<p>Also was there a letter with the booklet? We got a booklet, but there is no letter about how they got our info. (not that I am complaing) or why they have sent us this booklet. Thanks.</p>
<p>Are you going to MIT this fall? I am, I haven’t received anything…</p>
<p>I got it. I get a lot of mail from a lot of colleges, and I have no idea how any of them get my info. But I’m glad that MIT chose to send me the booklet. I’m only a junior, but definitely interested in MIT.</p>
<p>ok, so if you are still in high school, colleges get your info from tests like SAT and ACT a lot of the time</p>
<p>IsaacM, My son is a Junior in HS. </p>
<p>schachwhiz, Was there a letter with the booklet? </p>
<p>My son is receiving mail from colleges for his performance on the NMSQT/ PSAT. (He will probably make NM semifinalist). However, I was under the impression that MIT is not affiliated with that program. My son will take the SAT subject tests in June and Reasoning test in Oct. He will probably not be taking the ACT.</p>
<p>This is interesting. Did the booklet have 10 blog posts from the admissions blogs? Which ones? And why?</p>
<p>10 blog posts we curated to send to a subset of prospective students. One of yours was among them lidusha 
Come by the office and you can pick up a copy!</p>
<p>the booklet was probably sent to students who have previously indicated interest in applying to MIT for the next admissions cycle</p>
<p>MIT Chris, I am glad you sent the booklet, MITChris. Son enjoyed reading the blogs very much. In the past, when I have asked if he will apply to MIT, he has always come back with a “they don’t even know I exist” remark. Well, at least, now he cannot say that anymore. 
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<p>Invisible Matter, Now that you mention it, last year, S took the SAT (prior to the PSAT) and had sent those scores to MIT. Perhaps that is where they got his address. He was thinking of applying to MITES, but eventually decided against it, because he began having academic difficulties in school. So applying did not seem to make sense. </p>
<p>Unfortunately, as parents, who had not taken AP classes in high school, we could not guide our son on proper course selection. We allowed him to sign up for a very difficult course load of five AP classes and two pre AP classes in Junior year, at a rigorous high school, not realizing how much work they would be. (His school will be sending 4 graduates to Stanford, 2 to MIT, 2 to Harvard and 2 to Princeton as well as several to other Ivy League and top schools this year, according to the GC Office). I remember being quite upset about why nobody at the school had advised him or us on the difficulty of AP courses. When his grades began to suffer, son spoke to GC about withdrawing and scaling into some Academic level classes. He was told it was too late to withdraw. I was so upset, I even offered to let son withdraw from the school during the semester and transfer back to his old school district (largely Mexican American), where he had been a top student. Under the circumstances it did not make sense to apply to MITES.</p>
<p>I have to say, during this period of adversity, I learnt a lot about my son’s character and determination. I was an emotional wreck, but he was calm and committed, working extra hard and not distracted or phased by all the noise. He persevered to avert what appeared to me would be an impending academic disaster. He refused to change schools. He declined an offer from his GC to substitute one class for study hall. He just stayed the course and studied harder. In the end, he will end his Junior year with at least As in Physics and Computer Science and at least Bs with some As in everything else. His performance may not be MIT good, but in a school where a large number of kids attend top colleges in the country, I am quite proud of what he has achieved as a Junior. The silver lining is that as a senior next year, the only science/ Computer Science/ Math courses left for him to take will be AP Physics and AP Calculus BC. These are subjects that he really loves. In addition, he will be able to devote time to Math competitions and chess website (he has created), which he has been wanting to do, but not had time for this year. </p>
<p>Sorry for rambling …</p>
<p>I received it…it was quite the interesting read, although I was sad there wasn’t an article written by an electrical engineering major.</p>
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<p>remember that time way back, when [insert name] started taking an interest in applying to MIT and subsequently registered for an online account?</p>
<p>^Online account? :)</p>