<p><a href="http://web.mit.edu/mites/www/index.html%5B/url%5D">http://web.mit.edu/mites/www/index.html</a></p>
<p>About 600-700 people get apply every year for 80 spots (40 males and 40 females).</p>
<p>That's about a 12% admit rate, in line with MIT's college acceptance rate. Note that a vast majority of MITES attendees get accepted to MIT and other top colleges. Attending MITES is a very strong hook.</p>
<p>MITES is awesome, especially in comparison to those other university summer programs where you have to PAY thousands just to take only one or two courses.</p>
<p>So what are people's stats/ what were your essays?</p>
<p>yes, i did apply, thank you all for your replies. i'm not very confident about it, but i guess we'll all just have to wait until april. good luck to all of you and keep the conversation going!</p>
<p>^^ pmlee1 since you play soccer I'll have to play against you at the MITES v Interphase challenge (don't worry you'll find out what it is lol)..I am the reigning king of MITES soccer lol</p>
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<p>That's a lot more comforting than the last statistic I heard, 1000 applicants and 50 spots. I submitted my app on time, but I'm still waiting on a rec. letter :/</p>
<p>haha sounds fun aky. you're going down!</p>
<p>Is it possible/recommended to send in supplement materials?</p>
<p>@plmee1</p>
<p>It's already too late, the deadline was February 1st. Anyways, I think you'll do more hurt in turning in anything they don't request.</p>
<p>wow so i'm just slightly disappointed that this thread is so short. hope the number of applicants didn't go down this year. for those of you who applied, good job. for those of you who think you can increase your chance of getting in by shooting down others, very disappointing. mites is an awesome experience. not only do you get to experience college level classes, you will also meet friends who you will talk to for many years post-mites. i did mites and applied to be a TA this year. though standarized test scores serve as an initial cut to make sure attendees can handle the workload, they are just that. beyond that point, it comes to finding people who fit based on essays and recommendations. that said, nothing is ever absolute so i really hope everyone who considered applying actually did. i'm kind of kicking myself for not coming back onto Cc sooner. all the best.</p>
<p>naansian, since it seems you've already been to MITES maybe you can answer some general questions about the program.</p>
<p>I read some where, from a MITES alum, that there's some flexibility in which classes you're put into, as in it's not completely based on pretests. Can you elaborate on this?</p>
<p>What are the classes like? Do the science classes include labs?</p>
<p>How much freedom were you given (curfew, places you could go, etc.)?</p>
<p>Were MIT resources such as the ability to check out books available to participants?</p>
<p>Does the MITES program run any out of class activities like parties, or movie nights?</p>
<p>At Summer@brown boys and girls were seperated by floors. Does the same thing happen at MITES?</p>
<p>Thanks for your future input</p>
<p>Yay, I just received a note they received my completed application!</p>
<p>Good luck to everyone...be sure to post admission decisions here in April!</p>
<p>yep i got my note that they received the app also!</p>
<p>HEY MJ582!,</p>
<p>I can answer your questions as a MITES Alum :-D:</p>
<p>1)The classes are fun for the most part. Hard, but fun. I can't speak for all classes but i can speak for the ones that I was in (Calc II, Physics II, Biochem, Humanities, and Digital Design). The teachers were awesome and i liekd the classes. In terms of flexibilty most of the classes are required and you take placement tests to find out which one you're in. Calculus, Physics, Humanites and a life science (bio, chem, or biochem) are all required and they have levels. For example there is calc I and II, and physics I, II, and III; you take placement tests and get placed accordingly. You do have an elective that you pick to take. Last year it was genomics, engineering design, and digital design. Digital Design OWNS them though :-D lol.</p>
<p>2) There is a curfew. I think it was 11 on the weekdays and 1 on the weekends. You don't have to go to sleep but you have to be in the dorm. I don't remember them ever checking to see if we were there but thats the curfew lol. Around finals and midterms they let you study in the student centers or buildings until w/e time though. That said you can pretty much go wherever you want to around Boston/ Cambridge. There are i think two places (chinatown being one of them) that they don't want you to go. And you're supposed to travel with a TA (but that was never enforced). So yeah, you're pretty much free to go explore if thats what you want to do.</p>
<p>3)One of the main things they preahced at the program was that you weren't alone. You have access to all the resources of an MIT student. From taking out whatever you want to in the library to working with the professors before and after classes. The resources was one of the main reasons i was able to get through the program. Yeah me and the other 63 students felt like quitting at least once lol. The support from the TAs, administrators, librarians, teachers helped us through it though.</p>
<p>4)HAHA. Trust me they have you doing so many things every weekend that if you come across a day when they don't have you doing anything your excited. Literally, i can only remember one weekend where there wasn't a planned activity. But trust me, you have plenty of time to do things on your own if you want to.</p>
<p>5) Yeah it's like Brown. The boys on one floor, the girls on another. They have this no gender mixing policy that they take pretty seriously. They don't want boys in girls room or vice-versa unless you guys are working on PSETS. BUT gender mixing doesn't apply to lounges lol.</p>
<p>Hope I helped. Anymore questions just let me know. GOOD LUCK YOU GUYS! And if you get it, it'll be one of the best decisions you'll ever make to go lol.</p>
<p>:D Thanks so much!!</p>
<p>thanks! that was really helpful. I have some questions about MITES socially. I have heard that there are two groups at MITES, the kids who are haven't done a lot of science courses and the kids who have done lots of AP science and math courses. Do these two groups mix? Also, my mom was less than enthusiastic for me to apply because she had heard that it was a camp where there was a lot of "inappropriate behavior"(apparently they distributed condoms that were all used within a couple days). Did you find this to be the case?</p>
<p>@rosee09</p>
<p>I think that you have it all wrong. Yea there are some kids that have taken 10+ APs and others that haven't but last year it was a really cooperative environment. Meaning we all worked together on PSETS. We all helped each other out, and by doing that we all became really good friends with each other. No doubt you'll probably have a core groups of about 10 friends but you'll get along and socialize with everyone. I remember last year some of the kids that had taken a bunch of APs were some of the coolest kids there doing things that made you even question if they'd really take all those APs. To put it simply, there is no social divide. Yes you'll communicate with some people more than others but you'll get along and be good friends with everyone.</p>
<p>About one your mom said...umm i have no idea what she is talking about. Last year when i went they didn't give us any kind of condoms. What they did give us was a long speech about how gender mixing wouldn't be tolerated for non-academic reasons. Even threatening to send people home if they were caught doing inappropriate things. Now did some people get involved in some of those things (not sex because i don't know...i'm talking more about gender mixing in general) most certainly, but the administration was totally against it and you can tell your mom that they do all they can to prevent inappropriate behavior while your there.</p>
<p>I got the application just on time, although there was a complication and I had to fax something to MITES after the deadline. But still, my application was completed and accepted. I'm asian as well, hopefully I can get in. MITES sounds like a lot of fun!</p>
<p>hey akybaky I have another question and it's also from a rumor (sorry)
I read somewhere that although the RSI and MITES students live in the same building they usually never talk to each other. If it's true that's too bad because I would love to know the research that RSI students are doing.</p>