How will the pandemic affect MIT admission this year?

skieurope
Thu, 27 Aug 2020 16:57:10 +0000

Lindagaf:

I expect that MIT, like many colleges, allowed a certain number of students to defer. Those students will be filling some spots, for sure. Yes, admissions might be even tougher for the upcoming cycle due to those students and other factors. They are probably going to have to make even harder decisions than usual.

My advice this year: have a very well thought out list with matches and safeties that you really like, can afford, and will be happy to attend.

87 students deferred enrollment but MIT did not go to the wait list to fill those spots. So my guess is that they are looking at the class of 2024 plus 2025 combined to equal twice their target class size of ~1110. So I don’t expect the number of acceptances to drop by much… However applications may increase due to test optional, leading to a lower acceptance rate.