<p>All I know is legacy for this sort of thing. If they have recently lossened up, fine. Otherwise…beware. It only makes sense afterall, because remember…part of your fit at MIT is your desire to be there, not just to be one who can say they got accepted there.</p>
<p>An example of who they might share info with…from LAISSEZ-FAIRE PRINCIPLES, 1999-2000
Third Annual Edition, Revised</p>
<p>“Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 1861, private, $31900; shares
applicants most often with Harvard, Stanford, Princeton, Yale, Cornell
Univ.; 8676 applied, 22% accepted, 55% yield, middle half scored 1400-1560
SAT, 95% in top tenth of class, 103 external National Merit Scholars (9.9%
of class), 90% not from Massachusetts, 97% of freshmen return; U.S. News
selectivity rank 6th among national universities.”</p>