<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I was wondering what were the stats this year for early action. Out of the total # of people who applied EA,</p>
<li>how many were rejected</li>
<li>how many accepted</li>
<li>how many deferred</li>
<li>what will MIT be looking for when they re-review the deferees’ applications.</li>
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<p>Thank you in advance!</p>
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<li>50</li>
<li>383</li>
<li>2822-383-50=?</li>
<li>same thing they looked for the first time around. continued commitment, plus good midyear grades!</li>
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<p>and you're welcome :)</p>
<p>**NOTE: stats courtesy of "train kid".</p>
<p>Wow, I didn't even have to go look those stats up. Pebbles you rock! (Train-boy rocks too - thanks to both of you.) Deferred apps are treated identically to regular apps during regular selection.</p>
<p>Was the precise number of rejected students ever released? I thought it was just a very small number.</p>
<p>maybe I made that first # up :(</p>
<p>Yeah, I think you probably did. ;)</p>
<p>Those numbers definitely look in the ballpark to me, but are probably not exact. The number of deferred was much, much larger than the other two combined. It was a very strong pool.</p>
<p>383 were accepted and 2822 total applications were received. Beyond that I don't think any other numbers were released :)</p>
<p><a href="http://blogs.mit.edu/madmatt/posts/2855.aspx%5B/url%5D">http://blogs.mit.edu/madmatt/posts/2855.aspx</a>
<a href="http://blogs.mit.edu/madmatt/posts/2074.aspx%5B/url%5D">http://blogs.mit.edu/madmatt/posts/2074.aspx</a></p>
<p>Massachusetts Institute of Technology</p>
<p>The Massachusetts Institute of Technology admitted just 13.5 percent of its 2,830 applicants. MIT denied 50 students and deferred everyone else who was not admitted. </p>
<p>Google search. Don't know how reliable a site like "Ivy Success" would be but there is plenty more where that came from :P</p>
<p>I'm glad the number is low. Seeing all my friends flat-out rejected from their first choice schools in the early round is definitely tough. If nothing else, simply based on the fact that it is obviously their top choice school, they should be given another look.</p>
<p>whattttt</p>
<p>2,830? all the official numbers i've seen say 2,822.....:-</p>
<p>I think last year's number was closer to 2,830.</p>
<p>estimate? who knows.</p>
<p>anyways, train-child, can we at least agree that it dosen't matter?</p>
<p>DAMN, she called you "train-child." Ouch. :-)</p>
<p>WHO/WHAT IS "train-child"?</p>
<p>Silly swing-photo kid. ;)</p>
<p>Train-nerd</p>
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<p>:</p>
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<p>You guys are going to need to settle this via DDR at CPW.</p>
<p>Definitely not DDR. She's a good foot shorter and far more athletic. We need to find a more level playing field ;)</p>
<p>you're on. I've got all sorts of coordination.</p>
<p>O_o</p>
<p>OH MY GOD THAT'S EIGHT MORE APPLICANTS! :p</p>
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Seeing all my friends flat-out rejected from their first choice schools in the early round is definitely tough. If nothing else, simply based on the fact that it is obviously their top choice school, they should be given another look.
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I think it puts an undue stress on applicants. And a (probably) false sense of security. I was deferred at another school and I'd be happier if I was rejected. Because I was put in the same pile as all other strong "1580s" when I have a very low score and in general, weak "numbers". This has left me so confused.</p>
<p>Fine then, wall-scaling it is.</p>
<p>Watch, train-lover will challenge me to a computer-programming duel.</p>