<p>I got accepted early action to MIT on wednesday evening. A quick overview of my stats are as follows:</p>
<p>SAT 2260, SAT 2’s Physics 720, Math level 1 730
Great recs. from college professors
Good student with good grades (HS)
athlete</p>
<p>I was wondering if people who got accepted to MIT are going to attend? </p>
<p>But my question is this: Of all of the people who got accepted to MIT on this site, will they be attending MIT? or looking at other options (e.g Stanford, Harvard, Cal tech etc…)</p>
<p>If your going to MIT, chances are you’re probably not going to be a professional soccer player. MIT have great athletics for DIII school. Comparatively, I doubt harvard’s or Princeton’s athletics is far superior to those at MIT</p>
<p>Every year on CC, cross-admits at HYPSM list where they decide to matriculate. Last year, MIT did not lose to any one of the other top schools, i.e. for instance nobody selected Harvard over MIT more than MIT over Harvard. MIT always does considerably better among cross-admits at all other schools including CalTech. Nationally, around 2 out of 3 students admitted to MIT enroll at MIT, one of the highest yields of any school. According to admissions, of those who attend CPW (campus preview weekend) the yield is over 80%.</p>
<p>So, in short, most students admitted to MIT enroll.</p>
<p>Thanks for the feedback- I was aware that Harvard, MIT, and BYU have some of the highest yields in the country. I was just curious why some people would choose other schools over MIT (other than the obvious, "I don’t want to study anything math or engineering or science oriented). </p>
<p>Also, creed4545, I know that I wont be a professional soccer player, I actually have been offered scholarships to play soccer at much higher athletic schools than MIT or princeton etc… but that are also way worse academically.
However, the chasm between Division 1 sports in the Ivy league, and MIT is enormous. It’s a decision I guess i’ll just have to make sometime before May 1</p>
<p>Well, that’s sort of true for me; I plan to major in Course 24, linguistics, which is somewhat scientific but not in the way chemistry or physics are. </p>
<p>But it’s still very likely that I’ll go to MIT. My other top choices (Yale and Cambridge) might not accept me. I’m mostly thinking about activity opportunities currently.</p>
<p>Financial aid might also be the deciding factor for me, but I just got amazing numbers from Caltech - if MIT matches them, it will be a very hard choice for me.</p>
<p>The reason I chose MIT over the other schools I got into (some of which were Ivies) was that the culture here was really unique and fit my personality really well. I really saw that at CPW; MIT stood out a lot from the other schools that I visited. I HIGHLY encourage you to come to CPW and the equivalent at other schools you’re accepted to so that you can get a sense of what the campus culture and student body are like, and where you would fit in best.</p>
<p>@jwxie: it’s not always so simple. the formulas used to determine what your family can afford are not perfect, and while they work fairly well for the rich and the poor, lower and regular ole’ middle class families can get the short end of the stick</p>