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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Shut out of top, but fallback was UT-Austin in state auto admit.  They were good only bc they had a strong safety.

person 1 - 1600 SAT, rank 1 out of 600+, rejected all ivies, lots of AP, stanford, michigan, duke, chicago, northwestern, varsity sport

person 2 - 1580 SAT, top 5%, lots of AP, varsity sport, rejected UVA, UNC, Duke.

Have a good safety!  [/quote]

Should have mentioned - both were rejected everywhere but their safety [/quote]
same for my high stats magnet kid.  It was rough.[/quote]

I always told my high stat magnet kid - be a MIT worthy kid who goes to UMD.  And that's what happened.  Did he apply to MIT? Heck, yes!!  Harvard? Never.  UMD - Absolutely!!  Was it rough? Not at all. The money that UMD gave him and the money he saved by not going to MIT helped him to invest in the stock market. He is already ahead. [/quote]
We're seeing more and more of those types there. And further, we're seeing a lot of [u]actual[/u] MIT (along w/Stanford, Berkeley and a few others) undergrad alums choosing to do their grad work at UMD. Pretty cool.[/quote]

One reason could be that MIT undergrads are not chosen for MIT grad school. At MIT, a student can only be for 5 years. No more. So, a student can either get an undergrad education or a PhD. Not both (unless you complete both in 5 years).[/quote]

I don't know where you go this information, but twenty years ago -- when I did my PhD -- it was not true.  [/quote]

The poster is right. Things have changed now. My child's MIT interviewer told DC the same thing. [b]MIT doesn't allow anyone to stay more than 5 years. [/b][/quote]

This is not true.

I searched MIT website and I do not see any mention of this. [/quote]

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