<p>OP: I agree with the above posters. Unfortunately or fortunately depending on one’s view of “athletic recruitment” many of the applicants to MIT who are NOT athletes feel it is more MERITOCRATIC than the other DIV-1 schools…that athletics is seen in the same light as a musical prodigy or software design prodigy, etc…without one weighing more than another…</p>
<p>…it is interesting to note that the only 3 schools that are highly ranked and DIV-3 are MIT, Chicago, and Caltech…and all three have historically been very ACADEMICALLY FOCUSED schools…and I know in recent years, all three are trying to lighten up that image somewhat…Caltech, less so…</p>
<p>…best wishes in your application process…</p>