<p>Lol, they reject this awesome guy, then accept not so awesome.... So random seriously</p>
<p>JK guys</p>
<p>What are you talking about?</p>
<p>I really can’t tell what you’re trying to convey exactly. The “JK guys” kind of confused me, so I’ll treat what you wrote before that seriously. Admissions are not random or “crapshoots”. There must be a reason why someone was accepted or rejected. You can have the best stats, but if your essays are awful or show that you have an unfavorable personality, you might not be getting accepted. I’f you have average stats, but really hit your essays out of the park and shows the adcoms something special about you, you’ll most likely get in. Admissions are not random, and I hate when people on here try to make it sound as though getting into the top schools is some sort of lottery drawing. If you didn’t get in, its because the adcoms didnt see you fit for their school.</p>
<p>Good stats don’t mean anything to top schools - practically everyone applying has them. Even if a person has a 4.0 UW GPA and a 2400 SAT, he/she won’t be the first applicant to have presented such credentials. So a lot of the decision comes down to the subjective factors, especially the essays and recommendations. Is this person interesting? Does he/she work well with others? Does he/she genuinely enjoy learning? What are the subjects that he/she is excited or fascinated about? All these questions can’t be answered purely by looking at objective criteria, so the admissions officers have to turn to the subjective parts of the app to differentiate between those whom they will accept and those whom they will not (even though both groups have plenty of applicants with excellent objective stats).</p>
<p>I’m sorry, but what’s “JK guys”?</p>
<p>Although we may never know it, they pick each person for a reason.</p>
<p>^^ Agree with Calgirl. Much of the subjective, but pertinent information for each applicant comes directly from your teacher recommendations and guidance counselor’s Secondary School Report. And, if MIT is to be believed, thousands of those letters do not do enough to differentiate candidates. See: [Writing</a> Recommendations | MIT Admissions](<a href=“http://mitadmissions.org/apply/prepare/writingrecs]Writing”>How to write good letters of recommendation | MIT Admissions)</p>
<p>“We receive thousands of recommendations like this each year. It is all positive, but it doesn’t give any real depth to the candidate.”</p>