<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>