Stanford vs MIT...Which is harder to get into?

screwthepc
Mon, 09 Jul 2007 21:42:37 +0000

but we all knows colleges talk about admissions in an official way…no discrimination and bs, but once I went to an highly competitive private university and talked to the dean of a particular school, he told me that the acceptance rate for South dekota people is either 100% or 50%, depending on how many ppl apply. he told me it’s not the official word they say out there, but it’s the truth and told me not to tell people.

So…i think official and reality can be off

however, MIT admissions officers seem to be very cool about being truthful, except the part where it’s much easier than girls to get in
no one FLAT OUT admits those type of stuff, or if it’s easier for urms to get in.

contrarily, that dean told me the they also balance out high school ppl, say, 5 super applicants from 1 high school, and 1 good applicant from the other school. they’d take the good applicant even though it’s “not as good” (quote from his mouth) as the 10 super applicants. perhaps they’ll take 2 and 1, or 3 and 1.

so the official word isn’t always the deep dark truth.

but dont quote me on MIT, since it’s a specific case and I do not have numbers/stats to back it up.