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[neuron39]

<p>mia,
I don’t see a post by CalAlum. I agree that MIT is less interested in athletic recruits than the Ivies, and I also believe that there are development admits at MIT (and this is likely to become more prevalent, now that the endowment is way down and because of all the cutbacks). I doubt that coaches have much influence in the Admissions Office.</p>

[Nintendo360]

<p>Djokovic, I have two question for you:</p>

<p>For the Science Bowl, were you on the National + Regional winning team all four years of high school? were you ever the captian?</p>

<p>What were your AIME/USAMO scores?</p>

[molliebatmit]

<p>I posted the text of an email from Matt on the subject of athletic recruitment [url=<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1063213526-post24.html]here[/url”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1063213526-post24.html]here[/url</a>].</p>

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@Matt McGann

Athletes at MIT do not face a “different admissions process.” There is no separate athletic admissions committee. Coaches do not get to sit with the Dean and present their students in a special meeting as at many schools. There is no policy that we admit all academically-qualified recruited athletes. Perhaps more importantly, there is no “slot” system. What is a slot system? In a major article on Division III athletics admissions in 2005, the New York Times wrote,

Broadly, Division III colleges are separated into those that use what is customarily called a slots system and those that do not. Slots are reserved for athletes in each freshman class, a specific number that typically represents 15 percent to 30 percent of those admitted. Colleges that do not have a slots system may admit more, or fewer, recruited athletes, but there is no set number.

That is to say – we don’t hold open admissions spaces for teams/coaches, we have no quota or even any target for athletes.</p>

<p>That being said, we do value extracurricular talent, including athletic talent, in our admissions process. Most of MIT’s full-time coaches do recruit (though this recruitment bears little resemblance to what Division I schools call recruiting). Because of stereotypes and preconceived notions, many talented student-athletes are not aware that MIT even has varsity sports, much less that we’re actually pretty good (for example, a classmate of mine, Jason Szuminski '00, went on to pitch for the San Diego Padres, after completing his Aero-Astro degree). The outreach work of our coaches complements the work done by many at MIT in identifying talented prospective MIT students.

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[kicksave]

<p>Does anyone know how much an Athletic letter of support from the MIT Coach to admissions improve an applicants chances of admission into MIT? This would assume the applicant has competitive grades and test scores.</p>

[molliebatmit]

<p>kicksave, see my post above yours with the quote from Matt McGann – letters of support from MIT coaches are useful, as are other indicators that you’re excellent at something, but do not guarantee an acceptance, even for very highly qualified candidates.</p>

[WongTongTong]

<p>Djokovic slam? :)</p>