<p>“Although I recall reading that at MIT, the acceptance rate for deferees was less than 5%. However, MIT (if I remember correctly; this was in 2000) also rejects almost no one EA, so the pool is probably more diluted.”</p>
<p>I don’t know how it was in 2000, but it certainly isn’t like that now.</p>
<p>Early action (last year)</p>
<p>Applicants 2,965
Admitted 377
Deferred to regular action 2370
Deferred applicants admitted during regular action 295</p>
<p>from: <a href=“http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/apply/admissions_statistics/index.shtml[/url]”>http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/apply/admissions_statistics/index.shtml</a></p>