Anonymous wrote:My sophomore has a showcase this summer and MIT coaches will be there.

Ok

My sophomore has a showcase this summer and MIT coaches will be there.

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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.

100% incorrect. My kid is a recruited athlete at MIT, why do you keep posting stuff that you have no clue about?

Recruited? Or
Admitted? This info is directly from a long time coach there who recruited my kid (kid stopped interacting after understanding there was no guarantee). Teammate committed to swim at JHU when the same thing was told to her. Bird in the hand. So this came from swim
Coaches at mit. Who told you differently -
Identify the MIT coaches.

Mine recruited, admitted and currently attending so I’m limiting some things.

Female, her HS team was nationally ranked and she had multiple D1 offers (not Ivy)
780/780 so test scores were fine
4.6 GPA, 12 or so AP classes if I recall correctly mostly 5’s some 4’s

Coach said that they were supposed to tell her 50-65% chance of getting in but the coach also said that they didn’t see many rejected with her academics

Coach started talking seriously only after she gave them her SAT score which was the summer after her sophomore year. Coach asked for her junior schedule at that time and asked if it was the hardest available. Never asked for any additions or changes.

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Anonymous wrote:My understanding is that MIT does not do prereads for athletes. The coaches try to help shape the applications though based on what they’ve seen/know.

For example, DC was initially told he needed to take Calc BC by junior year, which he did is sophomore year. Also needed to take AP Physics C course. If your school didn’t offer, need to go outside of HS to take.

From what I know and what people are saying here, it's obvious that it's different for every sport.

It’s also different from the parent of the MIT grad. College admissions have significantly changed in the last few years. That kid was a jr/senior in HS at least 6 years ago.

Anonymous wrote:My understanding is that MIT does not do prereads for athletes. The coaches try to help shape the applications though based on what they’ve seen/know.

For example, DC was initially told he needed to take Calc BC by junior year, which he did is sophomore year. Also needed to take AP Physics C course. If your school didn’t offer, need to go outside of HS to take.

From what I know and what people are saying here, it's obvious that it's different for every sport.

I dont know why MIT gets a pass on "admit only on merit" when their stats clearly show a class that's as hooked as any: female, URM, athletes. I get they dont take legacy into consideration - good for them. But they have plenty of institutional priorities.

my advice: get into MITES, Women's Tech program, or any of their summer programs.

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Anonymous wrote:My understanding is that MIT does not do prereads for athletes. The coaches try to help shape the applications though based on what they’ve seen/know.

For example, DC was initially told he needed to take Calc BC by junior year, which he did is sophomore year. Also needed to take AP Physics C course. If your school didn’t offer, need to go outside of HS to take.

okay, my kid (above, admitted, graduated) didn't take anything outside of our local high school which topped out at Calc and Physics in senior year. she did say her math prep was worse than a lot of her peers and she had zero coding, which she felt was unusual her freshman year but now as a recent grad says would have been a total waste of time.

anyway, if a coach told you all that, clearly the different coaches are giving very different information to kids. was your kid an all-state athlete?

If your kid graduated already, she was a junior/senior at a minimum 5/6 years ago. Admissions are even harder now for all schools. I am stating what mit coaches are saying in 2025/2026.

Can you guys take this athletic discussion to an appropriate thread. It’s getting boring.

Anonymous wrote:My understanding is that MIT does not do prereads for athletes. The coaches try to help shape the applications though based on what they’ve seen/know.

For example, DC was initially told he needed to take Calc BC by junior year, which he did is sophomore year. Also needed to take AP Physics C course. If your school didn’t offer, need to go outside of HS to take.

okay, my kid (above, admitted, graduated) didn't take anything outside of our local high school which topped out at Calc and Physics in senior year. she did say her math prep was worse than a lot of her peers and she had zero coding, which she felt was unusual her freshman year but now as a recent grad says would have been a total waste of time.

anyway, if a coach told you all that, clearly the different coaches are giving very different information to kids. was your kid an all-state athlete?

My understanding is that MIT does not do prereads for athletes. The coaches try to help shape the applications though based on what they’ve seen/know.

For example, DC was initially told he needed to take Calc BC by junior year, which he did is sophomore year. Also needed to take AP Physics C course. If your school didn’t offer, need to go outside of HS to take.

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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.

100% incorrect. My kid is a recruited athlete at MIT, why do you keep posting stuff that you have no clue about?

Recruited? Or
Admitted? This info is directly from a long time coach there who recruited my kid (kid stopped interacting after understanding there was no guarantee). Teammate committed to swim at JHU when the same thing was told to her. Bird in the hand. So this came from swim
Coaches at mit. Who told you differently -
Identify the MIT coaches.

women's soccer.

its not a bird in hand. it wasn't during early round. if you wanted a bird in hand you had to go elsewhere. (although "committed to the process" is always the language). but it was a large boost.

anyway, my dd graduated already. but the soccer coach is still there and I'm familiar.

Your dd graduated from where?

MIT.

this feels like the "I have one daughter" meme at this point

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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!

-100
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.

100% incorrect. My kid is a recruited athlete at MIT, why do you keep posting stuff that you have no clue about?

Recruited? Or
Admitted? This info is directly from a long time coach there who recruited my kid (kid stopped interacting after understanding there was no guarantee). Teammate committed to swim at JHU when the same thing was told to her. Bird in the hand. So this came from swim
Coaches at mit. Who told you differently -
Identify the MIT coaches.

women's soccer.

its not a bird in hand. it wasn't during early round. if you wanted a bird in hand you had to go elsewhere. (although "committed to the process" is always the language). but it was a large boost.

anyway, my dd graduated already. but the soccer coach is still there and I'm familiar.

Your dd graduated from where?

There needs to be a separate post just for the Great MIT Athlete Debate.

3 kids from my kids' school at MIT in the past few years. 2 are athletes.

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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!

-100
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.

100% incorrect. My kid is a recruited athlete at MIT, why do you keep posting stuff that you have no clue about?

Your kid was unqualified?

My kid was as qualified as the pool generally. But most of the applicants to HYPSM are qualified and can do the work. Why they get admitted is their hook. At MIT, this is often MITES and being URM in recent years. At MIT, this is often being a female. And at MIT, this is often being an athlete.

My kid was 2 of those things and I'm sure it's what made her get admitted. She says that. But she did just fine while there so she was clearly qualified. the proof is in the pudding. but plenty of applicants are qualified.