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Anonymous wrote:oh, all athletes at all schools are academically qualified. we hear that all the time.

the last 3 admits to MIT from our high school just *happened* to be athletes.

Tell me you’ve not had a kid recruited by MIT without saying so. Cal Tech and MIT are probably the only schools where recruiting does not help in admissions as far as a boost.

This is incorrect

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Anonymous wrote:MIT, the fairest, middle classes friendly and true merit based school. Good luck to everyone.

Esp if you're a female or athlete!

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Mit athletes get no admissions boost whatsoever from
Coaches. Yeah, admissions gets a notice who the coach supports but 2/3 of those kids still won’t get in. The 1/3 that do are because they are qualified. No one unqualified is getting into MIT no matter what your athletic abilities are.

This is wildly incorrect. Recruited athletes need the academics but if they’re recruited they don’t need any other ECs and their chances of admission are 50-65% so about 20x the typical candidate. My kid was a recruited athlete at MIT.

my daughter got in largely bcs of track and field. I think water polo also strongly recruits. you can basically look at where MIT has won their division and figure out it's not all luck. they recruit.

she was otherwise a strong candidate, but 1540 SAT and no major awards. did have a paid summer job which MIT values more than people realize and is URM. Also female is easier.

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Anonymous wrote:MIT, the fairest, middle classes friendly and true merit based school. Good luck to everyone.

Esp if you're a female or athlete!

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Mit athletes get no admissions boost whatsoever from
Coaches. Yeah, admissions gets a notice who the coach supports but 2/3 of those kids still won’t get in. The 1/3 that do are because they are qualified. No one unqualified is getting into MIT no matter what your athletic abilities are.

It's not a huge boost, but it's a tip and with so many ultraqualified applicants, that tip can determine who gets in.

No one gets in unless qualified. No one. Coaches know ther hands are tied and tell athletes that: no guarantees, no true prereads, no commitments, and if you want to get security, we understand but go elsewhere. They also tell students they will want a 1580 sat with a minimum 790 in math.

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Anonymous wrote:Rejected. Had coach support, which kept some sliver of hope alive, but we knew it would be tough.

If you don’t mind me asking, what were DCs stats? DD is headed up for junior day soon and not sure how much of a long shot this is going to be.

If coach is experienced (there for awhile), approx 30% of ones they offer up get admitted.

That's not true. My coach of 30+ years says far more athletes that he endorses get rejected than accepted. No where near 30%

depends on sport at MIT

My sport and coach is one of the only division 1 sports. He's a decorated athlete and professor, highly respected. Our team is highly decorated and we just won an alumni donation challenge like we do most years. If it isn't happening for my sport, it's not happening for the others either.

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Anonymous wrote:MIT, the fairest, middle classes friendly and true merit based school. Good luck to everyone.

Esp if you're a female or athlete!

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Mit athletes get no admissions boost whatsoever from
Coaches. Yeah, admissions gets a notice who the coach supports but 2/3 of those kids still won’t get in. The 1/3 that do are because they are qualified. No one unqualified is getting into MIT no matter what your athletic abilities are.

It's not a huge boost, but it's a tip and with so many ultraqualified applicants, that tip can determine who gets in.

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Anonymous wrote:MIT, the fairest, middle classes friendly and true merit based school. Good luck to everyone.

Esp if you're a female or athlete!

Nah. All the kids win their spot by academic merits.

It's hard to explain the demographics if it is purely merit.

MIT really seems impossible. My kid was accepted to one of HYPS in the early round - has the typical high stats and published research, but thought their chances for MIT were super low so they didn’t apply.

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Anonymous wrote:Rejected. Had coach support, which kept some sliver of hope alive, but we knew it would be tough.

If you don’t mind me asking, what were DCs stats? DD is headed up for junior day soon and not sure how much of a long shot this is going to be.

If coach is experienced (there for awhile), approx 30% of ones they offer up get admitted.

That's not true. My coach of 30+ years says far more athletes that he endorses get rejected than accepted. No where near 30%

depends on sport at MIT

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Anonymous wrote:rejected MIT and Caltech. Waitlist at Harvey Mudd. Ugh.

My kid is waitlisted at Harvey Mudd too! But he has gotten some solid offers already, so it is OK.

Waitlist at Harvey Mudd moves so be sure to express interest.

Waitlisted people, where do they go?

Parent of EA admitted student here. It is very coach dependent at MIT. The coaches who have luck with recruits have done extensive pre-screening, including ensuring highest level course rigor, minimum SAT/ACT 1530+/35, independent research, and top grades earned in BC Calculus or Physics Mechanics by time of application (if your school offers). Entire scores for EVERY APs/SAT/ACT taken must also be submitted to MIT too, regardless of whether you want to superscore or don't like it. When my child applied, coach said don't even mention the sport on application. Use the space to discuss research or other significant academic/intellectual/musical accomplishments. I know process can be demoralizing but there are so many great research schools out there so try not to focus on just one school.

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Anonymous wrote:Rejected. Had coach support, which kept some sliver of hope alive, but we knew it would be tough.

If you don’t mind me asking, what were DCs stats? DD is headed up for junior day soon and not sure how much of a long shot this is going to be.

If coach is experienced (there for awhile), approx 30% of ones they offer up get admitted.

That's not true. My coach of 30+ years says far more athletes that he endorses get rejected than accepted. No where near 30%

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Anonymous wrote:rejected MIT and Caltech. Waitlist at Harvey Mudd. Ugh.

My kid is waitlisted at Harvey Mudd too! But he has gotten some solid offers already, so it is OK.

Do you mind sharing his offers?

Anonymous wrote:My DD was rejected also. 4.0 UW, 6 APs (taking another 6 senior year), 1560, an international award in a STEM competition, research through a competitive summer program, two varsity sports, etc. Wasn't expecting to get in due to the ridiculously low odds. Moving on.

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