MIT Waitlist 2027

Colleges and Universities A-Z Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Yeah, there were 1071 commits as of last Tuesday and that didn’t move, and I was thinking ~1100 total.

I went to the East Side Festival. Although that was a bit underwhelming, I did find out some interesting information about East Campus (and ran into a few people I knew).

If I ever return to East Side, I’m gonna offer to help with meat preparation (inspired by The American Barbecue Showdown … like injecting the meat with brine).

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Rejected as well :frowning:
I’m wondering how many people accepted a spot on the waitlist :thinking:

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MIT officially announced 32 off waitlist? how do you know this number?

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Anyone in this forum got off waitlist today?

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Yeah. I don’t know if I regret it or not. Cornell is probably a hair more suited towards my interests (biotech, comp bio, biopolymers, medical devices, drug delivery, organ printing, etc…), but Carnegie’s location is 10x better.

[EDIT] Cornell’s BioE is also more focused on environmental and agricultural engineering, which I’m not at all interested in. I’m much more interested in the medicinal applications of BE, and for that, Carnegie is the clear choice.

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Dear ECs,

We are writing with a quick update about the Class of 2027.

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But we were able to extend admission to 32 students this afternoon.

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I know a friend of a friend from IMSA who got in off the waitlist. To be expected from such a prestigious boarding school. So far she’s the only one I’ve heard about that got in.

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are you aware how many were on the waitlist, in total ?

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There’s no word on that anywhere other than “it was a small number.”

Certain facts I knew

  • Yield was 85% last year
  • East Campus was going to shut down for a couple of years (they did have some alternative places arranged, but not for everyone – that I found out at East Side)
  • 1259 were admitted (85% of this is 1070 and we actually got to 1071 as of a week ago)

Generalizations / speculations:

  • More people thought of MIT as their top choice which usually indicates an increase in yield (I don’t know how the waitlist numbers factor into yield)
  • I thought we were going to be around ~1100 total given the East Campus situation.
  • Class sizes average somewhere around 1150 (+/-). (Class sizes are: 1140 freshmen, 1203 sophomores, 1103 juniors, 1084 seniors, 108 super seniors)
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I’m guessing 1) MIT gave some time for people to decide whether to comMIT, 2) I think there were some people who were delayed or tardy in their responses, but 3) some people came in during the last week (translation = we won’t know the final number for a bit).

Plus I do not know how many people deferred from the 2021-22 to start in Fall 2023 or how that is handled.

The number currently is 1087.

(Just FYI: During the summer 2020 after COVID-19 i.e., Class of 2024 / incoming students in September 2020, we really didn’t know the final number until late summer. I would think we’d probably know maybe in a month or so – or close enough anyway.)