<p>I didn't find MIT on Milton's matriculation list of 2007-2009， the list is for >4 att, so 3 or less students went to MIT in the last three years, comparing to 30 to Harvard, 14? to Yale. For class of 2009, no MIT. </p>
<p>Anyone thinks this interesting? Any explanation?</p>
<p>If you think Milton students may not like engineering that much, they did have 6 or so went to CMU.</p>
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It is very possible that the average caliber of Milton students who went for engineering is lower than that of other fields–such as economics or biology. CMU is a great university, maybe equally good as MIT for undergrad, but the admissions rigor is certainly not as high.</p>
<p>Maybe more Harvard than MIT faculty kids tend to attend Milton? Of course it wouldn’t explain it all even if it’s true, but it could be one reason. Just browsed Milton’s online catalog. It feels like a great school. One thing I read from the prior posts is the “complaint” that Milton has a greater day student population, but the school’s size is large enough that there are still about 400 boarders, which is greater than the whole population of some smaller schools. Unlike some other top tier schools such as Deerfield and Andover though, Milton’s admission rate for 2009 actually went up from 25% (Peterson’s) to 28% (Milton catalog). Not sure why.</p>
<p>I asked the question during the interview. The admission officer said they did have students went to MIT (just happened to be few) and kids of MIT faculties on board. </p>
<p>I notice their math curriculum isn’t very deep, comparing to lets say Middlesex. Wonder if that has anything to do with it.</p>
<p>MIT is my son’s dream school, so I am looking more carefully here. </p>
<p>More day students is fine with us, actually we like it that way. No long Thanksgiving break, not Sat classes.</p>
<p>um…
maybe they didnt wanna go to MIT?</p>
<p>We have friends who are MIT graduates, and we also have known MIT professors. The general feeling seems to be, “MIT – great, premier school. I wouldn’t send my kid there as an undergrad.” One slogan of undergraduates is, “I Hate This Place.” (IHTFP [IHTFP</a> Hack Gallery: Frequently Asked Questions](<a href=“http://hacks.mit.edu/misc/faq.html]IHTFP”>IHTFP Hack Gallery: Frequently Asked Questions))</p>
<p>So, I wouldn’t assume that Milton graduates aren’t prepared for MIT. It’s more likely that fewer students apply to MIT than to Harvard from Milton Academy.</p>
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<p>I will assume your son is an eighth grader? I understand wanting to make sure he has options, but isn’t checking the matric lists for success in one particular school kind of limiting? He may find some other passion while in boarding school and be better suited for a different school. </p>
<p>I know that some kids are really really focused at a very young age. It’s also really cool to be around kids like that sometimes. I just think that it’s important to coax those kind of kids out of their often self-imposed cage every once in a while; i.e. get the math kid to discuss a work of art and the bookworm to see the beauty of numbers.</p>
<p>I’m sorry if I’m really off-base. It just struck me as odd that matriculations to one particular college would be such an important factor. Of course, I do seem to be in the minority here.</p>
<p>Neatoburrito,</p>
<p>I understand and agree what you are saying. That is exactly the reason for us to send him to a private school. Otherwise staying in our local public school, take the path of math/science competition to MIT would be a good option. </p>
<p>I am not considering it as a big factor, but still want to check it out, be sure the school is not MIT-proof in case he still wants to go there after 4years. :)</p>
<p>Periwinkle,</p>
<p>May be Milton students got enough insights that kept them away from the place everyone hates. :)</p>
<p>neatoburrito, MIT does offer programs which interest middle schoolers. I think last weekend was devoted to the SPLASH program, and I think they have an array of other educational outreach programs, including a summer program. If Faymom lives in the Boston area, her son could well know MIT well enough to love it. It’s actually more rational to prefer an organization you know and like, to other institutions with which you’ve had no contact, as an eighth grader.</p>
<p>Also, I think the kids who declare MIT to be their dream school are establishing their identity as science & math devotees. As a senior in high school, they may change their plans, and broaden their horizons. After all, there’s Johns Hopkins, CalTech, Carnegie Mellon, Harvey Mudd…</p>
<p>John Hopkins in the same category of MIT, Caltech CMU? never knew that? </p>
<p>MIT offer MANY programs for high schoolers, fewer to middle schooler… I looked last summer.</p>
<p>It’s more than likely because Milton students didn’t want to go to MIT. By the way, that tends to be true of other top tier private schools as well. If you check the matriculation lists for St. Paul’s, Middlesex, Groton, Deerfield, Andover, Exeter, Choate, and others at that level, it’s the Ivies these kids want, not tech schools like MIT or Caltech. It’s not because the curriculums or facilities at these schools are lacking either. Many of these schools have endowments larger than quality, small, liberal arts colleges, with amazing facilities. The SSAT scores tend to be really high as well, encompassing exceptional Math potential, so it’s not lack of aptitude either. I’ve never understood the love for MIT among some people. It’s a great “tech” school, but its atmosphere and curriculum, particularly for undergraduates, is more akin to academic hazing than an environment for open, creative, expansive, intellectual pursuits. Just my .02.</p>
<p>I graduated from Milton last year and I can attest to the fact that not many kids apply to MIT each year. A couple of my friends were admitted last year, but chose a different university instead.</p>
<p>Msu, what was the reason for that? No many math/science kids, or kids just don’t like MIT?</p>
<p>MIT sucks and Milton kids know and understand this fact. </p>
<p>(Just kidding, don’t take it too seriously. I don’t even know where Milton is!!)</p>
<p>I’m not very sure actually. The ivies and small liberal arts schools were more popular. Our math department was pretty terrible though. A lot of kids had trouble with math because of the teaching style (or lack thereof).</p>