BREAKING
MITLeaks has intercepted the following confidential cable between top-ranking diplomatic envoys within the MIT Admissions Office:
The cable was accompanied by the following encrypted text, which was broken by double rainbow tables all the way across the sky:
MIT Regular Action admissions decisions will be available online on Monday, March 14, beginning at 9:26PM EDT.
When decisions are released, access decisions.mit.edu and log in using the same username and password that you use to log into your MyMIT account. There are no interim screens, so you should be sure you are ready to receive your decision online before logging in to decisions.mit.edu.
To ensure that you will receive a decision online, please visit https://decisions.mit.edu/verify.php and enter your username and password. The verify page is available now for applicants to confirm their login ability and decision eligibility.
If you've forgotten your MyMIT username and/or password, you may use our automated system to reset it. Visit MyMIT and click on the lost username or password links beneath the log-in box on the right.
We are MITLeaks. Expect...decisions. On Pi Day 2011.
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Posted by: robyn on March 7, 2011
Posted by: Sarun on March 7, 2011
like things in the freezer with
low temperature.
Posted by: Archan on March 7, 2011
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Posted by: Brady on March 7, 2011
Hmm.Well still Thank you MIT Leaks.If you can then leak some other info too...Just kidding..It would come when it has too..
Posted by: Bhaskar on March 7, 2011
Posted by: FarhanN5 on March 7, 2011
@Jenny '13
7.45, actually.
Posted by: James on March 7, 2011
Posted by: Anthony on March 7, 2011
Joke? What joke?
Posted by: MITLeaks on March 7, 2011
Posted by: Abhishek Oswal on March 7, 2011
hahahah you're even better than Julian Assange. Can't wait!!
Posted by: Anon on March 7, 2011
Have all the decisions been made or are there still some applications left to be reviewed !
Posted by: Anon on March 7, 2011
Posted by: Anon Meta '14 on March 7, 2011
including international students?
Posted by: bill on March 7, 2011
Heads or tails , I'm still gonna study physics and mathematics and enjoy it , so good luck everybody
Posted by: Shahriar on March 7, 2011
MITLeaks believes that decisions are at this moment being made and will continue to be made right up until the deadline itself. MITLeaks also could use a nap.
Posted by: MITLeaks on March 7, 2011
Posted by: Muhammad Ibrahim on March 7, 2011
Good luck to all us, I'm officially excited now, I hope to Allah all goes well. :D
Posted by: Murtaza Ali Khan on March 7, 2011
MITLeaks - you are cool
and get some sleep, you deserve it!
SOOOOOOOOO excited
Posted by: superexcited on March 7, 2011
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Posted by: 0 on March 7, 2011
Posted by: MITLeaks on March 7, 2011
Where can I get some double rainbow tables?
Posted by: Piper on March 7, 2011
Well, I'd assume they're twice as strong as the regular kind
Posted by: Chris M. on March 7, 2011
Good luck guys!
And happy birthday to robyn (and about 45 other applicants)
Posted by: SilasP89 on March 7, 2011
u have the potential to achive everythng.. but do get sucessfull in everythng u need to help my beloved student kumael in his I C T practical.!
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Posted by: madam khaija omair (dir roots school)) on March 7, 2011
or you could just guess "123456" and automatically crack half of the passwords
Posted by: rfong'12 on March 7, 2011
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Posted by: Jayanth Krishnan on March 7, 2011
sorry, but someone had to saw it. hella awkward...
Posted by: lulz on March 7, 2011
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Posted by: Lauren '14 on March 7, 2011
T Minus 7 days and counting...
Posted by: Austin on March 7, 2011
Who comes up with this stuff xD
Posted by: Tushhar on March 7, 2011
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Posted by: Sam ('15 applicant) on March 7, 2011
Posted by: Tara on March 7, 2011
I created this transformation to help fellow hopefuls cope with the anticipation by possibly making it more fun.
Just follow the instructions below to apply the transformation
<ol>
<li>Navigate here</li>
<li>Drag the Social Decisions link over to the bookmarks bar</li>
<li>Navigate to the decisions page</li>
<li>Click on the recently created bookmarklet</li>
<li>Enjoy
</ol>
Posted by: Mark F ('15 ?) on March 7, 2011
This is going to be a loooooong night! =)
Posted by: Charlotte on March 7, 2011
I was just informed that I got enough points on the AMC to advance to the AIME.
Does it still make sense to send the admissions office an email about it?
@Piper, Chris
There are always two rainbows. The question is just how to get them in a table
Posted by: Keno on March 7, 2011
And finally, we have confirmation on what we'd been expecting for a while now. Big thanks to the entire adcom for working day and night to get us our decisions on time, considering the increase in applicants. And best of luck to everyone. Fingers crossed.
Posted by: Vivek on March 7, 2011
Posted by: Kevin Gregory ('15?) on March 7, 2011
Posted by: Adam on March 7, 2011
Posted by: Adam on March 7, 2011
I'm so nervous!
Posted by: Brian on March 7, 2011
We are
Posted by: Anonymous on March 7, 2011
Posted by: Qing on March 7, 2011
Posted by: Vivek on March 7, 2011
Posted by: Qing on March 7, 2011
That is mostly because the decision date is March 14th.
Posted by: Chris Peterson @ MIT Admissions on March 7, 2011
So, the nerve begins now.... its 6:55AM in India when the decisions come out... but it'll still be a great day..
All of you int'l applicants can join our group on Facebook "MIT International Applicants 2015".... we'll have a chatroom shortly before decisions come out..
best of luck to y'all
Posted by: Manikandan (15?) on March 7, 2011
Posted by: AR '15 on March 7, 2011
Posted by: Vasif on March 7, 2011
Posted by: Greg P 15? on March 7, 2011
Hopefully see some of you next year! :D
Posted by: Patricia on March 7, 2011
(P.S. I told my math teacher about how the decision time and date tied in with pi and she pretty much wants to marry MIT now. That's all.)
Posted by: Stephanie :) on March 7, 2011
Posted by: The Beaver on March 7, 2011
Posted by: Cris on March 7, 2011
@chris M: remember?
We can also test the capacity of the page by posting a record number of comments.
LAST!
Posted by: Anonymous1 on March 7, 2011
Posted by: John 'hopeful15? on March 7, 2011
1. Set up a chat with all applicants on various social networking websites.
2. Log in right before decision time.
3. One minute left: inform the participants that you possess a creature of the equestrian variety.
4. When all your conversational partners have disconnected, check your decision while everyone is fixing their internet.
Posted by: I own a horse on March 7, 2011
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Posted by: Shigeru Miyamoto on March 7, 2011
Who else is representing CANADA?
SO EXCITED!!!!
Posted by: Sarabjot Anand on March 7, 2011
Thankfully Streetlight Manifesto's got a concert here tomorrow and there's a Mu Alpha Theta competition Saturday to keep my mind off it for a little while...
Posted by: Katie on March 7, 2011
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ReCaptcha: excedne littorea
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Posted by: Brian on March 8, 2011
Thank you MITLeak& all the admission people. Luv Yal~
Posted by: candide on March 8, 2011
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Posted by: I Own A Lion and A Hippogriff on March 8, 2011
I'm from Canada too!
I think I'll bake pi(e) for my classmates on March 14th for good luck.
Good luck everyone!
Posted by: SD on March 8, 2011
Posted by: ls on March 8, 2011
mit.edu server 1: How are things going?
mit.edu server 2: Fine, traffic is pretty normal today. How many page requests are you getting?
mit.edu server 1: Oh, about the norma- OH GOD!
mit.edu server 2: What? What is it?!
...
mit.edu server 2: Hello?! What's going on?! One second I was carrying on a conversation with server 1 and the ne- HOLY HE-
...
connection to mit.edu has timed out
Posted by: Alex on March 8, 2011
"Screams from the haters got a nice ring to it; I guess every superhero needs his theme music."
Posted by: PC on March 8, 2011
Posted by: Tim on March 8, 2011
Can't express it.
Results awaited desperately.!!!!!
Posted by: Prince on March 8, 2011
Posted by: Should Be Doing Math on March 8, 2011
Although the decisions are sort of a life and death situation for myself and my family, I will take a deep breath and say that I'm not overly stressing and wetting my pants for this. I've tried my level best for getting in, and the last bit of the application involves a bit of fate, whose result of course I'll find out with the decision.
For me, since I'm in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, the decision will come around 5:30pm, a day after Pi Day (3/15). But nonetheless, I'm still anxious, happy, excited, and a bit nervous, but not totally nervous to be shaking tremendously like an earthquake and not being able to think.
And as Dimitris over here said, if we get rejected, life still goes on, so don't be mad at the world for that, I've been in this situation actually (I'm on a gap year as a result) and I acknowledge that life won't end for me. If we get accepted, then you know what happens.
P.S -- To find a better way of keeping yourself happy, cheerful, and stress-free through music, check out the "Alive 2007" videos of Daft Punk.
Start with this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRRmy0QoNAk (a bit hard to believe that this whole album was actually performed live instead of a studio recording and this song along with the album won Grammy Awards.
Posted by: Murtaza Ali Khan on March 8, 2011
Best of luck, everyone!
Posted by: Nazia '14 on March 8, 2011
OMG us Canadians have to definitely get in! I am so excited! WE LOVE YOU MIT!!!
Posted by: Sarabjot Anand on March 8, 2011
From my area, it is about a 7 hours difference so the decision will be available at 4:30 am, this is so exiting
BEST OF LUCK FOR EVERYONE =)
Posted by: Hisham7 on March 8, 2011
From my area, it is about a 7 hours difference so the decision will be available at 4:30 am, this is so exciting
BEST OF LUCK FOR EVERYONE =)
Posted by: Hisham7 on March 8, 2011
Sorry, I misread the "pm" in time while conversion, so it comes out in the morning (5:30am) for me, but wait, I'll be asleep by then, I'll just have one sweet dream that night I believe for the acceptance, then let's see what happens.
Posted by: Murtaza Ali Khan on March 8, 2011
Just cant wait! I'm sure everyone here has an interesting story to tell behind our pursuit to get into MIT. Lets just hope there would be a bigger story to tell on decision day.Good luck guys!
Rajah!
Posted by: Rajah Maximum on March 8, 2011
Very depressing indeed.
Posted by: 0 on March 8, 2011
Posted by: 0 on March 8, 2011
Hopefully I shall dream of acceptance the previous night.
Posted by: Yetanotherhopeful on March 8, 2011
Made my day :D
Posted by: Bhuwan on March 8, 2011
It'll either be a joyous celebration or a comforting session |:
all the best class of '15!
Posted by: Vic on March 8, 2011
Posted by: geetika on March 8, 2011
Posted by: Peter on March 8, 2011
At times like this, I wish pi was a little bit smaller!
Posted by: Hesham on March 8, 2011
Can't wait to for Pi Day
Posted by: Double Rainbow on March 8, 2011
I cant wait to get up at three in the morning and try to access the site for two hours until I find out.
Oh BTW here in Germany it is march 15th so I'm not going to find out on Pi day :(
Good luck to everyone!!!
Posted by: Luca on March 8, 2011
I'm not worthy for a minute of your time
I really wish it was only me and you
I'm jealous of everybody in the room
Please don't look at me with those eyes
Please don't hint that you're capable of lies
I dread the thought of our very first kiss
A target that i'm probably gonna miss
Let's go,don't wait, this night's almost over
Honest, let's make this night last forever
When every stupid song reminds you of something...all I can say is, DAMN!!!!!!
BTW, anyone else counting on their "funny" essays???
Posted by: Get me IN!!!! on March 8, 2011
Posted by: Phoebe on March 8, 2011
Posted by: Rewdan on March 8, 2011
from the first day of the week, i have fallen in stress and it was affected on my studies....
Posted by: Ali on March 8, 2011
Posted by: 0 on March 8, 2011
LOL..Expresses my sentiments exactly.
Posted by: Norah on March 8, 2011
Posted by: Michael on March 8, 2011
Just though of letting you guyz know the correct time
(Its round-around the same time as the CBSE results are announced every year, they are also given out around 8 AM whatever be the date! :D So I guess everyone will have a good sleep and be ready before hitting the bookmark on your explorer! :D)
All the best everyone (and me too!)
I'm feeling so anxious about this!
Posted by: Utkarsh Singh on March 8, 2011
an international candidate making it to MIT must be one hell of a person+student!
best of luck all.
Posted by: prospectiverejectee on March 8, 2011
So if your counting down to March 14th, 9:26 PM, remember to take this into account into your countdown calculations!
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Posted by: 0 on March 8, 2011
The teacher comes up to me, and (I can't believe he said this) says: "Do you really find unemployment that interesting?"
Really?
Posted by: 15erHopeful on March 8, 2011
The wait for pi day is killing me. I badly hope that I get in.
Posted by: Muhammad Hassan Tahir on March 8, 2011
Posted by: Thomas Zaragoza on March 8, 2011
Posted by: Paul on March 8, 2011
Posted by: Roxana Chavarria on March 8, 2011
GL everybody :D
Posted by: Nikolche Kolev on March 8, 2011
Posted by: 0 on March 8, 2011
Posted by: Saeed on March 8, 2011
Posted by: Hang Woon on March 8, 2011
Oh, right! I ain't Christian :(
Posted by: Gahhhhh on March 8, 2011
Why am I even writing this????????I'm think I'm goin' CRazzzeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Gahhhhh on March 8, 2011
Posted by: Gahhhhh on March 8, 2011
~A paraphrased conversation I had today with my best friend~
Me: “3.14159265358!!”
Best friend: “What?”
Me: “Pi!”
Best friend: “Pie (draws a circle in midair)??”
Me: “No! The number! Pi, like 22/7??”
Best friend: “Congratulations, you have it memorized. Can you get any nerdier?”
Me: “Yes!”
Best friend: “Rhetorical question.”
Me: “You know I don’t like those.”
Best friend: “So what about pi though?”
Me: (very excitedly) “Listen!!! 3.14 = March 14. (very very excited now) 15 - Class of 2015!! 926 - 9:26 pm, time of decision release, (too excited now; people in hallways officially giving me the stare) AND 5358, yesterday’s winning lottery numbers!!! Isn’t that amazing!!!”
Best friend: “Let me guess, MIT?”
Me: “Damn right it is!”
Best friend: “Of course it is. Only they would be crazy enough to think up of something like that.”
Me: “I know!”
Best friend: (smiling widely) “I’m so excited for you. And nervous at the same time.”
Me: (staring off into the distance. I am going through the two possible outcomes in my head and how I’d react to them.)
Best friend: “How do you feel about it all?”
Me: (baffled look) I have to force my foot to stop tapping every time I sit down. How do you think I feel?” <---[rhetorical question!!! ha!]
~~~
If my fellow applicants are having similar rxns, trust me when I say I know exactly where you’re all coming from. For some reason, every time I think about Pi Day, I get this sudden adrenaline rush. Then I start wondering if it was all for nothing, all that planning and care I had put into the application.
But then another thought enters my head and replaces the previous one. It’s not all for nothing--whether we’re accepted or not. MIT’s an unbelievably unique school that naturally attracts passionate people. The reason I fell in love with it in the first place was for that very fact--that everyone there is just driven to learn and grow and practice their craft, whether it’s engineering, architecture, or even history. I wanted to be in a place where I felt at home.
So this leads me to realize my passion for chemistry will not be renounced if I do not get accepted. Obviously it will be incredibly depressing (I will probably cry and bake brownies 3 days in a row). Obviously it’s going to feel like the world came to an end (not in fire or ice, but in a computer screen). But it’s not really so. I know for a fact I’ll love chemistry just the same.
And now I’m here, writing up an exceptionally long comment on an exceptionally beautiful blog posted yesterday. I think I’m venting. Yes, probably venting (technically, to my keyboard, but I’m hoping my words transcend to all the other ’15 hopefuls...).
The point is, do what you love to do...arm yourself with nothing but your passion. Accepted or not accepted, it shouldn’t matter in the end.
Which brings me to a quote I found a couple of weeks ago...I really liked it, especially since I found most people nowadays go for the 6-figure job just because...well, it’s a 6-figure job.
"You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don't make money your goal. Instead, pursue the things you love doing, and then do them so well that people can't take their eyes off you." --Mary Angelou
Posted by: Alexandra P on March 8, 2011
This is all pretty crazy. It's like a crazy prelude-journey to the one that lies ahead.
Good luck everyone!! Wish you all the best!
Oh, God. Foot tapping again. Applicational hazard (haha...er)
Signing out.
Posted by: Alexandra P on March 8, 2011
Yehhh, totally feel ya....at times like these, don't you just wish you were the baby panda at Zoo Atlanta??Technically, you'd be doing the things you love for the rest of your life :D
I'm SERIOUS!!!
Life's no fair :(
Posted by: Gahhhhh on March 8, 2011
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Posted by: Pratyush on March 9, 2011
Posted by: Pratyush on March 9, 2011
Until then, it continues...
Posted by: Derek C on March 9, 2011
.... that is the moment when it is pi days away from the release time.
Posted by: Brian on March 9, 2011
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Posted by: Sammy '15 on March 9, 2011
Posted by: The Beaver on March 9, 2011
Posted by: Saeed on March 9, 2011
Posted by: Ramanujam on March 9, 2011
MIT or not, don't forget your dream to become the world's greatest swordsman!
Posted by: Roronoa Zoro on March 9, 2011
Posted by: Monkey.D.Luffy on March 9, 2011
Posted by: Michael on March 9, 2011
What's your middle name?????
Posted by: anon '15 on March 9, 2011
~18,000 applicants, ~1,500 spots.
Posted by: Chris Peterson @ MIT Admissions on March 9, 2011
Posted by: Sid on March 9, 2011
I'm freaking out! :s
Posted by: Kushagra Agrawal on March 9, 2011
Posted by: Sarim on March 9, 2011
Posted by: prospectiverejectee on March 9, 2011
otherwise i might go into a terrible depression or worse a coma!! + i have an exam on that day!!!
Posted by: Rahim on March 9, 2011
Posted by: Vincent on March 9, 2011
Good luck to everyone. Hopefully, I'll see you all there.
Posted by: Ravi on March 9, 2011
...
MITleaks..
Posted by: Nung on March 9, 2011
Or maybe Chris was already taking the yield into account, and in that case, there will be even more unhappy faces. I hope ours will have a smile on Pi Day!
Posted by: Othmane on March 9, 2011
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Posted by: Chris Peterson @ MIT Admissions on March 9, 2011
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Posted by: Jason on March 9, 2011
Guess I'll just play more soccer and Call of Duty to get rid of the extra stress :D
Posted by: Ridz on March 9, 2011
What's the number for international admits?
I guess it would be something around 160.
I'm just a bit worried about the context-driven motto of MIT. I hope it's been applied this year to my application. Because, last year...
Posted by: Observer on March 9, 2011
Posted by: Marwan on March 9, 2011
Posted by: Anne on March 9, 2011
1. You were not going to be a happy person there.
2. Your application was not an authentic picture of someone who actually "Loves (e.g) MIT"; a mere tricky guy who heard (e.g) MIT was a good school and is just applying for the sake of it. In other words: YOUR APPLICATION PORTRAYED A FUNDAMENTAL LACK OF INTEREST OR ILL PLACED INTEREST(e.g applying for Rudimentary-Agriculture at MIT). I do not know any admission officers, but trust me, a quality I know they share in common, and in which they all excel is: distinguishing amidst an application pool, "the good", "the bad" and especially "the ugly": respectively, the "genuingly sincere(interested) qualified applicants", the "strategic (tricky) fake(uninterested) qualified applicants", and the last but not the least: the "strategic(opportunistic) guy(applicant) who just woke up one morning and decided to "tryout" (e.g) MIT a bit, without even knowing what (e.g)MIT was all about.
3. You did not match with the single most mystical and unpredictable admission factor: the school's NEEDS in number and level.
i- Number: if the school needs (e.g) a rock 'n roll band, and there are over 5000 singers, or 2000 guitarist... "many are called but few are chosen".
ii- Level: In the 5000 singers, 1000 were confirmed as professional by others (e.g an admission officer him/herself, or an evaluation teacher.) then the remaining 4000 just wrote cursory somewhere that ( I can sing well. ) Okay... you yourself if you were an admission officer in front of this two categories of applicants, who will you give a thumb up to....(conclude yourself).
Each batch is unique according to the school's needs and desired trends. This point is truly the most mystical: it explains why some candidates with a 1600 at the SAT 1, and fairly good SAT 2 scores are admitted to the detriment of some (fake)(uninterested) 2400 SAT candidates. This is where you are TOTALLY helpless.
4. If you look well, I said in point 3 "qualified" applicants. Well, its so obvious that (e.g) MIT is not an elementary school. At least, you reader, you will agree with me that there is a kind of threshold academic level(most basic level) required. (e.g) MIT teachers must build on something a little bit firm, not on sand. They will not bear the risk of taking a meritorious bottom classed applicant into a batch of (e.g) valedictorians. Clear and simple, he/she will never fit fast enough and that brings me back to point 1: "you will not be happy there" after repeating over and over if allowed to. You therefore need at least the basic level, in fact, we all know it. You will not have a series of E's on you diploma or certificate or say 3 200's at the SAT 1 or worst still subject test and you expect admission officers to think you have that basic level. Even a religious admission officer will reject you (in tears).
5. Sorry for scaring you, but there is a fifth cause. God alone is omniscient, we are not. So at the end of the day, you may be sincere, genuing, even qualified... but just like in Animal firm " All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others." Spaces are limited. Sorry but you do not know everybody applying. You may be the best physics student in (e.g) all of Russia... nonetheless, you do not know who is applying with you for the same place. So pray harder even.
6. There is no 6th point I know off... relax and say oufff. Relax...
I read a lot of "I love you MIT"'s up there... well, if you really love MIT then... your application will show it. (e.g) Because I love you I did the following:
I always tried my best to work hard in class, I am humble even with my merits, I wrote my application essays sincerely and I proofread it with others to help, I evaluated the teachers to recommend me and I trusted them, etc. The marking guide was out and WE all knew it. Yeah "we" because I too applied, but I am not really that worried... because I know that whatever comes out as a decision... it will be in accordance with God's will, and I remember this phrase in the book of Proverbs: "Pay attention when God corrects you. Just like a parent who corrects his/her child he/she is proud of, our Lord corrects those He loves" So on both ways I win: If taken(what I sought) I will be the one of the ~1500 happiest human beings on Earth; if rejected... then God really Loves me LOL!!! I encourage you guys to have my state of moral.
Once again... if you are out of all those 5 points above, then pray. If you even just you toe is across a point, then pray harder, if you think you are in deep , still pray. I am not omniscient neither, you may have something that marks an admission officer but you don't know yourself... your chances are still alive. Now pray and smile and LIVE your life friends.
Posted by: M.John (different perspective) on March 9, 2011
Posted by: M.John (different perspective) on March 9, 2011
@M.John :D
Posted by: Anonymous on March 9, 2011
ALL THE BEST TO THE HOPEFULS. (no surprise that ma name translates as Hope in english!)
P.S. thanx for all the above comments about some clever tricks to do b4 accessing the decisions page on the day D.hahahahaa u made ma day....
Posted by: Nadege on March 9, 2011
This is a very exciting time in our lives and I sincerely hope that it works out for everyone
I like MIT, I've never been so amused by an email(that had a heading that made my heart skip a beat)
Best of Luck everyone
Posted by: Reni Magbagbeola on March 9, 2011
Posted by: 0 on March 9, 2011
Posted by: 0 on March 9, 2011
Hoping for the best!
Posted by: Brendan on March 9, 2011
Posted by: David L. on March 9, 2011
Whether I get in or not, the journey has been great.
Posted by: Jim Bob on March 9, 2011
Posted by: Adam on March 9, 2011
~Cheers.
Posted by: Reuben T on March 9, 2011
Posted by: Aleiyah on March 9, 2011
I love MIT humor (:
I'm excited for the decisions release!
Good luck everyone!
Posted by: Karen T on March 9, 2011
LIFE WITHOUT DREAMS IS MEANINGLESS!
LIFE IS A TREASURE, LOOK FOR IT!
LIFE IS A LABYRINTH, FIND YOUR WAY IN IT!
LIFE IS JUST A PIECE OF TIME, ENJOY IT!
LIFE IS A PLAY, TAKE YOUR ROLE IN IT!
LIFE IS A BLACK HOLE, BE ITS TORCH!
P.S: whatever you consider life is, live it to the end, struggle for your dreams and aspirations no time for regret, because it worths living it !
Posted by: Aissam on March 9, 2011
Posted by: James B on March 9, 2011
This is why I applied to MIT- its where im not the only one that thinks math and the like are actually FUN. :D
Hooray for being on the other side of MIT: 6:26 PM on pi day for me. Hope everybody can distract themselves long enough to avoid permanent stress-enduced psychologocal damage! ~~
Posted by: Rachel ('15?) on March 9, 2011
Posted by: Javier Corral on March 9, 2011
most perfect year ever
Posted by: 0 on March 9, 2011
I'm excited!
I'm going to go watch double rainbows across the sky in to celebrate/panic/tremble in nerve wracking fear.
Posted by: Shimul on March 9, 2011
Just got it today :At least It didn't make my weak anymore frantic than it is
Also, what's the likely hood of someone with a 1900 SAT score and who shows a genuine interest in MIT and their intended field getting in?
Posted by: Marco Salazar on March 9, 2011
Posted by: Alexis on March 9, 2011
Time to prepare to be mentally prepared? ._.'
Posted by: JXC on March 9, 2011
Posted by: 0 on March 9, 2011
Posted by: Ayana on March 9, 2011
E to the x dx!
Cosine, secant, tangent, sine, 3.14159!
Integral, radical, mu, dv!
Slipstick, Sliderule, MIT!!!!!!!!!
I read that online somewhere
Good luck everyone!
Posted by: Kevin Gregory ('15?) on March 9, 2011
how's that for a math joke? calmed me down a bit
Posted by: Thomas Zaragoza on March 10, 2011
Awesome "chant" or whatever you want to call it! =D Where did you find that? Does anyone actually say that?
Posted by: Reuben T on March 10, 2011
Made In Taiwan = MIT
Good luck to everyone who applied!
Posted by: Kevin L on March 10, 2011
only 4d 21h 55 min to go
Posted by: Jordan on March 10, 2011
Posted by: June on March 10, 2011
http://www.timeanddate.com/counters/customcounter.html?month=03&day=14&year=2011&hour=21&min=26&sec=00&p0=43
@Reuben T
Yea they do! I found it on this website: http://web.mit.edu/21w785/F98/HTG/mitsongsC.html
I think it's official since it has mit.edu in it.
Posted by: Kevin Gregory ('15?) on March 10, 2011
Posted by: Rita on March 10, 2011
Anyone from Africa? or specifically East Africa?
Posted by: Prem on March 10, 2011
Bookmarked both of the links!
@Rita
Indeed
Only ~413,000 more seconds to go! o.O;;
Posted by: Reuben T on March 10, 2011
I'm from Kenya. Near Nairobi, actually. Nice to see another East African on this board.
I wonder how many people commenting here have applied to 10+ schools?
Posted by: Peter on March 10, 2011
Yeah, I am with you.... best of lucks.
Posted by: M.John on March 10, 2011
Yep, 13 to be exact.
Lol, the verification thing used to submit this comment had a word that contained an accent mark! XD
Posted by: Reuben T on March 10, 2011
Herald the victors and bless the wounded.
We've all come so far, and so far we yet to venture.
May the best mind stand
Posted by: Zhuchang Z on March 10, 2011
Posted by: Jen on March 10, 2011
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Posted by: Surya ('15?) on March 10, 2011
So best of luck guys and lets hope we make it.
By the way what course r u applying to.
Im applying for Civil Enginering
Posted by: prem on March 10, 2011
Posted by: Prem on March 10, 2011
Anyone from UAE/Pakistan here? I'm sure there are many from the latter.
Posted by: Murtaza Ali Khan on March 10, 2011
Posted by: Reuben T on March 10, 2011
I thought we were all applying as Undergraduates as a whole ie. not to particular departments... LOL. any how. I entered Biological Engineering.
Posted by: M.John on March 10, 2011
Posted by: Wana on March 10, 2011
It's 9:26 GMT
where "PM" and "EDT" has been decoded from?
Posted by: pt on March 10, 2011
Posted by: Peter on March 10, 2011
I will get in...
I will get in...
I will get in...
I will get in...
Posted by: Constantine on March 10, 2011
Posted by: prem on March 10, 2011
Posted by: prospectiverejectee on March 10, 2011
I'm freaking out over pi day at home although no one there knows what I'm talking about. The waiting has resulted in a series of different emotions for me. One day I'm optimistic and eager for pi day and the days drag by at an unbearable pace. The next day, I'm filled with dread and the days start to feel like hours. Sometimes I'm just calm about the whole issue, willing to accept even rejection (no need to mention that if I'm admitted, that day will be the happiest in my life, atleast up to date). But no matter how I feel, I know that what is best for me will happen. Even if it is rejection. But nonetheless, I still pray to Allah that I'll be admitted. Since so many of you are stating where you are from, I might just as well reveal my whereabouts. I'm from the Gambia. Its in west africa.
Posted by: Ceesay on March 10, 2011
I'm from Bangladesh , in South Asia...
May Allah help me deal better than I think I will with what he has in store for me on decisions day...
Posted by: Shahriar on March 10, 2011
I can't wait fo that day!
Yes, MIT is cool!
Posted by: Zamirbek on March 10, 2011
No, Harvard's acceptance rate will be something like 6% this year... It must have gone down from last year's 7% because they've received a lot more applications this year. So will most top schools for that matter.
Posted by: Sam ('15 applicant) on March 10, 2011
Posted by: Reuben T on March 10, 2011
Roses are red
violets are blue
if I went to Harvard
I'd hate myself too
As my shirt says
Posted by: :) Awesomeness on March 10, 2011
Posted by: Sena Nur on March 10, 2011
I too am very nervous for pi day. MIT has been my dream since sixth grade, but I know that I will still be happy no matter what because I love University of Texas - Austin, too! I hope everyone here has a back up school at which they'll be happy. Go MIT!!!
Only 359000 seconds!
Posted by: Kevin Gregory ('15?) on March 10, 2011
Posted by: Craig on March 10, 2011
Posted by: Eric on March 10, 2011
I've been through the application process before, and I've been rejected (it was another university, and not MIT and other top-notch places). It felt bad since I had put a lot of heart in it. I took a gap year as such, and now had the opportunity to apply (and hopefully study) in a place like MIT. I've (and surely other fellow applicants) have put their hearts out in the applications so let's just hope for the best. My family situations are a bit not stable, and I don't think I'll be able to handle another non-acceptance. But let's be positive and smile, and hope that Allah answers our prayers and make our dreams come to life. :D
Posted by: Murtaza Ali Khan on March 10, 2011
Posted by: KL on March 10, 2011
Posted by: Kendall on March 10, 2011
WooW
I can't wait !!!
Posted by: Karen on March 10, 2011
My family is from/lives in Nairobi, Kenya!Although, I live in America (just outside of Boston, MA). Good luck to you and everyone else!
Posted by: robyn on March 10, 2011
To be or not to be, that is the question...
Posted by: Abhi on March 10, 2011
then we don't have to wait as long
Posted by: Annie on March 10, 2011
24-hour system, step it up MIT
Posted by: RChoi on March 11, 2011
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Posted by: :) Awesomeness on March 11, 2011
in a few days I'll be a bit daft.
I'm waiting because,
not til pi day it was,
until then I'm playing minecraft.
best wishes everyone!
Posted by: Rayleigh Gauss on March 11, 2011
Posted by: Murtaza Ali Khan on March 11, 2011
- have read all the comments on this blog post
- know what rainbow tables are (if not before reading the post, after)
- just experienced an adrenaline rush
:D
If we're talking about where we're all from - I'm from the world's only disputed territory (according to the UN) and live in Saudi Arabia, but I have the maroon book (viz, British passport). Meaning my roots go back to ancient Persia and ancient India.
As for the decision itself:- at times I feel "Oh I'm so getting accepted" and times where I feel "I haven't accomplished anything in my life because of this dratted place I live in! :(", but the reality is - the MIT admissions office employs the use of a modified version of the Bistromathic Drive to determine what applicants will be eating for dinner on the eve of Pi Day.
I quote:
Bistromathics itself is simply a revolutionary new way of understanding the behaviour of numbers. Just as Albert Einstein's general relativity theory observed that space was not an absolute but depended on the observer's movement in time, and that time was not an absolute, but depended on the observer's movement in space, so it is now realized that numbers are not absolute, but depend on the observer's movement in restaurants.
If you, the reader, have no idea what I'm talking about, or regret stopping half way in the great series that is The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, then stop worrying about your MIT decision and read.
If you really love MIT you ...
- have read all the comments on this blog post
- know what rainbow tables are (if not before reading the post, after)
- just experienced an adrenaline rush
:D
If we're talking about where we're all from - I'm from the world's only disputed territory (according to the UN) and live in Saudi Arabia, but I have the maroon book (viz, British passport). Meaning my roots go back to ancient Persia and ancient India.
As for the decision itself:- at times I feel "Oh I'm so getting accepted" and times where I feel "I haven't accomplished anything in my life because of this dratted place I live in! :(", but the reality is - the MIT admissions office employs the use of a modified version of the Bistromathic Drive to determine what applicants will be eating for dinner on the eve of Pi Day.
I quote:
Bistromathics itself is simply a revolutionary new way of understanding the behaviour of numbers. Just as Albert Einstein's general relativity theory observed that space was not an absolute but depended on the observer's movement in time, and that time was not an absolute, but depended on the observer's movement in space, so it is now realized that numbers are not absolute, but depend on the observer's movement in restaurants.
If you, the reader, have no idea what I'm talking about, or regret stopping half way in the great series that is The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, then stop worrying about your MIT decision and read.
<3
Posted by: Shariq ('15?) on March 11, 2011
Posted by: 0 on March 11, 2011
Man, I always thought Senior Skip Day would be awesome, but now I find myself constantly thinking about MIT (reading my app like a ga-gillion times) and thinking of my slim chances.
But, always gotta hope for the best right?
Posted by: :) Awesomeness on March 11, 2011
Am Afghan, studying in UAE.
@Murtaza, Yes SAT marks do matter, tho just to let 'em know we pass their benchmark!
I hope neither result will have an ultimate effect on anyone's love for science.
Posted by: Saifu on March 11, 2011
I'm from Florida too! I skipped out on Senior Skip Day, though. Woop woop~
I'm trying to be as optimistic as possible. But, I fugure that if I don't get in, at least I /tried/, you know? Everyone here commenting and hoping as we are should be so proud that they shot for this.
Posted by: Shimul on March 11, 2011
I think you should pray hard or even harder. Remember, many other things are considered so... KEEP YOUR HOPE BURNING BRIGHTLY. I am not sure of anything too... but as I told you... in my head... I win in both cases... I'm either accepted (what I wish above all) or God loves me very much LOL!!! So guy, lets keep hoping, and praying, and praying and if we are taken I will make you my best friend ever!!!
@ Lana
Your request is a wicked one.LOL. Posting SAT scores here will gladden some and frustrate many applicants... so plz just wish everyone the best and stay there girl. WOW... that will be a shock. Imagine you realize that about 2000 applicants had scores of over 2300 at the SAT 1 approximately 8000 others have SAT2 scores of 2400... nahh, personally, I might have given up the waiting if I did not know that SAT was not the all on all. ffhewww!!!
@ Craig
Nice plans you have there... Keep up bro LOL. I think hanging will also help you if the arsenic fails. I can mail you a rope... a solid one, just make sure you find a good tree for "better" experiences... hanging gives you time to curse MIT before your departure. Hey, I also know nice curses...LOL are you interested??? LOL. before I forget, hmm, don't forget to tell people around you that you loved them so much. When you reach the other side email me, or better still "facebook" me with pictures to tell me what it looks like, I will be glad to reply to you after I update the Bible with your pictures. Your name will enter history, I mean, the bible, with a book after Revelation:” The Book of Craig” with lots of pictures guy!!! LOL
That was sarcasm, I did not mean it. But if you successfully go, then "facebook" me anyway...LOL
@all of us
GOOD LUCK TO US ALL!!!!
Posted by: M.John on March 11, 2011
I live in Ocala. It...uh...has horses (???) - for lack of a better description.
I'm crossing my fingers, toes (although its pretty hard to walk that way), and eyes...haha jk jk. That would be funny though...
Posted by: :) Awesomeness on March 11, 2011
does MIT check out the links mentioned in the application?
i have put a custom reporting on my website just to check any visits from MIT and there have been none
Posted by: bill on March 11, 2011
Most definitely, hahahaa. I live in Polk County. We have cows... ;-;
But yeah, the fingers are crossed! I'm counting down the hours...
Posted by: 0 on March 11, 2011
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Posted by: zlatan on March 11, 2011
Oops, lol. That Anon above...yeah, that's me. xD
Posted by: Shimul on March 11, 2011
Posted by: Navin on March 12, 2011
@Saifu -- same thing as I said for anonymous, and yup, nothing can destroy the love for science/math.
You from Dubai I suppose?
Posted by: Murtaza Ali Khan on March 12, 2011
Posted by: Reuben T on March 12, 2011
@murtaza, I restate: Am Afghan, studying in Dubai.
Facebook me at facebook.com/saifullahh
Posted by: Saifu on March 12, 2011
and oh yeah. as always: epic-ness!
People just keep praying and hope for the best!
Posted by: Ayesha on March 12, 2011
does MIT check out the links mentioned in the application?
i have put a custom reporting on my website just to check any visits from MIT and there have been none
Posted by: bill on March 12, 2011
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Posted by: 0 on March 12, 2011
by the way good luck everyone.
Posted by: Ali Baghchehsara on March 12, 2011
Posted by: Anonymous on March 12, 2011
and what's the time now? I have to post something
Posted by: Anonymous on March 12, 2011
All the best to everyone! Peace be with us all no matter what happens.
Posted by: Anonymous on March 12, 2011
Did anyone look at that "intercepted letter" well? If so, did you bother asking yourself who that Tim Beaver (sender) was???... well, I too found out and if I am correct, then Tim is the name of MIT's mascot ( a beaver )... so I guess "Tim Beaver" should be "Tim the Beaver", in other words MIT's Mascot is one of the interlocutors in the "top-ranking diplomatic envoys".... my God, Wow... so MIT's mascot can write, and may be talk, and who knows, may be he even takes part in the decision making processes, admitting and rejecting applicants LOL... yet another reason why we like MIT so much... Beavers can talk... what next MIT LOL?
Posted by: M.John on March 12, 2011
What a Beaver!!!!!!!!
Posted by: M.John on March 12, 2011
AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
No wait, Anonymous guy is right. I shouldn't be anxious. I should be praying.
Thanks for the reminder, Anonymous guy, whoever you are!
Posted by: Kyubizt on March 12, 2011
This is like just a little coincidence that happens all the time everyday in life or some one wait to create this coincidence for a long time to just make a little joke. By the way, there was one time I saw four cars passed by me and I saw their car codes. Ha Ha LOL. "YOU888, 0MUST0, BE000A, MALE88" are what I saw. I just felt so lucky.
Posted by: Shihao Liang on March 13, 2011
Funny, the beaver story ! I will be his friend on facebook lol!
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:')
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Posted by: riffraff11235 on March 14, 2011
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Posted by: riffraff11235 on March 14, 2011
I will be successful no matter where I go.
Posted by: Anonymous on March 14, 2011
Posted by: riffraff11235 on March 14, 2011
I hope I get in
Posted by: Nung on March 14, 2011
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Posted by: sw on March 14, 2011
This is especially good for international students who took the A-levels and/or the SAT.
At the end recall what one of our friends wrote up there: "no matter where I go I will be successful"!!!
Posted by: M.John on March 14, 2011
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Posted by: Milad Ziaie on March 14, 2011
Some of us will have MIT '15 next to our names! Lets keep our fingers crossed! Good Luck all! If any of us don't get through, infact many of us won't- then that doesn't spell- Life Ends- it spells- there's life beyond MIT
Good Wishes
Sharad
Posted by: Sharad Vivek Sagar on March 14, 2011
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Posted by: Logan on March 14, 2011
Good luck everyone
Posted by: sript_cypher on March 14, 2011
:S:S:S:S:S:S:S:S
Posted by: Lana on March 14, 2011
Lana, the decisions come out at 3.30am for me as well - I guess no sleeping for me too
good luck guys and I hope we all manage to be at a place that is best for us, be it MIT, or any other place that will allow us to be who we want to be
Posted by: bestoflucktoallofyou on March 14, 2011
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Posted by: prem on March 14, 2011
and happy pi day to all! hope you eat 3.1415926(5358979323846264338327950288) delicious pies
P.S. my best friend and I were both RAs--we made a ton of pies for our advisees
Posted by: Jenn, c/o 2008 on March 14, 2011
I'm a beaver, you're a beaver, we are beavers all,
And when we get together, we do the beaver call!
E to the U du dx,
E to the X dx.
Cosine, secant, tangent, sine,
3.14159,
Integral, radical, mu, dv
Slipstick, slide rule, MIT!
GOOOOOO TECH!
Posted by: Jenn, c/o 2008 on March 14, 2011
Posted by: Ghazaleh on March 14, 2011
am sooooooo scared... have to be up at 4.26 to find out if all my hard work was worrth it...
Good luck everyone... Pi day is cool
Posted by: debbie on March 14, 2011
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Posted by: Reuben T on March 14, 2011
Posted by: Milad on March 14, 2011
Are you from Hawaii?
Posted by: Reuben T on March 14, 2011
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Posted by: Milad on March 14, 2011
Was your comment "Exactly same as me, same time!!!!We'll make it. I'm sure!!!!!" meant for the poster above me? Because I don't see how Hawaii can be in the same time zone as any place in the U.K. =P
Posted by: Reuben T on March 14, 2011
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Posted by: Nasser '17 on March 14, 2011
In about an hour, your life will be much more amazing !
We are having Pi(e) Night at 9pm here in my dorm, McCormick Hall.
You should join us next year when we all welcome 16ers
Posted by: Reyyan '14 on March 14, 2011
Good luck to all.
Posted by: ps on March 14, 2011
Posted by: Kidhanis on March 14, 2011
Love and more
Sharad ...so, who amongst us makes the Class of 2015?
Love and more
Sharad <3
Posted by: Sharad Vivek Sagar on March 14, 2011
What’s the antiderivative of [(d(cabin))/(cabin)]?
Natural Log Cabin! Haha… I crack myself up…. Just trying (nervously) to bide the time.
Posted by: Eric on March 14, 2011
what major are you?
wow, you got quite an application there
Posted by: '14 on March 14, 2011
Posted by: 0 on March 14, 2011
A visiting clergyman conducting exercises at Hobart College used the six letters forming the name of the institution for the headings of the subdivisions of his extended address to students: “H” for holiness, “O” for obedience, “B” for beneficence, “A” for adoration, “R” for righteousness, and “T” for triumph. He gave 15 or 20 minutes to discuss every subject. As they made their weary way for the exit, one student said to another: “Darned good thing we do not attend the MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY!”
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