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Originally Posted by Jake177
MIT only sends acceptance letters to like 2% of their early applicants. The rest get differed to the regular applicant pool. So I wouldn't worry too much about getting differed.
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I was deferred from MIT too (got into Penn State & WPI). My friend at Boston Latin, who moved there from Ithaca in 8th grade, was deferred from MIT too. He forwarded me an email from his interviewer. Here's an excerpt:
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Just to let you know, most of the early applicants were deferred this year, because MIT had a much higher yield last year and the admission office does not want to over-admit this year again. So the admission rate for early action is particularly low this year.
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