<p>I used to be cynical about the college application and acceptance process as I watched my son proceed through it last year. Then I met, online and in person, many of the MIT admissions folks. They are as decent a group of people as I have ever met, whose personal and group integrity I am highly impressed with. I am no longer cynical about this process, at least where MIT is concerned.</p>
<p>After the initial “could you survive and thrive here?” hurdles are passed, what seemes to matter for an applicant is whether your passions and how you demonstrate, describe, and live them, are a fit with the MIT mission, methods, and incoming class. Not where else you’ve applied for admission.</p>
<p>I believe it plain doesn’t matter AT ALL.</p>