<p>I was just honest about where I was applying, and gave a reason why I was applying to each school. Of course, for most of them usually the reason was “a good math and physics program” so I guess as others have poitned out, the pattern helps.</p>
<p>The fact that every single school you’re applying to is extrmeleye prestigious and selective may have led him to bleive that youre applying to MIT only for the prestige and not because its a good “match.” Apparnelty, MIT cares about that, or so they say.</p>
<p>My interviewer commented that he and his son applied to almost exactly the same schools. I thought it was kind of funny. I mean what are the odds that both he and his son applied to 5 of my 7 schools</p>