My thoughts on the early admissions

molliebatmit
Mon, 11 Dec 2006 00:07:58 +0000

I realize those are the trends you personally feel that you observe.

Just please realize the following things:

1. The cases you are able to see are not all of the cases available. You’re not seeing everybody who was accepted, you’re not seeing everyone who applied.

2. Nowhere even approaching all of the white/Asian male admits to MIT have participated in USAMO, Intel/Siemens, or garnered some prestigious national award. Of my male friends at MIT, one did RSI. Period. The two white male MIT students sitting on my couch right now were just smart airplane crazies in high school.

I realize that people are going to see the trends they want to see in the acceptances. But it’s patently false that white and Asian male admits “need” some prestigious national award to be admitted to MIT – it helps, just like it helps anybody, but it’s nowhere near a prerequisite.