This year well over 17,000 students applied for admission to MIT in the most competitive admissions cycle in the history of the Institute.
Because of the incredible size and strength of the applicant pool we were unable to offer admission to many, many incredible students whom we would love to have on campus. For those of you whom were not admitted, know that we gave your application full consideration, and that we wish you the very best of luck wherever you choose to continue your education.
We have left comments open on this thread so you may talk amongst yourselves. As always, please keep the conversation civil and friendly in our community.
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Posted by: Chloe S on March 14, 2011
We should all face it, MIT is cool and awesome and it hurts to not be able to go, but heck, almost everyone who applied has immense power at their disposal to do great things... and education is something you can get no matter where you go. I'm sure nobody wants to see a bunch of non-admits with tunnel visions get bummed out cuz they didn't get into their top school. So let's all go out there and kick butt with awesome great powers.
Posted by: 0 on March 14, 2011
i know that i'm gonna be thrilled at the school i'm going to this fall, but im still a little disappointed, but i know that everything is going to work out how it is supposed to and college is going to be EPIC
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Posted by: Chanel on March 14, 2011
I love how I get into Cal Tech, which has a lower admit rate than MIT, but not MIT. Just goes to show you how objective these decisions can be.
Good luck to everyone on the rest of their college decisions. ;D I'm sure we'll all be successful wherever we go!
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darn you! you screwed up my text wrapping!
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Posted by: David Masten on March 14, 2011
Try my best in undergraduate and aim for MIT grad school. Although having an undergraduate degree from Colombia won't increase my chances very much.
Congrats for those that did get in.
Posted by: Sebastian on March 14, 2011
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Rachel, congrats on your admission to Caltech.
For all of you taking this gracefully and with a good attitude - good for you. Your character is more important than your diploma.
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Posted by: Noah on March 14, 2011
People who haven't been admitted, we are all brothers and sisters right now-as corny as that sounds. Don't lose heart! What some adcom says about us at 17 or 18 isn't a life-setter. I don't buy that, no matter what other people say. I apologize, I don't mean to preach...
So, everyone, what are your plans now? Unless I get into my other reach-about as likely as this-or I get a scholarship somewhere else, than it is likely off to UT Austin for me... Could be worse.
Overload--- Yeah, me too!
Posted by: Ian George on March 14, 2011
Gratz to those who made it!
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Posted by: ibukun on March 14, 2011
I, and many others posting here, would be fooling themselves if they said they weren't disappointed. I won't lie, I feel pretty down after reading that letter. However, like a previous poster said, we are all capable of greatness - I mean, look, every single one of us is well qualified, intelligent, and above all, AMBITIOUS. WE ALL WANTED TO BE IN THE TOP TECH SCHOOL IN AMERICA, AND WE ALL FOUGHT TO GET IN. That, in itself, is the true worth of our attempts. While I may still a dull ache in my heart as I remember all of the times I fantasized about being on the MIT campus, I know that I - and all of you - will eventually kick this horrendously depressing feelings. I expect to read scientific/tech articles about all of you. (haha, that last line was a bit hyperbolic, but it conveys my point).
@Mike
While this is only through an outside perspective, I think you should lift your head up - even though you may have not been admitted to a top tier school, many, many, many other less-dreamy schools are just as venerable. If the college you attend isn't the place you want it to be - MAKE IT ONE!
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Posted by: QWFD on March 14, 2011
Good luck, everyone. Where are y'all going?
And - MIT has what was probably the most student-friendly application process out of all the colleges I applied to. The interview was pretty awesome, too.
Posted by: Srinivasan on March 14, 2011
I'll be over it before I realize it. Just hope there are better plans in store
Posted by: Greg P on March 14, 2011
MIT is the prettiest girl you know. You just walk right up to her and ask her out. Some are lucky enough to go on a date with her, and other she cruelly leads on with false hope, and still yet, others are left crushed. She doesn't give everyone a chance, unfortunately for her and me she didn't give me a chance. I'm sure that together we could have made each other better.
Posted by: David W. on March 14, 2011
First poster- That's my plan. Well, not specifically the beating part, but I'm going to be great, with or without MIT. I can now get on with my life. Like Noah said, off to bigger and better(high school-nowhere to go but up) things.
Congrats to those who are in. I am very happy for you. Enjoy Boston.
Posted by: Ian George on March 14, 2011
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Posted by: NotImportant on March 14, 2011
Well, it's nice to get to know MIT. I don't think i will ever get any strength to look at this website again ( or it may take a really long time) but yeah...
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Posted by: SarahChoi on March 14, 2011
Now that I wasn't admitted here, I can go to Hogwarts!
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Posted by: Anonymous on March 14, 2011
i hope the rest of you guys can handle the workload at this place...or else you'll regret going there
Posted by: bitter applicant on March 14, 2011
Though I'm sad, I won't complain. I'll be going to the University of Florida (the SWAMP!) which, incidentally, is the number 2 public school in the country. I'm damn lucky and I believe in that. So, one HUMONGOUS congratulations for those accepted. For those not, be proud that you tried and know that you are destined for greatness. It's the student who makes the career and life, not the school.
@Srinivasan You're right, the app was the best. I'm so glad I tried. It was worth it and I have no regrets.
Though I'm sad, I won't complain. I'll be going to the University of Florida (the SWAMP!) which, incidentally, is the number 2 public school in the country. I'm damn lucky and I believe in that. So, one HUMONGOUS congratulations for those accepted. For those not, be proud that you tried and know that you are destined for greatness. It's the student who makes the career and life, not the school.
<3
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Posted by: Randy on March 14, 2011
I wish you all success. Every MIT applicant is really a smart person, as low or as high your grades can be.
It was a pleasure to meet you.
Victorino.
Posted by: Victorino on March 14, 2011
'Tis not the end of the world.
(I would've said : "Every closed door opens another", but that's just be way too cheesey...)
I'm pretty sure anyone who had the calibre to apply to MIT has what it takes to take the world by storm, irrespective of where we graduate from. Don't lose heart. Ever.
This is my last post here. Been nice talking to you all.
Posted by: Vivek on March 14, 2011
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Posted by: Avi on March 14, 2011
For those of you who were accepted, I hope you make the most of you're spot because many of us rejects would hate to see your spot go to waste.
All I can say is that MIT does not control our lives-we do. Sure, now we might have to work a but harder since we won't have MIT on our resumes, but that should just make us better at what we do.
Let's make MIT sorry they didn't accept us. Let's be the bosses of those guys who have a degree there. In the end, going to MIT helps, but the only thing stoping us from changing the world is ourselves.
Let's get out into the world and be great.
Posted by: Richard on March 14, 2011
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Posted by: Sara on March 14, 2011
I am proud of everything I've ever built. Every genetically modified bacterium I've grown. Every robot I've programmed. Every concert I've played. Every poem I've written. So now, now that you've seen it all, and thought about it, I'd like to know what it takes. What it is that 1800 other people had that I didn't? I've tried to be great. Apparently not hard enough. What did you want from me?
Your jilted ex-lover.
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While having a solid interview can certainly help your chances of being admitted, it guarantees nothing. Case in point: myself.
Posted by: Mike on March 14, 2011
@Chris, Matt, Mikey, all of you nice admission officers: Thank you for making the application process simple and interesting. Over the course of submitting the app and waiting for the decisions, I fell in love with the 'Tvte and a lot of the credit for that goes to you. Thank you!
@Bloggers: A big thanks to you too, for letting me and others like me steal a glimpse at the wonder that is MIT!
@Anna(of Blogger fame): My dream stays with me inspite of not having made it. Your blog post did a wonderful job of making me hang on to my dreams for dear life. Thank you!
Posted by: Nikita on March 14, 2011
Posted by: S2 on March 14, 2011
Everything happens for a reason, so hopefully this is just God shutting a door that I shouldn't have touched in the first place. If it's just me failing at the application process, then I'm as good as screwed.
But I didn't think I'd fit in too well there anyway. The place just didn't seem to float my boat too well for some reason.
Congrats to those who got in!
Posted by: Kyubizt on March 14, 2011
Good luck to everyone
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Posted by: Spectre on March 14, 2011
Didn't make it :D
frankly, I'm just glad its all over...
To all those who made it...Rock N Roll!!!!Loads of love, peace and regards from Kathmandu :D
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There is always a reason for everthing, and like the first post said, "If u can't join them, beat them". Beat them, i will.
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BYE(:
Posted by: lol@angry on March 14, 2011
I feel quite lucky that atleast MIT took a look at my profile, at my life! I feel so honored☺☺☺!
I just wish that one day should come when MIT will remember me and will blog about me saying that a human who also didn't get into MIT!
Cheers Guys!!!! Peace.
Posted by: Gaurav on March 14, 2011
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Posted by: Amy on March 14, 2011
@David W. Hey, your theory works for me as I got a prime number and I was deferred at Early Action.
Posted by: Kristine on March 14, 2011
Posted by: Roland on March 14, 2011
By pushing me to work harder, knowing MIT has made me a better person.
I'll never feel bad I poured my soul into applying to MIT, and put so much dedication into my application (I literally spent less than an hour with the others, and have been accepted from 4-5 other universities, all of the ones that have replied), because in the end, it's the people at MIT who shape it - the place does not shape the people as much as the people shape each other.
I don't know whether I should cry right now. Kept telling everyone in my family that I probably will get accepted, and now I'll start blaming myself for having done something wrong on the application...
Thank you anyways Admissions Officiers. 17k people are in the same situation as me right now, and I know I'm most definitely not the best of these 17k applicants, and so there's someone even better than me who wasn't accepted either. :((
Posted by: Gah on March 14, 2011
@Ikki Sato: That is the right attitude. Try to put a positive spin on rejection, however you can.
Posted by: Shannon on March 14, 2011
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Posted by: Nerd Slayer on March 14, 2011
I'm sure they put a lot of thought into your application. And as i recalled, the admissions team is separate from the financial aid team. Don't be bitter to the extent of ungrounded criticism, that'd be reassuring their decision of not admitting you. I bet your an awesome person. So, go live your dream and don't give up!
Posted by: thethinker on March 14, 2011
You forgot to accept me!
Posted by: Karl on March 14, 2011
Byebye MIT
Posted by: FarhanN5 on March 14, 2011
wow, my birthday is 12/5 and I got deferred EA too!
Posted by: Amy on March 14, 2011
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Posted by: Ken Powell on March 14, 2011
How could we all have been so wrong ...
Posted by: M. Quimm on March 14, 2011
When the world does not cater to my every want, I do not sit at the table and cry or beg. I get up and make myself some ramen noodles.
Posted by: Markik on March 14, 2011
MIT, expect some serious prank rivalry from wherever I go
Posted by: Neil on March 14, 2011
Posted by: 0 on March 14, 2011
We didn't get into MIT, BUT there are tons of other great schools!!! Hope your best:D
People who are admitted CONGRATULATIONS!!
Posted by: Liz on March 14, 2011
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Are you an asian
Posted by: doll on March 14, 2011
I wish everyone the best and I will like to post two videos that helped me through the 15 minutes after reading the letter with my family:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH8nTfxwByY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tjYoKCBYag
Never give up and remember life=risk!! You took one (a very big one!) and you NEED to be proud of yourselves, stand tall when someone asks you about the decision tomorrow and in the days to come!
With the very best wishes of success and happiness, I say goodbye to each and everyone of the 17 thousand applicants. Your life will be filled with as much happiness and success as your truly wish for.
God Bless You!
Posted by: Wilcom316 on March 14, 2011
@David W.: 29, rejected in Regular Action.
Posted by: Ian on March 14, 2011
Good luck with everything else!
Posted by: Anon on March 14, 2011
Congratulations to those who did, though! I think about how I would have felt had I gotten in, and man, it must totally be awesome to be feeling that.
As for me (and I guess the rest of us here), it sucks to have been rejected, but, as The Beatles said, "take a sad song and make it better."
And who better to listen to (literally) than The Beatles?
Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da, life goes on, brah!
Posted by: Ishin on March 14, 2011
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Posted by: AFormerTransfer on March 14, 2011
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/massachusetts-institute-technology/882019-statistics-mit-2014-admissions-cycle.html
If a school can't conduct admissions in a vaguely meritocratic manner, I'm not sure why I was even interested in attending...
Posted by: Vic on March 14, 2011
Posted by: 0 on March 14, 2011
Please stop posting for a while. Get some sleep, wake up, and realize that you are only 1 datapoint--not enough to form a trend.
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Best of luck to everyone--wait it out a couple more weeks, and I'm sure you'll all get in somewhere you love.
Posted by: anon on March 14, 2011
@Hitler: Darn. Sorry to hear that.
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Posted by: deferred on March 14, 2011
I've just asked.
Posted by: Doll on March 14, 2011
Oh well..I shouldn't brood on this subject anymore; I would just like to hope and think that perhaps, I was rejected here because I'm somehow meant to be somewhere else - a place that might suit me better.
No matter; farewell, MIT! It was nice getting to know all of you and go through this entire process. I'm also glad that MIT didn't reject me outright in EA - that way I was not as discouraged to complete my other applications!
Well, good luck in your other endeavors!
Posted by: Jason on March 14, 2011
I'll also continue to read the admissions blog because I enjoy it so much; thank you, bloggers! Also, thank you, admissions team, for reading all of the applications!
Posted by: Ian on March 14, 2011
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Posted by: Amy on March 14, 2011
Yeah well, he was talking about physics, but I guess the same applies in general. Oh, by the way, he didn't go to MIT either. And look at him now. (If you happen to read this, Mr Hawking, I think you're awesome!)
Let's show 'em what we can do, my fellow '15notadmitted brethren!!
Posted by: mouse on March 14, 2011
Rolling invalid carriage ?
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Posted by: Chris Peterson @ MIT Admissions on March 14, 2011
@current MIT students (yes, that includes YOU too, dear proud '15-rs): Hey, NOT FAIR!!. You're happily congratulating the admitted, but none, not even one of you has posted your sincere heartfelt condolences here!
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Posted by: SeanCarroll on March 14, 2011
a little disppointed, i won't lie. sometimes it just makes you feel like you aren't good enough. and that i shouldn't have silly dreams like going to mit.
but i'll still continuing dreaming.
Posted by: 0 on March 14, 2011
Congrats to everyone who did
Posted by: Abdellah on March 14, 2011
Trolling is fun ^^
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Posted by: Sean Carroll on March 14, 2011
not sure. asap though.
Posted by: Chris Peterson @ MIT Admissions on March 14, 2011
I go to MIT and I do not pay a single penny for my tuition. Why? I cannot afford it. MIT covers about 97% or my expenses; and I know many others in my position. Come on and cheer up! MIT rejected some 'rich' people too. Plus, there are many great schools out there...MIT is not heaven! Do not let a single decision ruin an entire lifetime.
Plus, I am wondering if a sample size of 1 is big enough for you to make such conclusions. Anyway, I know you will get over this.
Posted by: D'14 on March 14, 2011
Oops, I misspelled your name. Sorry, my bad.
Posted by: D'14 on March 14, 2011
MIT is great, don't get me wrong, but you can make an equally great educational experience for yourself almost anywhere you go. If you really Don't worry guys.
MIT is great, don't get me wrong, but you can make an equally great educational experience for yourself almost anywhere you go. If you really <3 math and science and engineering, you'll have a great time learning it no matter where you study.
Plus it is really cold here. You can go somewhere warmer now!
Posted by: Keenan '14 on March 14, 2011
Posted by: Anonymous on March 14, 2011
Meant to say:
"If you really love math and science and engineering, you'll still love it wherever you end up studying.
Posted by: Keenan '14 on March 14, 2011
"It was something unpredictable,
But in the end it's right
I hope we'll still have the time of our lives."
Posted by: TIM on March 14, 2011
Posted by: Tachmajal on March 15, 2011
Anyway, he will definitely shine and MIT will give his example in future while accepting mistakes in admission process.
Posted by: Suresh on March 15, 2011
To be honest, if you really are hellbent on wanting an MIT education, just take the classes on opencourseware and save about $200,000. I know from experience that these classes are incredible.
Posted by: SeanCarroll on March 15, 2011
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Posted by: SeanCarroll on March 15, 2011
Of course, colleges are more about meeting and working with cool people and professors.
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Posted by: Nathaniel on March 15, 2011
and FYI, i'm banning and deleting M Quinn's posts not because he's exposed a secret conspiracy to keep poor people out of MIT. i'm deleting his posts because he is a bad poster who is saying a bunch of stuff that demonstrably isn't true. and also, there is no one who applied this year with his name or alleged background, so he's also at the very least not being forthright about his own identity.
but posts like this make me mad. because i work with a lot of the low SES students here at MIT. and they are amazing. and it upsets me when people discount that.
sean and everyone else who is taking their non-admittance gracefully and graciously - thank you. you are awesome.
Posted by: Chris Peterson @ MIT Admissions on March 15, 2011
Never mind, MIT was indeed fun while it lasted.
Posted by: Phoenix on March 15, 2011
Posted by: SeanCarroll on March 15, 2011
Smile, life's beautiful.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKYuPmT3ELU
Posted by: Stephen Chan on March 15, 2011
Posted by: 0 on March 15, 2011
Recipe for admission:
SAT tutor
Private essayist
Phillips Exeter Academy/[other top tier private school]
Legacy - keeping it in the family.
etc.
Don't even get me started on race based affirmative action. I can't believe colleges still have these absurd policies in place; especially seeing as it has been ruled unconstitutional. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gratz_v._Bollinger )
Anyway, I'm a bit disappointed in myself for not making more of an effort, but I'll probably apply for transfer. Missing out on the potential networking I can do at MIT as an undergrad endangers my future ambitions, so I'll hopefully make it then.
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Posted by: Keno on March 15, 2011
I really would be surprised if an assortment of pixels on a transistor liquid crystal display had the power to so much as put a scratch on our wonderfully beautifully powerfully majestic dreams.
Come on guys, let's believe in ourselves!
Posted by: mouse on March 15, 2011
no, because often there isn't a "reason" students weren't admitted. it's just - we weren't able to find a spot for them in the class.
@Anon -
you are completely correct that people of means have the means to make their kids shinier. and you are correct that MIT is disproportionately composed of higher SES folks than the general population (though not necessarily the college going population).
however, if you look at our first generation to college and public school numbers, i think you will notice a categorical difference between us and some of the other schools you mention.
Posted by: Chris Peterson @ MIT Admissions on March 15, 2011
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Posted by: SeanCarroll on March 15, 2011
@Chris: Thanks for the reply. I'll just try my luck again next year (after I have figured out where I'm going from here). I also wanted to thank you and everybody else in the admissions office for making applying to MIT such a great experience. MIT is amazing and you guys are too.
Posted by: Keno on March 15, 2011
Posted by: Milly on March 15, 2011
Hey Sean Carroll:
Thanks for noticing, but, what posts? Chris Peterson has deleted them. I Guess you can't badmouth MIT!
Posted by: M .Quinn on March 15, 2011
@M. Quinn: Yes, please take your debate elsewhere. I'm in the same boat as you are - rejected - but there are plenty of schools out there that are nearly, if not better than, MIT. This was my first choice (and likely yours as well), but hey - life goes on. If you were brave enough to even consider applying to MIT, I'm sure there's another school of high caliber ready to welcome you in September.
Posted by: Anonymous on March 15, 2011
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Posted by: Ian on March 15, 2011
I must admit I was really...really really sad about the decision. I cried for about an hour and then the tears just kind of stopped. I had been dreaming about MIT for almost a year. Maybe it was dangerous from the get-go...I mean, emotionally investing myself like that in a college that had a 10% admittance rate. Who knows?
I'm not going to sit here and say how I'm going to great things in the world, yada yada...because, to me, that's obvious, and it's obvious that all of you are going to do great things in the world, too. I don't want to say things like that because I feel like it's a defense mechanism...against the non-acceptance letter.
What I WILL say is that: DON'T FORGET WHO YOU ALL ARE!!! If you all are as amazing as you sound...then don't forget those small (or big) moments of your life that remind you you are that amazing...
For me, some of these small moments are:
- My Ap chem teacher congratulating me on doing a freezing-point depression problem in way he never thought of before
- Scoring a 102 on a difficult gas law exam
- Helping my friend with organic chemistry...and telling me I have a way at teaching it that makes it all seem easier
It may be strange, but moments like those remind me of the person I truly and how I have this undying love for chemistry.
**But**!!...I must say...if the number of applicants applying every year keeps on increasing, MIT has to find a way to accommodate more people. I feel extremely bad for the ~17000 kids that didn't get it. It's impossible that only ~10% of those were "fit were MIT."
To those that got in, congratulations!!! You better pass your classes with flying colors!!! You owe that to us!
All hail chemistry!!!! May the atom live on
Posted by: Alexandra Petruchenya on March 15, 2011
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Posted by: Chris Peterson @ MIT Admissions on March 15, 2011
Obviously, I meant to say *~10% of those were "fit for MIT."
Posted by: Alexandra Petruchenya on March 15, 2011
Posted by: M. Quinn on March 15, 2011
You are indirectly dissing yourself if you're dissing MIT. You apparently applied to MIT and you did not get accepted. Yes so what? A ton of other people did not get accepted but they are leaving the fight with their heads held high. They are leaving the way they should be leaving: with nobility. If you think there's nothing noble about failure then think again: because first of all, not being accepted is not failure. It just means you have a different path. And even if, in your contorted universe, you consider this a failure, you should at least have the self-respect to go about it like a Man. Or WoMan.
Posted by: Alexandra Petruchenya on March 15, 2011
What do mean by "Man. Or WoMan."?
Posted by: M. Quinn on March 15, 2011
Posted by: TS on March 15, 2011
WHAT I MEAN is that you should stop being so shady and reveal your secret identity because at this point in time I have no clue as to what your gender even is.
And the expression - "take it like a man"
It means handling the situation with a sense of pride and self-honor.
Posted by: Alexandra Petruchenya on March 15, 2011
Why is my gender matter here?
Posted by: M. Quinn on March 15, 2011
Well , whatever , it feels like I'm finally getting all this MIT stuff off my chest and moving on to a life that is uncertain to a high degree , yet, still exciting. I do not know whether international applicants are looked at the same way domestic applicants are, nor do I care about the fact that a lot of people who only act passionate about something when they are not just to get into MIT get admitted. Why ? Because when you have a heart that's never going to give up what it cares for, which for me , is physics , then , life's going to turn out greater for you than anyone who tries to be like you.
Good Luck everyone ! Don't let this get you down.
Posted by: Shahriar on March 15, 2011
Posted by: Chris Peterson @ MIT Admissions on March 15, 2011
What DOES matter is that you are enroaching on this blog post and making it an unpleasant experience for all of us. Plus, you're irritating me.
Interesting, if you actually got into MIT, would all these feelings of hatred actually surface...well, of course not! they'd all be bottled up inside... waiting to come out. Meaning you'd still have the potential to be this way, but in a different situation. And why would MIT want people mean spirited people like that?
So do us all a favor and hop off this blog post with your socio-demographical theories regarding admission and your overall (unwanted and unneeded) negativity. This blog post was full of hope and promise before you came on and now it's just full of...well. yes.
Posted by: Alexandra Petruchenya on March 15, 2011
wish u luck
Posted by: Kianoosh on March 15, 2011
Thanks for the comments. reading thru it, i kind of let go of not getting into MIT. But yes, MIT is a top school and always will be. To me, it is the best and i won;t say there are better schools out there just because i never got in. But it did teach me a lesson. life won't always go as smoothly as you expect. And to those who didnt get in, like me, perhaps it's not that we're not good, but we can't show how awesome we are in that application form?
Perhaps take it as a lesson from life and move on! cos i guess not getting into MIT is but a small obstacle in life. :D
cheers.
Posted by: kiki on March 15, 2011
And to those people who are blaming the admission process or the staffs,
"WHY DID YOU APPLY TO MIT IF YOU HAD SO MANY PROBLEMS WITH THE SYSTEM?"
Better go some other place than applying here.
Surely I will miss the company of some great peoples. Just wish if MIT had I creased the quota for international students.
Enjoy wherever u are in this world. Don't lose hope.
Life is short. Live it up
Posted by: Zulkarnine (rejected :'( ) on March 15, 2011
I just don't appreciate people like that. Especially amidst everything that happened today and everything people are going through right now.
Sorry again,
and congrats again to the accepted!! congrats to all of us, too, because now we get to explore a different path...
So GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!!
And most importantly, have fun the next 4 years, wherever you go.
Posted by: Alexandra Petruchenya on March 15, 2011
Posted by: Suresh on March 15, 2011
For the past 8 month applying, or even before that, I've treated MIT as familiy. I got to know a lot of people; I learned and grew; I still feel so lucky.
And for us who didn't get in, we understand ourself better from this process and we're gonna shine wherever we go~ Good Luck
Posted by: candide on March 15, 2011
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Posted by: Murtaza Ali Khan on March 15, 2011
How nice for you.
Posted by: M. Quinn on March 15, 2011
Posted by: Surya Not a '15 for sure on March 15, 2011
Posted by: Mrunal on March 15, 2011
The whole application process made me learn more about myself so thanks MIT. I won't say that i'm not hurt cause i am but i'm not despairing...i'll make it-I determine if i'll achieve all those great goals i set...so again thanks:)
To those like me cheers! All the best at your other schools!!! To those accepted...have a wonderful time in one of the best institutions in the world!!
I'm out,
M.Babu. International:)
Posted by: M.Babu on March 15, 2011
To everyone like me who got rejected, remember that only for applying to MIT means we have potential and wherever we go, we'll do well. This our life and we have to live it to the fullest.
Posted by: Ouyan on March 15, 2011
@mit- i know of two people at my school, of who atleast one should have got in, but no - we are international students...... i think u should softly prepare international students for outright rejection and discourage them from hoping too much! after seeing such nice blogs, i got swayed- i started relating to MIT, but i forgot that i am an international studetn, just like some much more brilliant international studetns did, who got rejected today. i am not sying that it is bad - ur coutry, ur university- u know what's best for ur society... i am no one to say anythin abt that. but, we international applicants dont realize this soon. MIT is awesome and I will continue to love MIT forever, but please do tell the international students that their country of citizenship matters a lot as well - the rarer, the better! an plz dont tell me that i have got this wrong, becuase otherwise i wud not be seeing my friends in India- who have dreamt for some 5 years of making it to MIT, challenged themselves everyday, put in everything in their applications and are very nice people too, get rejected.
with that said, internatinal applicants who got accepted - i will pray to god that u get much more accpetance inside MIT! best of luck! (and yeah don't let us down. make the most of it)
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Posted by: orangeCookie on March 15, 2011
You guys , rock , and your comments were the exact ones going on in my head and I just couldn't put it into words....thank you
@Mrunal : I think that's a new one on my list of "Favourite quotes" , thanks ! ...btw , who said that ?
You guys, really made this day awesome despite the rejection, I really hope I can meet you some day, maybe not at MIT , but definitely somewhere...someday....
@Chris : You know something ? Throughout this application process, I kept thinking to myself, "Hey , I really wanna meet this awesome guy" ....I really hope I do , someday
Posted by: Shahriar on March 15, 2011
* Born to feel Pain!**************************
Posted by: Born to feel pain on March 15, 2011
@chris Thanks a lot.A few queries,but I will email you.
Dedicated to all those who are not admitted: Make thinking your capital asset and do try your best to make those things in real no matter how many ups and downs you face in life.
(My advice- go do some martial arts-any form karate,kung-fu whatever,it will help you have more self control).
All admitted students WELCOME to the most stressful years of your life.
Posted by: Bhaskar on March 15, 2011
whats his email id ?
Posted by: orangeCookie on March 15, 2011
Posted by: Bhaskar on March 15, 2011
Posted by: Bhaskar on March 15, 2011
and I wonder what kinda query do u have now? like any possible way of gettin in ?
Posted by: orangeCookie on March 15, 2011
Till the time do what keeps you happiest,that's the key to MIT.Good luck!!
Posted by: Bhaskar on March 15, 2011
i dint get in.
how can i contact someone to give me some advice i mean an email.....uhhhh im feeling so sad
Posted by: sad on March 15, 2011
i dint get in.
how can i contact someone to give me some advice i mean an email.....uhhhh im feeling so sad
Posted by: sad on March 15, 2011
I can give you a brief idea how admissions are done.First you part1 is reviewed.Then your grades-all of them,recommendations and ll your components.Then each and every person writes a summary of your application in an E3 card and also gives some recommendations like ''Clear Admit'' or ''Perfect choice''.Then 3 people form a group and review it.Then it starts the whole debating process if to be adnitted ,waitlisted or rejected.Overall around your application is reviewed by 12 people before finally putting into admit folder or any other.Finaly,Matt or Stu can change anyone's decisions at the last moment if found necessary(updates by the applicant).So just chillaxx..You did well..Gud luck!!
Posted by: bhaskar on March 15, 2011
Posted by: Bhaskar on March 15, 2011
YES. Please go to Harvey Mudd! I very nearly went there, and I am sure that the only major differences in my experience had I gone there instead of MIT would have been a smaller campus and less surrounding city. Also better financial aid. And I would have been warm... Oh my, I still harbor such amour for Mudd...
No. No. Happy to be here, slaving away at p-sets.
Point is. I think I'd have been just as happy at Mudd. Or even my state school. College is what you make it. And you can make yourself happy/miserable just about anywhere.
Posted by: Keenan '14 on March 15, 2011
Posted by: orangeCookie on March 15, 2011
Posted by: Bhaskar on March 15, 2011
2) The summary is written by the admission officers and not by any summary writer.Yes they comprise of each and every background.Matt was from poor family go and read his introduction.None of his parents or grandparents attended college.Quinton,Chris,Mikey everyone is really experienced so trust me your application was in the best hands.Do you know how to write a summary? They same way they make a not out of your application and briefly explain them.
3) The admissions officers only form a group of 3 and then have discussions.
Posted by: Bhaskar on March 15, 2011
Come on Bhaskar. That last post was really quite nice. No legitimate reason to delete it...
Posted by: M. Quinn on March 15, 2011
Posted by: Chris Peterson @ MIT Admissions on March 15, 2011
Posted by: 0 on March 15, 2011
I got rejected, but I really don't mind. I am proud of what I have done so far and if there is one thing I learnt from this whole proccess is to never give up on my dreams.
that's why I am planning to apply again next year!
stay cool and be happy! life is awesome!
Posted by: Dimitris on March 15, 2011
Posted by: Natalie on March 15, 2011
Being an international applicant my choices are less(I need finaid)
Pls lemme know
Posted by: Anony on March 15, 2011
Posted by: Blurb on March 15, 2011
Posted by: Bhaskar on March 15, 2011
And I got rejected. Not even waitlisted. rejected.
Quotas are stupid. And I can't believe MIT indulges in doing stupid things. So you would reject student A who is well balanced all-rounder and accept student B just because he/she helps matchs a certain criteria to fill a certain quota? I always thought this was supposed to be a merit based thing... apparently I was wrong.
I wasn't feeling bad about my decision initially but to think that the fighting chance I had was reduced because of a stupid quota ruined my day. I accept my rejection but I still have to say that this whole quotas thing is all very unMITish.
Posted by: Anon on March 15, 2011
thanks...by the way are you with the admission guys because you do know a lot about all this stuff.
sorry if you find that a bit rude.
by the way will i be at a disadvantage if i take a gap year and apply.
Posted by: anony on March 15, 2011
quota...????what type of quota?
Posted by: anony on March 15, 2011
I love you.
I will miss You. (its already a void without MIT filling up my daydreams and expectations)
Goodbye.
PS: why does the captcha say love preeke
Posted by: Aishwarya on March 15, 2011
Thankfully I have mandatory military service for a year in my nation. So I guess I am going to do it this year after school. Then I will have another year to apply to even more schools.
But I have one question for the admissions office.
As I understand there are many levels that an application has to go through so my question is why could not one know to what level his or her application reached. Is there some reason why this is not possible.
I am just curious because I know I had a few D-s on my transcript and most of the grades where C-s with the exception of math, programming and physics in other words the subjects that I really care about. I have also been left partially to repeat a course in a certain humanities subject. I just wonder if in such a case my application would have been left out in the so called first round without reading other parts where I believe I had good enough explanation to why I have not got a nice transcript. And one other thing. How important is the transcript in an
application especially when in my country there are tons of other subjects besides the ones I need fof my university studies on rather high level. .
I just do not know how to write something short.
But to all you other rejects like me do your best wherever you end up because who does not like underdog stories.
Posted by: Andres on March 15, 2011
Posted by: Saeed on March 15, 2011
it's strange how southern universties welcome so many international students but northern dont (at least MIT doesnt)!!! i was under the wrong notion that northern america has been the focus of liberalism, revolution and perhaps, internationalsim! how naive of me! it seems like a complete role reversal after the civil war... it's wonderful what human will can do. they have made it really far!(and still going)
Posted by: 0 on March 15, 2011
MIT rejected me not once, but twice. Being a second-time applicant (I applied in my junior year as well), I knew how slim my chances were. Yet because of previous experience, I was calm when the rejection did arrive.
It is hard to swallow that I will have to say goodbye to this blog. I have been reading/laughing/crying with it for years. But when it's time to move on, it's time for me to go. MIT was a big dream of mine for 14 years. Dreams never come true to me, but I am used to that.
I still have a couple more schools left to wait for. But I likely will end up at UC Berkeley. Chris and Matt and whoever reads this, I will be fine, right?
Posted by: Will L. on March 15, 2011
BTW you won't be at any disadvantage if you take a gap year.
Posted by: Bhaskar on March 15, 2011
thanks ....its nice to know that people like you exist. i was pretty shocked yesterday after i read _________(wont name the person) comments.i still love MIT and next year im gonna be there.
also did you get in?
Posted by: anony on March 15, 2011
Thanks to all of the admissions folks! Congrats to those who were accepted! Good luck to all!
Posted by: Jessica on March 15, 2011
Posted by: TD on March 15, 2011
Posted by: Bhaskar on March 15, 2011
Love to all!
Posted by: Tanay on March 15, 2011
Posted by: IwaJima on March 15, 2011
Sometimes you're ahead
Sometimes you're behind
The race is long, and in the end, it's only with yourself
Posted by: 0 on March 15, 2011
But on the main topic.
Sad as most people in here. I had so high hopes although I was an international applicant as last year one person from my country was accepted.
And as I saw that our achievements were rather similar I believed I had a chance. Especially as everything I have achieved was the result of purely my own studying with the exception of one really good teacher who only ignited my passion for physics saddly in the 10 grade. Plus I was from a much smaller town
meaning in my city there were no extra educational or experimental oppourtunities for a young person.
But I guess as almost all my essays went to explain that despite having no international achievements yet I have probably one of the biggest crushes on physics you could imagine then probably there was a big part in me that they did not see. Some how deep down I have the fear that my application did not get a full read but probably I am just too suspicious.
But I guess in the positive side I now have even higher motivation in order to reach InternationalPhysicsO and although highly unlikely for a first year I will do my all in order to get a gold medal.
I hope that every single one who got admitted uses the oppourtunity to the fullest because MIT is probably one of the best places where to shape the future world into a much better one.
Posted by: ANDRES on March 15, 2011
It's great to see how so many of us have gathered heart to face it! It makes me proud to be brother of such lovely strong and passionate people!
The emotions involved in each and every post on this thread is so awesome! Hats off to all who got in and more to those who faced it with confidence!
@MIT ( or anyone who can answer me)
Can we join another university and reapply as a freshmen next time? That is we are ready to lose a year for joining MIT!(transfer statistics are way too low!We have a better chance of making as a freshmen!)(Or maybe we apply as both freshmen and transfer and MIT tells us if it would accept us as a transfer or a freshmen!) So is it possible?Please do answer my query!)
Because if it is!It will be great! We wont lose a year and our dream of being a part of the MIT family still stays.!
and btw a huge Thanks for the hardwork you guys put in! Rather I wonder how you guys balance the joy having a new excellent class and the pain of letting go of some great people!
Thankyou
Posted by: 0 on March 15, 2011
if MIT is fair to its international applicants, then the international students gettin accepted must be manifestations of god themselves
if not, then..uh..mm... well, just chiill.. i was heart broken to realize that i never stood a chance, even if i had not messed my application.....massachussets is a pretty much close minded state - mit is a sitting duck on that front
So, yeah go out and achieve things that might one day make admission officers think why they rejected u.....
(oh mAN! i sound like a sore loser!)
Posted by: 0 on March 15, 2011
You're not for me, maybe its my destiny not to attend MIT, and do great things and then make you realize what a great mistake you made.
Posted by: Shekhar on March 15, 2011
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Posted by: riffraff11235 on March 15, 2011
In the end, the goal is not a college--it is the pursuit of a life worthy of your living it.
Posted by: Anonymous on March 15, 2011
But no matter. I am Master Steelblade, champion of galaxies and creator of the Internet, and nothing can stand in the way of my want, my unquenchable thirst, my need for knowledge, understanding, wisdom, and ingenuity.
Maybe you'll see me again as a (graduate? doctoral?) student, MIT, maybe you won't... but I can assure you this: I won't stop. I won't give up. Ever. And when I accomplish something astonishing, attempt the impossible, do something that has never even been imagined before, I'll be sure to remember you -- the rejection which only showed that there's still room for improvement, and there always will be.
I'll look back on this event with a smile and realize it was merely a spark, a spark which inspired me to become even more than I already was. To become more than I can possibly imagine, and keep on going after that anyways.
See you on the flipside, and hold on to your butts.
Signing off,
Master Steelblade
Champion of galaxies
Creator of the Internet
~S~
Posted by: Master Steelblade on March 15, 2011
750-800 Admit rate=x%
700-740 Admit rate=y%
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