<p>One piece of data is in MIT’s admissions statistics: [MIT</a> Admissions: Admissions Statistics](<a href=“http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/apply/admissions_statistics/index.shtml]MIT”>http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/apply/admissions_statistics/index.shtml)</p>
<p>"[MIT deferees] were deferred because your application was already strong enough to make you a contender in the Regular Action round.</p>
<p>Therefore, the amount of students rejected in the EA round should give an approximate esitmate of the amount of people who are unqualified in admissions (other factors that need to be accounted for: MIT is not on common app so most likely higher for common app schools, especially Harvard; this is the EA round so more self selecting than RD, more I can’t think of)</p>
<p>Based off this data, approx. (5683 - (590 + 3916))/(5683) * 100% or 20.7 %.</p>
<p>Also interesting to note, is that besides the URM hook, many other hooks are more downplayed at MIT than other schools (no legacies, a smaller athletic bump, etc.)</p>