MIT MITES Program

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>Hey all,
I just got my acceptance letter yesterday (the 12th). I live in upstate New York. In the letter, they said 600 people applied to the program, and I'm guessing they accept around 60(?) so that's about a 10% admissions rate, not 7 or 8 as people have been claiming (unless only 45 or so were accepted). </p>

<p>I first found out about MITES actually through a program called CLAE- Carleton Liberal Arts Experience- that I went to last summer. Before I went, I had to read a book called A Hope in the Unseen by Ron Suskin, and in the book, a black student from Washington D.C. attended the MITES program. Seeing how MIT is my first college choice, I was like hey... I know what I'm doing next summer. In the book, it said that 82% of MITES that apply to MIT are accepted.... is this true, or just completely made up? And is there an interview at the end of the program?</p>

<p>Anyway, I'm looking forward to MITES, to say the least. I also applied to Carnegie Mellon SAMS (Summer Academy for Mathematics and Science), but I'm sure MITES is light years ahead of that program. Congratulations, naasian... hope to see you in June (unless you decide on Harvard Summer School). And to all that haven't gotten acceptance yet, good luck. </p>

<p>-Isaac</p>

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<p>82% sounds about right. 44 people out of the 69 participants got into MIT from MITES 2005, but there are quite a few that didn't apply to MIT in the first place. My guess is that it was in the high 70's this year, but even Marilee Jones gave a guess during summer that the MITES program had about an 80 percent acceptance rate over the years. "A Hope in the Unseen" shows mixed feelings about the MITES program, but nonetheless, MITES is an incredible experience, congratulations. Everyone at the program is so down-to-earth and normal that it just felt like home for me, just that everyone was really smart when we had to put our thinking caps on for psets and stuff.</p>

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<p>Hey i live in DC and just got into the mites program as well. I am soo excited...looking forward to see you guys there ; )</p>

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<p>so does anyone know if rejection letters are being sent at the same time as acceptance letters?</p>

<p>by the way TECHY, did you get your acceptance package on thursday or on wednesday?</p>

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<p>how could everyone not be a minority? doesnt MITES stand for Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science?</p>

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<p>It was part of some lawsuits 5 years ago. Rather than go to court, the program has since been opened up to non-minorities who have had disadvantaged backgrounds or will benefit greatly from the program.</p>

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<p>Mail jst came in.
Rejected.
The letter was not really comforting at all.
They kinda rubbed it in your face.</p>

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<p>sorry to hear that LA :(
just wondering... what does the envelope look like?</p>

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<p>its allright some one was bound to be rejected afterall......u have other plans for the summer, dont you?</p>

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<p>Nope, I am just stupid thats all, for only applying to
MITES.
anyways, the envelope is just thin, one sheet of rejection.
but it's okay, i somehow always make myself believe that everything happens for a reason.</p>

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<p>there is UF SSTP or BU Research whose deadlines hasnt passed yet. I don't know how their financial aid goes but those are respectable programs i think.</p>

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<p>i foun a number of math summer programs yesterday , their deadlines hadnt passed..............just google search high school summer</p>

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<p>I live in Maryland, I dunno, I think I'll do something at WPI, where I plan to go now haha. I don't think I can handle another rejection from MIT if I apply come fall.</p>

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<p>Have any of you e-mailed the e-mail on the MITES website?
If so, did you get a response?
Thanks.</p>

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<p>e-mail for what?</p>

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<p>on the bottom of the mites site there's a link to an email for questions & comments (to the webmaster)
I was just wondering if anyone had any of their mites-related questions answered through there</p>

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<p>Oh yeah, I did, just to find out what some of the stats were.</p>

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<p>you guys im going to die of anxiety. my dad lives in st pete and i live in west palm beach with my mother. he came down to stay with us and some more family for good friday, and my mites letter is supposed to come to his house. so my letter of rejection is probably sitting snugly in my dad's mailbox. He checked the mail on wednesday, but he didn't check on thursday. for some reason i have this gut feeling that most of the acceptances were received on wednesday, so in spite of the limbo i'm currently undergoing, i feel like rejection is coming! it's better to convince yourself that you're rejected until you're proven otherwise by the glorious acceptance package.</p>

<p>haha.</p>

<p>anyway. i wanted to let any rejectees that UF SSTP is a very great alternate to mites. i did it last summer and i had a blast and learned tons.</p>

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<p>BigLA, don't be discouraged. I met a few people, including some MITES TA's, that didn't get into MITES, but ended up getting into MIT. Give MIT a try come next fall/winter. Good luck with any future endeavors.</p>

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<p>I live in PA and I received my letter of acceptance on Wednesday, April 12th. One of my friends at school was also accepted and now I'm really excited to go. I never imagined two people from the same school would be admitted!</p>