MIT gives admissions decisions to the Class of 2018

Today, MIT made its undergraduate admissions decisions available to applicants for the 2014-2015 academic year. The Institute admitted 1,419 students to next year's freshman class. A total of 18,357 students applied, for an admission rate of 7.7 percent."Every year the job of selecting among such a talented applicant pool is more and more difficult," says Stu Schmill, MIT's dean of admissions. "I'm always so impressed by the high caliber of students who apply to MIT. It is a truly outstanding gr...