it broke the hearts of 25000+ hardworking students and their families
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DD23 got in! Still cannot believe it. So happy! Was deferred EA.
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Oh man! We are also waiting on Wesleyan, Holyoke & a few other 7 sisters (those being her topsā¦we think lol)
I donāt even know about the safeties anymore. My son was deferred from Perdue when he clearly should have been accepted. You just never know, but it all works out in the end. Weāre waiting for several decisions which might all be rejections for a student who has great qualifications like so many others.
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Yep-- my twins have their safeties locked up and I think they feel pretty good about them (good merit, Honors, etc.) But that isnāt going to reduce the heartache that may be coming over the next 2+ weeks!
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best of luck to both of us 
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Congrats to your son on Caltech (seems their acceptance rate dipped below 3% this year, perhaps as low as 2% ā¦ so your sonās acceptance to Caltech is quite the accomplishment). While he may be bummed tonight, perhaps you can cheer him up with two photographs - one of Pasadena in December and another of Cambridge in December 
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But this year, with fewer applications (since not test-optional), the acceptance rate is higher than Fall 2021.
Fall 2022 (Class of 2027): 1259/26914 = 4.678%
Fall 2021 (Class of 2026): 1365/33796 = 4.039%
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Rejected. 1550+ SAT, 3.9+ GPA, some olympiad/humanities/research ECs. Canāt say Iām disappointed because I expected nothing.
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That is such a sweet thing to say JJā¦God bless youā¦
Agreed every bit
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Class of 2026 is 1337/33767 = 3.96% according to Admissions statistics | MIT Admissions
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aww 
Respectfully, can we not discuss acceptance rates tonight?
Itās a tough night for many hard working, brilliant students who are hugely disappointed, perhaps heartbroken. Letās give them support and encouragement.
And for those who were fortunate to be selected, letās give them our congratulations.
And our best wishes for both groups in their respective onward journeys.
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Done discussing.
Just explaining my numbers.
I took the Fall2021 accepted from ciceronisās post
(I should have checked),
and the Fall2021 number of applications from this yearās acceptance blog
When DS2022 was rejected by top colleges, the insane calculations of the low acceptance rates actually helped him deal with just how slim his odds were. Made the rejection easier since it was less personal.
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I truly appreciate your words of wisdom and perspective in all of these threads, truly. Its so welcome and nice to readā¦
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Son, Valedictorian, National Merit Finalist, at least 11 APās plus 4 project Lead the the Way from RIT 101.81 weighted GPA and denied. Calling BS last year kid with 95 GPA but played Football (but played and kicked the ball once freshman year after acceptance to MIT). Year before that Salutatorian accepted to MIT again for football ? Both from our district. Why??
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By the way, our daughter is graduating from Wesleyan University with a double major in May and loves it!
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Some how, some where, we need to consolidate and not apply to these schools that give athletes an edge to our academic students. Maybe then things will change?
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Varsity athletes at MIT have a higher average MIT GPA than non-athletes.
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My son is an athlete at MIT. The athletes on the team had very similar stats as other admitted students, higher in many cases.
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