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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.

Which would make it a huge hook if an athlete had "good enough scores" then they would get snapped up. "Good enough" doesn't cut it for the run of the mill kid.

I don’t know! My non athlete kid without national awards applying regular and will find out!!

I don't think being a female increases your chances as much as being an athlete or an urm.

We know a public school girl from Maryland. 1540? No ECs at all. Family is kind of poor.

My daughter’s friend was a female soccer recruit - rejected EA last month with great stats but lacking science rigor as an upperclassmen. They really want it all.

I don’t think being a girl is a hook. I read somewhere that admitted girls have just as high gpa and SAT scores.

The athlete I know who was admitted to MIT from the DMV was 100% qualified academically. They took the most rigorous STEM coursework, had a 1550/800 SAT etc. They just didn't have national or international level STEM awards.

Anonymous wrote:Being female at MIT is a hook. Being a recruited athlete is also a hook. It's just not the same to be recruited at MIT as at other schools because it only inreases rate of acceptance to about 50% vs. almost guaranteed. Those recruited athletes all have the academic qualifications, but they don't have national academic awards (they have national athletic accomplishments instead). My kid went through the recruiting process at MIT so I'm very familiar w/ it. Ended up at a different school in the end, however.

I guarantee you that MIT football, basketball, baseball and other athletes don’t have “national athletic accomplishments”.

Let’s not get carried away here. The MIT basketball team would lose to the worst Ivy team by 20+ points.

Anonymous wrote:

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.

There is only 1 D1 sport…crew. Sports like track and field may compete in large meets against D1 schools…but are still not D1 at MIT.

There is always a disconnect regarding athletes and acceptance. Nobody claims MIT is accepting 1000 SAT basketball players like Duke…however, if you have high SAT and great grades and the coach supports your admission, your acceptance odds are 60%+. It’s still not 100% like it would be at Harvard, but you don’t need any national awards or other incredible ECs other than your sport.

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Anonymous wrote:Only ones we know are sports recruits.

Same

Also more females, per our college counselor

Anonymous wrote:Only ones we know are sports recruits.

+1

Great student but also great runner

My DS. NC public school, great SAT, Great grades. No awards but submitted a work of art he created as part of his application. He has his PHd now.

Being female at MIT is a hook. Being a recruited athlete is also a hook. It's just not the same to be recruited at MIT as at other schools because it only inreases rate of acceptance to about 50% vs. almost guaranteed. Those recruited athletes all have the academic qualifications, but they don't have national academic awards (they have national athletic accomplishments instead). My kid went through the recruiting process at MIT so I'm very familiar w/ it. Ended up at a different school in the end, however.

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Hmmm, I consider an acceptance rate that's twice as high a hook. That's what makes MIT's student body (almost) gender balanced. I don't think you will find many white or Asian males getting in just with a very advanced course load and top notch SAT.

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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.

DP, it is. This is from my observation of a large enough sample.