<p>1) I have read some of the blogs of some MIT people at their web. They seem to be open and their voice seems to stand out. I know everyone's style of writing is different, but is this how MIT wants its applicants to express themselves?</p>
<p>2) Here is an interesting web I found:
USNews.com:</a> America's Best Colleges 2008: National Universities: Where applying early may help you most—or not</p>
<p>Is MIT's EA admit rate 2% lower than that of the reg admit rate?
Why are all HYPS colleges having such a high EA rate? It it really this high?</p>
<p>Thanks for answering!</p>
<p>that figure is true, but the reason is that MIT is committed to accepting only a certain percentage of their class under early action. Overall, including the RD decisions, EA applicants fare better than RA applicants at MIT. This is because MIT defers pretty much everyone that they don't accept, and only rejects applicants that are not at all competitive. HYPS (until H and P removed their EA/ED plans), didn't have such a cap, and often filled a significant part of their class early, and found themselves having to reject many equally or more qualified applicants during RD.</p>
<p>What percent of the deffered MIT EA applicants get accepted in the RD?</p>
<p>I want more responses please. That would be very helpful</p>
<p>you can find all the stats on the MIT website.
MIT</a> Admissions: Admissions Statistics</p>
<p>if you calculated it, about 20% of the total EA applicants get in eventually.
however it won't show or tell you much "easier" since the EA applicants are generally more self selective as well as better prepared and organized since they had to start pretty early. Same with the interview thing, technically it gives you neared x3 the chance, but that is just a crazy number. Interview doesn't play THAT big of a role. it is more like since the better applicant and those who really want to go will bother to do the interviews.
Before you ask so many questions here, try going through the MIT website, as well as their blogs(especially Matt's and Ben's since they have more posts on admissions). those will be more accurate than anyone here can tell you.</p>