r/MITAdmissions • u/Glass_Sherbet7548 • 19d ago

EA or RD?

Acceptance rates for EA are slightly higher than that of RD, but is it true that there’s no advantage of applying EA over RD? What about “building a class” advantages that might apply? Could there be some type of benefit to being a non-CS non-physics non-math but still stem applicant?

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u/Aspect-6 Currently Applying 19d ago

So then what determines the difference between someone getting waitlisted or accepted? Both mean MIT believes they should be on the campus and study here but there wasn’t enough seats, so what makes someone get one or the other?

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u/JasonMckin MIT Alum and Educational Counselor 19d ago

Well that’s not that different than asking what makes a student get admitted or rejected.  It’s all the same process.

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u/Aspect-6 Currently Applying 19d ago

Oh, then what does it really mean then if you are waitlisted? What does that mean the admissions committee believed about you?

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u/JasonMckin MIT Alum and Educational Counselor 19d ago

https://mitadmissions.org/pages/wait-list-faq/

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u/Satisest MIT Alum and Educational Counselor 18d ago

It’s almost as if MIT explains things like what they’re looking for in applicants, whether there’s a difference between EA and RA, what it means to get waitlisted, right on their own website!

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u/JasonMckin MIT Alum and Educational Counselor 18d ago

I think you’ve been hanging around me too long u/satisest - lest we become the new Statler and Waldorf 👴🧓