Today’s Spotlight features a photograph of MIT student Shanasia Sylman in a photo‑illustration by Christine Daniloff/MIT News.
MIT’s Class of 2016 represents a select group of students. Among 18,109 applications, the Institute admitted 1,620 applicants — an acceptance rate of 9 percent. Of those accepted, 1,138 have enrolled, for a yield of 70 percent. The Class of 2016 is 54 percent male and 46 percent female, and ethnically diverse: 8 percent African‑American, 28 percent Asian‑American, 37 percent Caucasian, 15 percent Hispanic, and 10 percent citizens of foreign countries.
First‑year students hail from most U.S. states (with California the most represented) and 54 nations (the freshman with the longest journey traveled from Perth, Australia). The majority of the 848 high schools represented by MIT’s Class of 2016 are public, with 16 percent private and 8 percent religious; 1 percent of the class was home‑schooled. Read more
MIT’s Class of 2016 represents a select group of students. Among 18,109 applications, the Institute admitted 1,620 applicants — an acceptance rate of 9 percent. Of those accepted, 1,138 have enrolled, for a yield of 70 percent. The Class of 2016 is 54 percent male and 46 percent female, and ethnically diverse: 8 percent African‑American, 28 percent Asian‑American, 37 percent Caucasian, 15 percent Hispanic, and 10 percent citizens of foreign countries.
First‑year students hail from most U.S. states (with California the most represented) and 54 nations (the freshman with the longest journey traveled from Perth, Australia). The majority of the 848 high schools represented by MIT’s Class of 2016 are public, with 16 percent private and 8 percent religious; 1 percent of the class was home‑schooled. Read more