录取率MIT7.7%，其实这是表面

录取率MIT7.7%，其实这是表面。其本质不同，要低于这个比例。因为，

今年，MIT改变了“申请人数“的定义。往年只要你缴纳申请费，就算你申请了。今年不同，不仅仅交纳了申请费，还需要递交了完整的申请表格。

This year, MIT also made a change in how it counts applicants. In the past, any applicant who paid the application fee (or received a fee waiver) was considered an applicant. This year, in order for a student to be considered an applicant, he or she must both pay the application fee (or receive a fee waiver) and complete the entire student section of the application.

When counted in the old way, the number of students who applied this year marked a 2.5 percent increase over the number of last year’s applicants and was the highest in MIT’s history. However, given the change in counting method, the number of applicants officially being reported by MIT this year is slightly lower than the number reported last year. http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2014/mit-gives-admissions-decisions-to-the-class-of-2018.html


如果依照往年的标准，MIT今年的申请人数其实增加了2.5%，相应地，其录取率只有 7.2%。

另外，MIT与许多其它名校不同，申请MIT不采用 common app，而是有自己的一套申请材料。否则的话，申请人数应该会大大增加。