MIT MITE2S: Recruitment & Selection

recruitment & selection

The MITES office uses a number of methods to reach potential applicants including the Internet. MIT's Admissions Office promotes the MITES Program during visits to high schools across the country. Applications are also mailed to high schools, both at the Institute's initiative and in response to requests from guidance counselors, students, and teachers. In addition, the MITES Executive Director works with program sponsors interested in reaching particular schools within their region. The Director also travels to these schools to introduce the MITES program to students and teachers. A committee of MITES and MIT faculty, administration, students, and instructors select participants. To achieve the diversity objectives, the selection of the individuals to participate in the MITES program consider of a number of criteria.

All individuals who are selected must be US citizens or permanent residents, and must demonstrate bright promise of ability and interest in science, engineering and technology. Additionally, they must demonstrate that they would benefit from and contribute to the program. These factors are assessed based on all or some combination of grades, PSAT or SAT test scores, extracurricular activities, essays and letters of recommendation.

Additional factors that are considered for selection as plus factors (not entry requirements) include whether:

the individual would be the first in the family to attend college;
there is an absence in the individual's family of science and engineering backgrounds;
the individual's high school has historically sent less than 50% of its graduates to 4-year colleges;
the applicant attends a school that presents challenges for success at an urban elite university (e.g., rural or predominantly minority); and/or
the individual is a member of a group that is under-represented in the study and fields of science and engineering (African American, Latino or Native American).

Members of all races and ethnicities are considered. We look particularly for students who come from challenging backgrounds and those who must overcome significant odds to pursue their dreams of becoming an engineer or scientist.

The following information is presented to give you a sense of the background of past MITES participants:

Geographic makeup:
In 2005, MITES students came from 24 states and Puerto Rico and a U.S. Military Base in Germany.

Arizona — 3

Arkansas -1

California — 8

Florida — 8

Georgia — 2

Germany - 1

Illinois — 4

Indiana — 1

Kentucky - 1

Louisiana — 2

Maryland — 2

Massachusetts — 3

Michigan — 1

Minnesota - 1

Mississippi - 1

New Jersey — 2

New York — 5

North Carolina — 2

Oklahoma - 1

Pennsylvania — 1

Puerto Rico — 2

South Carolina - 1

Tennessee - 1

Texas — 11

Virginia — 2

Washington — 2

Standardized tests scores :
PSAT scores were multiplied by ten for analysis

	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998
*Math*
Mean Score	667	649	667	692	705	690	704	657
Median Score	670	660	660	700	710	685	700	660
Standard Deviation	63	87	80	53	65	58	53	65
*Verbal*
Mean Score	613	627	620	645	654	655	657	598
Median Score	610	630	630	650	660	660	660	590
Standard Deviation	79	98	85	73	78	77	70	79

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Last updated: 04 October 2005