Odds of getting into MIT differ based on gender

FoundDad
Fri, 15 Mar 2019 12:58:55 +0000

Congratulations to all who got in. Wish you all the best of luck - well deserved. It seems like not a lot of people generally got in:

https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/open-thread-admitted-2/

The numbers seem to be down in terms of acceptance and slightly for in terms of overall applications (down from 21,706 from last year):

Applications: 21,312

Accepted (EA+R): 1,410 (6.6%)

EA Applicants: 9,600
EA Accepted: 707 (7.4%)

Deferred: 6,182
Regular: 11,712
Deferred + Regular: 17,894
Accepted Deferred + Regular: 703 (3.9%)

Men RD: 355 (2.9%)
Women RD: 348 (6.3%)