If you were wait listed at MIT that means you are"MIT material" and could swap places with just about anyone admitted to MIT as far as ability — so I’m happy WPI is fortunate enough to have you. You make a good point about EA versus RD. My worry is that an applicant like you might have gotten tossed if you had applied RD. Who really knows, but that there is a fair percentage of kids “in the top 25%” as opposed to top 5% means something weird is going on with respect to some top 5% candidates who got wait listed. I guess you’re implying that RD applicants have to walk on water AND also somehow convey that they most likely would choose WPI. It would imply that ALL the accepted kids with stats that put them near top 10% or worse applied EA. Naturally EA students with your credentials are absolutely in as only good could come of that from WPI’s perspective. Only WPI admissions knows. Regardless, the kids who make it in are top notch.