<p>SoCal all the way! Hey hey @Hitman!</p>
<p>Hah, reperzentin’ Tejas. Soufwest Houston up in hurr?!</p>
<p>On the real though guys, I was wondering something: why is it that so many people who apply EA to MIT seem to also apply to UChicago? I know its a good school, but I’ve never gotten a chance to learn much about it; it is good for a lot of the same majors at MIT or what?</p>
<p>Probably because MIT and UChicago are the only “top” schools with non-restrictive EA.</p>
<p>^ and CalTech</p>
<p>I’m surprised at how many people apply to both MIT and UChicago seeing as UChicago doesn’t have an engineering program but w/e.</p>
<p>For a lot of people it’s just about getting into as many top schools as possible. There’s this one girl at my school who fully intends to be a lawyer but is applying to both MIT and UChicago EA, just because of their status. Unfortunately, and I mean this in the nicest possible way, she’ll probably get in because she’s black and has excellent SATs.</p>
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<p>… what nicest way is that? </p>
<p>I have no idea about UChicago, but nice SATs and being black in no way guarantees admission here.</p>
<p>Thanks for pointing it out. I now realize that my post could be interpreted this way. I thought it best to withdraw it, but the site doesn’t let me. Would the moderator of this thread please strike it from the record? Thanks.</p>
<p>Hey guys. I have an EA question. If we sent in a supplemental recommendation, is it a waste of the Admission Office’s time if we email or call and ask if they received it? I know it’s almost a week since the deadline but I’m kinda paranoid my research mentor’s forgetfulness will screw me over…</p>
<p>Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>that’s a pretty repulsive statement, punjabi7hitman.</p>
<p>i’d thank you not to bring that attitude to this message board, let alone the world at large.</p>
<p>clearly, there is no nice way to say something like that, and also what’s so unfortunate about a black girl getting into a school she almost certainly deserves to attend? if you HAD to classify it as anything, it’s a beautiful thing that that’s possible today, and i’m thankful that a diverse pool of students get into top colleges.</p>
<p>maybe you should put a little thought into what you say before you say it, instead of blurting out these kind of insipid, low comments and asking for some moderator to mercifully strike your blunder from the record.</p>
<p>you won’t find people in college that take well to your looking down upon a fellow person for their race.</p>
<p>being black is not a negative thing in any way, being judgmental is.</p>
<p>fix your attitude about getting into college; focus on merit and your own efforts, and not demeaning those of others.</p>
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You certainly can call or email, but MIT isn’t done processing all the mail yet, so it’s unlikely they’d be able to tell you if it wasn’t there or if it just hasn’t been processed. It would probably be easier just to double-check with your research mentor that he/she sent the letter as requested.</p>
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We have a standing site policy of not deleting posts that don’t violate the Terms of Service.</p>
<p>In defense of Punjabi7Hitman, I don’t believe that he meant any offense towards black men or women. He was simply commenting on the fact that underrepresented minorities often have a better chance of getting into top colleges. This, coupled with high SAT scores, would definitely make it probable that this girl would be accepted to MIT or UChicago. And I stand by this, as does the data.</p>
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<p>Which data (as relevant to MIT)? I recall MITChris posting recently that Asians had a higher-than-average acceptance rate into MIT (and were possibly the only race with such a rate?), which would imply that being Asian is an advantage. I doubt this fits with your model.</p>
<p>I just realized: being a middle-class white male from the DC area doesn’t really help you much. Oh well; MIT already got all my stuff. It’s only a waiting game now.</p>
<p>Hey guys,</p>
<p>Just wanted to squeeze in this discussion thread with a few (silly, if I may) questions…</p>
<p>1) I applied EA and after I sent my application in, as I was reading over my responses, I realized that I started one off with a quote that my cousin always enjoyed saying, which was pretty inspirational for me. However, I did not quote him; instead, I just dove straight into my short answer, because adding " ‘blah blahblah,’ as my cousin loved to say " or " ‘blah blahblah,’ as my cousin always said " added too many words. I know that one must always credit the author of the quote, so would it look bad that I didn’t?</p>
<p>2) I know that “noooobody, I repeat, noooobody” can accurately give the chances of one’s acceptance, but I was thinking the other day… Correct me if I’m wrong, but if there are stellar students who might have messed up on a portion of the SAT (get like 490 on CR but 700s or 800 in M or W), wouldn’t that make MIT think “hmm, if we accept them, then our SAT score range will shift lower”. Have there been any cases like that? (As in, a person was able to get in with a below-standard score in a section)</p>
<p>3) There are the admission statistics posted on the website, but for final decisions.
[ [MIT</a> Office of the Provost, Institutional Research](<a href=“MIT Institutional Research”>MIT Institutional Research) ]
Does anybody know whether there are that kind of stats for just EA?</p>
<p>Also, best of luck to everyone!! you guys are great! :)</p>
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<p>Huh? Those score ranges are there for the applicant, not for MIT. While MIT does have rough scores of applicants who tend to succeed at MIT, other indicators can cover those scores. (And yes, this does happen.)</p>
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<p>I have tried to stay out of this thread b/c I want y’all to have a place to talk amongst yourselves without me being in here but just FYI this conversation has literally never happened in our office and never will happen and the day it happens I will quit my job and publicly say this is why </p>
<p>OK? ok.</p>
<p>ok! 
I’m sorry, just wanted to know…</p>
<p>so… who’s your favorite blogger/blog post? Does anyone read them like craaaazy? =) I really like Yan and Elizabeth’s and the applying sideways post is one of my favorites.</p>