<p>I was recently not matched by QuestBridge, therefore I have the option to apply to MIT under Early Action. However, I am contemplating whether I should or should not. Seeing as MIT recent read my application and in essence rejected me, is it worth trying a 2nd try so early? Or will the admissions officers still have that memory of my application and simply reject me? Whats your take on it? What are advantages and disadvantages?</p>
<p>Also, what are the chances that I will be deferred? Rejected? Accepted?
I feel like the only area I truly lack and fall behind in is with my SAT scores, which are
2060 (800 Math, 600 Reading, 660 Writing) and ACT scores, which is 31 Composite Superscored (36 Math, 30 English, 31 Science, 26 Reading). And my SAT Math II 800 and Chemistry 740. I know those scores are far from being "MIT standards", but my normal grades are exceptional in my opinion, I have the highest GPA in my class (99.36 on a 100 scale). And my ECs are fairly decent. </p>
<p>With those stats, I am worried that I will be flat out rejected in early action as I will be compared against more competitive applicants than those of regular decision. Additionally, in the past few years, no students from my high school has been admitted to MIT, which may come as a disadvantage. What in your opinions should I do? Early or Regular?</p>
<p>MIT didn’t “reject” your application, you just weren’t matched through Questbridge, which happens to a lot of students (one of my friends, for instance, was not matched to several schools through Questbridge that he was ultimately admitted to). You have nothing to lose by applying EA - and if they’re going to reject you anyway, wouldn’t you like to know earlier rather than later?</p>
<p>Yes, but wouldn’t the early action pool have more competitive applicants? So wouldn’t my application look more appealing in the regular decision applicant pool?</p>
<p>There’s no disadvantage to applying to MIT early, unless you feel your application would be stronger if you applied later.</p>
<p>MIT did not reject you by not matching you via Questbridge. They chose not to match you via Questbridge. The QB match is exceedingly competitive – only very few people are matched with MIT. In my recollection, several QB applicants on CC in the past few years were not matched, but were later admitted.</p>
<p>There is not a different standard for rejection EA and RD. If you are rejected EA, it is because the admissions officers feel you would not be competitive for admission during the RD round. Most EA applicants are considered competitive and are deferred to RD. I wouldn’t assume the RD pool is substantially less competitive than the EA pool – they are composed of many of the same people, minus the few hundred who were admitted EA.</p>
<p>If you are not planning to change your application from this point forward, I don’t see any reason not to apply EA. If you are planning to change or update your application substantially, you could wait for RD, but even that deadline is fast approaching.</p>
<p>EDIT: k4r3n2 and I think alike. :)</p>
<p>EDIT 2: And to answer the question you asked Chris in the other thread, MIT has historically admitted ~15% of EA applicants, rejected ~15%, and deferred ~70% to RD.</p>
<p>As a person who is in the same boat, I urge you to take up the EA option. There is no downside, it is only filling out four boxes and clicking “add me to EA” to finish your application.</p>
<p>The question I do have for Mollie and Chris though is since the application has been reviewed and the EA deadline is quickly approaching, have the adcoms already made up their minds on our(Questbridge Finalist’s) applications?</p>
I don’t know anything about this year in particular, but typically at this time of year, no decisions have been made whatsoever (except for any students who were matched via QB). The admissions officers will come together soon (probably within the next week) for selection, where they will discuss all of the applications and decide whom to admit.</p>
<p>@MITChris , by now, is it right that the individual readers would have given points to the applicants ? The committee will have some estimate of strength of applicants I suppose…Just curious about the process…</p>
<p>I was a QB finalist, but chose to quit the Match and applied EA (there was a complicated reason… don’t ask… basically what happened in the end was that MIT used my QuestBridge application for Early Action). But I talked to the QuestBridge director at MIT and he said even though they admit very limit # of people through the Match, they admit A LOT through the EA process. Don’t worry, QB will boast your chances by a lot.
Good luck!</p>