MIT Admits 12.3 Percent Overall

MIT received 12,443 applications for admission to the Class of 2011.  1,533 applicants, or 12.3 percent, were accepted.  MIT expects a yield of 66.5 percent, which would allow for 10 of the 500-600 waitlisted students to be admitted.

48 percent of the admits were women.  24 percent are minorities.  49 percent are valedictorians, and 90 percent are ranked in the top five percent of their class.

Early Action Admit Rate Falls to 11 Percent

MIT received 3,493 early action applications, signifying a 13 percent increase from last year. 390 students, or 11 percent, were admitted, compared to 12 percent last year. 319 were denied admission, while three-quarters, or 2,784, were deferred.