Official MIT Class of 2015 EA Discussion Thread

idkmyname
Mon, 17 Jan 2011 05:29:02 +0000

cammac-
to be honest, there are probably at least 20-30 other applicants with similar qualifications (excluding the page) applying to MIT alone. given that about 7000 people score 2300+ on the SAT (excluding superscores) each year, a class president w/good athletics, academic EC, and career-oriented work is probably not uncommon given that those categories generally overlap with top applicants.

so essays/recs/interviews need to make the person stand out. and really, its quite the crapshoot