MIT 2011' admits who were rejected by WTP back in Summer 2006

<p>As a WTP '07 employee and WTP '05 alum, I would like to clarify something:</p>

<p>Aceptance to WTP and acceptance to MIT for college are completely unrelated - WTP admissions is handled by the WTP staff, while MIT admissions is handled by the folks down in the MIT admissions office. While it might look nice to be able to mention that you went to WTP on your MIT app, being accepted/not to WTP isn't something that will make or break your MIT app; each year MIT accepts hundreds of girls that never even applied to WTP, and also rejects a handful of girls who did attend the program.</p>

<p>So nobody should interpret rejection from WTP as an indication of future rejection from MIT - the two have almost nothing to do with each other.</p>

<p>I'm a WTP staffer and have been since summer 2005. I'll add my voice to gigog: WTP admissions has absolutely nothing to do with MIT admissions. People every year get into one, the other, or both. They are not at all related. </p>

<p>Also, our admissions decisions are not based on the "Rating your WTP application" thread or anything remotely similar. It just isn't that cut-and dried. So please don't look at your rating there as a measure of your success, your chances of getting into WTP or other summer programs, your chances of getting into MIT or other colleges, or anything other than a number based on one person's imagination ;).</p>

<p>Admissions for WTP is competitive, but it's also subjective. We're looking for smart, talented girls, but we're also looking for people we think will benefit from the program besides having another accomplishment on their resume. If you come to WTP, we want you to enjoy the program! If you've seen most of the material before, you'll be bored and frustrated. We'd rather give that opportunity to someone who hasn't had the chance to see the material before, someone who could be challenged and learn something. </p>

<p>Arwen, I'm sorry you feel like you wasted your time filling out the application. We can't post requirements for our ceiling because we don't have a numerical threshhold like that. If nothing else, look at this application as practice for your college applications. :) Good luck applying to colleges in the fall, and wherever you end up. </p>

<p>Kaylle</p>

<p>Thanx a lot for Kaylle and gigog~</p>

<p>Ohyeah, I missed your earlier post before, but I wanted to come back and address it. Please don't feel that because we accepted you, you're somehow less talented or less successful than the people we deemed overqualified! That's the wrong way to look at things :) "Overqualified" simply means that the curriculum of the program might cover material someone has already seen, not that they're "too smart" or "too talented" for the program! It just means that, given their background and experience, we thought they might not enjoy the program. </p>

<p>If you were accepted, I hope you'll take that as the accomplishment it is, and not worry about how you compared to other people who may or may not have been accepted for various reasons. Please don't beat yourself up because you weren't overqualified! If you were accepted, it means we saw something in your application we liked, that we thought you could handle the material without difficulty, and that we thought you would enjoy learning the material. Please take that as a compliment :)</p>

<p>I'm happy to answer other questions about the program, if you guys have them. This is my third summer working for WTP, so I can probably answer most things. And gigoh was a student at WTP in 2005, so she may be able to give you a different perspective.</p>

<p>thank you for your insight that "overqualified" probably means
"may not benefit" from the program :)</p>

<p>If that is indeed the case then it stands to reason that one can specify
the two or three things in someone's background that "overqualifies"
them- it does not have to be numeric at all ...</p>

<p>hmmm... the numerical measures were posted early in the process for fun
I for one would never take anything like that seriously :D</p>