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Ummm, I'm not sure you can say that the over-acceptance of girls here (which is apparent no matter what the admissions office says) is a bad thing. Personally I wouldn't have even considered MIT if it had a girl-guy ratio like it used to. You may find it silly that I would put so much emphasis on that type of thing but when looking for colleges I wasn't just looking for a place to study but a place to live. A "college experience" (if you want to call it that) was a big factor for me. In fact I didn't apply to CalTech BECAUSE of that... seriously. With Academics at CalTech and MIT being so close I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of people made the same decision.
Oh, and athletics plays very little role in admissions. You can get a recommendation by a coach in your admissions file, but as far as I've heard it means nothing if you aren't absolutely qualified for MIT. I've personally never met an athlete here who isn't qualified (includes crew, baseball, hockey, sailing, lacrosse, etc.). In fact considering athletes versus non-athletes here I'd say that generally I find that the athletes are much smarter than the non-athletes (they can get through the MIT curriculum while still playing a sports every day for hours).
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