post your "qualification" here for the rejected

ThisSideUp
Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:07:32 +0000

sfan, I sympathize with you because you are clearly in a moment of frustration and anger.

However, please understand that MIT is known for making a lot of “weird” decisions in the sense that they let nontraditional math and science people in over traditionally qualified people like your son. It is nothing personal: it is just how they operate, for better or for worse.

In the 2007 US News rankings, the percentage of Asian people at MIT is 27%(Please post if you know what the current number is now). I can assure you that at 27%, MIT definitely gives Asian people a fighting chance. While certain schools have been suspected of keeping their Asian percentage low, MIT is not one of them.