<p>the acceptance rate for girls is higher than guys...but that is to be expected i would think</p>
<p>Interestingly, the acceptance rate is also higher for girls than for guys at Caltech, which doesn't practice affirmative action. Girls get in at about twice the rate of guys.</p>
<p>The acceptance rate of girls AMONG girls will almost always be higher than the acceptance rate of males among males at a school like MIT. It's a fact that males are generally more into math/science as a whole than females are, statistically speaking (I won't go into reasons why). That said, the number of females applying is definitely lower than the number of males applying, and since MIT prefers a 50/50 balance of girls and guys admitted, females will naturally have the better acceptance rate.</p>
<p>Mad613:In explaining EA results you cited a couple of possible explanations that just dont exist at MIT -- "Each year the school has admission goals by geography (domestic vs. international, regions of the world & regions of the country), "diversity" goals and "Legacy" applicants just to mention a few."</p>
<p>Re: 1) international "quotas" -- internationals cant apply to MIT EA and there is no shortage of internationals applying in any event.</p>
<pre><code> 2) legacy applicants -- Mit asserts that there is no preference for legacies.
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<p>mia305: I stand corrected on the specifics but the thesis remains.
Also, legacy applicants do get a "second read" according to molliebatmit and others.</p>
<p>They get a second read, but the decision doesn't get overturned. That's not helpful, if you're a legacy applicant, in my opinion.</p>
<p>(Anyway, the director of admissions gives a second read to all admitted students. So it's not so unusual.)</p>
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hm. do some of those get overturned? =]</p>
<p>Read this</a> thread for answers from Ben Jones -- the answer is that it's possible, but he had never seen it happen.</p>