How will the pandemic affect MIT admission this year?

thealternative
Sun, 06 Sep 2020 19:15:30 +0000

No problem. Moving on, since March not just tests but sports and in-person ECs have been through considerable upheaval. That includes science/tech ones. For those applicants with well-stocked living arrangements (decent computer and internet access, for example), some things have moved online. For other students without the same situation, even having a district laptop at home may not have been as good (due to controls on school computers that limit access to many sites).

So the disparity in opportunity - how will it reflect on applicants? How much leeway will be given for students that found a way to still learn and do community service work? While others may have not?

Interesting to know what admissions officers will pivot to consider this year, and for how long extenuating circumstances are considered just that.