EA only for Athletes/URMs/Geniuses?

[CountingDown]

<p>It’s much harder to get into RSI than MIT. Heck, I think one’s chances with Intel and Siemens are better than RSI!</p>

<p>mollieb, does anyone ever apply to MIT to major in course 17? There is a program in the department S2 particularly likes but thinks applying for polisci is insane, even if one is willing to get through the GIRs to do so.</p>

[silverturtle]

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silverturtle, I would not argue that being a URM is a hook, either. </p>

<p>If we want to water down the definition of “hook” so far that it means “something good in your application that could help your chances of being accepted”, then almost everybody has a hook. I would agree, by that definition, that being an athletic recruit at MIT is a hook. But I would also say that participating in research, being good at music, having a close relationship with your recommending teachers, being able to write a great essay, and having a high SAT score are also hooks – and if all of those things are hooks, then hooks are useless because everybody has at least one.

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<p>If we take “hook” to impractical extremes (anything that helps or something that assures acceptance), the word is useless. I, as does the vast majority on CC, use “hook” to describe something, often intrinsic, that gives one’s application an automatic and significant edge. Being a recruited athlete or being an under-represented minority is a hook at most schools. The former may not be the case at MIT, though.</p>

[ChargerFans]

<p>I think being an athlete has got to be a hook or help in some way. My son two years ago was waitlisted and one of our friends who is a URM and the valedectorian from her school was rejected outright. My son’s scores were no where near this student however, he did have support of the coach. Don’t get me wrong, my son had good numbers but this girl was off the charts.</p>

[jamesford]

<p>Being a recruited athlete is a plus but remember MIT is Div III and the recruiting process is unlike that at Div I schools</p>

[molliebatmit]

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mollieb, does anyone ever apply to MIT to major in course 17? There is a program in the department S2 particularly likes but thinks applying for polisci is insane, even if one is willing to get through the GIRs to do so.

There are a few. You might send jessiehl a PM – unless my memory is faulty, I think she did her humanities concentration in 17, and she was also involved in student government, so she probably knows several more course 17 majors than the average MIT student.</p>

[Feliz]

<p>I was just wondering if the athletes got in?</p>

[ChargerFans]

<p>My son got deferred and the coach emailed us and said “I am very disappointed”. But at least it’s not over yet. Just wish the recruiting process was over.</p>

[eevvaann22]

<p>indeed! (=</p>

[Respectfully]

<p>I got deferred.</p>

[Feliz]

<p>My D is an athlete too and got deferred. :(</p>

[mayhew]

<p>Although the vast majority of the athletics are Div. III, women’s crew is Div. 1, and therefore would have a different recruiting process - as in, I believe there are slots the coaches can use. MIT has one of the best college sailing teams, I believe, but not Div. I I am sure.</p>