<p>its unbelievably difficult to get into mit....it simply keeps getting harder as more and more students compete for the same number of classes</p>
<p>It will be interesting to see if the average stats for applicants/accepted students rises as well. It's one thing if 2000 more mediocre students apply, but I could easily see a stronger applicant pool across the board.</p>
<p>bco09 - that is a very good point and we should find those stats at later in april....will be interesting to view</p>
<p>wow. </p>
<p>for every one of me, there were nine amazingly brilliant students who got rejected/waitlisted. I don't envy the admissions committee.</p>
<p>i know, imagine try to go through 15000 well qualified applications and knowing you can only select 1500....tough job</p>
<p>man this is crazy...when did it get so competitive :(?</p>
<p>well i know that last year, there was 12% admittance rate, so it was harder than last year</p>
<p>At the information session we attended in Feb, MIT said 85% of the applicants have the "stats" to be accepted - GPA and SAT scores, etc. It then comes down to selecting candidates to make up the class. So most candidates are very qualified it just comes down to luck and if you have something that would make you a good addition to the class at MIT. Good luck to those awaiting decisions. My son will be applying next year and would be VERY happy if got accepted.</p>
<p>I believe that this year is the peak of the echo baby boom (kids of the baby boomers). American high school graduating classes will be getting smaller. However, given the attractiveness of top tier schools and the exposure of more kids worldwide to such opportunities (combination of Internet, increasing mobility and growth of more non-traditional industrialized economies) MIT will undoubtedly remain just as much of an admisions challenge.</p>
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Wasn't the baby boom peak last year?</p>
<p>At my school I think our current sophmores is our largest class. I believe (not 100% on this) that the frosh class is smaller than the sophmores. The exact year of the baby boom peak is probably quite localized and on the national level can very a few years.</p>
<p>The class of 2009 is the largest ever. I've read that in a few places but I don't have a link to back it up.</p>
<p>The number of applications increased by 2000 this year</p>
<p>ITS OVER 9000!!
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sorry, I just wanted to say that.</p>