Hi guys! I was a deferred applicant recently rejected to MIT, and I just wanted to thank all you on college confidential for all your help and guidance that you showed to other students.
But, before I close the book on MIT until maybe graduate school, I was just wondering about how MIT factors maker portfolios into its admission process.
I read this article about Maker Portfolio and the gender imbalance associated with them (http://web.mit.edu/fnl/volume/291/peterson_abelson.html), so I just find it odd how couple of girls from my school, including myself, submitted Maker Portfolios but none of us were even waitlisted. We are all students with good SAT scores, internships, etc.
In my case, I submitted both a Maker Portfolio and an Art Portfolio, so I was hoping if anyone could provide some closure to me and many other female engineers in my school as to why this may be the case.
I know it isn’t a straightforward answer, but anything would be nice as advice for future applicants from my school. Thank you very much and best of luck to all MIT’s 2021 students!