Anonymous
Post 01/05/2025 00:21     Subject: Pls share your MIT acceptance stories?
Any recruited athlete is a hook. They get into a smaller pool. They may still have to have 700+ math, but they are at a relative advantage to a non-recruit due to the smaller pool. May be a 40-50% acceptance rate, but that much better than 4%
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2025 00:17     Subject: Pls share your MIT acceptance stories?
Anonymous wrote:Several kids from Baltimore privates have gotten in without national awards, a few were recruited but not all.


To clarify, two were sports recruits, three were not, none had national awards,
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2025 23:25     Subject: Pls share your MIT acceptance stories?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My oldest DD’s best friend is a current junior. She didn’t have any ECs or awards of note, just a very high GPA with a very advanced course-load in math and science and 1580 SAT.


Gender is a huge hook at MIT.


No it's not. Being an athlete isn't either. I know, I was an athlete at MIT in one of the Division I sports. My coach has been there for decades and laments all the time about good athletes not having the academic record to get in.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2025 23:13     Subject: Pls share your MIT acceptance stories?
Maybe higher admit rates who express interest outside of STEM?
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2025 22:53     Subject: Pls share your MIT acceptance stories?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My oldest DD’s best friend is a current junior. She didn’t have any ECs or awards of note, just a very high GPA with a very advanced course-load in math and science and 1580 SAT.


Gender is a huge hook at MIT.


Huge hooks are athletes and urm, gender not so much.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2025 22:45     Subject: Pls share your MIT acceptance stories?
Anonymous wrote:My oldest DD’s best friend is a current junior. She didn’t have any ECs or awards of note, just a very high GPA with a very advanced course-load in math and science and 1580 SAT.


Gender is a huge hook at MIT.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2025 22:26     Subject: Pls share your MIT acceptance stories?
Anonymous wrote:Only ones we know are sports recruits.


Same
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2025 22:19     Subject: Pls share your MIT acceptance stories?
Read somewhere that the recent EA round yielded a higher acceptance rate, maybe more recruited athletes or national awardees this time
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2025 22:10     Subject: Pls share your MIT acceptance stories?
Every one of these threads should request posters to specify whether the applicant is an athlete or not. I feel very annoyed by recruited athletes getting a boost.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2025 21:52     Subject: Pls share your MIT acceptance stories?
Only ones we know are sports recruits.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2025 21:43     Subject: Pls share your MIT acceptance stories?
Several kids from Baltimore privates have gotten in without national awards, a few were recruited but not all.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2025 21:35     Subject: Pls share your MIT acceptance stories?
My kid applied RD without national awards....perhaps we wasted our time and $.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2025 21:34     Subject: Pls share your MIT acceptance stories?
My oldest DD’s best friend is a current junior. She didn’t have any ECs or awards of note, just a very high GPA with a very advanced course-load in math and science and 1580 SAT.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2025 21:33     Subject: Pls share your MIT acceptance stories?
Anonymous wrote:Anyone's DC get in without national awards?

Not from TJ.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2025 21:32     Subject: Pls share your MIT acceptance stories?
Anyone's DC get in without national awards?