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This.  This admissions season someone posted a podcast with transcript where admissions officers reviewed the applications from 3 high schools.  One was a TJ student.  That student was held to a ridiculous standard by the admissions officers.  The student wanted to be an economics major but had not done "original research in economics" (the student had only taken 2 years of math beyond calculus, micro and macro econ and was president of the math team and worked in a STEM internship but the admissions team said it didn't support the major and just wasn't impressive enough).  It was insanity.  Meanwhile the other students from regular high schools (not in the DMV) had 1/4 of the resume and were reviewed better.

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The problem is that the student was geared towards a STEM major; he came across as someone trying to backdoor into MIT as a STEM Major. Look at his background:

1. TJ = STEM
2. Math Team = STEM
3. Adv Math = STEM
4. STEM Internship = STEM

Who knows if the kid is trying to backdoor or honestly wants to study Econ? Looks like a backdoor to me. He maybe more capable student in Econ but the backdoor is not good. 
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What? 
Econ at MIT is a STEM major - it's a mathematical science.

In case you just came out from under a rock for the first time today, schools provide much more math and science opportunities, for many more years, than econ opportunities.[/quote]

Why the negativity out of the gate? MIT offers 3 degrees in Economics; The actual "Economics" is and always has been considered a Social Science - almost all Social Sciences use data but that doesn't make it STEM.

If you are referring to: Mathematical Economics or Computer Science, Economics, and Data Science then I agree that is STEM.

Op stated only: Economics so I thought that meant "Economics" and in that view the Admissions decision made perfect sense.

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