EA only for Athletes/URMs/Geniuses?

Colleges & Universities A-Z Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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<p>truth? 10char</p>

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<p>Nope. 10char</p>

<p>Check out last year’s decision thread, stickied at the top of the forum. The results posted in December 08 are the EA ones. :slight_smile: Lots of different kinds of people get into MIT EA (and RD)</p>

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<p>mollie. don’t leave yet. i have a question!</p>

<p>how are the arts at MIT? i’ve tried doing some research, but most sources don’t even mention the arts at MIT.</p>

<p>is there a large English major crowd? a litmag on campus? poetry/literature students?</p>

<p>:)</p>

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<p>English majors, no. People who are passionately interested in writing, absolutely.</p>

<p>About 60% of MIT students participate in at least one arts-related extracurricular, although very few students actually graduate with degrees in the arts and humanities. </p>

<p>The MIT arts webpage is [here[/url</a>]. They maintain a list of [url=<a href=“http://web.mit.edu/arts/do/groupsclubs.html]student”>http://web.mit.edu/arts/do/groupsclubs.html]student</a> groups in the arts](<a href=“http://web.mit.edu/arts/]here[/url”>http://web.mit.edu/arts/) – you’ll be able to check out these groups for yourself if you’re admitted and attend Campus Preview Weekend in the spring.</p>

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<p>My D got in MIT EA last year. She is not Athlet/URM, nor Geniuses. She is also interested in art (visual art, [MIT</a> Visual Arts Program](<a href=“http://visualarts.mit.edu%5DMIT”>http://visualarts.mit.edu)).</p>

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<p>I understand the genius and URM factor…but I don’t understand why people keep putting recruited athlete as if we get more preference in the admissions process?
From what I understand we don’t get an extra pull compared to other EC’s…but I pray that I am wrong. haha</p>

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<p>I really hope not because I am none of those</p>

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<p>thanks mollie.</p>

<p>i checked out the website, and the one lit mag published by the school has a really shabby webpage…hmmm. :(</p>

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<p>During the invocation President Hockfield gives at the start of the year to each freshman class, she describes the class almost as if it has a distinct personality. What struck me when I sat in the audience in 2007 was the diversity of the students. She described that class as having artists, musicians, entrepreneurs, valedictorians, athletes, budding engineers, researchers, mathematicians. She mentioned that the class of 2011 included a girl who grew up herding cattle on her family’s ranch in the midwest, a set of brothers (twins?) who were professional jugglers, and many more interesting, interesting young people. I seem to recall that last year MIT admitted a set of quadruplets.</p>

<p>The process sort of reminds me of the marble collection I had as a child. I wanted one of each kind …</p>

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<p>“but I don’t understand why people keep putting recruited athlete as if we get more preference in the admissions process?”</p>

<p>Being a recruited athlete is a definate and significant hook.</p>

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<p>^ From what I’ve heard, at MIT it seems to me more of a boost than a significant hook?</p>

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Not at MIT. MIT doesn’t even “recruit” athletes like others schools do.</p>

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<p>Don’t they do something along the lines of affixing a sticky note to the application for athletes they’ve talked to? I’m not suggesting it’s “recruiting” along the lines of what Ivy’s, etc., do, but I have heard that it certainly helps.</p>

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<p>@silverturtle
Where did you hear it is a significant hook? Most officials from MIT deny such a claim.</p>

<p>PiperXP is currently at MIT so I’m gonna have to go with his/her word as much as I want athletics to be a pretty significant hook.</p>

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<p>I certainly hope not, as I am none of those XD</p>

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<p>I did notice that very well-rounded people (typical ivy admits, for example) do tend to get deferred early and accepted regular. Maybe I’m incorrect :P</p>

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<p>From Matt (from an email he sent me a few months ago):

Being a recruited athlete is great, but it isn’t a “hook” at MIT – it’s not more of a boost in your application than being a great musician or artist who sends in a supplement would be.</p>

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<p>Being a recruited athlete is definitely a hook. Keep in mind that our dean of Admissions was previously a varsity coach. That being said, every year the coaches at DAPER send to the admissions office a list of who they would really like to see admitted, and every year the coaches are disappointed in part. Stuart Schmill knows both sides of that experience.</p>

<p>It is a significant hook, but it cannot get in an unqualified student. It definitely can assist a borderline student to get in.</p>

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<p>My view of what a “hook” is supposed to be is something that makes a student essentially un-turndownable. Athletics at MIT would not be in that league.</p>

<p>I would venture to imagine, for example, that applicants with RSI on their resumes are admitted at much higher rates than recruited athletes.</p>

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<p>I take it that you don’t like RUNE’s website. I understand that. (I am presuming that you are talking about RUNE rather than VOODOO the humour mag (which used to advertise with the slogan - Get VD on campus for only 25 cents)).</p>

<p>The writing program at MIT doesn’t tend to revolve around the MIT student magazine the way it does at some schools. When students study writing on campus, the faculty are often encouraging them to submit their work for professional, rather than student publication. This applies in both genre fiction, and more traditional literary fiction.</p>

<p>For example, Science Fiction writing is taught by Joe Haldeman (4 Hugo awards, 5 Nebulas, a World Fantasy Award and a Campbell winner). He discusses the various markets for science fiction and it is assumed that his top students will be looking to sell their work in the first instance. Professor Junot D</p>