Number of students to be admitted...

Colleges and Universities A-Z Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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<p>From DECISIONS Blog:
"In a year of record early action applications, 590 students have been admitted to the MIT Class of 2014.</p>

<p>There were 5,684 Early Action applicants this year, representing a 13% increase over last year’s record. The deep applicant pool, combined with a commitment to maintaining equity between early and regular action admissions, meant that only 10.4% of applicants were admitted. An additional 3,893 applicants were deferred to regular action, where their applications will be reviewed anew.</p>

<p>Dean of Admissions Stuart Schmill said, “The continued quality and increased depth of the applicant pool – both in what students are doing inside and outside the classroom – is simply astounding. The selection committee had their work cut out for them.”</p>

<p>The 590 admitted students come from 44 states and 445 different high schools. First generation college students comprise 14% of the admitted group, and 27% are members of underrepresented minority groups. Women comprise 47% of the admitted students.</p>

<p>The record number of applications can be explained by MIT’s mission and values, said Dean Schmill. “MIT’s excellent financial aid program and commitment to serving students from all socioeconomic backgrounds were attractive to families in these economic times.” Schmill added, “In addition, students recognize the value of science & technology-centered education, combined with a strong humanities program, to acquire the tools to succeed in the global economy.”</p>

<p>MIT’s non-binding, non-restrictive early action program allows students maximum freedom and choice. “We want the process to be as helpful and accommodating to the students as possible,” said Dean Schmill."</p>

<p>So.. 590 admitted early. about 3500 deferred.</p>

<p>Meaning they have 1000 and change to still admit. </p>

<p>There will be about 15,000 students applying regular (including the deferred)</p>

<p>soooo... a 10% chance. ouch.</p>

<p>omggg :c</p>

<p>Til Pi day, I'll just stare at this: Countdown</a> to MIT 2010 Regular Decision Results</p>

<p>Good luck everyone!</p>

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<p>1000 offers left? that would make the acceptance <10%</p>

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<p>Yes sir, this is just ridiculous :c </p>

<p>All we can do now is wait…</p>

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<p>It’s going to be lesser than 3% for internationals…</p>

<p>Talk about scary…</p>

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<p>internationals are in deep trouble :)))</p>

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<p>We can only hope the yield goes down…</p>

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<p>Lol we internationals are gonna get massacred tomorrow.</p>

<p>Good luck guys!</p>

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<p>just like your name says mr. FRY. i hope they will at least put some oil in the pan :D</p>

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<p>Fry… In Cantonese, it means “Fail”… I’m going to get deep-fried tomorrow… :(</p>

<p>International++;</p>

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<p>We’ll be right. I mean, internationals like us always have to prepare for the worst, though I hope at least one of us gets in!</p>

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<p>we’ll see. i hope we all get in ^^</p>

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<p>Ken, how is fry fail? I scoop bottom instead. :0</p>

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<p>Also, is the link randomly generated. But I think I have seen 17 times Harvard got nothin on us out of 50 times. Only 4 times Go beavers and 7 times Cambridge awaits. 11 times Our hacks are better than yours.</p>

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<p>The link’s messages are indeed random, or at least as random as is reasonable. However, it would appear that “Go beavers” is twice as likely to appear as the others - 2/7 as opposed to 1/7.</p>

<p>Does anyone feel like doing a statistical test to check for reasonability?</p>

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<p>@ MrPropapanda: “Fry”, does mean “fail”, or better, “screwed”.</p>

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<p>Oh, Chao! I thought you meant Zhar. Anyway, I will still scoop bottom by not looking on Pi day.</p>

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<p>MIT has a quota for international applicants. </p>

<p>We’re gonna be DOOMED!</p>

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<p>Ok, if we reload the page enough times we should be able to work out the expectation of each quote appearing. I have repeated this 60 times and received the following results.</p>

<p>Go Beavers!: 19
Cambridge Awaits.: 13
The real geek squad: 11
Our hacks are better than yours.: 10
Harvard’s got nothin’ on us.: 7
We’re smarter than you. Get used to it.: 5
Total: 60</p>

<p>I noticed an interesting trend. The shorter phrases seemed to come up more frequently. Here’s a graph showing how the length of the phrase (measured as the number of characters) varied inversely with its frequency. I have included a trend line:</p>

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<a href=“http://i40.■■■■■■■.com/24xqgxy.jpg[/IMG]”>http://i40.■■■■■■■.com/24xqgxy.jpg

</a></p>

<p>Here’s the code, if you’re interested:


function random_imglink(){
var myimages=new Array()
myimages[1]="Go beavers!"
myimages[2]="We're smarter than you. Get used to it."
myimages[3]="Harvard's got nothin' on us."
myimages[4]="Our hacks are better than yours."
myimages[5]="Cambridge awaits."
myimages[6]="The real geek squad."</p>

<p>var ry=Math.floor(Math.random()*myimages.length)
if (ry==0)
ry=1
document.write(myimages[ry])
}
random_imglink()
//-->

</p>

<p>This is what happens when you’re waiting for MIT decisions :P</p>

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<p>Well, I suppose we need more values.</p>

<p>We need to try this 10 times to get a precise result. To reduce random errors. Do we have error bars.</p>

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<p>^ Yes, definitely. Perhaps then we can produce a mathematical model to predict the the frequency of a phrase with n characters appearing (n∈ℕ) when the page is reloaded k times.</p>

<p>=D</p>