UChicago 2017-2018 Admission's Statistic Hints

1NJParent
Sat, 03 Feb 2018 21:51:50 +0000

Never thought I’d be in a position to defend MIT’s admission practice, but I’ll try, even though it’s a little off topic.

If you take out athletic recruits, most sought-after URMs, and true academic superstars (IMO, IPhO gold metalists, etc.), MIT’s EA admit rate is no higher than RD admit rate (MIT’s EA admit rate is 6.9% this year, 7.8% last year, BTW). MIT defers almost all other applicants so that 1) it doesn’t disadvantage RD applicants, and 2) it can properly evaluate each applicant without the time constraint placed by EA notification deadline.

Is MIT worried that you’re too brilliant for MIT? Gimme a break.