Better to apply EA or RD at MIT?

jujube
Thu, 14 Apr 2011 20:41:26 +0000

MITChris: I’m not interested in EA to skirt the senior grade issue – I’ll be taking a challenging courseload, and have no intention of slacking off. What I’m really asking is, if one has done some signficant research culminating in an Intel project, would it be better from MIT admissions standpoint to apply RD when those final results are in, or is it enough to describe project in EA application? I want to apply EA because I really want to be at MIT, and though I know the EA percentage acceptance is small, being accepted in December would mean that I wouldn’t have to apply to so many other schools.