post your "qualification" here for the rejected

collegealum314
Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:41:21 +0000

"Your son should have applied to Caltech. They typically admit students who “deserve” it. (high test scores, show they love math and science, etc.) As BPKO43 said, MIT admissions are wacky and not always merit-based. "

Well, I agree Caltech admissions is more merit-based. But I think MIT admissions is still more merit-based than HYPS admissions. Certainly it is not worse.