MIT- recruited athlete?

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<p>^From [Chris</a>’ thread](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/massachusetts-institute-technology/882019-statistics-mit-2014-admissions-cycle.html]Chris”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/massachusetts-institute-technology/882019-statistics-mit-2014-admissions-cycle.html) on this past admissions cycle:

@MITChris

19% of the class were identified as being art, music, or athletic stars. These are people who may have played major concerts as soloists, or who have been recruited to be varsity athletes. One of our art stars has designed several US stamps and a major art installation at the UN, and has been supporting his family since the age of 8. Same as with the academic stars, this helps, but isn’t a meal ticket: of the 900+ AMA stars who applied, around 300 got in.

So, again, it is great to be a recruited athlete (or musician, or artist), but it doesn’t provide any sort of certainty as to admission, even in combination with great test scores.</p>