<p>I know, they say MITES have lower acceptance rate, MITES has its ojectives other than acceting people with awesome scores and GPA’s, MITES doesn’t predict your chance… blah,blah,blah, but do any of you know, REALLY, if I am rejected to MITES, should I even bother applying next year?
I might not be a minority because I am an asian.</p>
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<p>I wouldn’t let rejection from MITES stop you from applying to MIT. Though I’m confused what you mean by, “MITES has its ojectives other than acceting people with awesome scores and GPA’s”. Most MIT applicants qualify score-wise, so it too has other objectives.</p>
<p>sorry if I didn’t word it precisely. MITES has a lot of objectives, such as promote diversity. but I am sure acceptees are very high-achieving in terms of academics. but they say they don’t base their decisions on solely academics. I don’t know if I am rejected because I am not qualified academic wise, or it is because I am not a minority, not first-generation, not from family, below 5K income, you know, factors like that. </p>
<p>I really want to call them and ask why…</p>
<p>Your wording still suggests that you might not understand admissions. Admissions isn’t based solely on academics either. Teacher recs, essays, activities, etc are the things to really focus on.</p>
<p>all my comments on the admission process of MITES (not MIT’s) was inspired from a quote from my rejection letter from MITES(sadly), “our selection was not solely based on academic achievement, but a host of other factors that are aligned with the program’s objectives.”
this quote alludes the idea that, admission for mites is prob. more emphasized on other factors than academics. I think I had pretty decent essays,recs, and EC’s. I am just really curious if I am rejected because my background sort of defeats the purpose of the program(expose kids from disadvantaged background to challenging curriculums), or it is just I am not qualified academically. </p>
<p>but thank you for bringing up the flaws in my comments. I should be more cautious next time. :)</p>
<p>MITES was originally designed as a underrepresented minority-only program designed to encourage minorities to go into technical careers and also to bolster their fundamentals. It is not like RSI, where they are trying to find the highest-achieving people. It is still designed for smart and motivated people, but I think their focus is to find those who haven’t had a lot of academic resources. </p>
<p>I could be wrong about that, but that’s what my impression was. The woman’s summer program at MIT actually comes out and says that you are overqualified in the rejection letter, so my guess is that MITES may reject people for being overqualified.</p>
<p>thank you for the answer. even though I don’t have a chance to experience MITES this summer, I was notified yesterday that I am invited to the Junior Fly-in program. so I am satisfied at the fact that I can eventually indulge myself in my dream school, because I am too poor to pay for the trip myself. :)</p>
<p>I talked to someone who was rejected from MITES but subsequently accepted into MIT. It happens.</p>
<p>And doing MITES certainly doesn’t mean MIT acceptance either.</p>
<p>hey,</p>
<p>I had applied to MITES and I was rejected, but I was later on accepted to MIT early action. So yes, what Ouraqt said was true. I’m the living proof. lol.</p>
<p>RSI is the real deal. MITES is just charity. i have a few friends who were counselors and they said the student quality is below that of regularly accepted students. so DO NOT worry.</p>