<p>Non-Profit</a> Connects Low-Income Applicants With MIT - The Tech</p>
<p>How does everyone feel about this? Personally, I am completely discouraged at this point. I was feeling oddly optimistic for a while because I am a pretty unique applicant, but this information has completely deflated any confidence I might have had. </p>
<p>Not to mention that now all the mail has been processed and my transcript has not. Easily remedied, I know, but still. Discouraging.</p>
<p>I'm *<strong><em>ed about that. Even more *</em></strong>ed that I worked my ass off this term to get good grades that are going to come out on the 25th and my coll advising office is like, yeah, we'll send them out by early December we think!</p>
<p>I'm scared. :( I'm not surprised, though.</p>
<p>Not to be mean, but that's lame. honestly, I think it's fair that everyone know their options, but to encourage people to the point of having a program is ridiculous. it just lowers the chances for those of us who really want to go there that aren't part of that program</p>
<p>ham, that's pretty annoying about your grades. Luckily, my quarter grades came out on Nov 1 and were sent to MIT last week. Whether they got there, I have no idea.... With my luck, they didn't.</p>
<p>If you think about it though, odds are that EA admits won't ALL be from the Questbridge program.. meaning that probably a maximum of 100 Questbridge applicants will be admitted (I'd be surprised if it were that many). Thinking about it that way makes it seem a little better... increases our chances a little bit.</p>
<p>im happy they arent seeing my midterm grades lol... bio is destroying me especially after missing first 2 weeks of school from finishing an abroad internship...</p>
<p>Darn ham, i feel bad... it sucks when hard work goes to waste... i hope it doesnt impact ur decisions that bad (im assuming it doesnt at all :) )... don't worry bout it bro... if it matters i wish they had my chem/ AP calc grades for this year to look at lol (100% in math ftw!)</p>
<p>awwwwwsht</p>
<p>lol</p>
<p>centimeters that is a wild and extremely flawed statement... considering the other top schools like yale and stanford who accepted a max of 17-30 students (as claimed by my friend who is doing questbridge as well)... that was a very outlandish statement with the 100 thing.... and who knows... universities like MIT can afford and do have the space might i add, to support a small rise in number of applicants they accept... its just their choice whether they wanna nurture more kids or keep a stability in numbers...</p>
<p>I was using 100 as an absolute maximum, and incredibly unlikely number; using hyperbole to illustrate my point. Note where I said "I would be surprised if it were that many." </p>
<p>I have no idea, and neither do you, how many QuestBridge applicants MIT will accept. I was merely making the point that they are unlikely to admit enough that it will skew the numbers in terms of the percentage of non-QuestBridge EA applicants admitted.</p>
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universities like MIT can afford and do have the space might i add, to support a small rise in number of applicants they accept... its just their choice whether they wanna nurture more kids or keep a stability in numbers...
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MIT actually doesn't have much flexibility in terms of the number of students they can matriculate each year, because housing on campus is guaranteed for four years. In past years when more students have come to MIT than expected, freshmen have been "crowded" into dorm rooms (doubles turned into triples, triples into quads, etc.)</p>
<p>MIT is expecting to admit a few more students now than it has in past years, because a new undergraduate dorm will be opening soon, increasing the residential capacity on campus.</p>
<p>I see... i wasnt aware they guaranteed 4 years on campus hmm... good point... but how about the afford part???</p>
<p>It's usually the space issue that's mentioned first. MIT supports so many students (even students who pay full fare are being heavily subsidized by the Institute) that I'm not sure a few extra students either way would make a big impact financially.</p>
<p>I mean, if MIT adds a lot more students, then you start having to worry about faculty-student ratio and about having lotteries for popular classes or majors. But this would take more than a handful of students; it only takes a handful of extra students to cause some serious pain in the housing system.</p>
<p>wait is it required that we send first quarter grades if we're applying EA?</p>
<p>To my knowledge it's not required but my school just does it automatically. I'm pretty sure the only thing that's required in terms of senior year grades is the Mid-Year Grade Report.</p>
<p>i'm going to figure out a way to send it in... I'm not going to let a mean lady prevent MIT from seeing my hard work. I've got a "connection" with the lady who prints out transcripts (LOL!). Do you think MIT would accept an updated version of my transcript in lieu of the Mid Term Grade report?</p>
<p>Yes, I'm pretty sure they would. My school sends quarter grades in its own format.</p>