Anonymous
03/14/2024 22:47
Subject: MIT in 15 mins
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:A girl from Stone Ridge got in according to the class instagram page.
Athletic recruit.
Even athletic recruits meet the threshold
Student athletes at all top schools have to meet a threshold the schools have in place to ensure they can succeed academically. To clarify, MIT has great student athletes but does give admissions weight to recruits. They are interested in fielding competitive teams and even have D1 rowing. I have no issue with their recruiting and admissions policies but people sometimes get confused about MIT trying to do some fully objective review of applications.
MIT has a higher threshold for athletic recruits than usual top D1 elite/Ivy schools.
Anonymous
03/14/2024 22:45
Subject: MIT in 15 mins
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Some kids from Stuyvesant
The Stuy kids will not be a surprise it will usually be some USAMO level kids.
Beyond that.
+1. Lots of USAMO qualifiers and not enough spots. Probably need to be a MOPper or USAMO silver/bronze plus all the other things (GPA/rigor/SAT/ and strong ECs) for the STEM kids.
What if you're white, a URM in math?
I didn’t think I could be shocked by anything, but wow. The things that people say (type) when anonymous. It makes me so sad. But I guess if you’re white….study harder in math and be judged on your merits. Stop asking for a handout.
As far as the athletic recruits go, yes there’s a threshold, but it’s a very different one than other students.
MIT and Caltech are exceptions. Athletes might get a little help but not much and they also don’t get the pretend or likely letter process. Someone who chooses to roll the dice for a spot on the crew team MIT for example is probably giving up a sure spot at Harvard.
At an Ivy or a Nescac the GPA/rigor/scores might be the same but athletes can count their sport as basically all their EC credit. Plus they have the advantage of knowing if they will get in before they choose where to ED/SCEA/REA.
Anonymous
03/14/2024 22:44
Subject: MIT in 15 mins
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:A girl from Stone Ridge got in according to the class instagram page.
Athletic recruit.
Even athletic recruits meet the threshold
+1. If you're in at MIT, you're amazing. That's it, that's all.
Anonymous
03/14/2024 22:36
Subject: MIT in 15 mins
A kid in Texas got in.
Anonymous
03/14/2024 22:33
Subject: MIT in 15 mins
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:A girl from Stone Ridge got in according to the class instagram page.
Athletic recruit.
What sport?
Also, we've heard from a few sources that MIT only considers athletic recruits who meet the same admission requirements as other students. Once someone meets those requirements, then their status as a high level recruit might be the thing to push them into the admit category. But MIT doesn't lower it's admission standards for athletic recruits like many other schools do. True?
Anonymous
03/14/2024 22:10
Subject: MIT in 15 mins
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:A girl from Stone Ridge got in according to the class instagram page.
Athletic recruit.
Even athletic recruits meet the threshold
Sure! -- but they don't have win the Regeneron talent search or USAMO! They can get in with just grades and scores.
Anonymous
03/14/2024 22:04
Subject: MIT in 15 mins
Anonymous wrote:
Athletic recruit.
LOL!
Today’s blog post from MIT Admissions:
https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/mit-regular-action-decisions-now-available-online-7/
Anonymous
03/14/2024 22:02
Subject: MIT in 15 mins
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:A girl from Stone Ridge got in according to the class instagram page.
Athletic recruit.
Even athletic recruits meet the threshold
Student athletes at all top schools have to meet a threshold the schools have in place to ensure they can succeed academically. To clarify, MIT has great student athletes but does give admissions weight to recruits. They are interested in fielding competitive teams and even have D1 rowing. I have no issue with their recruiting and admissions policies but people sometimes get confused about MIT trying to do some fully objective review of applications.
Anonymous
03/14/2024 21:21
Subject: MIT in 15 mins
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:A girl from Stone Ridge got in according to the class instagram page.
Athletic recruit.
Even athletic recruits meet the threshold
Anonymous
03/14/2024 21:15
Subject: MIT in 15 mins
Yup. DC (plausible candidate) and his two pals (stronger than DC) were rejected. Not too surprised by the DC's outcome. But at least one of his two friends was really really strong. Definitely surprised by that rejection.
Anonymous
03/14/2024 21:07
Subject: MIT in 15 mins
Anonymous wrote:A girl from Stone Ridge got in according to the class instagram page.
Athletic recruit.
Anonymous
03/14/2024 21:03
Subject: MIT in 15 mins
A few top kids I know from DMV area - all rejected.
Anonymous
03/14/2024 20:54
Subject: MIT in 15 mins
Missouri Institue of Tech, right? Accepted
Anonymous
03/14/2024 20:54
Subject: MIT in 15 mins
College Confidential now has two people reporting getting accepted.
Anonymous
03/14/2024 20:46
Subject: MIT in 15 mins
A girl from Stone Ridge got in according to the class instagram page.