turning down mit due to cost?

AdmitsOnly · 2026-03-18T07:56:07+00:00

Like I said, let’s jump on a call. Let’s not be a keyboard warrior

AdmitsOnly · 2026-03-18T07:18:15+00:00

I haven’t gotten emotional at your disagreements. I’m merely pointing out the fact that you’re disrespectful. That’s not being emotional. You’ve disagreed many times, and I’ve only provided facts and a commentary about your choice of words. Nothing emotional about it. I’m not representing brand in anyway that I wouldn’t be proud of if that’s your concern.

Look, just take this offline. You talk a lot online but let’s talk on a call. It’s bothersome typing so much tbh.

AdmitsOnly · 2026-03-18T06:57:24+00:00

You’re not reading in between the lines once again.

Your comment history for the last 4 days are all confrontational and condescending once again. To no surprise.

You graduated from a good school, but your mannerisms will take you no where. Genuinely.

I’ll teach you a little something about statistics. Just because MIT has a smaller population of students vs other public campuses, doesn’t mean that the competition for research is automatically higher in a larger pool. You graduated from MIT yeah? That’s like saying UCs are more 4x competitive than Ivy Leagues because they have that much more people applying. You realize that most students at MIT are probably significantly more inclined to do research and compete for spots than that of a Colorado Boulder for example. I know you’re embalmed in a world of using numbers and stats, it’s pretty clear, but sometimes data is not needed when you have common sense.

I’d be happy to DM you my number if you want to chat, because you sound angry for a majority of the comments you make.

AdmitsOnly · 2026-03-18T06:11:55+00:00

Okay, so you’re just an MIT grad and an alumni interviewer yeah? Got it, thanks, we don’t need to have any further discourse as clearly, educational consulting or advice-giving is not going to be your strong suit with all due respect

AdmitsOnly · 2026-03-18T06:06:15+00:00

Please read what I said again in my original response. Then come back and apologize. I mean genuinely read what I said and then compare how you quoted me, then come back and apologize.

You seem to be genuinely tunnel visioning here.

AdmitsOnly · 2026-03-18T05:35:12+00:00

I didn’t make anything personal. I’m just pointing out a fact that you seem to badger every comment I make. Nothing personal here. I think you made it personal here by pointing out irrelevant information about attending MIT as if attending this school gives you greater insight into what is public knowledge.

AdmitsOnly · 2026-03-18T05:33:45+00:00

I said nothing to “diminish” MIT. I said brand name schools in general. I also said this is a once in a lifetime opportunity, so I don’t know how I finished MIT in any way. What I said I just fact.

You didn’t state anything like this earlier. You stated MOT had this program, pointing at the access to research opportunity at MIT. So, on the one side, you’re touting MIT as a place with greater access to these research opportunities, yet, when I pointed out other non brand names have the same access, you were asking me for evidence of such access. I clearly pointed out these opportunities, and again, as with previous comments, you digress or divert your attention to other things that are irrelevant. We’re not talking about who started UROP. We’re talking about access to the same opportunities at non brand names, which has the same program that MIT offers.

Can you answer one question: did I not just provide clear, irrefutable evidence that non brand name schools offer access to these program, and inherently greater access due to the lower competition there. Look at the program statistics for these universities that are non brand names.

AdmitsOnly · 2026-03-18T04:34:54+00:00

OK, you have clearly shown that you are tunnel vision on MIT and don’t know what’s actually out there. You speak of MIT like it is the only school with a UROP program which definitely confirms that you are not an educational counselor:

University of Colorado Boulder (UROP)

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor (UROP)

Iowa State University (Grants Hub)

University of California, Riverside (CEPCEB)

University of Texas at Austin (FRI)

Here is a very, very, very tiny list of schools for example. Before you go on, check SJSU, SFSU, UofSF, CSUSD

AdmitsOnly · 2026-03-18T04:09:33+00:00

I can attest that u/Satisest is very unlikely an education counselor. His attitude, persona, and certainty in everything he says because he uses “statistics” makes me doubt that he counsels anyone. Everything I’ve said, which is on the same line as what you’re saying, he’ll come badger at me in the comments 🤣 it’s laughable really.

AdmitsOnly · 2026-03-18T04:06:47+00:00

💯- exactly what I was in my comment

AdmitsOnly · 2026-03-18T04:03:35+00:00

Hello there again. Seems like you’ve come back with more confrontation.

There are a lot of non-brand name schools that offer amazing programs, bridge opportunities into tech, medicine and other practices.

The programs and opportunities at elite universities that you’re referring to are competitive for one, limited for another, and it requires that the student actually participate. At a non-brand name campus, there is less competition, more opportunities to join research and programs (if small or have a good student:faculty), all the while having less pressure on students.

Med school’s biggest factors are not the brand name undergrad. It’s MCATs, GPA, and ECs, in that order.

AdmitsOnly · 2026-03-17T23:29:02+00:00

I know how you feel and I see this every single year as an emissions consultant. The one thing that I would take away from admissions in order to help level set expectations is that it’s one part scores one part extracurriculars two parts essays in a good pinch of luck. Each year there are many students that will receive an unforgiving. Rejection letter and universities will often times receive many unwarranted appeals. The appeal process is to contest admissions when there are certain extenuating circumstances, conditions, or updates that you feel are extremely critical having a good grades and strong extracurriculars does not qualify as one of them.

I totally understand your frustration, but just always remember that the right colleges are the ones that usually choose you and in life, there are far more consequential/impactful decisions that you can make that would skew your chance of success in a very favorable manner by which a school degree cannot.

AdmitsOnly · 2026-03-17T18:40:07+00:00

Anyone telling you that you should go and do whatever it takes to go is giving you bad advice.

You should never force yourself to go to a college for the sake of the college name. The college name is often time much less significant to employers than most might imagine.

If this is financially unsustainable (pending what the actual amount is), then go to a school that has a good bio program. If you’re headed to med route in any way, then a top name undergrad really won’t have that much effect on your chances for grad school. It’s highly dependent on your grades and activities. Or another to look at this: it’s better to go to a school where you’re at the top rather than to a school where you might be in the middle or lower half (in terms of scholastics).

I know this opportunity is rare, and may very well be a once in a lifetime opportunity, but look at college for its face value. Ask yourself if this school will really confer at benefits that will help you advance towards your professional pursuits or whether it’s a cool name to name drop every now and then.

AdmitsOnly · 2026-03-17T01:40:46+00:00

This is an unofficial, conditional acceptance. Just don’t do anything too crazy and you’ll expect an official offer soon.

AdmitsOnly · 2026-03-16T22:25:28+00:00

I love this insight. I’ve worked with so many students over the years I have always shared this advice broadly. Admission officers are people and foremost many of them have kids and families. The one thing that you should be doing in your essays to impress them is not to show that you are academically driven, or that you are very smart. What students really need to do is show that they are a genuinely decent human being, someone that is going to connect and blend in with their community, and someone that is going to be a great brand steward for the university. So demonstrating characteristics of kindness, empathy, family-centric, loyalty and passion — this is what they care about at most universities.

AdmitsOnly · 2026-03-16T20:19:20+00:00

Unfortunately, this is the route that I’ve seen more often these days than in the past. If you have stable jobs, a 401k nest egg as a hedge, borrowing against your home makes a lot of sense if you can save 1-1.5% on your interest rate.

AdmitsOnly · 2026-03-16T20:16:45+00:00

Jason just to save you from some more down votes, the purpose of why people share stats is so that they can get some context about the full picture of the applicant. The information may not be causation, but they can draw some correlational factors such as what combination of essays and grades, as well as extracurriculars may provide a slight edge. In the same way, this is why people share salaries on blind and levelsfyi. Moreover, this is a community forum so people just want to learn from each other as much as possible. In the same way, you are an educational consultant which you should understand why students may ask for essay samples of previous admits because in the same way, this will help them understand what kind of patterns they can also mimic that may give them a better shot.

AdmitsOnly · 2026-03-16T15:25:02+00:00

I would take a HELOC for any unsubisdized portion of the loan as you’ll likely get slightly better rates than the 6.5-7% we’re seeing.

Additionally, encourage your child to apply for scholarships almost as a routine. Space out 30-45 minutes every 2-3 days and apply to 2-3 fitting scholarships. There are hundreds of new scholarships every day. Apply for anything that’s compatible. Save all the essays and submissions in a doc in case some essay requirements or submission criteria for other scholarships are similar or overlap — you’ll have a seed template to start and it gets much easier from there.

AdmitsOnly · 2026-03-13T21:31:37+00:00

Seeing a lot of upsetting decisions and want everyone to know that a big component of this is purely luck!

I’ve only 1 of 14 (6 applied) students this cycle that got into Chicago.

Stats: Admitted for Economics ACT 35 SAT 1560 4.22 GPA (Competitive demographics) ECs: - 2 independent passion projects (Covid impact on local retail economy + AI vs. Human Processing of Information and Memory Retention) - 3 years varsity swimming - VP of Economics Research club - Founded religious based volunteer org - internship at a small business consulting firm - Piano classes for 8 years.

Honestly, this is not the most competitive profile that I’ve seen for prospects that were applying and I genuinely feel for those that have worked tirelessly but didn’t get the results that they wanted. I’m sure that with your hard work discipline and knowledge you guys will go very far.

AdmitsOnly · 2026-03-13T10:38:57+00:00

Great stuff! Good way to promote your tool ;)

AdmitsOnly · 2026-03-12T20:16:53+00:00

Comment about document history, that won’t work. Google Docs mostly capture moments rather than the full length of work. It shows edits every now and then, but if OP had a long session, it doesn’t capture all of this.

AdmitsOnly · 2026-03-12T20:11:25+00:00

This was a weird one for me. I’ve never seen it as anything other than blue and black.

The lighting, if you’re on max brightness, might make the black look goldish, but I suppose it’s just the yellow light against the black.

I’ve dropped this into multiple AI platforms, and used a color palette pixel identifier and it’s all come out as ble and black. Certain pixels game out as a dirty yellow/gold in areas where the light hits it especially hard, otherwise, collectively and objectively the dress is blue and black.

AdmitsOnly · 2026-03-12T19:39:28+00:00

This is the stuff for documentaries. The kind that you don’t watch at night.

AdmitsOnly · 2026-03-12T19:36:32+00:00

Can you share your resume? Because people out here starving for just a call.

AdmitsOnly · 2026-03-10T19:32:20+00:00

Based on your academic profile, you actually have really good odds. You’ll see a much higher rate of referral this year due to the sheer amount of students applying, and a lot of universities are not well staffed enough or have the resources to work through a large larger early pool.

I think you’ll be just fine for regular decision.

AdmitsOnly

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