[mitko]

Good to know, but when I applied in 2005/6 iirc they did have as a part of the application a question about anyone in my family being from MIT.

But I didn’t meet many students whose parents were also MIT grads there, which suggests that they don’t give it a benefit.

[stephencanon]

Yeah, they certainly asked in 1997 when I applied. Curious when they stopped asking.