Anonymous
Post 01/11/2025 13:50     Subject: Pls share your MIT acceptance stories?
Anonymous wrote:Why would normal high stats unhooked kid ever apply to MIT, rather try somewhere else in T20 range


Because they love learning .

Because it’s a was a fabulous fit for mine and they got in went and have a great career
Anonymous
Post 01/11/2025 13:49     Subject: Pls share your MIT acceptance stories?
Anonymous wrote:Anyone's DC get in without national awards?


Yes.

Two of mine did.

Anonymous
Post 01/11/2025 13:47     Subject: Pls share your MIT acceptance stories?
MIT interviews - any advice or stories to share?
Anonymous
Post 01/10/2025 22:24     Subject: Pls share your MIT acceptance stories?
Why would normal high stats unhooked kid ever apply to MIT, rather try somewhere else in T20 range
Anonymous
Post 01/10/2025 08:27     Subject: Pls share your MIT acceptance stories?
Are juniors applying to MIT already? Noting the reference to junior stats…
Anonymous
Post 01/09/2025 22:51     Subject: Pls share your MIT acceptance stories?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Sigh, this is depressing - I think my kid wasted their application, should have aimed lower.


I hear you!

And according to my kid it was a really tough application with lots of essays.

I like to think that the process of going through a tough application has benefits, even if you don't ultimately get admitted. "Builds character!" as my dad would say.

Evenso, here's hoping that both of our kids beat the odds and get accepted!



I hope so, too. FINGERS CROSSED.
Anonymous
Post 01/09/2025 22:43     Subject: Re:Pls share your MIT acceptance stories?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:MIT accepts all kinds of students, but our counselor emphasizes that they care a lot more about Asian immigrants and URM than white students. 20 of the 24 Asian immigrants who’ve applied to mit from DC’s school have gotten in. White peers with better stats are often rejected- 12 of 35 have been accepted.


Wait - MIT likes Asian immigrant kids? I thought there are already TOO MANY Asians at MIT, esp now that affirmative action is over?


My guess is the scale used; an initially non-english speaking immigrant scores a 4 on AP English is not the same as a native English speaker getting a 5. Similarly - a non-native Chinese speaker getting a 4 is not the same as a native Chinese speaker getting a 5. You are a few decades late when admission's officers said: tough luck - a 5 is a 5 game it if you want.
Anonymous
Post 01/09/2025 20:37     Subject: Re:Pls share your MIT acceptance stories?
Anonymous wrote:MIT accepts all kinds of students, but our counselor emphasizes that they care a lot more about Asian immigrants and URM than white students. 20 of the 24 Asian immigrants who’ve applied to mit from DC’s school have gotten in. White peers with better stats are often rejected- 12 of 35 have been accepted.


Wait - MIT likes Asian immigrant kids? I thought there are already TOO MANY Asians at MIT, esp now that affirmative action is over?
Anonymous
Post 01/09/2025 18:56     Subject: Pls share your MIT acceptance stories?
Anonymous wrote:Sigh, this is depressing - I think my kid wasted their application, should have aimed lower.


I hear you!

And according to my kid it was a really tough application with lots of essays.

I like to think that the process of going through a tough application has benefits, even if you don't ultimately get admitted. "Builds character!" as my dad would say.

Evenso, here's hoping that both of our kids beat the odds and get accepted!

Anonymous
Post 01/09/2025 00:57     Subject: Pls share your MIT acceptance stories?
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:Might be crossing sub threads here. This is in response to what’s required to be a recruited athlete.


Athletics isn't that important. The coaches pretty much get who they get. It's D3 and the athletes need to be at the median.


100% percent false. Recruited athlete will take you to a 50-65% chance depending on the rest of your material. You typically need to be over 1500 with a 750M to even enter the conversation and 770M is preferred. You might see a few in helmet sports dip below. Someone carrying a near perfect GPA with high test scores while being a strong enough athlete to play in the largest D3 sports program in the country is a pretty rare animal and MIT wants them; badly.


With high test scores. Like a 1550. I don't know anyone who played sports that wasn't an absolute genius. Also, if you can't hack MIT, you absolutely 100% do not want to be there. Kids don't actually want to wash out of school.


I know the MIT recruiting details from a recruited kid at my DCs school. The kid just made it all look easy. Captain/Starter on a nationally ranked team, easy going, well liked, and nobody had any idea that they were taking nothing but AP classes until they were announced as NMSF. They are the type of kid that any school would love to have.


Yep. This is what I am saying. MIT doesn’t have to dip low to recruit athletes.


Agree, and athletes with strong academic chops do exist much to the dismay of some.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2025 21:33     Subject: Pls share your MIT acceptance stories?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Might be crossing sub threads here. This is in response to what’s required to be a recruited athlete.


Athletics isn't that important. The coaches pretty much get who they get. It's D3 and the athletes need to be at the median.


100% percent false. Recruited athlete will take you to a 50-65% chance depending on the rest of your material. You typically need to be over 1500 with a 750M to even enter the conversation and 770M is preferred. You might see a few in helmet sports dip below. Someone carrying a near perfect GPA with high test scores while being a strong enough athlete to play in the largest D3 sports program in the country is a pretty rare animal and MIT wants them; badly.


With high test scores. Like a 1550. I don't know anyone who played sports that wasn't an absolute genius. Also, if you can't hack MIT, you absolutely 100% do not want to be there. Kids don't actually want to wash out of school.


I know the MIT recruiting details from a recruited kid at my DCs school. The kid just made it all look easy. Captain/Starter on a nationally ranked team, easy going, well liked, and nobody had any idea that they were taking nothing but AP classes until they were announced as NMSF. They are the type of kid that any school would love to have.


Yep. This is what I am saying. MIT doesn’t have to dip low to recruit athletes.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2025 19:51     Subject: Pls share your MIT acceptance stories?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Might be crossing sub threads here. This is in response to what’s required to be a recruited athlete.


Athletics isn't that important. The coaches pretty much get who they get. It's D3 and the athletes need to be at the median.


100% percent false. Recruited athlete will take you to a 50-65% chance depending on the rest of your material. You typically need to be over 1500 with a 750M to even enter the conversation and 770M is preferred. You might see a few in helmet sports dip below. Someone carrying a near perfect GPA with high test scores while being a strong enough athlete to play in the largest D3 sports program in the country is a pretty rare animal and MIT wants them; badly.


With high test scores. Like a 1550. I don't know anyone who played sports that wasn't an absolute genius. Also, if you can't hack MIT, you absolutely 100% do not want to be there. Kids don't actually want to wash out of school.


I know the MIT recruiting details from a recruited kid at my DCs school. The kid just made it all look easy. Captain/Starter on a nationally ranked team, easy going, well liked, and nobody had any idea that they were taking nothing but AP classes until they were announced as NMSF. They are the type of kid that any school would love to have.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2025 19:47     Subject: Pls share your MIT acceptance stories?
Anonymous wrote:Sigh, this is depressing - I think my kid wasted their application, should have aimed lower.


It’s a lottery even if your qualifications are Olympiad level!
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2025 19:19     Subject: Pls share your MIT acceptance stories?
Sigh, this is depressing - I think my kid wasted their application, should have aimed lower.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2025 13:21     Subject: Pls share your MIT acceptance stories?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Might be crossing sub threads here. This is in response to what’s required to be a recruited athlete.


Athletics isn't that important. The coaches pretty much get who they get. It's D3 and the athletes need to be at the median.


100% percent false. Recruited athlete will take you to a 50-65% chance depending on the rest of your material. You typically need to be over 1500 with a 750M to even enter the conversation and 770M is preferred. You might see a few in helmet sports dip below. Someone carrying a near perfect GPA with high test scores while being a strong enough athlete to play in the largest D3 sports program in the country is a pretty rare animal and MIT wants them; badly.


With high test scores. Like a 1550. I don't know anyone who played sports that wasn't an absolute genius. Also, if you can't hack MIT, you absolutely 100% do not want to be there. Kids don't actually want to wash out of school.