^^ They would give the position to a waitlisted candidate, not someone who is rejected.
Oh I didn’t know they had a waitlist. Did anybody here get waitlisted?
^ someone on this thread was wait listed, I remember seeing it but I don’t remember who it was
Aw man 
I was hoping my brother could still get in
MITES doesn’t waitlist. And there is no one on this thread who was waitlisted, scroll back to check.
Hey, I didn’t get a response so does that mean I was rejected
That’s odd @DeLeeT0420 It should be on the page of your MITES account, once you log in.
@kittymom1102, Very wise analysis, thank you, I agree. Although I think admission to MITES is probably a bit different than admission to universities. Our sons will have to face the same competition there but I think with better odds when applying to universities.
I wonder why they can’t open more spots into MITES, E2 and MOSTEC, for example by doing the first and second 6 weeks during the summer/Spring break for E2, or something of the like. We need larger pools of students to access educational resources in general. The competition and results show that too many qualified students are left out. Then the solution should be to increase the spots available. Let’s hope that happens some day soon!
@Iamquiteloud: thank you for having opened this thread, we hope it will stay alive to see where everybody ends up going. I hope you get into the university of your choice!
My son was accepted into MITES and cannot attend!-- 2 reasons. 1. He was also accepted into the NASA high school internship program–which he needed to commit by March. 2. His high school does not get out until June 19th. (Final exam week). It would be great if he could get into the E2 (offered at the end of July) program instead, but not sure if anyone has done that. He REALLY wants to do MITES-- but like many others thought it was only for low-income families and decided to accept the great internship opportunity. He was surprised to learn he got in… Anyone know about switching out of MITES into E2?
@SystemEngMomOf2 Haha I got into E2 and if I could I would gladly switch with him
@kittymom1102, @ReminiscingDad , my son will probably be in the same boat as yours but I"m sure everything will eventually work out.
@SystemEngMomOf2 I got into MITES and I am going to go and my school ends June 26th. You just have to take your finals much earlier if you really want to go, and I suggest going to your principal directly, which is what I did to get permission so that way teachers can let you take your tests early.
@ReminiscingDad @buckeyeinmd My son’s teachers were not surprise at all that he did not get into MITES. The only 3 kids from his school who have attended MITES in the past were on free/reduced lunch and first generation.
Although my son’s school is not a super-duper school, it is famous for being a Title I school and a hub of first generation Americans and first generation college students. A few kids do relatively well (SAT scores around 2000) and universities jump.
My son’s story is a little different. His achievements are always seen in the context of his family.
800M in first seating? No biggie, dad’s a math college prof.
770R in first seating? No biggie, see family’s tax return.
720W in first seating? Why so low? Rejected!
Needless to say that my husband and I are foreign born and raised. Irrelevant that I learned English as an adult and my son has been my main teacher.
I hope that when college admission season rolls around, universities judge him on his merits. His achievements are nothing more than the result of his effort/work.
One of my goals in posting here is to relate my son’s experience for other hispanic students from middle class/educated families. We need to share our experiences because most hispanics sharing their stories tend to be from poor/uneducated backgrounds. How can a kid like my son, your children, relate to those experiences?
Just the other day, there was a young, hispanic man from California making news for being admitted to all Ivies. Good for him! I’m proud of his outstanding achievement 
However, how can my boy relate to him? The kid is poor as dirt. His parents did not even finish elementary school. Mother is a seamstress and dad a factory worker. He is the first in his family to finish hs and go to college.
How can that be a point of reference for my son? My boy, just like your children, belongs to another world. However, that shouldn’t be used against him. Our children are just living the lives there were given. Out of free will, they are making the choice of working hard. They don’t deserve to be punished.
I’m sorry for your situation, having no doubt your students were more than qualified and deserving to attend.
Statistically speaking, MITES does not accept only financially or socially disadvantaged students, but I believe seeks to aid those whose odds lie against them. Thankfully today’s definition of minority lacks such a requisite, and I hope the word will fade into mere historical relevance concerning opportunity. I believe your students will succeed and find their way. Of course additional seats would enable another 80 to attend, but what of the other 1,500? Maybe we don’t need MITES as badly as those 80. Please don’t see rejection from similar programs as punishment for economic status – perhaps admissions looked at your sons’ application, smiled, and thought “He’ll be ok.” We’re lucky.
You may find Chris Peterson’s article, “Diversity or Merit” and the comments below to be of interest. Perhaps it’s not a statistic, but an ideal they strive for.
Ditto @jsponz
@kittymom1102 None of us actually know what goes on in the decision room. We’re all just left to speculate. I am fairly certain that MITES doesn’t make decisions based on income and ethnicity solely. Also as college admissions season rolls around schools will judge him on his merit ALONG with his essays and teacher recs, etc., intangible things. Another thing, don’t look at this as your son being punished. Acceptance/Rejection into a program like this doesn’t guarantee anything for college admissions. We’ll all just have to wait and see how that plays out.
Also OP @Iamquiteloud Where have you been? Curious about your decision, you’ve been excited about this since October!
Same for all ghost posters who are active in the beginning then disappear for some reason! It’s like a cliff-hanger! lol
Good luck to all!
@jsponz @PoisonIvy20 I’'m talking about college admissions, not about MITES. In my son’s school is in a known fact that at least from his school only low income/first generation students are chosen for MITES.
MITES and MIT are not the same and their goals are not the same. As opposed to MITES, MIT at least has basic academic standards. Out of the 3 kids accepted to MITES from my son’s school, only 1 got into MIT. His SAT Math score was ~750, although his reading was in the low/mid 600’s. MIT obviously cut him some slack with the R. Although I know that a kid like my son will never be granted such mercy, I see no problem with it. The boy was good at Math and he got a spot. Now, the other two kids didn’t even break 700 in SAT Math! Because MIT’s admission is not MITES’ admission, they were not offered a spot.
Again, the purpose of me posting here is to offer some parallel to other hispanic kids from middle/educated backgrounds. Our experiences are not the same as that of poor/uneducated hispanics. We need more stories of regular/middle class/educated families in the hispanic community. I know my family is not the only hispanic family with smart/high achieving kids.
Hopefully, people don’t drop from CC, so we can compare notes and see how things unfold
I’m Hispanic from a middle class family. Both parents educated. Mom has MD. Didn’t get into either program. Stellar GPA, ECs, Honors, and courseload. Applied with my January 2070, but got a 2290 in March, which annoys me. Not too angry about rejection, since MITES would’ve interfered with most of my summer plans, but I would’ve liked to participate in E2.
For any questions, ask! @kittymom1102
Good luck, @baller55!
Stick around because the best part of this journey is about to start
I’m very excited that my family’s story is opening the eyes of people around us who still believe that minorities are treated differently during college admissions. They don’t understand that the minorities they are thinking about are given “special” treatment because of socio-econo status not because their minority status. The same treatment would be given to an ambitious and poor white kid from a rural area. People get stuck in the minority part and do not see that the “hook” is in fact socio-economics. It is just a person of disadvantaged background who happens to be a minority.
In my office, Caucasian males, ticked off by affirmative action, are starting to see things differently. They knew my son to be an outstanding student, but took it as just “another kid who does well.” When I showed them his scores after he took the SAT for the first time in March, jaws dropped They were like, OMG!, kittymom1102, your son is a freaking genius! They thought that it was impossible to get 800M, let alone in the first seating- I work in the legal field
It was priceless! One of the attorneys, white male and very conservative, couldn’t stop looking at my son’s scores and repeating again and again “my goodness, can’t believe it.” “I have never known personally of someone getting scores like these.”
I couldn’t be prouder! My boy is already making his mark. At least that one guy now knows that intelligence and ambition comes in all packages. Now, at least he knows that a hispanic entering a prestigious school is not necessarily equal to unqualified/affirmative action candidate. My son’s story is an example that there are extremely qualified students who happen to be minorities.
@baller55 You and my son, along with other highly qualified students who happen to be minorities, will little by little change perceptions. That’s why our stories are so important. If we don’t tell our stories, who will?
Sincerely,
kittymom1102