<p>MIT and Caltech like people who apply early. They know the kid will show up. </p>
<p>They are getting much harder to get into now that the yield rate is going up for all of them so much that they are unable to admit waitlisted students.</p>
<p>I just saw the video in first link where they say she is interested in Harvard. If I was an adcom at any other top school, why would I care if I saw that video.</p>