<p>Hey. I'm a Junior looking to apply to MIT. It would be really helpful for me to see stats of people who are already admitted. Could you put all of the basics, such as test scores, ECs, awards, ethnicity (if you're not offended) + anything that would give a little more info? Sorry if this post is redundant. I couldn't find anything else like it. Thanks.</p>
<p>MIT doesn't admit stats, they admit people.</p>
<p>and there's a lot of "here are my stats, willl i get in?" posts; aggregate statistical data for test scores and ethnicities and a few other things about MIT freshman admits can be found on the admissions website [url=<a href="http://admissions.mit.edu/AdmissionsWeb/appmanager/AdmissionsWeb/Main;jsessionid=ClZRnyNtYQyJcTQpgYKyJy2XKCSyCYKbpQLqcMNTrppDhR0s8Ln2!1757187221!NONE?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=pageWhosAtMIT%5Dhere%5B/url">http://admissions.mit.edu/AdmissionsWeb/appmanager/AdmissionsWeb/Main;jsessionid=ClZRnyNtYQyJcTQpgYKyJy2XKCSyCYKbpQLqcMNTrppDhR0s8Ln2!1757187221!NONE?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=pageWhosAtMIT]here[/url</a>].</p>
<p>Fine. Write about what kind of person you are. Anything that would help.</p>
<p>maybe you'll get good luck with all the fresh admits; i honestly don't remember my stats, much, or the sort of person i was when i applied. i'm a different person now, and that was a while ago. what little i can dig up: 5s on 7 ap exams, 1600 sats, 780-800 on 3 sat2s, involved (heavily) in dance, (not so much, but leadership roles) asian student's club & math club, choir(s), community service gig at the local hospital, etc etc blah i'm forgetting things. i had pretty awesome teacher recs (not for sure, but almost certainly), kicked the stuffing out of my interview, and wrote an honest/not cute/not trying excessively hard essay, which probably a bit better than most they saw, but only b/c i like to write. i think the basic effect i was going for was "these are some things i do, these are the things i think about, if this is what you're looking for then admit me", since i didn't expect to get in. <em>shrug</em> now i've replied to your post even tho i said i wouldn't. but at least i was right, and this is probably not at all useful to you.</p>
<p>Even if people could write about what kind of person they are, that doesn't help anyone because no one can really change the type of person they already are. Further, develop who YOU already are, and the rest will fall into place...</p>
<p>Guys, just provide the info being asked for. :p</p>
<p>Here</a> are the stats you are looking for
Hope that helps. Though i'm not sure it will... (as the other posters clarified).</p>
<p>Thanks. I don't even know why I bothered to consider applying. My stats are shameful compared to any there. I don't have that "wow" charasteristic either. If a 4 time USAMO qualifyer who discovered new strains of bacteria can get rejected, I don't have a chance in hll.</p>
<p>Like amrik said, MIT admits people. That guy maybe was a cardboard cutout with no personality.... (just a thought)...</p>
<p>But from what you guys are saying, the thing is almost totally subjective. I certainly can't change who I am, but I can still change some of my activities to fit their needs. There was still a distinction in stats between those who were accepted and rejected (please don't hurt me). Oh, and, what is this Harvard/Yale book award? Am I allowed to participate?</p>
<p>The Harvard/Yale Book Award (or any of a number of other CollegeName Book Awards) is an honorary award given to juniors at some high schools to recognize special achievement. It's usually only given if an alumni of the colleges that offer the award is in some way associated with the school and offers to sponsor it (or something like that). It's an end-of-year, this-student-was-tops-in-subject-X award usually consisting of an inscribed book and a plaque. (For instance, U. of Rochester offers a "Math and Science" book award at many high schools.) If one's school doesn't grant these book awards, one can't qualify otherwise (that I know of).</p>
<p>On the subject of changing your activities to "fit their needs"... well, they don't have any needs. You do. You are (or should be) throwing yourself into activities that you love, and showing through your commitment to them and accomplishments in them that you are bringing something of yourself to the world. As Matt McGann said in his weblog this week, "We look for people who are collaborative, who are good mentors & role models, who will be good roommates, who take initiative, who look to be leaders in some way." Rather than trying to force your list of activities into what you perceive to be MIT's "needs", follow your passions. Truly and deeply and honestly. </p>
<p>I mean, look at the posts on this board: accepted students this year include folks who've done RSI and IMO and chemistry olympiads and programming competitions, as you'd expect, but also weightlifters, creative musicians, photographers and artists, and students who have thrown themselves into community service activities for years at a time, helping to change the world through service to others. It's a very diverse group, and I was beyond impressed when I met many of them at CPW. Be who you are, and show them how special that is.</p>