<p>Interview: No.</p>
<p>Submitted: Dec. 31.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted.</p>
<p>yeah I was surprised too.</p>
<p>I’m not sure this “case study” tells us much without putting the numbers in context of other factors; the decisions thread might be more useful. I don’t think the statistics that people who interview have much greater changes are wrong, but it might be the case that they are more qualified, tenacious, and dedicated to MIT in the first place. These qualities both help them schedule interviews on time and get admitted to MIT, but perhaps the interviews don’t directly have a large effect on admission.</p>