<p>MIT, without a doubt a great school. Many here won’t qualify for much need based aid so they’re searching for schools with merit aid. MIT gives NO merit aid (understandably so, all the admits have great stats). </p>
<p>Early action and it sounds like you needed aid, hope that worked out. That’s not a route someone with an EFC of 20K or higher can chance (early action route), the school might decide there’s no need (they’re a CSS profile school).</p>
<p>Although I don’ t think their FA is a good as HYP. Did you get good aid in the end?</p>