I know folks love to see the numbers, so we've updated the Freshman Class Profile page for this year's incoming class, the MIT Class of 2012. Check it out!
(If you were looking for the Admissions Statistics, just hold on for a little while longer...)
Incoming Freshman Class Profile
For the MIT class of 2012
Gender
Male 54%
Female 46%
Ethnicity & Citizenship
US Citizens & Permanent Residents: 91%
- African American 10%
- Asian American 25%
- Caucasian 34%
- Mexican American 8%
- Native American 1%
- Puerto Rican 3%
- Other Hispanic groups 3%
- Other/No Response 7%
International citizens 9%
Geography
New England 14%
Mid-Atlantic 18%
Southeast & PR 16%
Midwest & Plains States 10%
South/Southwest 11%
West Coast 21%
Abroad 11%
States represented 49
Countries represented 63
Schooling
Public school 66%
Private school 15%
Religious school 11%
Foreign school 7%
Home schooled <1%
High Schools represented 791
Just for fun
Most popular boy name: Michael
Most popular girl name: Elizabeth
Longest distance traveled: Melbourne, Australia
Least distance traveled: Cambridge, MA
The one US state not represented: Wyoming
Comments (Closed after 30 days to reduce spam)
Posted by: Anonymous on July 21, 2008
earlier today i was wondering when these would come up. i even tried looking for them. and here they are!
Posted by: kayla '12 on July 21, 2008
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Posted by: nsogbu adighi on July 21, 2008
And hey, don't be hatin' on Elizabeth's popularity. It's a solid name. I may or may not have it as my middle name and may or may not happen to like it quite a bit.
Posted by: Shannon on July 21, 2008
As long as MIT-crazy parents don't start naming their kids Elizabeth and Michael, I'm fine calling people Liz and Mike to distinguish them all.
Posted by: Albert Wang '12 on July 21, 2008
Also, I bet whoever the person is from Cambridge is probably already pseudo-living at MIT (assuming they weren't already).
Posted by: Chris Merrill '12 (There multiple Chris Ms D: ) on July 21, 2008
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Posted by: Shamarah on July 21, 2008
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Posted by: Steph on July 21, 2008
What I wanted to know was how many of the 16 transfer students came from the West Coast.
Posted by: Steph on July 21, 2008
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Posted by: Dima '12 on July 22, 2008
@Shamarah : that makes the two of us
Posted by: Aditi on July 22, 2008
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Posted by: Juhana on July 22, 2008
That is all.
Posted by: sid'12 on July 22, 2008
LOL. You're "pseudo-living" remark is sort of accurate-- I've been finding more and more ways to cut through campus on my way places recently...
Posted by: Li'12 on July 22, 2008
Posted by: Li'12 on July 22, 2008
Oh dear.
Posted by: JWC '12 on July 22, 2008
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Posted by: anonymous on July 22, 2008
These statistics made my day after being stuck at work for an extra hour! Thanks, Matt!
Posted by: Karen on July 22, 2008
Posted by: Sazzat on July 23, 2008
I wonder what high school sent the most. TJ?
Posted by: 0 on July 23, 2008
Haha, it does make sense of something else though. I wasn't accepted to MIT, so I decided to go to another top university. When I got here, I was somewhat disappointed at seeing so few Caucasians since I really wanted to study in a foreign country to see the foreign culture, but seeing so few caucasians made me wonder what happened. Kinda interesting to see that the ratio is about the same at MIT.
Posted by: 0 on July 23, 2008
Posted by: 0 on July 23, 2008
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/schmill-tt0514.html
He gives a few more numerical facts and also talks about a couple of individual students. The most surprising fact this year -
MIT admitted quadruplets!!!!
Can you imagine that tuition bill? I hope they received a nice financial aid package or a multiple student discount. Does that exist at MIT? Maybe MIT should offer BOGO - buy one get one free!
Posted by: anonymous on July 23, 2008
Posted by: 0 on July 23, 2008
It's a good omen.
Posted by: Liz on July 24, 2008
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Posted by: Yarian G. on July 26, 2008
Could u plz tell where could i find the freshman application for the international candidates for the admission into bachelor courses ....
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