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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Which DC *privates* send kids to MIT? (not an argument just honestly a question).[/quote]

It's pretty rare that anyone applies, and even more rare that any get in. Those who do have done significant STEM work outside of school; the type of kid teachers don't even pretend to take credit for, as they typically arrived at the high school with an impressive outside portfolio already.[/quote]

PP, you seem to assume that acceptance to MIT is some kind of validator of the rigor of STEM at a sub-set of Privates while ignoring other factors in play.

While MIT is a great institution, matriculation there has other constraints beyond acceptance. First, one has to apply.

Have you considered that a very real factor of less MIT attendees is that in order to apply to MIT, one has to forgo applying ED to any other school, including Stanford.

I challenge you to look at it from that slightly different perspective. Say you are a full ride recruit at Stanford and/or have a likely letter from an Ivy. Would you turn BOTH down in order to take a chance on being admitted to MIT given that MIT offers no guarantee of admission to anyone ?

Its fine if a student is just applying regular decision to a bunch of state schools and MIT is their 1st choice, but who would turn down full ride Stanford or likely admit to Harvard or Princeton in order to just apply to MIT- not a good student of probability.[/quote]

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