chances after deferral considering others from same school were already accepted EA?

kz26
Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:44:00 +0000

So I go to a medium-large public high school in Michigan, about 1800 people. I applied to MIT under EA and was deferred. Two other people from my school also applied EA but got in- one got in for cross-country, I believe, and the other participated in MIT’s MITES program. Another person has applied to MIT regular decision. I am taking deferral as a good sign since they didn’t outright reject me. I don’t want to turn this into a full-blown chances thread, but in general, does MIT tend to accept multiple people from the same school, all who would be considered strong candidates?