The most popular question in all modes of communication -- blog comments, emails, phone calls, owl post -- this week has been, where's my stuff? (Or, "OMG I sent my stuff before the deadline and it's not showing on MyMIT yet AM I DOOMED?") Let me respond to this series of questions.
First: no, you're not in trouble if your materials haven't yet shown up on the tracking system. We're still processing lots and lots of materials, many of which were postmarked before the deadline.
Why is it taking so long? We are processing documents from more than 10,000 students, each of whom has multiple letters of recommendations, transcripts, interviews, supplements, test scores, etc. Taken together we will process more than 50,000 documents over the next few weeks alone.
Please be patient. If the tracking system isn't showing a document yet, relax and wait another couple of weeks -- if we don't have it at that point, you'll get an email, and I'll post another entry so you can have any missing materials sent to us. But at this point, we're only reading complete applications, and we won't start admitting anyone until all of the applications have been read. So don't worry.
A couple of requests:
- At this time, do not send a second copy of something that you have already sent. Odds are, we have your original and have not processed it yet. Sending additional copies will only slow down processing. If we need another copy of a missing document, we will let you know, and you will not be penalized in any way.
- At this time, please do not call or email to inquire about missing documents. The MyMIT tracking is up-to-date with what has been processed. If you were to call, basically all we could do is tell you that MyMIT is up-to-date and to be patient as we process thousands of documents. By not calling or emailing about this at this time, we are better able to serve the problems that we can do something about.
And a few notes:
- We do not track supplemental or optional materials on MyMIT. Sorry. Know that we will primarily be relying on the required materials in the admissions process, and those materials can be tracked on MyMIT.
- No need to worry about the Midyear Report yet -- we'll have more information on that when the time comes.
- Feel free to fill out the Conducted Interview form (on the MyMIT Application Tracking Detail page) if it has been more than two weeks since you had your interview, but do know that the deadline for interviewers to submit their report has not yet arrived.
Finally, I hope you'll join me in saying thanks to the entire Records Office team, including Sofia, Noah, James, Diane, and dozens more helpers, for all of their hard work on processing all of the documents!
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Worry about other important stuff like a possible ant infestation resulting from moldy leftovers sitting on your dusty computer desk. Oh wait... it's winter. (If you are living somewhere hot like California, you better panic! I'm serious. Those ants are Craaaaaaayzeeee
Although mentioned in 99.99% of the comments, I would like to thank the admissions office at MIT for working extremely hard and giving me an excuse to procrastinate my homework for 5 minutes.
Posted by: Chan Hyun Park on January 4, 2012
Thanks for these posts, Matt. Makes me feel a lot more confident that I'm not going to screw up my chances by missing something or being a little late or something like that. A little leeway on the extra stuff is nice...
Posted by: Brandon J. on January 4, 2012
Many thanks to you and the admissions office for all of your hard work. MIT probably wouldn't be the same without you guys.
Posted by: Ken L. on January 4, 2012
I cannot fax it since I am 13 hours ahead of MIT, and am afraid mailing will be too slow.
If Email is alright, what Subject Line should I use to make it more convenient for you all to process? Is Docx or PDF format alright?
Thank you very much.
Posted by: River's Melody on January 4, 2012
Even if I am not admitted, this Application process has been of great joy to me because I was able to take some time, go into myself and actually learn something about me.
The hardest part follows now where everyone knows that he or she has no possibility anymore to increase or decrease the odds of getting in. I hope after a couple of days the thought that something may have gone wrong with the materials I have submitted will settle and I will be able not to break my head over it all day !
Now it happened to me again,
I wanted to deliver a short message and ended up writing a long text,
well,
THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!
Posted by: Jonas von Milczewski on January 4, 2012
Posted by: MIT-Wannabe's-Mom on January 4, 2012
I'm impressed at the amount of work that is put into admissions! Thanks for all your hard work!
Posted by: jvl on January 4, 2012
Posted by: Abhilasha Kamboj on January 4, 2012
Posted by: Muna on January 4, 2012
Hope this year goes well for everyone and all your wishes and dreams are fulfilled
Posted by: yafael on January 5, 2012
and many thanks to other helpers
Posted by: HL on January 5, 2012
I can't even imagine what would it be like for me to be dealing with thousands of documents of great people from all over the world, it must be like reading a huge book with huge books inside it!
You guys are awesome!
Posted by: erick on January 5, 2012
@All Applicants- "YOU ARE IN GOOD HANDS"
Posted by: Bhaskar on January 5, 2012
-Samuel
Posted by: Samuel L. Putra on January 5, 2012
In May 2011, I have taken Math II and French as my two SAT II tests. However, MIT requires a science SAT subject. Could this requirement be waived for my case as I have already taken AS-level Physics in May 2011 ?
AS-level physics courses include: Newtonian mechanics, matter, oscillations and waves, electricity and magnetism, modern physics.
Thank you
Posted by: Kenza on January 5, 2012
-Samuel
Posted by: Samuel L. Putra on January 5, 2012
Posted by: Arpit on January 5, 2012
If we want to send supplemental information, e.g. some YouTube URLs, or links to some other projects/research work we would like to be considered in the admission process, is there any way to send that to MIT (Before the Mid-Year report)? By email, maybe?
Or does that kind of information need to wait till the Mid-Year Report to be sent?
Thank you!
(This is the stuff you would normally put in the Additional Info section of the actual application)
Posted by: Anon on January 5, 2012
Posted by: HL on January 5, 2012
Posted by: Chandan Sharma Subedi on January 6, 2012
All the best, hope we're all admitted!
Posted by: Kevin on January 6, 2012
Posted by: whZou on January 6, 2012
Earlier- " DISCLAIMER - I AM NOT AN ADMISSION OFFICER"
Now ( in this post ) -"CLAIMER- I AM A MIT APPLICANT"
Yeah, its true, people are really there nice and always help us out.
@ Matt and others- Thank you everyone- From all the applicants.
Posted by: Aishvarya on January 6, 2012
Hopefully all ends well.
Posted by: Anton Älgmyr on January 6, 2012
@River's Melody: You should fax them using the Supplemental Document Cover Form. Our faxes are open 24/7 so time zones are not an issue.
@Kenza: I don't know what to tell you beyond what is already said here: http://mitadmissions.org/apply/freshman/tests
@Anon: You can use the MYR or the Supplemental Document Cover Form.
Posted by: Matt McGann '00 on January 6, 2012
i applied for my interview long back. I got no reply from my interviewer yet. I even sent a reminder. What should i do now?
Posted by: Rachiyta Jain on January 7, 2012
Posted by: ANNE on January 7, 2012
My EC is not responding to my request for the interview, even after several reminders there is no reply from his side. I contacted the admission office and the lady there told me that nothing can be done about that. So what should be follow up for the matter
Posted by: Karttik on January 7, 2012
Thanks
Zain
Posted by: Zain Abbas on January 7, 2012
So i sent my application fee waiver with my second teacher recommendation two weeks before the deadline. The teacher recommendation has been processed but the fee waiver is still yet to be checked off on MyMIT. It's weird that only one would be processed, considering they were sent together. Could this be a possible problem or just a normal situation I should ignore?
Posted by: Leandro Ochoa on January 9, 2012
A bit of UI would go a long way towards killing the FAQs.
Posted by: Michael Plasmeier (ThePlaz) on January 9, 2012
Posted by: Cathy on January 10, 2012
Posted by: Will Spurgeon on January 10, 2012
I gave my TOEFL about a month ago, and chose MIT as a score receipent. But it has still not been checklisted on MyMIT. Is there anything I can do, or should i just wait for another week or so?
Thanks
Posted by: Akshay Aggarwal on January 10, 2012
Hey
On MIT-part2's Non-Scholastic Distinctions I put
"The Hindu Young World Quiz" and checked "national".
"The Hindu Young World Quiz, National Champion" would have been more appropriate. How bad is that?And if bad, can I mention it somewhere on the mid-year report?
Thanks much.
Posted by: Rohan on January 10, 2012
Is is possible to send supplemental materials via e-mail rather than regular hard-copy mail? I live far away and it is slow and expensive sending in material that could communicated via e-mail anyway.
Thanks!
Posted by: Suhail on January 10, 2012
I am an international freshman applicant. I just want to make sure that I only got to submit CSSProfile and an income statement to apply for financial aid, right?
Posted by: Sihan on January 11, 2012
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@Zain
there would be no problem. if you don't sign that it means that you want to have access to that document in future.
@Leandro
I faced the same issue too. there shouldn't be any problem. I think the reason is that the different parts of application reviewed by different offices. for example the fee waiver.
Posted by: Kamran on January 12, 2012
Unfortunatly, I decided to apply for MIT around December 25th, because I was unsure if I really wanted to study abroad. So, I have submitted the application forms (part 1 and 2), but I couldn't get in touch with one of my teachers, who is on vacations, to fill out evaluation A. I think he'll be available on february.
Are you still accepting these evalutions by that time? And if not, do I have any chances to be accepted?
Posted by: Marco A. on January 14, 2012
Posted by: Anton Älgmyr on January 15, 2012
(I do not actually condone those things, it's just a quote from the book A Clockwork Orange)
Posted by: Kevin on January 15, 2012
I've sent the evaluations as well as the high school report and transcript together. However, on the tracking system, it shows that the evaluations have been received but not the high school report... Should I be worried?
Posted by: Bhavik on January 15, 2012
On my "myMIT" account, the "Testing Requirement" part has been checklisted, but there is no score viewed there (only the test taken and date of taken). Will the score appear later? Or it will never indeed?
Thanks!
Posted by: Samuel L. Putra on January 16, 2012
I know you are not an admissions officer, but I was wondering if you could help me get in touch with someone regarding test scores that aren't correct on the MyMit portal.
I took two subject tests in May and three in October (The same two plus an extra test.) The scores shown on my portal only show my scores from the tests taken in May for the retakes but my extra test is shown on the portal, so they have recieved my scores from the October tests. I want to make sure this is fixed because the two retake tests were significanlty higher (+100 points in the case of one of them) in October than they were in May.
Who should I get in touch with to fix this/ can you help me with this one? Thanks!
Posted by: Jane Wissmann on January 17, 2012
Posted by: Anxious on January 17, 2012
Posted by: Joseph on January 18, 2012
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@Bhavik @ANNE
Hi, I'm an international applicant, and I was in the exactly same situation in early January. All my paper materials were sent together, but only my two evaluations appeared on the tracking system. I had been worried about my Secondary School Report and Transcript, but everything turned okay yesterday in the morning. Thus, I guess this is just a normal situation that might happen to anyone. You guys really needn't worry. Your materials are not lost. They are just somewhere in the office, waiting to be processed and put into the online database. Just relax and grab a hot chocolate.
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