with giant heads and small bodies.

You're just a jealous sorry a$$. What a worthless human scum!

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Kids from my 2023 class:
Recruited athlete (also top stats)
Other kid: regeneron award, multiple national level math competition finalist, founder charity to teach math to kids in third world countries (seriously this is true).

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Anonymous wrote:My son got in. He was ranked #2 in his public HS in OH. He ran cross country varsity all 4 years and did another sport for fewer years. No other notable ECs, he did have summer jobs that were not related to his field. He had near flawless SATs, and was a straight A student in his junior and senior years. His math/science scores were particularly high even in most rigorous APs. His essay was pretty standard. He is an Asian male.

His HS was not particularly competitive and MIT has been a hard adjustment for him. He shared a bit of imposter syndrome.

This is BS especially when you mentioned he is an Asian male. Zero chance.

Perfectly reasonable if they were a recruit

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Anonymous wrote:The MIT Admissions Blog used to be pretty interesting. Would take a look there.

The thing about MIT is that they don't do early. One of my kids is very MIT. But he got into his ED school so never applied. But the profile is top stats. A lot of APs with 5s. A 35. He's an athlete. State's and Nike invitational. And his thing is rocketry. Has been doing it since middle school. And winning national awards. I think he would have had a good shot at MIT.

But MIT doesn't do early. So he was scooped up elsewhere. Personally, I think MIT is missing out on a lot of great students because they don't do ED/SCEA in a meaningful way.

I think MIT has done pretty well for itself historically and will probably be okay going forward.

MIT will be totally fine. And so will Stanford and Harvard. But I do believe the schools that aren't taking the smart kids in the ED/SCEA round are missing out on the best and brightest.

Best and brightest don’t do ED. Just saying.

They don't compromise on ED, you mean.

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Anonymous wrote:The MIT Admissions Blog used to be pretty interesting. Would take a look there.

The thing about MIT is that they don't do early. One of my kids is very MIT. But he got into his ED school so never applied. But the profile is top stats. A lot of APs with 5s. A 35. He's an athlete. State's and Nike invitational. And his thing is rocketry. Has been doing it since middle school. And winning national awards. I think he would have had a good shot at MIT.

But MIT doesn't do early. So he was scooped up elsewhere. Personally, I think MIT is missing out on a lot of great students because they don't do ED/SCEA in a meaningful way.

I think MIT has done pretty well for itself historically and will probably be okay going forward.

MIT will be totally fine. And so will Stanford and Harvard. But I do believe the schools that aren't taking the smart kids in the ED/SCEA round are missing out on the best and brightest.

Best and brightest don’t do ED. Just saying.

I so agree with this statement. The kids who are really good are not looking to settle or lock in a school via ED. MIT is not losing anything by not offering ED/SCEA.

I so disagree. People who know where they want to go...know where they want to go, whether or not they are the best and brightest. Getting done with the college search early is, frankly, a good thing.

then MIT offering ED won't help since those students wouldn't ED there anyways

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Anonymous wrote:The MIT Admissions Blog used to be pretty interesting. Would take a look there.

The thing about MIT is that they don't do early. One of my kids is very MIT. But he got into his ED school so never applied. But the profile is top stats. A lot of APs with 5s. A 35. He's an athlete. State's and Nike invitational. And his thing is rocketry. Has been doing it since middle school. And winning national awards. I think he would have had a good shot at MIT.

But MIT doesn't do early. So he was scooped up elsewhere. Personally, I think MIT is missing out on a lot of great students because they don't do ED/SCEA in a meaningful way.

I think MIT has done pretty well for itself historically and will probably be okay going forward.

MIT will be totally fine. And so will Stanford and Harvard. But I do believe the schools that aren't taking the smart kids in the ED/SCEA round are missing out on the best and brightest.

Best and brightest don’t do ED. Just saying.

I so agree with this statement. The kids who are really good are not looking to settle or lock in a school via ED. MIT is not losing anything by not offering ED/SCEA.

the bright kids

I think it's a little delusional to think all the bright and accomplished students are getting acceptances to MIT, Stanford, and Harvard in RD.

Yes, not all the bright and accomplished. Only the brightest and most accomplished.

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Anonymous wrote:The MIT Admissions Blog used to be pretty interesting. Would take a look there.

The thing about MIT is that they don't do early. One of my kids is very MIT. But he got into his ED school so never applied. But the profile is top stats. A lot of APs with 5s. A 35. He's an athlete. State's and Nike invitational. And his thing is rocketry. Has been doing it since middle school. And winning national awards. I think he would have had a good shot at MIT.

But MIT doesn't do early. So he was scooped up elsewhere. Personally, I think MIT is missing out on a lot of great students because they don't do ED/SCEA in a meaningful way.

I think MIT has done pretty well for itself historically and will probably be okay going forward.

MIT will be totally fine. And so will Stanford and Harvard. But I do believe the schools that aren't taking the smart kids in the ED/SCEA round are missing out on the best and brightest.

Best and brightest don’t do ED. Just saying.

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False in my experience as a college counselor. In recent years I've seen the best SCEA, REA, ED and EA. Very few get in RD because all the slots are taken. Now, if you are URM that is different

MIT RD acceptance rate is 3.9 percent. Duke RD isn't much better at 4.1 percent. And Vanderbilt is the worst at 3.7 percent.

People suggesting that it's easy-peasy to get into these schools in RD provided you went to the right high school are generally going to be wrong. And URM isn't the hook that it used to be - particularly at MIT. The percentage of black students at MIT collapsed this year. It went from 15 percent to 5 percent.

What hooks does MIT pay some amount of attention to? I've heard they like girls. What about low income, first gen, rural, etc?

Yes to all. Look at Questbridge and Stars college network

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Anonymous wrote:The MIT Admissions Blog used to be pretty interesting. Would take a look there.

The thing about MIT is that they don't do early. One of my kids is very MIT. But he got into his ED school so never applied. But the profile is top stats. A lot of APs with 5s. A 35. He's an athlete. State's and Nike invitational. And his thing is rocketry. Has been doing it since middle school. And winning national awards. I think he would have had a good shot at MIT.

But MIT doesn't do early. So he was scooped up elsewhere. Personally, I think MIT is missing out on a lot of great students because they don't do ED/SCEA in a meaningful way.

I think MIT has done pretty well for itself historically and will probably be okay going forward.

MIT will be totally fine. And so will Stanford and Harvard. But I do believe the schools that aren't taking the smart kids in the ED/SCEA round are missing out on the best and brightest.

Best and brightest don’t do ED. Just saying.

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False in my experience as a college counselor. In recent years I've seen the best SCEA, REA, ED and EA. Very few get in RD because all the slots are taken. Now, if you are URM that is different

MIT RD acceptance rate is 3.9 percent. Duke RD isn't much better at 4.1 percent. And Vanderbilt is the worst at 3.7 percent.

People suggesting that it's easy-peasy to get into these schools in RD provided you went to the right high school are generally going to be wrong. And URM isn't the hook that it used to be - particularly at MIT. The percentage of black students at MIT collapsed this year. It went from 15 percent to 5 percent.

What hooks does MIT pay some amount of attention to? I've heard they like girls. What about low income, first gen, rural, etc?

MIT does strive for gender parity. But those are all smart girls. I don't think it's a huge advantage. But like all highly selective schools, low income and first gen are going to be an advantage. The problem with rural is that they are unlikely to have access to classes like multivariable calculus and the other high level classes that are generally required for an MIT admit. It does no one any good to have an unprepared freshman flunk out. I don't think there are significant hooks like at Harvard. MIT doesn't do legacy. And they don't care if daddy works in private equity. It's probably the closest to a genuine meritocracy there is.

rural schools still often have nearby community colleges or somewhere that administers the AMC exams

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Anonymous wrote:Was born South Asian...

Racist

My two white sons and my white daughter got in
Shame on you

Math love math you ridiculous idiot

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Anonymous wrote:Was born South Asian...

Racist

My two white sons and my white daughter got in
Shame on you

Math love math you ridiculous idiot

If this was recently then they may have all gotten in but they didn't all go.