Buuuut… How many actually completed them?
@Iamquiteloud
lmaoooo ^ @Newdle That’s true.
How many people get into MITES?
Also which program do you guys want the most? I’m praying for MITES.
I know they say that all the programs are “equal” in a way but it was originally MITES and E2 and MOSTEC were added years later I believe. I actually asked how applicants are selected. Like is it everyone gets evaluated for MITES and then those who don’t make the cut then get evaluated for the other 2 programs OR is it they read each app and select all the admits, THEN sort them into the 3 programs?? I didn’t get a clear answer though. Any other theories?
@Newdle I don’t know how many people actually finished and submitted an application, but I am pretty sure that it was at least over 2,000 if not more, since the number of applicants last year was around that number .
@PoisonIvy I want to go to MITES sooooo bad, but I would still be beyond honored to go to MOSTEC or E2. Although MITES is my #1 choice, I would also like to attend MOSTEC because it is extended and lasts for about 6 months, and you also get many other opportunities.
From what I have gathered from my research about this program, the number of applicants who get accepted into MITES is about 80, or 4 %. (if you divide 80 by 2000 then you get 4 percent exactly, but that is actually the percentage that they have given) and the number of applicants who get accepted into MOSTEC is a little bit over 100. I’m not sure as to how many people get accepted into E2, so I can’t tell you.
Hobbies: I’ve very music oriented, if I do say so myself. I’m able to play the saxophone, bassoon, guitar, etc. I have leadership positions in my band program, aswell as help middle schoolers after school with their musical pursuits. Aside from music, I am also very interested in math and science, always trying to refine my skills to improve my knowledge on the field. I also enjoy helping my dad build things and learning hands on.
What I want to do after high school: Oh boy lol, I really want to go to MIT or Johns Hopkins for biomedical engineering. If not, I would happily go to UC of Berkeley, CalTech, Duke, UF, or any where not in Florida ( i’m a south floridian haha)
Something about myself: I LOVE listening to music! I’m very open minded, and will listen to anything: Death metal, Jazz, Indie, Country, Classical music, Folk, Rap, and the like, but my preference is Jazz. My favorite shows are The Walking Dead and Parks and Recreation.
I always like hanging out with my friends and my roaming my town.
I also build things to get hands on experience. Currently, I’m building a fairly large electromagnetic motor with a car battery.
Question for people who previously went to MITES: This question is more for people who went to MITES (since they stayed at MIT for 6 weeks.) When you’re not studying, what do you guys do? Do you guys roam the Cambridge, or do groups hang outs, or…?
The Florida presence is strong here. I like how the three of us so far all dream to leave the state haha. As for hobbies, I play a lot of video games - maybe more than I should. I’m also really into competitive robotics (FIRST anyone?) and computer building (I built my own gaming rig). Outside of school I do labwork including research (university) and analysis (private companies). MIT is my dream school, but I’m sure that’s the case with a lot of posters here though I’m also drawn to CalTech and Berkeley since I’d like to study Chemistry.
I’m a huge cult film movie buff; directors like Nolan, Fincher, Tarantino, Refn, etc. As for music, I my range is pretty huge. My all time favorite is Pretty Lights, though his source material from soul singers like Syl Johnson are really appealing to me lately. Besides that I’m into all sorts of EDM like Monstercat, but lately into the psychedelic 80s synth sort of stuff you’d listen to while playing Hotline Miami (El Huervo, Kavinsky, Perturbator). Besides that my tastes can vary a lot from something like Pink Floyd to my embarrassing case of Yung Lean Stockholm Syndrome (why do I even listen to his music?).
I’m a huuuge Breaking Bad fan (I promise I don’t want to be a chemist to become a drug lord though, lol). Other honorable mentions are Game of Thrones, True Detective and House of Cards.
@lilmonet1 I’m a MITESAlum.
@Iamquiteloud Yeah that number’s going to be off. There’s always TONS of people who start apps that last week. I bet if they posted that today w/who started apps and who finished it would be like… We’ve got 4k started apps, and 1.5k submitted. I think last year there were somewhere around 1.5k apps that were completed, my guess is the number is similar for this year.
That awkward moment when you’re from the Sunshine state too…
@Eutectic welcome to the thread! It’s always great to see new MITES Alumni visiting and contributing to the thread. While we have your attention, would you mind telling us what your MITES experience was like, what you think helped you get accepted, the impact MITES had on you, and/or how the program affected/benefited you?
p.s. Also, since we have to wait TWO months for our response about whether or not we were accepted into a program, could you give us some tips on what to do while we wait, or how you got through it? (I’m not phrasing this in exactly the best way, I’m sorry, but I hope you understand what I mean by it)
Thanks in advance!!
these numbers are scaring me man. I commend all the MITES/E2/MOSTEC alum who made it!
@Eutectic so do you know if they also send out “rejection letters”? Or if you should just assume you didn’t get in if you didn’t get an acceptance email by a certain point?
Look at what I just found! Uploaded 3 days ago.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hTeqBLsKdw8
I wonder if any of the MITES alumni on this thread are speakers in this video
Okay so without giving away how old I am… (still in my early 20s so not THAT OLD) when I was applying to MITES, the applicant pool wasn’t that big (granted there was only MITES – so no MOSTEC or E2) but it was still a solid 500-600 applicants for ~50-60 slots. I think what helped me get accepted to both MITES, and later MIT, is that I’ve got personality and I can very easily translate it on paper. Same goes for my drive, and my drive and passion for science/engineering is so tangible, that it was easy for anyone who had ever met me to put that on paper too. (Hellooo recs.)
I benefited a lot from making friends at MITES – the classes made it easy to breeze through freshman year at MIT – but the network made it easy to settle into college 3k miles away from home. MITES wasn’t my first college summer program – I had done two others (also 100% free) by then, but it was the first time I remember getting a score that put me at the bottom half of a class. (Not to worry chaps, I came out in the top 1/4 by the end of MITES). On a personal level I think MITES made me feel more confident as a female looking to go into an engineering field and having half the program be girls who are also bad-asses was great.
As for what you could do from now to when you hear back… move on. One great piece of advice I got going into my senior year at MIT was “once you submit an application, forget about it and move on.” Whether or not you get accepted into this program doesn’t define you and a rejection doesn’t mean you aren’t going to go on and do awesome things with your life. A no from MITES doesn’t equal a no from MIT or from other Ivy League Schools and worst comes to worst is you now have practice on college apps (and teachers who now have a base letter to work from for the fall). You’ve got better things to worry about than MITES – go study for that AP class, research colleges, take up a new hobby, ace that test, and win that contest. The only thing you could do for this application was submit, and now that it’s done, it’s out of your hands and stressing about it won’t help.
Idk how decisions are released now that the app is online but you’ll hear back from the office even if it’s a no.
Thank you @Eutectic for your advice
I want to tell everyone to NOT be scared about all of the numbers regarding the number of people who got accepted into the program.We are all unique people and I am very glad that we are able to come together as a community and go through this application experience together.
Let’s all be optimistic and not fret about waiting to hear back from the OEOP Office just yet!
@Eutectic May I ask what those other two programs were? (You’ve piqued my interest mentioning they were free)
You also stated you ended in the top 1/4 of MITES. Are you ranked at MITES considering no grades are given? I’ve also heard that you may even get a recommendation from your instructors? Can you confirm this?
These are for eutectic and other MITES Alum who may be reading:
I assume you roomed with others. How many and how did they sort you?
How’s the food? The rooms in Simmons Hall? The college fair that they offer? Were you able to use your MITES essays for college apps?
Thanksss, sorry for so many Qs, they’re just all coming to me now.
@PoisonIvy20 I did summer stays through Upward Bound and other local programs to the bay area.
And OMG no. Please do NOT think they rank you. I just meant in the class – it was quite a surprise when I was one of the top grades in the one specific class towards the end of the summer when I had done so poorly at the mid-term.
You do get recommendations from every class – even humanities. These measure your improved performance from where you started at the beginning of the summer. Colleges know this and will ask you submit these. I was once told colleges take it as a bad sign if you did MITES and don’t attach your recs as supplementary material. The programs history lends these credibility.
You may not room with others. Some rooms are singles some rooms are doubles, there’s no triples though. The food’s your average catered/dining hall fare. Nothing to dance about but nothing to complain about either. I honestly don’t remember the college fair/I didn’t really care. I was dead set on only applying to MIT and ended up only applying to other colleges because my parents threatened to disown me. Same goes for the essays. I don’t know how many could have transferred over.
Here is another video guys:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKhnVGciWA8
Is a 209 PSAT OK? Also, I am in AP Physics but have not taken AP Calc yet…
I think a 209 PSAT is very good, but the OEOP office stresses that a test score will not solely get you into the program, your application as a whole will. A good test score certainly will not hurt.
I think my essays were pretty good, actually. The only thing I’m really really concerned about are my freshman year grades, lol
I didn’t have the best grades, but I did push myself to take the hardest classes. My school, actually, doesn’t offer many AP classes but instead, offers AICE classes, which is like a british AP. I took a load of those classes.
But now, my grades are above average lol
My essays are really good in my opinion.