<p>MIT =/= HYPS</p>
<p>Mostly because MIT is a different school from H is different from Y is different from P, etc; but also because MIT looks for different qualities in its applicants than do HYPS (it’s a science- and math-oriented school, for the most part, after all).</p>
<p>So a rejection from MIT is in no way indicative of success at MIT’s peer institutions.</p>