crzylilaznjay

Is it true that EA admission% is just as same as RA?
if then, wouldn't it be better to apply regular since EA pool is ALOT harder?
thnx and when is the application gonna be available?

Star*

EA is pretty self-selective, and therefore probably harder to get in. The thing is, if you don't get in EA, you'll probably be deferred to RD where you'll have the same chances as if you'd applied RD to begin with. So if your app is ready before the EA deadline, no harm in applying early.

PiperXP

You're not going to get rejected EA if you would've been accepted RA (you'd get deferred to regular admissions). In my opinion, if your application is ready by EA, might as well apply EA.

molliebatmit

Overall, a larger percentage of people who apply EA are accepted -- last year, 540 students were accepted EA, then another 299 EA applicants were accepted during the RD round. 1057 RD applicants were accepted. So the total number of EA and RD applicants accepted are roughly equal, but more people apply RD.

In the end, the timing of your application will not be causative for your admission. MIT doesn't lower their standards for either EA or RD applicants.

We don't know yet when the application will be available. It's usually available in mid- to late August, but Matt told me in an email that it may be out a little later this year.

nickwasy

Last year I know that the application came out on Monday the 4th, which, judging by Mollie's post, is earlier than usual. Already it's later this year than last year, but perhaps what Matt meant was just that it would be out later this year than it was last year, and not later than it usually is? (Just acknowledging a possibility; I wouldn't otherwise question your information, Mollie.)

With a bit of twisted logic, therefore, I'd say that it might come out on the tenth this year. Or, it might come out later than that: I have no secret information source so your guess is as good as mine.

crzylilaznjay

ohhh icic thnx helped me alot haha
another question (sry)
if you're deffered to regular admission from EA, then do they look at ur app equally as others' who did just RA?
thank you so much, i love this site and ppl here lol

Star*

Yup, if you get deferred to RA then they look at your app just like you had applied RA (I mean I don't think they reread the whole application, but when they go to committee its all the same).

molliebatmit

Oh, no, they really re-read the whole thing. They'll also read any extra information you choose to send between November and January -- sometimes people will send a note updating their applications with any new awards or happenings in their lives, or a new essay, or an extra recommendation.

To be honest, I don't think it's worth playing guessing games. The application will come out in plenty of time for EA applicants to complete it.

When you're deferred EA, you get an extra few months to think about what would have made your application stronger, and then send those materials.

hachan14

I noticed that in this blog it says that all applicants need to complete either:

(SAT I OR ACT) AND (3 SAT IIs: 1 math, 1 science, and 1 writing/literature/history)
OR
(TOEFL) AND (2 SAT IIs: 1 math and 1 science)

Is that a typo for the first option, since it says on other parts of the MIT website that we only need 2 SAT IIs, one in math and one science?

MIT Admissions | Blog Entry: "International Men & Women of Mystery"

soadquake981

That blog article is from 2005, so I think it might have changed since then.

molliebatmit

Yes, that entry was written prior to the inclusion of writing into the SAT I.

The current requirement is to take either the SAT I, the ACT, or the TOEFL, plus two SAT II subject tests, one math and one science.

MIT Admissions: Standardized Test Requirements

Nintendo360

What other schools superscore?

wmm8

Ok, so since MIT FINALLY released their application, I have been working on filling it out. I have not ever held a job, and I am worried they will look at that badly. However, I have a very good reason ( I held a job for week during which I was repeatedly sexually harassed, and charges have been pressed, after this incident my family would not allow me to get another job in high school). Should I say this in the section for extra information, or will it make it worse because I will be making excuses?

molliebatmit

It won't be a problem that you don't have a job. I don't think there's any need to explain why you didn't have one.

soadquake981

Do my teachers and guidance counselor need to physically mail the evaluation forms to MIT? If so, what address should I write on the envelopes?