<p>Anyone here apply to the program? If so, post ur stats. How hard is it to get in? Anyone here previously attended? Any comments will do?</p>
<p>it is at MIT lol</p>
<p>They do things like flood dorms by breaking the sprinklers.</p>
<p>Just kidding... well, actually dead serious, but no hard feelings, anyways :)</p>
<p>B U M P</p>
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<p>This seemed like an interesting program, I was thinking of applying mabye next year (current soph) It might help if you add info on the program and a link to get people a bit more interested.</p>
<p>I went to MITES 2005. It was a great program and the best time of my life. Send me a PM, email, or instant message, if you have any questions. My stats were not amazing at all when I applied (just a high math PSAT score). To flierdeke: yeah, when the "flood" happend I remember being in the athena cluster above the student center doing a physics research paper while all the RSI people were in the midst of doing their final research papers. All I remember hearing was, "OMG I can't believe they did that...!!!" and some other words I'm not allowed to say on the forum. MITES 2006 is going to be hard to get into (1000 applicants).</p>
<p>hahaha why the quotes around flood, vu_preuss? We weren't allowed back into our dorms all night. My room was hit pretty hard so I had to sneak back in and take my laptop to Jonas's floor just in case any more water dripped down. I remember final papers were due in like 3 days and I still hadn't finished like half of my project. Ah well it all turned out ok. Sighh <em>nostalgic</em></p>
<p>Vu_preuss, do you know what happened to the kids that did it?</p>
<p>I have no idea what the repurcussions were for their actions in terms of price tag, but they weren't kicked out. I don't know what to say. A part of me says that many people were playing in the hall before with things they weren't supposed to and this time it just happened to hit the sprinkler (remember all the fire alarms during the summer), but the other part sympathizes with RSI. The summer was still great nonetheless, wouldn't you agree? Although RSI and MITES hardly ever talked (very BUSY), wouldn't you (zogoto or flierdeke) say that MITES is an opportunity that should be taken if given the chance? Either way, MITES increased their application pool by a lot this year. Admissions rate will be somewhere around 7-8 percent.</p>
<p>Definitely, vu_preuss--it sounds like an amazing opportunity!</p>
<p>And the flood was more amusing than anything--I don't think there was much serious anger towards MITES; most of the Rickoids were just relieved that after all those fire alarms (at least one set off by a Frisbee), <em>this</em> wasn't our fault. The flood was a bit inconvenient... but memorably so :)</p>
<p>Anyway, it does sound like an awesome program.</p>
<p>I set the alarm off like two or three times by opening the door on the 2nd floor which goes down to the "main steps" (which LOOKS like you're supposed to open it, by the way), and by going on the B tower staircase and not knowing that the 1st floor exit is to the outside and sets off the alarm. All during the first week when I was still investigating Simmons, mind you ;)</p>
<p>Who knows if MITES is going to be back at Simmons this year, but it was some fun times last summer. Did anyone apply to MITES here?</p>
<p>meeeeeeeee</p>
<p>All I can say was I was in the Athena cluster working on my E&M paper when I heard the fire alarm go off. At first, I thought it was another false alarm because the system had some glitches while we were there. My room was down the hall, almost unfortunately, because I'm sure the gushing water would have cooled it off. That's right, Simmons has no A/C, but you get past that. Now, to the heart of MITES. MITES is a sweet summer program, the best I have ever attended. It really does make you feel as though you can really hack it. However, it certainly is not a gauranteed admission to any college, as I was deferred at Caltech, deferred at MIT, and rejected from Olin, even though I was in the highest placement of Physics and Calc at MITES. THe lesson is to stay cautious after MITES and don't assume you have anything made for you, even if the acceptance rate will only be 7-8%. Best of luck to you all for acceptance to MITES, and further on, college.</p>
<p>This was a program I've been interested in ever since I heard about it. At first, from a flame war started on CC last year, I thought the program was a dumbed down version of science programs, a wanna-be RSI. I heard and researched more about it, discovered it was academically challenging (even for CC standards) and competitive for applicants to gain acceptance. I was hooked. Now, if only I'd be accepted in my jr. year. </p>
<p>Can any of you guys elaborate on the admission standards? What was the general academic caliber of the program participants? Was the program demanding, even for CC standards? How were the classes? Were they remedial or way too much to handle? What do you think would set applicants apart from other profiles (grades, essays, recs, ec's...)?</p>
<p>Do MITES really have trouble getting into colleges? I always thought it would be like RSI. Most (or all) of the participants are URMs...</p>
<p>Can any of you guys elaborate on the admission standards?
They really look at whether or not you would benefit from the program immensely. This means, is this an opportunity that would be hard to get for you (this usually falls under the URM and economic line question). They look at your essays a lot, and your math PSAT/SAT/ACT score must be high. If you have a reasonable reading/writing score, it should be fine. I imagine that next year, if promoted as well as MITES 05 did, admissions should be more rigorous. </p>
<p>What was the general academic caliber of the program participants?
There was really two distinct groups of people at MITES. There was the group that took a lot of AP math and science classes, so they took the more advanced classes (multivariable calc, physics e and m...), while the other group of students, who had as much potential, was provided the opportunity to display their skills. The academic caliber of its participants was definitely top-notch. I felt sort of out-of-place at times actually... Let me tell you though, that the program participants were chosen also based on their personalities. </p>
<p>Was the program demanding, even for CC standards?
1.5-2 hours of homework each night for each class (amounted to about 8 hours of psets, projects, and studying), need I say more? My physics professor saw that our average midterm class grade was about a 55, and she thought it was too high, so she made it even harder for the final, and the average was probably a 45 or so. My finals grades were: B (Calc II), F (26 percent in Physics), B+ (Humanities), F (Biology). The program was more demanding than the UCSD classes that I've taken and sat through. They condense pretty much 3/4 a semester's work at MIT into 6 weeks. </p>
<p>How were the classes? Were they remedial or way too much to handle?
* see above. You just need to focus in class and not fall asleep because you were trying to perfect your problem set. </p>
<p>What do you think would set applicants apart from other profiles (grades, essays, recs, ec's...)?
Presenting yourself as one who would benefit from the program in your essays and recs.</p>
<p>zogoto, both Latindude and I aren't URM's.</p>
<p>Really? I only remember seeing one asian girl there. Is there like a MITES transcript? Colleges that don't know about how rigorous it is might look at those Fs with a frown...</p>
<p>There were about 7 Asian people and 3 White people at the MITES program in 2005. Luckily there is no MITES transcript and all you get is a set of five recommendation/program evaluations. An F may be reflected in the recommendation, but more often than not, the professor expressed how hard you worked and other stuff besides the grades. Most of the grades weren't curved yet, so my "F+"s wouldn't really have been an F.</p>