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Matt McGann '00

Dec 10, 2005

Waiting

Posted in: Process & Statistics

While you wait...

For those who are curious about envelope sizes: the defer letter and the deny letter each come in a standard #10 window envelope (4.125" x 9.5"). As for the admit letter, it is unlikely to be mistaken for anything else.

Jane asked, "I always wondered....why is MIT's early acceptance rate so low compared to other selective colleges?"

Well, there are two factors at work here. First, we are committed to admitting no more than 30% of our class during early action. We feel that the pressures to apply early are too high, and don't want to further contribute to that by leaving only a very small number of spaces for regular action, further pressuring people to apply early. Additionally, we don't want to penalize those students who apply regular action.

Second, our last few classes, because of an increased yield (the percentage of admitted students who decide to enroll), have been quite large. So, given our 30% constraint, and our increased yield, there you have it -- 377 admitted students, a record-low 12.2% admit rate.

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While this is a much smaller percentage of the class admitted early than many other places, remember that here, being deferred is not a "polite rejection." Deferred students are given full consideration again during regular action, where most (~75%) of our admitting is done. Many students were deferred, and I expect those students to be competitive during the regular action process. More on that in the weeks to come.

Out of fairness to applicants, we also turned down more students than we did last year during early action. Many of these students are really excellent, but given our applicant pool, it was clear that these students would not ultimately be admitted to MIT regular action. We wish these students our best in their applications to other great schools.

Unfortunately, I suspect that the mail won't make it much farther than Eastern Massachusetts inside of Interstate 495 (based on last year's mail patterns), with most students receiving decisions on Monday and Tuesday. For those of you not in Massachusetts, do yourself a favor and have a fun, relaxing weekend... maybe check out some of the great movies that are out now... (I saw "Memoirs of a Geisha" last night, with a talk beforehand by author Arthur Golden!)

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Well, you guys did your part!

Posted by: Daniel Suo on December 10, 2005

Nice to hear, I suppose I should look out for the "obvious" envelope then... or the regular *shudder*.



On another note, Memoirs isn't showing anywhere near Minneapolis. It's not fair... such an amazing book, me and my friends want to see it so bad.

Posted by: Kamran on December 10, 2005

WOW, number of EA admits went down ~150 over the past 3 years; THAT IS CRAZY. This makes me nervous, but yeah, I'll just relax and enjoy the weather in San Diego.

Posted by: Vu on December 10, 2005

Hi again!



I need to ask if we can put down more than one activity for the "leisure" short answer question, i.e, Q12a) tell us about something that you do for the pleasure of it?



Thanks!

Posted by: murasame on December 10, 2005

Since I'm in South Florida, it looks like I'll just have to wait.



Thanks for at least keeping us informed, even though I'm probably far more anxious now than I would be otherwise...

Posted by: thekeri on December 10, 2005

Wonder why the admission result is not made available through the MtMIT web page. It is afterall password protcted.

Posted by: renuka on December 10, 2005

i know right, its kinda ironic that MIT doesn't have upto date technology. As long as I get in I'll forgive them.



I'm so happy it's over. No more waiting, no more anxiety. I just wanna thank all the admissions officers for guiding us through this process. You guys did a great job. All the other colleges make the process seem so impersal, MIT on the other hand really cares about each and every applicant.



I hope I got in!!!

Posted by: Sam on December 10, 2005

I finished my application a few weeks ago with the exception of my AMC scores. I have had difficulties obtaining them from school. Is there any way I can submit my application now, and, as soon as I get the scores, send them?

Posted by: Daniela Buchman on December 10, 2005

You guys KNOW that getting a letter is so much more climactic than checking online. It wouldn't be nearly as exciting online. Getting the mail is somethink you'll remember, though.

Posted by: Sandy on December 10, 2005

But online is faster.

Posted by: Sam on December 10, 2005

Hmm..."Memoirs" seems like a good movie



It's releasing limited on the 16th, and all over on the 23rd...luckily I'm in New York, so it's already been released here on a limited number of screens



This decision thing is nail-biting for me; I'm just glad the letter is about to arrive. You really should not make it that obvious envelope-wise, but then again, I guess that works.



Trying not to think about it...

Posted by: Nalin K on December 10, 2005

I heard the acceptance letters come in tubes rather than envelopes...



I'm still awaiting my most probable small white envelope... A deferral if I'm lucky. I live in southern New Hampshire, but given small town mail I probably won't find out until Tuesday.

Posted by: Caroline on December 10, 2005

did any one of you have 2.1 GPA?

I am afraid that I will be rejected.

Still, I want to be accepted.

Posted by: Mr. K on December 10, 2005

Waiting really is the hardest part....

I know its not going to come in the mail today... but I checked the mail anyway... and it seems the mail guy chose today to slack off... I checked the mail 3 times... and we haven't gotten our mail yet...

Posted by: 0 on December 10, 2005

geezzz... and i thought applying was the most stressful part. waiting is sooo much worse. especially if i get the normal (non-exciting) envelope that i'm expecting. monday seems sooooooooooo far away... btw the fact that MIT's got blogs on their admin site is way cwel. prolly tops of the fact that it's the best admin site i've seen but then it is MIT, lol... monday... ...or tuesday...

Posted by: anonymous on December 10, 2005

Benefits of living in WI: I probly won't get rejected til Wednesday.

Posted by: Soccerchick on December 10, 2005

*checks mailbox*



no dibs



:| waiting is bad.

Such heart-pounding stress.

What a nightmare.



Waiting for that deferral.

Posted by: ybai on December 10, 2005

OMG I looked in my mailbox just now and I found a big envelope. I was so excited I thought I got in. Then I looked at it and noticed it was from CUNY. All this waiting is getting to me. I just wanna know already.

Posted by: Sam on December 10, 2005

faster is soo much better than climatic...

Posted by: April on December 10, 2005

The suspense augments every single day. Every time I even think about the letter that I will receive from MIT, my heart begins to race and my breath becomes quicker. Oh why, Oh why, did you have to use snail mail, especially when it is snowing?? Why make us EA applicants suffer this agonizing pain of wait? I am so scared about what type of envelope I will receive; and if it be the tiny white envelope, what decision will be printed in those 12 font Times New Roman English characters...deny or defer? While I go about my daily almost mechanical routines of life, the knowledge that the decision letter will be getting ever more closer to Atlanta; and I hope, by the time the letter reaches my doorstep, that the ice will have melted off the white paper-like envelope because of the radiant glow of the word ACCEPTANCE.

Posted by: Charles on December 10, 2005

mines gonna be small..i can feel it..

Posted by: April on December 10, 2005

5 to 10 says that if they let us check online we'd either crash the whole system or some wiz-kid would hack it. We are applying to MIT after all. Small envelopes suck

Posted by: Dave on December 10, 2005

Did anyone get their letter yet?

Posted by: Yi on December 10, 2005

Just because they don't allow checking online doesn't mean they can't.



I personally would far rather open it and see. However, I'd prefer everything be the same envelope size and get an admit pack later, but that's just me.

Posted by: Clark Poland on December 10, 2005

but it takes too long!!!!! by the time i get it i'll be crazy and it won't matter whether i got in or not

Posted by: April on December 10, 2005

actually it will...if i don't my brain will be permanentaly damaged

Posted by: April on December 10, 2005

Don't be so negative, just remember there's a good chance the 1 out of every 10 of us will get in. Mabye even more. Personaly I think most of us on this blog will make it.



Anyone got any ideas on how to pass the time. Please don't do your other appps cus thats what I'm doing.

Posted by: Sam on December 10, 2005

I'm watching the whole LOST season one over again so that my mind wont be thinking about the MIT deferral letter.

Posted by: yi on December 10, 2005

That's MY Lost Season One DVD, Yi!

Posted by: Ganesh on December 10, 2005

I dont know which is worse... waiting for a letter or getting it online. I do know that calling for AP scores and checking online got my heart pumping pretty hard. For the IB scores, I noticed that the website was on atomic time (my watch gets signals for atomic time) so just waiting for the right second to hit refresh was pretty stressful. My heart felt like it was going to explode several minutes before they came out and just got worse until I finally got the scores. Either way, this whole mail thing is pretty stressful. I am going to be driving home from school like a mad man on Monday and Tuesday looking for my letter. Lets just hope I dont crash.

Posted by: Bryan on December 10, 2005

can everyone please calm down? you making me even more nervous. i really think i got denyed after the first rejection i might cry for a few weeks but i will get over it hopely. damn i saw a RPI enevelope the colors are like the MIT. my heart alwost jumped out my chest but it was just RPI.

Posted by: Carly Cobbold on December 10, 2005

I think someone else said this earlier, but getting the paper copy through snail mail is better than online notifcation.



Tearing up piece of paper: cheap.



Punching Computer Monitor: Expensive.



Tearing up piece of paper: Stress relieving.



Punching Computer Monitor: Hand hurting.



in fact, Im sure someone on one of the blogs said that already... oh well. I stole it.

Posted by: The Turtle Hermit on December 10, 2005

I bet you the admissions officer are all laughing at us right now. Why can't they just tell if we got in or not. They know, they know all. LOL I'm going out of mind, I gotta go to sleep.

Posted by: Sam on December 10, 2005

oh man...



i live in brookline ma (in other words, right across the river from MIT) and all of my friends got their acceptance tubes today! I got absolutely nothing in the mail... no small envelope and no tube.



this is probably the most nerve-wracking situation i've ever been in.

Posted by: shyang on December 10, 2005

Oh my...the numbers are daunting...I was totally chill until I read the numbers--> the significant increase of applicants from 2002 to 2005 and the significant DECLINE from 2002 to 2005. Wow...! But then I feel better and I hope you do too knowing that this is just the beginning. It's EA. Not RA.



If it was RA, there are no more chances. But EA there is- think about the ppl that didn't apply early anywhere...they won't know anything until April, but atleast we get a glimpse of our potential early on.



So it's CHILL OUT time, so relax, and don't forget to watch the finale of APPRENTICE live this thursday! GO RANDALL!!!!!!!



Peace everyone. This is NOT the end of the world. It's just the beginning.

Posted by: Julia on December 11, 2005

list of worries:

#1: big latin translation test-- covers 220 lines of the Aeneid.

#2: LinAlg final-- covers a whole semester.

#3: Christmas concert/ Christmas caroling-- losing my voice rapidly due to the cold weather, dehydration and general lack of sleep.

#4: MIT decision letter-- nuff said.

#5: figuring out what to get all my friends for christmas.



I'm chill. I'm so chill im FREEZING to death in my 20 degree home. I wish the MIT decision letter were my only source of anxiety. My life would be so much easier because I'm simply expecting a big red stamp on the letter that says "DENIED" and then I'll still be sick and sore and tired. And yes, I'll be studying hard for that exam.



Peace out!

Posted by: Justine on December 11, 2005

do i know you Soccerchick?

Posted by: bbwavefan on December 11, 2005

Good luck to all of you, guys! Please wish the same thing for me next year.

Posted by: Zaira on December 11, 2005

I startled the mailman today when I rushed up to him asking for the mail.... when I saw all small envelopes, my heart sank, but then I saw there was nothing from MIT smile. The waiting is terrible, though.

Posted by: Sam on December 11, 2005

Wow, the waiting can be a killer. I'm applying RA but I can still imagine how bad it can be. Especially looking into the mailbox everyday, hoping for that big fat envelope. Come mid-March, that's what the rest of us will be doing.

Posted by: Teck Lee on December 11, 2005

WI will receive on Wednesday? (dang...)

Posted by: 0 on December 11, 2005

Wow! I can't believe its been a year when I last posted the SAME kind of messages on the blog smile



goodluck everyone!!! =)

Posted by: Laila on December 11, 2005

Ah, thanks for all the information guys. But I must agree with my pal nalin...the envelope information is just a tad bit too revealing for me.



....tries to breathe

Posted by: Kristyn on December 11, 2005

I've heard how strenuous it can get when the time comes to wait for the acceptance letter, but words can't do the anxiety I'm feeling now any justice.



Well, here's to Friday! Good luck everyone.

Posted by: Matthew on December 11, 2005

its..a tube?

yay~

i luv MIT even more now

Posted by: 0 on December 11, 2005

Will it help with the increased yield problem if I put "MIT is undoubtedly my first choice and I will surely attend if admitted" in my application?



Just wondering if it might aid with the monumental task of admission...

Posted by: Lerh Feng on December 11, 2005

Remain strong guys! You've almost done it. Mental strenght is a quality of all of you, I guess wink



A Question: do I have to set a title on top of my essay or does the "an app to Mit is much more than just a set of..." title suffice?? thank you so much if you could answer my question

Posted by: Rafael on December 11, 2005

just out of curiosty, why have so many colleges decided to no longer e-mail admissions decisions to applicants?

Posted by: 0 on December 11, 2005

Pobably to screw the the applicants or mabye to bring back the feeliong of opening a letter.

Posted by: Sam on December 11, 2005

bbwavefan: I don't think you know me cuz I don't know anyone else who's applying at MIT.

Posted by: Soccerchick on December 11, 2005

i'd rather have my decision online..



waiting is excruciating... haven't been able to think of anything else since saturday! pains to know that your fate is decided but you have to wait days to know!

Posted by: eek on December 11, 2005

My heart hurts ...

but stressed spelled backwards is desserts maybe i should get some

Posted by: Dina on December 11, 2005

Watching the numbers on the clock change...I should be reading the Iliad

Posted by: Anonymous on December 11, 2005

Let's list other things to worry about:

#1 My school doesn't have dances, we have banquets. So, for my date for our Christmas Banquet, she's ewaring a plum dress. Now, since guys are supposed to match the tie to the dress, I have ot find a plum tie. Problem is, I've never seen the dress (she won't let me see it, like it's a wedding dress or something) and I'm like any other guy who can't tell the difference between a lavender and a plum or any other arbitrary shade of purple.

#2 In a group for a school competition thing, my group has had a ton of drama going on. There are three people who do most of the work (I'm one of them) and the other 3 are pretty much unreliable. We had a meeting yesterday, one guy showed up an hour and a half late saying his alarm didn't go off. And then one of the 3 that does work wants to quit. It's quite worrisome.

#3 Said group's competition is in January and we have to have a ton of practices and whatnot, total time consumer. And it'll take a lot to get up to snuff.

#4 My computer monitor's dying. It's a sad, sad day.

#5 The whole college process beyond just waiting for admission decisions. There's still a lot to think about beyond just getting in or not.



Ahh... waiting for a letter or tube doesn't seem quite so bad now. I'll be out of the home all day tommorrow too when I'll most likely get my decision. It'll torment my poor parents more than it'll torment me. Heh. At least part of the reason I'll be gone is for a big band concert and I must say that music has healing qualities, though it's more fun to play.

Posted by: Clark Poland on December 11, 2005

Good luck to everyone and try not to stress too much! Everything has reason...

Posted by: Amy on December 11, 2005

Time to chillax even though i'm wicked nervous

Posted by: Charles on December 11, 2005

LEts all come down. We probably all got in. But lets say we didn't, is it reallt gonna be that bad. We're still gonna do what we do no matter where we are. Getting into MIT would be great, but would not getting in be so bad.



Don't get me wrong I want to get in just as much as any of you guys, but if I don't I'm not going to hang my head. I'm just gonna take the loss and move on with my life. Remeber there's still grad-school!

Posted by: Sam on December 11, 2005

Wow I can't type. I need some sleep. Matter of fact lets all go to sleep and stop worrying about MIT. The decision is already made, us posting on MyMIT wont't change anything.



I hope everyone gets in.

Posted by: Sam on December 11, 2005

Good luck to everyone applying this year. Wow, those EA numbers are kind of scary....



Next year is going to be suspenseful when applying, I believe so...



Wow, just to think if I ultimately choose to apply to MIT for EA... I'd probably become freakishly anxious all through November '06.



At least looking at the envelope would give one an idea if one has been accepted or not.



Yet again, good luck!

Posted by: David B. on December 11, 2005

A TUBE!!!! now that is awesomeness in itself...

Posted by: April on December 11, 2005

posting won't change anything...true...but it sure does help w/ the stress! besides it's fun

Posted by: April on December 11, 2005

I'm a junior right now, and reading this is getting me really nervous for next year! When does the 2006 application come out? Pretty much I want to devout as much time as I can to it.

Posted by: Mike on December 11, 2005

the 2005 app came out online in august

Posted by: April on December 11, 2005

i think...thats wut i remember

Posted by: April on December 11, 2005

If you really wanna work on it now (dunno why...) you might as well. It'll most likely be the exact same as this year's.

Posted by: Clark Poland on December 11, 2005

Hello Fellow Stressed Out Ppl:

My good friend applied to MIT EA just like me and since we live in NYC, we didnt get our letters yet. We were so bored and stressed out that my friend actually made a rejection letter he imagine that he might get. (hopefully and prolly not) Since we are all so stressed out, i think it would be a good to have a laugh.

Disclaimer: if you might suicide when you see the word rejection, do not go to the following link.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d158/Guy__Incognito/Rejectionblur.jpg

Posted by: Yi on December 11, 2005

Waiting is awful.. but just think, if we are all applying to a school like MIT, then what are the chances that we won't get in anywhere else? If we don't get into MIT then at least we are still going to college!

But don't get me wrong, I'm still scared out of my mind.

Good luck to everyone!

Posted by: Anne on December 11, 2005

On a different note, does anyone happen to know who discovered that the mass of a supermassive black holes at the center of a disk galaxy is proportional to the mass of the galaxy's bulge?

Posted by: Kate on December 11, 2005

Probably there's more than one reason other colleges aren't e-mailing

admissions decisions. Common reasons are risk of fake e-mail, or the

college thinks online notification is too low class for such a

momentous occasion.



The reason that occurs to me is e-mail accounts shared with parents.

Some kids I know have a separate e-mail address they use only for

college apps. They let their parents read this e-mail so their parents

can nag them about stuff.



Oops! I really meant to say "so their parents can help them keep track

of deadlines" smile



So... notifying online might mean more cases where parents see it

first.



Oh, about mailing a tube for an acceptance: I think it's not fair. If

you live outside the city and have a mailbox on the street, the tube

will fit and you'll be all set. If you're in the city and have a slot

for your mail, or a little box for your apartment, the tube won't fit

and you'll get a PS Form 3849.

Posted by: Sherry Ann on December 11, 2005

So how is MIT towards siemens finalists as far as admissions go, do you think many of them got in EA?

Posted by: Daniel on December 11, 2005

National finalists, you mean? I would imagine that most of them got in, especially since national finalists probably have a lot of other notable credentials anyway...

Semifinalist/regional finalist probably doesn't hold as much weight, because there are so many...



Good luck everyone!

Posted by: anonymous2 on December 11, 2005

What's the likelihood of getting in if you're deferred? Does anyone know? Is it absolutely awful?



hmmm I'm a nervous wreck.

Posted by: Caroline on December 11, 2005

matt,



i also have a question about deferrals. of last years deferred apps, how many (or what percent) were admitted in regular decision. of this year's deferred apps, how many (or what percent) do you think will be admitted?

Posted by: mike d on December 11, 2005

I think ALL of us have that question.



...except those accepted already.

Posted by: Anonymous on December 11, 2005

yi,

LOL! if i ever get that letter i will be happy...if i get rejected at least i will be able to hate MIT for a good reason...as if i could ever hate MIT!

Posted by: April on December 11, 2005

Wow, Yi.



The guy who wrote that is a comedic genius.

Posted by: Ganesh on December 11, 2005

Lol, you would no wouldnt u......

(Of course I am in No WAY hinting that you had made it, ganesh)

And i feel the same way April, if i get something like this, i'll frame it and post it up on my wall.

Posted by: Yi on December 11, 2005

i'd post it in my college dorm room (where ever that would be)

Posted by: April on December 11, 2005

did u write it ganesh? doooooooood..awesomeness

Posted by: April on December 11, 2005

*GASP* My plot has been REVEALED.



...yeah, it was me.

Posted by: Ganesh on December 11, 2005

i am impressed...no can u do an acceptance one? it'd make me happy to have a MIT acceptance letter (even if it is fake)



i'd frame it and make everyone bow to it

Posted by: April on December 11, 2005

I'd make tons of copies of it. Laminate each one. Then when I die I'll put the letter on my grave right in between the 2 Nobel Prizes. LOL I have the same echance of winning 2 Nobel Prizes as I have of getting into MIT. Come one tube or deferal letter. Only one day away. Good luck everyone.

Posted by: Sam on December 11, 2005

Well, I guess I could just have the same letter and make your t-value 2. ...and change the giant REJECTED stamp to ACCEPTED.

Posted by: Ganesh on December 11, 2005

like 24 hrs now..

Posted by: April on December 11, 2005

true..that'd work...and i want one...just to show all my relatives

Posted by: April on December 11, 2005

and the pple in my church who won't leave me alone

Posted by: April on December 11, 2005

Until they see that it's signed by

"Someguy at MIT,"

Posted by: Ganesh on December 11, 2005

oh well..at least they'd shut up

Posted by: April on December 11, 2005

well...2morrow is another day...for worrying..maybe it'll come 2morrow! AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH



good luck pples

Posted by: April on December 11, 2005

Last year, 267 of the deferred applicants (2240 were deferred) were eventually offered admission. This information (and much more) is available at the "Who's at MIT" button at the top of the myMIT screen.



Loved the sample rejection letter - I'll compare it to the real rejection letter when I get mine tommorrow.



Best of Luck!

Posted by: Alexandre the Great on December 11, 2005

this definately cheered me up, the irony that it was a rejection letter. Cant wait wats next from the Awesome Ganesh of Awesomeness.

Posted by: Yi on December 11, 2005

I must admit, Ganesh, that is one rejection letter I'd actually feel (a little) good about getting.



But only because I did that thing where I stop reading the problem and try to solve it myself, and got it right.



Save for the part where I equal -5.

Posted by: thekeri on December 11, 2005

Heheh. Thanks.



If I had gotten the math wrong, that would've been REALLY embarassing.



Also, Yi was after me about making an acceptance letter. So...



http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d158/Guy__Incognito/Acceptanceblur.jpg



If you want to inflate your ego, just replace my name with yours. It's just that simple.

Posted by: Ganesh on December 11, 2005

Yay, bout time, Props to ganesh again and again and again....

this is actually taking my mind off of waiting for the letter

Posted by: Yi on December 11, 2005

Nice Ganeesh, although I would have preferred another math themed one. wink

Posted by: me? on December 12, 2005

Praise be to Ganesh Na-- oh wait too much info

Posted by: Kenneth on December 12, 2005

So one of my dear MITES friends got in already!! I'm sooo excited for him! Go Phil in Boston and I know more of you MITES are going to be very very happy in the next two days so I congratulate you ahead of time! ...and I hope that I hear good news as well...but if not, I am still crazily happy for you MITES ppl! Whoot-whoot!

Posted by: julia on December 12, 2005

MUST MUST MUST READDDDDDD --HEY HOPE FOR SOME OF YOU OUT THERE:



~My older brother got deferred from THREE top schools including MIT during early action. (this is a few years back when you can do early to how ever many you want)-he wasn't upset at all either cuz he's an amazing optimist...which is what I strive to be



~and where is he now? He is at MIT majoring in Mech E with a 4.9/5.0 GPA and happy as ever can be.



SO Moral of the story: CHILL CHILL CHILL



p.s. IMPORTANT!!! if you got get a small envelope in the next few days and think your world and life is over...I will immediately hook you up with my doctor. Let me tell you what the end of the world literally means:------>



My friend last year died of brain cancer at the young ripe age of 18. She never got to experience college life or enjoy the end of senior year...she was in the hospital on graduation day. So Whenver I start freaking about getting into MIT and thinking my life is over if I don't get in...I think of my dear precious friend...She was so young, so optimistic, and even as she lay in bed during the last months of her life...she said she was very happy simply because the love of family and friends and support she was recieving.



I know you are nervous like no other...but don't forget about the big picture in life. This is but one little step in life in your big huge journey left to live. So LIVE STRONG...BE HAPPY...and don't forget about the precious things in life: love of family and friends and good health.



Peace. I will leave it to this. You guys are pretty quick so you understand me. But good luck anyways.

Posted by: 0 on December 12, 2005

the reject and admit letters seem just fine, but for a defer I'd

like to see some reasons... for example:





MIT has reviewed your application, which you titled "Me: The First 17

Years, Volume 1." The selection subcommittee loved your academics,

loved your activities, but expressed some concern about Essay B. You

indeed attempted to convey how your world shaped your dreams and

aspirations; however, you didn't use the expected textual medium but

instead rendered your thoughts using Play-Doh. The E-3 card noted that

it was "bold, powerful, but a tad difficult to interpret."



Nance dug into the MyMIT archives and uncovered that on September 23

at 8:09 PM you saved draft text for Essay B, but later deleted it.

There was a heated discussion of whether it was proper for us to look

at the September version, ultimately reaching a conclusion of "yeah,

whatever." Nance then quickly read it and spotted that you had quoted

Holden Caulfield. "Not a good match," he concluded.



Matt pointed out your 740 SAT I Math score. He observed that your part

14 discussed how you spent your time that otherwise would've been

spent on an unnecessary SAT retake. He explained that, in lieu of

teacher evaluations, you submitted two eyewitness accounts documenting

that you watched Bollywood films during the testing period on both the

October 8 and November 5 SAT test dates. Matt strongly recommended an

admit. "It's all about the context," he added.



There was other discussion. Stu was dismayed that you didn't follow

the directions about contacting your EC, and you instead painstakingly

tracked down and spoke with all alumni within a forty-mile radius.

Jenny was impressed that MIT's English Department appealed to you. Amy

was intrigued that you spelled MIT four different ways, which she

believed was a new record.



Marilee, visibly annoyed at the deadlock, climbed up on the table and

began belting out the lyrics to her favorite Lovin' Spoonful song:



Did you ever have to make up your mind

Pick up on one and leave the other behind

It's not often easy and not often kind

Did you ever have to make up your mind



Did you ever have to finally decide

Say yes to one and let the other one ride

There's so many changes and tears you must hide

Did you ever have to finally decide



Within seconds, Ben was accompanying her on air guitar.



In short, we didn't get anywhere. Have a nice winter; we'll get back

to you on or around the vernal equinox.

Posted by: Kari2010maybe on December 12, 2005

That's hillarious!!!!!

Posted by: AndersoN on December 12, 2005

lol ganesh, great acceptance letter!

Posted by: anonymous2 on December 12, 2005

WOW! doood AndersoN...i'd love to get a letter like that...if it was in an envolope and not The Tube...





Anonymous, so true...thank you for reminding us...sometimes we tend to forget the miracles of life, friends, and family and get wrapped up in our worry...thanks..



3 more hrs.....

Posted by: April on December 12, 2005

Has anyone found out yet today (maybe homeschoolers)? How far have the letters traveled by Monday?

Posted by: Alexandre on December 12, 2005

I know the person above me asked this too, but---how far have the letters traveled?

Posted by: One anxious individual on December 12, 2005

i'm in NJ and i didn't get mine 2day..darn...and the mail lady was early too

Posted by: April on December 12, 2005

...and I'm still waiting in my little corner in Portugal...it's probably getting here on Friday, the last day of school!

Posted by: Joe on December 12, 2005

Did not reach South-Western, Rural Ohio today..., and if anyone gets theirs can they take pictures or scans or something.... acceptence, deferral, or rejection please.

Posted by: Ohio on December 12, 2005

lol...mom gave me a lecture on being "wrapped up" in the MIT letters

Posted by: April on December 12, 2005

Did not reach Suburban New York...Waiting Anxiously

Posted by: Hemal on December 12, 2005

O what a stressful weekend...I hugged the mail man when i saw the tube, now waiting for my daughter to come from school.

Thanks to those in the selection comittee who worked long hours and had to make the hard decision.

Accepted, deffered or rejected....I would like to wish all the applicants congratulations on reaching one mile stone in your life. Don't be distracted on a single out come, you are the future who can shape society, who you are is not shaped by a single application

"The apple fell down from a tree, every one asked how? but Newton ask Why?". ask yourself why do I want to go to MIT? Assuming you know why, then ask if I don't get into MIT, How can I meet my goals? look yourself in the mirror, be proud of what you have done until now and value the alternatives.

Wishing everyone a happy and safe holiday season. Life is short, take a break, and have fun with your friends and family.

Posted by: 0 on December 12, 2005

"As for the admit letter, it is unlikely to be mistaken for anything else."



Is that what people are talking about when they say, "the tube"? tube = acceptance?

Posted by: Bobby Joe Frankie on December 12, 2005

the acceptance letter comes in a tube...w/ confetti

Posted by: April on December 12, 2005

Receiving a confetti-filled tube from MIT would make my life worthwhile.

Posted by: Zach on December 12, 2005

It reached Bronx, NY 10470, but not 10463, today. Argh.

And it is a tube if you were accepted.

Posted by: Konstantin on December 12, 2005

haha, that rejection/acceptance letter thing is great!

I just made a word file of the image.. will bring to school tomorrow~ great prank... ^_^

Posted by: 0 on December 12, 2005

I'm still trying to figure out if I can go bother my local post office, asking them if they received an MIT tube... Well, hopefully the verdict will come tomorrow for 10463.

Posted by: Alex on December 12, 2005

Reached Maine. smile

Posted by: Sarah on December 12, 2005

Two tubes made it to my neck of the woods -- northeastern PA -- today, and I am the proud owner of one. I am beyond euphoric at this point.

Posted by: Colin on December 12, 2005

nothing in IL....

Posted by: 0 on December 12, 2005

If they made it to northeastern PA today, hopefully they'll be in Pittsburgh tomorrow.

Posted by: Zach on December 12, 2005

Ha, mail's reached PA and not little Rhode Island. Meh, everyone forgets about us anyway.

Posted by: Joe on December 12, 2005

I ran out of my house in a t-shirt in the snow (it's 30 degrees) and found a TUBE in the mail box!



I'd like to run up to every single admissions person who even came near my application and kiss all of them. smile This means... my world. Honestly.



I am wicked wicked wicked excited! MIT = Love!



(Now I'm not going to care about Caltech's rejection letter which is probably coming tomorrow... MIT is better. They sent a tube!)

Posted by: Caroline on December 12, 2005

OMG THIS IS RIDICULOUS ;P ...hehe...i'm international applying from Kuwait and I just read the 100 or so posts above ;P I should be working on my college essays though, hehe smile .. MIT is and always will be number 1 for me, and I've said it a billion times. Applying RA is going to kill me, especially being international and the mail system inside Kuwait being so slow, it takes a month for the envelope/tube to get to my house from the post office, which is ridiculous raspberry this is why i'm probably going to have every tube they find sent to my house to check if it's an MIT one or not ;P there can't be many of those around smile .. God i'm stressed out too much already I gotta go finish my MIT Application before the rest so I can get my biggest burden out of the way!!!



Take care and good luck to everyone...please update us as to where the letters are...I'm very interested!



Abdulaziz (Aziz) Albahar

Posted by: Abdulaziz (Aziz) Albahar on December 12, 2005

colin, where in nepa are you from, and how do you know there were two tubes delivered? was the other delivered to someone you know? i'm in the wilkes-barre area and i haven't yet received anything.

Posted by: dale on December 12, 2005

it didnt reach me in maine! :(

Posted by: 0 on December 12, 2005

Err... it didn't reach me in the suburbs of massachusetts.... this must be some kind of a cruel trick

Posted by: Sam on December 12, 2005

i agree!! its a very cruel trick

Posted by: 0 on December 12, 2005

nothing in suburban cleveland. All day i was certain it would come 2day, but now i get to do it all again tomorrow. at least i now know im not alone

Posted by: A different Zach on December 12, 2005

Second to nothing in Suburbia de New York.



: (.



I am waiting for that deferral.



Looking back, it seems I did a lot of exciting stuff after I submitted my app. : |

Posted by: Arrrr on December 12, 2005

I got a tube! Woo hoo!



If only I hadn't had to go through so much for it. Check out my blog - it explains why I very nearly had to use a crowbar to get into the mailbox. ^_^

Posted by: thekeri on December 12, 2005

CONGRATS COLIN AND CAROLINE!!!!

Posted by: April on December 12, 2005

Tubes made it to Miami, FL. Congrats to everyone who got in.

Posted by: 0 on December 12, 2005

I have a feeling that only tubes were received today...so I am guessing tomorrow is deferral/rejection day for the rest of us

Posted by: Hemal on December 12, 2005

ARGH! I checked the mail just now and there wasn't a TUBE!!!!!! O.O



Luckily, there wasn't anything else from MIT...but...I'm in Maine. Why has the mail gotten to Florida and not Maine? I guess it's 'cause Maine mail sucks...



SO ANXIOUS!!!

Posted by: Rose on December 12, 2005

Woah.....Hemal, I didn't think of that...woah...



Well...I guess I know what I'm getting...

Posted by: Rose on December 12, 2005

how did miami get it and NJ didn't? cuz i didn't get a tube? guess so

Posted by: April on December 12, 2005

omg...



please be a tube...

please be a tube...



*cries* (it won't be a tube...)



>.<

Posted by: Anonymous on December 12, 2005

Hopefully, it's just that the people who didn't get it live in rural areas...

Posted by: Rose on December 12, 2005

Hey, sorry if this might make anyone stand out but did anyone get a deferal or the-letter-that-must-not-be-named today? It would suck definately if what Hemal said was actually true......

Posted by: Yi on December 12, 2005

Yea, I'm in NJ too (right across the river from NYC), and I didn't get anything either...I was considering going to the post office and asking about it, but I'm sure it'll come by tomorrow...



Congrats to those of you with tubes already!

Posted by: anonymous2 on December 12, 2005

seriously, anyone if you have gotten a letter other than acceptance please say so that the rest of us aren't freaking out that all acceptance letters were received today.



if so im gonna scream.

Posted by: Anonymous on December 12, 2005

I don't think admissions decisions through the mail is a terrible thing. You can kiss an acceptance letter (or tube, hahaha); you can't kiss an e-mail (though, I guess you could kiss the computer screen, but that'd be icky).

Posted by: Zack Yang on December 12, 2005

i think it is true...other wise it wouldn't make sense for FL to get it before NJ...even central NJ



*depression kicking in*

Posted by: April on December 12, 2005

clean the moniter first....then it wouldn't be that icky

Posted by: April on December 12, 2005

please dont be true...

i really dont want to start other college apps...

went through WAY to much stress going through this one...

Posted by: anonymous on December 12, 2005

well..................... at least we can hope its a deferral and not a rejection...................... *Kicks and breaks the mailbox*

Posted by: Yi on December 12, 2005

n,cskjndjajjhnhjn



darnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn





please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please be a deferral

Posted by: April on December 12, 2005

well..there's always grad school! another chance!



*sobs*

Posted by: April on December 12, 2005

please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please

let there be a second batch of tubes tomorrow!

Posted by: 0 on December 12, 2005

that'd be FANTASTIC

Posted by: April on December 12, 2005

Yes IT WILL!!!!! so did ppl get rejected? i guess if they were, they wouldnt be reading this blog anymore, huh?..... So did anyone get deferd?

Posted by: Yi on December 12, 2005

actually, personally if noone else gets acceptance tubs tomorrow i think yi and ganesh should get them.

they made my stress-filled waiting just a little bit easier smile

good night, and good luck.

Posted by: 0 on December 12, 2005

It makes no sense that a 2-foot tube should provide more problems for the postal service than a little envelope... so it should be a coincidence. Right?

Posted by: Konstantin on December 12, 2005

PLEASE say someone did...it's make me feel better...not that they didn't get in...but that there's still a chance for the rest of us

Posted by: April on December 12, 2005

typo...im good at those



*it'd

Posted by: April on December 12, 2005

ummm...right! that makes perfect sense!



i'm grasping fro straws now..



yes...yi and ganesh have made this much easier..u guys deserve them

Posted by: April on December 12, 2005

Hehe, thanks Anonymous, Too bad that wouldnt happen unless your name is actually Matt McGann.

Posted by: Yi on December 12, 2005

my head hurts..and i still have a scholarship to fill out...i want to go to bed and sleep until tomorrow's mail

Posted by: April on December 12, 2005

Too bad you'd prolly have to go to school like the rest of us before mail comes.

Posted by: Yi on December 12, 2005

nope! i'm homeschooled!

Posted by: April on December 12, 2005

I really hope that they're wrong about the tube thing!...I'm really scared, now. I know how Maine mail works, though..



Cambridge-Portland-Lewiston-Sumner, probably...So, I'll probably get it tomorrow...HOPEFULLY...



I just hope Hemal is WRONG.



Could we get somebody who did the MIT admissions to confirm that he's wrong? PLEEEEEASE?

Posted by: Rose on December 12, 2005

i love being homeschooled...i'll get my mail the second it gets here...don't get me wrong..my mom won't let me sleep til then :(

Posted by: April on December 12, 2005

He may be right. The past few days I checked shipping times on the USPS service website. From MIT to 43078, it would take a priority mail package envelope 3 days, and a tube only 2. Therefore, that is at least evidence for this conclusion. This was of course, when I measured the time for the larger envelope. The smaller one comes up for two. However, I had the idea of using google maps to create a live "map" for the Regular Action guys... That way every recieved tube, envelope, or whatever could be tracked. I may even try to put estimations of time and USPS shipping "lanes" on there. Also, that show probably delayed the planes taking off, so here's hoping to the rest of us!

Posted by: Chad Rockey on December 12, 2005

well, i guess homeschool does rock when it comes to mailchecking.

anyway, how would the admissions ppl no about the mailing system? shouldn't we call like the post office or ask the mail man? just a suggestion.

Posted by: Yi on December 12, 2005

i second Rose!

Posted by: April on December 12, 2005

I wanna know if Zoogies got in.

Posted by: Rose on December 12, 2005

Well.



I'm glad I live in CA. Nothing to worry about here (there's no way any mail would have reached all the way to the West Coast this early), though I'm fairly certain I got a deferral or rejection letter.



So.



Chill out. Go do something nice, or whatever. Eat a cookie. Play a video game (on a side note, the one I ordered hasn't been shipped yet, after 9 days. Argh). Whatever.



Spazzing's not gonna help any.

Posted by: Christine on December 12, 2005

I want a cookie...I have orange juice!



Oh, by the way, congrats to those who got the TUBE! I wish I'd get one...Yarr! (Pirate)

Posted by: Rose on December 12, 2005

I have neither. All I have is a project I've been working on for ages.



*chills out*



Once upon a time, there were a lot of people and they were all freaking out over a letter.

Posted by: Christine on December 12, 2005

Yeah, homeschooling does rock

Posted by: April on December 12, 2005

i sincerely doubt mit would be that cruel with their mailing process.

im sure since they started these blogs that they would know that we would all be checking with eachother.

im convinced that the packages are going out in waves, considering that the other blog stated the LAST of the mail went out the 9th.

imho the first wave hit today, the second tomorrow, and the last on wednesday...

so here's to FAULTY SHIPPING!

the one time of the year i love the post office's inefficiencies smile

Posted by: 0 on December 12, 2005

Y'know, I like the idea of mapping out the path, or at least making a chart of where they're going and all that. o.o Anyone wanna do that?



I haven't the time.



Email's no fun. I'd rather get a letter.

Posted by: 0 on December 12, 2005

I think it

Posted by: April on December 12, 2005

if you look up to the first postings about people getting acceptance tubes, some got them starting on the 10th. that means that there have been a couple of days of acceptance tubes arriving...



who's there to say that there still aren't a couple days left to recieve 'em?



*hint* *hint* *wink* *wink*

Posted by: 0 on December 12, 2005

a tube came over here in little RI today!!!

Posted by: 0 on December 12, 2005

i'm not liking Hemal's theory, but it makes sense, sadly... too bad for me!

Posted by: Jen on December 12, 2005

I hope that I am wrong by finding a tube in my mailbox tomorrow, but the information that Chad provided is quite nerve-racking. I hope the packages are coming out in waves and many of us will find good fortune tomorrow. Good luck to everyone and be sure to go to bed tonight praying for a tube

Posted by: Hemal on December 12, 2005

at least email's fast

Posted by: April on December 12, 2005

In suburban New York, nothing yet.

Kind of interesting to see the patterns of the USPS at work here. Is it totally by chance?

It might make sense that places closer to Cambridge haven't received them while Florida has - if the USPS was really on the ball Saturday morning, they could have bounced the shipment to Florida out of the airport really quickly, while things going to nearby states (the rest of MA as well as CT/NY/NJ) could have been delayed because they were driven in a truck instead of flown.



Theoretically, the USPS has three business days to deliver them. Counting from Friday, everything should be over with tomorrow.

Posted by: Sam K on December 12, 2005

i hope its all over by tomorrow

Posted by: Jen on December 12, 2005

it is definetly time for oreos



*tears open package of double stuff oreos*



oreos anyone?

Posted by: April on December 12, 2005

so true...today is the day...the day that will live in my heart forever

Posted by: April on December 12, 2005

i meant tomorrow...wuteva

Posted by: April on December 12, 2005

OK, so those are obscenely large tubes, so here's the updated shipping info:

Tubes, probably 2' by 3", weight per tube by http://www.papermart.com/templates/08-0-10.htm

is .4 Pounds per Tube

Assuming acceptance weighs twice as much as a paper application, contents weigh: three pounds perhaps.

So final dimensions (sorry for Imperial, but the USPS doesn't use SI) 2' by diameter 3", with estimated weight 3.5 lbs.

Since length plus circumference is 33.425 inches, it will qualify as a package under the USPS. Thusly, the time estimated is 2 days for Priority Mail, 4 Days for anything else to Mid OH... I couldn't find a label on thekeri's tube to confirm priority mail or not, but you may want to hide your address more, Ms. Garel.

Of course, then again there's the snow delay, which may add a day. (Hopefully for me!)

Posted by: Chad Rockey on December 12, 2005

As more and more admits are getting their tubes, the probability of me getting one decreases :-(



277/3098... 276/3097... ... ...1/2822?



Gahhhhh!!!

/runs and hides.

Posted by: Oren Hazi on December 12, 2005

Heh... add 100 to each of those numerators wink

Posted by: Oren Hazi on December 12, 2005

I want my tube.

I want my TUBE.

I WANT MY TUBE ALREADY!!



If you haven't already noticed I really want my tube.

Posted by: Sam on December 12, 2005

I WANT MY TUBE TOO!!!!!



*pounds table w/ fists*

Posted by: April on December 12, 2005

as my friend tells me



" stop worrying, you'll get wrinkles and look old."



raspberry

Posted by: April on December 12, 2005

My brother's friend got a tube, but nothing for me yet. How it can get to a city away from me but not where I live boggles me.

Posted by: dyzzy on December 12, 2005

Did anyone so far NOT get in?



That should be all the experimental data we need.

Posted by: BT on December 12, 2005

maybe everyone in the cities got them first because thats where all the mail goes first, then it goes to the rural towns after that... hopefully

Posted by: Jen on December 12, 2005

if u haven't noticed..i am OBSESSED w/ oreos...



oreos anyone?

Posted by: April on December 12, 2005

i was wondering the same thing as BT

Posted by: Jen on December 12, 2005

has anyone in rural towns got tubes?

Posted by: April on December 12, 2005

not me! but you already knew that..

Posted by: 0 on December 12, 2005

bad grammar



did anyone in rural towns get tubes?



lol..i am REALLY bad at english

Posted by: April on December 12, 2005

i'm suburbs...*sigh*

Posted by: April on December 12, 2005

hmm..if i got a rejection..i don't think i'd be here right now..so maybe some ppel did..their just not online

Posted by: April on December 12, 2005

Aww...drats. :(



*negativity sets in*



._.



So much hope...ruined.



No mail here.

Posted by: ybai on December 12, 2005

April, you make a good point..

Posted by: Jen on December 12, 2005

Then again, anyone in the suburbs of NY get any yet?



That's all the proof I need.

Posted by: ybai on December 12, 2005

*pple



* they're

Posted by: April on December 12, 2005

there's hope!

Posted by: April on December 12, 2005

i'm supposed to be writing a lab right now, how can they expect me to do that when i'm worrying about this?!?! GAH!

Posted by: Jen on December 12, 2005

ybai,

i'm bout 45 mins from NYC..does that help?

Posted by: April on December 12, 2005

ditto to jen.



:| except I happen to have some nice juicy tests waiting for me tomorrow.



This is not going to pan out very nicely smile

Posted by: ybai on December 12, 2005

I actually live around...50-60 min from NYC. Hmmm...no word yet, then again, the postman loses stuff every now and then.



but, i wouldn't count on it..



*fluctuating moods*

as a function...right.

Posted by: ybai on December 12, 2005

So, who among the untubed is going to get any sleep tonight?

Posted by: BT on December 12, 2005

ya isnt school tomorrow gonna be a blast?

goodluck with your tests ybai



i'm going to sleep so tomorrow comes faster



goodluck everyone!!

Posted by: 0 on December 12, 2005

The thing about cities receiving them before rural areas and suburbs makes sense - but they weren't sent out in waves. Matt (or maybe it was Ben) said that he "held them ALL in [his] hands" right before mailing day - Friday.

Posted by: Alexandre on December 12, 2005

probably not me but i'm going to try!

Posted by: Jen on December 12, 2005

Thanks a lot :3



This is going to be a long night.

This has become a chat board.



*Paranoia settling in*



Well, we still have a slight modicum of hope.

No worries right?

Hypocrisy.

Posted by: ybai on December 12, 2005

Even if they weren't sent out in waves, each small USPS center still processes different amounts of mail everyday. When they were sent out is generally unreliable for the commonplace exceptions to the rule.



We can only get a general window of opportunity...after all.

Posted by: ybai on December 12, 2005

Its ironic how we all complain about it taking so long, when we are EARLY applicants.



CA > MA with sunshine

MA > CA with shorter postage time



damn california smile

Posted by: Krisna on December 12, 2005

Just wanted to quell the panic a little bit...



Way back about six years ago, my best friend and I both applied early action. She got her acceptance letter (they didn't do tubes back then) on the 14th of December. I got nothing, and since we live in the same zip code, I was sure this meant that I was deferred or rejected.



Except that it turns out that the mail is completely unpredictable and my acceptance letter came the next day.



So, try not to make any assumptions just yet. And in the meantime, if you didn't hear anything today, try to distract yourself until the mail comes tomorrow -- which I realize is easier said than done. If you have no ideas, then start with this:

http://www.stuffonmycat.com/

Posted by: errhode on December 12, 2005

I'm seconding the theory that people with letters are probably not on the blogs or discussion boards.



If anyone out there has a letter... just let us have some data to work with? Please?

Posted by: Sam K on December 12, 2005

make its alphabetical, and the letters are sent in waves

Posted by: 0 on December 12, 2005

Just to put my 2 cents in for the urban/rural thing... I got my tube Monday and I live in rural New Hampshire. I'm certainly giving my mailman extra chocolate and a nice note this year. smile

Posted by: Caroline on December 12, 2005

Awsome site, and yes, the acceptance tubes have been confirmed to arrive over a span of a couple of days.



Unofficially the last of the acceptance tubes will be recieved on the 15th of December. Some places, especially those receiving inclimate weather or in less-populated areas WILL get their packages (or lack thereof) later than those in the cities.



That is unfortunately a fact of life. The mail will arrive in a city across the country quicker than in a small town near the place of original sending.



So, stop worrying, everyone still has the same chance as those who received their response days ago.



Get some sleep, go to school tomorrow, and ace those tests. Because MIT is still looking at those grades...



Sincerely,

A Christmas Friend

Posted by: 0 on December 12, 2005

^^^^Makes me feel a lot better. But I live in Brooklyn, NY. Anyone in NYC get their tube yet?

Posted by: Sam on December 12, 2005

Yeah so an AP English prompt tomorrow first thing in the morning is going to be a blast. heres what I will write.

Wheres the tube

wheres the tube

Please I want my tube... and so on a so forth

Wonder how that will due???

In other words none in IL and I'm right outside Chicago.

Posted by: Molly on December 12, 2005

did ANYONE ever bother to read the actual ARTICLE at the beginning of the blog??????



and i quote:

"...with most students receiving decisions on Monday and Tuesday..."



stop worrying. it'll come when it comes. deal with it.

Posted by: 0 on December 12, 2005

Molly - get some sleep. Now. I'm in AP English too, and if my teacher ever saw "Wonder how that will due," I'd fail forever. wink



Good luck

Posted by: Molly's Friend on December 12, 2005

well, i didnt want to even look at the mit site after receieving my rejection letter today, but obviously some of you are freaking out way to much.



yes, rejection letters were sent out, i got mine today. it wasn't pleasant. but gl to all of you who still have hope.



peace out.

Posted by: George on December 12, 2005

Molly - get some sleep. Now. I'm in AP English too, and if my teacher ever saw "Wonder how that will due," I'd fail forever. wink



Good luck

Posted by: Molly's Friend on December 12, 2005

George - sorry to hear about the rejection. Where do you live? Urban or rural?



Best of luck.

Posted by: 0 on December 12, 2005

yea it's just definitely weird to not hear anyone say that they were deferred/rejected...and only hear acceptance cases. Very weird.



Of course, it may all be coincidence.

Posted by: Phil on December 12, 2005

any1 else here get into MIT?

Posted by: Palak on December 12, 2005

I'm sorry George. Don't put to much stock in the rejection. You'll probably get into one of the other sschools you really want to go to. Most of us will probably end up in the same pool as you. I admire your courage, personally if I got defered it would be really hard for me to post up on MyMIT. I probably would have trouble even looking at the site period. I'm sorry again. I wish you and the rest of the people who will ultimatly not make MIT(me) the best of luck in their college application process.

Posted by: Sam on December 12, 2005

Yes, sorry to those who got rejected.



Still crossing my fingers here. Unfortunately, that makes it kinda hard to type.



A few of my friends got their tubes today...including one who said he wasn't gonna go. I'm still trying to understand that one.



Good luck to everyone.

Posted by: Ganesh on December 12, 2005

;P



At least no one's applyin' where I'm at.

Well, none in the immediate vicinity at least...



I have a bit of hope.

Stress on the fourth word.

Posted by: ybai on December 12, 2005

my bad. i was wrong.



we all got hope. :] thanks George for clarifying things up. And hopes for the best...

Posted by: Phil on December 12, 2005

I just saw the comments that said Yi and I should get tubes.



That's so sweet, thank you.

Posted by: Ganesh on December 12, 2005

I live in NJ, suburban NYC basically (like 20 mins away from the city). One person from my school got a tube, and no one else from my school got anything as far as I've heard.



And for the person who assumed that the stuff in the tube weighs as much as the deferral/rejection letter, it doesn't - I won't say what's in it here, cuz I don't want to spoil the surprise for the ppl getting theirs tomorrow, but it's a lot more than just the acceptance letter =)



Now that errhode said that she got her acceptance letter the day after her friend a few years ago, looks like the rest of us have some hope...

Posted by: anonymous2 on December 12, 2005

oh yeah, and Ganesh and Yi definitely deserve the tubes =)

Posted by: anonymous2 on December 12, 2005

It's nice to have fans.



http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d158/Guy__Incognito/Rejectionblur2.jpg

Posted by: Ganesh on December 12, 2005

at least two tubes received in northern va suburbs. at least two people with no tube or letter.

Posted by: anon on December 12, 2005

DALE (there've been a lot of posts since yours, so I capitalized your name to make it perhaps a tiny bit more eye-catching) -- yes, the other was another girl from my school, not normally known for its academic prestige. Only one other person from our school has EVER gotten into MIT, and to have two this year is amazing. I'm very near Wilkes-Barre, in the Hazleton area, but don't worry too much if you haven't gotten yours yet -- I'm sure your tube is just late. wink

Posted by: Colin on December 12, 2005

someone should make a myspace group for mit hopefuls....

Posted by: mit hopeful on December 12, 2005

Yay!!!

Posted by: Yi on December 12, 2005

anonymous2,

where in NJ do you live?



hope...what a blessed word

Posted by: April on December 12, 2005

hahaha. that's cool Ganesh.

Posted by: anon on December 12, 2005

mit hopeful,



GREAT IDEA!

and My MIT needs a message boards

Posted by: April on December 12, 2005

A set of forums sounds like a great idea.

Posted by: Ganesh on December 12, 2005

http://groups.myspace.com/mit2010



JOIN!!!

Posted by: mit hopeful on December 12, 2005

I'M IN!

Posted by: April on December 12, 2005

now i need to get into MIT...:(

Posted by: April on December 12, 2005

You and me both.



...and a hundred other people.

Posted by: Ganesh on December 13, 2005

April,

I'm in Tenafly - it's right next to Englewood, couple towns over from Hackensack, in Bergen County...where in NJ are you?

Posted by: anonymous2 on December 13, 2005

Stop worrying. Whats gonna happen's gonna happen. You shouldn't worry too much over it. Besides the decisions have been Made and Mailed. Its not like its gonna change magically in to the one you desire if you wish hard enough. Get some sleep so that you'll be ready to scream tomorrow if you get a tube. Good Luck to You All!

Posted by: Yi on December 13, 2005

Yi - nice thought. I've been trying to sleep for the past hour, then came back here, like the bird returning home after the thaw. I keep thinking I'll find comfort and solace here, and instead just keep remembering that 12%. And somehow, I don't feel any better after looking at Colin's beautiful tube!

Posted by: Alexandre on December 13, 2005

Hillsborough...somerset county..i know of hackensack

Posted by: April on December 13, 2005

more than a couple hundred...





sleep? wuts that? i can't..i have an essay to write..but even if i didn't i'd be here as long as i could

Posted by: April on December 13, 2005

tahat's it..bed time..good luck pples

Posted by: April on December 13, 2005

You'd think I'd have better things to do with my time, but lo and behold, I don't! I just read all the posts from about Sunday to today, and hearing the acceptance stories leaves me optimistic.



Ganesh, awesome letters, especially the second rejection letter :D



Now, I just have to wait for the mail to reach my box over here in California. THE WAITING, IT BURNS!

Posted by: Matthew on December 13, 2005

Haha, same with us all.



Seriously, everyone here seems great, and I hope all of you made it. (I use past tense because, as said, they've already been mailed after all...)



Even if you don't, there's always RD, right?

Posted by: BT on December 13, 2005

Could everyone give a specific count of who has received tubes? That way we could try to figure out the odds of the rest of us getting in...



I think I'm going to take a mental holiday today for my nerves.

Posted by: Evan on December 13, 2005

Did anyone get th tube in WA State?

Posted by: Aki on December 13, 2005

WA state isn't getting one anytime soon. West Coast shouldn't expect anything at all until maybe Weds/Thurs, I think, or at least until after the people in the middle of nowhere *cough* I'm sorry, I mean, the midwest, get theirs. Mostly it's East Coast right now who's got them, and that general vicinity.



Y'know, for some reason I'm more excited about seeing Brokeback Mountain with my friends. ...Probably because that's guaranteed. =)

Posted by: Christine on December 13, 2005

Dad is definitely gettin' the tube

Posted by: Dan on December 13, 2005

The probability of you getting a tube or a letter is now 0 or 1. Knowing the number of tubes already out there only gives you the number of tubes left. It will only mean something if the tubes were randomly distrubuted... which I would hope/assume they are not. Lets just all hope the probability of tubes=1. I am

Posted by: Bryan on December 13, 2005

Bryan - yes, of course the odds are 0 or 1, but we don't know that, we only know the odds are quickly becoming less than 12%. Good luck!

Posted by: Alexandre on December 13, 2005

Try waiting in Harlingen, TX!!! (10 minutes from Brownsville, TX)

Posted by: Tommy on December 13, 2005

Not necessarily. I have been seeing some deferred and denied posts here and elsewhere.

Posted by: Bryan on December 13, 2005

That's a fair point - although all of the experimental evidence suggests that tubes are more rampent than letters - and experimental evidence is all we have to go with. If our guess was based on a 1/377, the additional experimental data suggested above would bring our guesses down lower.

Posted by: Alexandre on December 13, 2005

Alexandre.... did you just say 1337?

Posted by: Anon O. Mous on December 13, 2005

i think MIT has the coolest admissions package i've ever heard of. thank you MIT admissions officers!! :] i loved the confetti especially =P



btw, i'm near dallas, tx, and i received it yesterday afternoon..



congrats to everyone who made it and for the rest, don't let it ruin your holidays!

Posted by: Joanne on December 13, 2005

How near is near?

Posted by: Joanne on December 13, 2005

Whoa is that another Joanne? haha. umm i'm in plano. that's very close to dallas. (a little farther north)

Posted by: Joanne on December 13, 2005

Sorry, I typed in your name by accident.



Congratulations on the Tube!

Posted by: Alexandre on December 13, 2005

TWO REACHED NORTHERN VA? How come i didn't get anything. me and my friend live near DC. I just today is judgment day for us.

Oh yeh congrats on ur acceptances guys!1

Posted by: Seung min Oh on December 13, 2005

I live in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, so I hope my decision will be waiting for me when I get home... and hopefully it's in the form of a tube.

On a side note, I overheard the word "tube" being used in conversation today and nearly had a heart attack. I blame MIT.

Posted by: Zach on December 13, 2005

mail comes in ~2.5 hrs...



*bites the skin on fingers since all the nail is gone*

Posted by: April on December 13, 2005

We're going to have to do this again...



Since the homeschoolers and some others may already have heard:



How far have they traveled?

Are they in the suburbs yet (particularly the Pittsburgh suburbs)?

Are any tubes still being delivered, or is it mainly the dreaded letters?



...3 more hours

Posted by: Alexandre on December 13, 2005

Today was a half day. Checked mail. No tube...nothing...



I'm going to get an N-gage!!!

Posted by: Rose on December 13, 2005

Only Two Hours Left Till The Maillady comes to my house.

Oh good lord I know it won't be a tube :(

I really want a tube.

Posted by: 0 on December 13, 2005

I went to the post office, and my mail goes to three different towns before it comes to mine...So...I'm not TOO worried...maybe I won't buy that N-gage...yet.

Posted by: Rose on December 13, 2005

By the way, has anyone in Florida gotten any kind of MIT mail yet? I hope it comes today.......

Posted by: Dobby on December 13, 2005

Some people in urban Miami had heard yesterday. I live near Pittsburgh, so I can't say anything further. Good luck...

Posted by: Alexandre on December 13, 2005

"That's a fair point - although all of the experimental evidence suggests that tubes are more rampent than letters - and experimental evidence is all we have to go with. If our guess was based on a 1/377, the additional experimental data suggested above would bring our guesses down lower."



This isn't experimental evidence. There's a strong bias in favor of self-reporting success and a very small, unverifiable sample.

Posted by: 0 on December 13, 2005

That's true...but it's all the evidence we have.



I really hope we both get in so we can continue this argument in Cambridge!

Posted by: Alexandre on December 13, 2005

I'VE GOT A TUBE!!!



http://www.futurebound.com/elfhats/graphics/cracker1.gif

Posted by: Rose on December 13, 2005

Have any letters or tubes made it to West Michigan?

Posted by: 0 on December 13, 2005

Rose-

Congrats!

Where do you live?

Posted by: 0 on December 13, 2005

This is all CRAZY!!!!

AP English Prompt is over YES!!! and it went really well I was actaully able to concentrate.

is anyone out there from IL???

I now want to know, know, know whats going on in IL.

Posted by: Molly on December 13, 2005

Haha...no, I didn't actually get one... it was a joke...that's a toilet paper tube...I figured people would realize...err...sorry. o.o



Oh, I wish I wasn't kidding...

Posted by: Rose on December 13, 2005

My bad, Rose.



I didn't check out your link!

Posted by: 0 on December 13, 2005

i'm near miami and i still have no mail from MIT

Posted by: 0 on December 13, 2005

Thank you to all the admissions officers at MIT for keeping us posted and making the process so much easier. Your blogs have been a source of support and reassurance as my son awaits your decision. We're on the west coast so as of this morning, no word yet from MIT.

Posted by: Jillian on December 13, 2005

MIT should also send the decisions by email - atleast for those who opt in for that alternative. That way, people in the west coast do not have to stay on tender hooks while the east coat folks are rejoicing (or have moved on to plan B as the case may be).



The idea of getting a tube certainly sounds cool. But the punch is lost after the first person who got it has spilled it all out in the blog.

Posted by: renuka on December 13, 2005

LOL! rose...that's not nice ^^



nothing in NJ today...absolutely nothing..no tube..no letter..NOTHING

Posted by: April on December 13, 2005

I didn't mean to be not nice! I thought it was funny. e.e

Posted by: Rose on December 13, 2005

another 24 hrs of waiting..i'm not sure i can take it..



why do you have half-day today rose?



i don't...course..i don't get half-days being homeschooled :(

Posted by: April on December 13, 2005

A person on my school got a tube but I'm still waiting (nothing in my mailbox today...)

Still hoping for the best and hoping that the news that tubes seem to be traveling faster than rejection letters is not completely correct... D:

Posted by: 0 on December 13, 2005

i know...it was funny...course i got all excited thinking pple were getting tubes today still...and then...well..

Posted by: April on December 13, 2005

well..at least i'm not the only one w/ nothing still...i was getting worried

Posted by: April on December 13, 2005

*sigh* back to my school work...23.75 hrs left

Posted by: April on December 13, 2005

I think a lot of people still haven't gotten anything. I'm not the only person in Maine who hasn't gotten one, so I'm not too worried. Living in Maine is kind of life in the slow lane, anyway.



I've been trying not to think about the whole mail thing. If you live in a rural area, chances are your mail will get to you slower. My post office said that the mail goes through three or four towns before mine...soooo...maybe I'll get a tube, yet!



P.S. April: I had a half day because of some kind of teacher meeting.

Posted by: Rose on December 13, 2005

No Tube In Suburban New York. I Cant Take This Anymore. How Long Does It Take For Mail To Come From Massachusetts to New York?? The Wait Is Unbearable

Posted by: Hemal on December 13, 2005

HELP ME! I live in MA and I still haven't gotten anything

Posted by: Anne on December 13, 2005

I seriously now believe that the tubes were sent out first to let the admitted people know first hand they were in.

did ANYone get deferred yet?

Posted by: dj on December 13, 2005

ya living in maine is definatly slow sometimes, i'm pretty sad i didnt get anything today either.. i just want to know! :(



where in maine do you live rose?

Posted by: Jen on December 13, 2005

Still nothing in northern CT...you'd think it'd be here by now...

Posted by: 0 on December 13, 2005

Southern Maine, Jen. Near the Lewiston-Auburn area.

Posted by: Rose on December 13, 2005

West Michigan reporting in:

No Tube. No Envelope.



NOTHING!!!!!

Posted by: 0 on December 13, 2005

Has ANYONE received a deferral letter?

Posted by: 0 on December 13, 2005

Please!!

If anyone has been deferred, please let us know.

Thanks.

Posted by: molls on December 13, 2005

I just called the USPS 800 number to inquire about the timing of first class mail from Boston to our town. I got the standard, expected reply: "2 to 3 business days," but then she said it could take "up to 14 days!!!!!"

Posted by: molls on December 13, 2005

Calm down....





I think everyone here needs to take a few deep breaths and try to relax. They will come eventually. Don't worry

Posted by: Anon Y Mous on December 13, 2005

Accepted or deferred, I hope I get a response soon. The wait is killing me.

Posted by: Mike W on December 13, 2005

Agreed, Mike W...



I'm flipping out...

Posted by: Rose on December 13, 2005

this is absolutely CRAZY

Posted by: April on December 13, 2005

This is ridiculous. Still nothing in NYC (except 2 tubes in our school that came yesterday).

Posted by: Konstantin on December 13, 2005

Reiterating,



suburbanite new yorker with nothing.



:|.



I feel like I've been deferred.

Tube? NONE FOR YOU.



._. aw.



*crosses fingers for tube*

Posted by: ybai on December 13, 2005

"Anyway, I live in a town about 20 miles ouside of Boston. 6 people from my school applied EA to MIT and only 3 have heard back, all acceptances. They heard back on Saturday, and at least one of the tubes was postmarked December 8 (Thursday)."



That is from CC...I don't know the validity of it...

Posted by: 0 on December 13, 2005

Can MIT let people start calling earlier than Friday? Please?

Posted by: 0 on December 13, 2005

"MyMIT will be down for maintenance from 10AM - 1PM EST on 12/14/05."

Is it possible that they might put up the decisions?

Posted by: 0 on December 13, 2005

It's sad...No mail in North Florida either yet..tube or regular envelope....

Posted by: Dobby on December 13, 2005

""MyMIT will be down for maintenance from 10AM - 1PM EST on 12/14/05."

Is it possible that they might put up the decisions?"



ohhh PLEASE?

Posted by: April on December 13, 2005

"MyMIT will be down for maintenance from 10AM - 1PM EST on 12/14/05."

wait a minute..that'll make the wait tomorrow even harder...

Posted by: April on December 13, 2005

i'm not sure i'll be able to make it thru tomorrow w/o myMIT

Posted by: April on December 13, 2005

so i've been waiting for this tube all the way out in california expecting the white envelope and the MAIL TOOK LIKE THREE HOURS LONGER TO GET HERE THAN NORMAL even after i got home from the dentist and to top that off when it finally got here no envelope nor tube!!! plus one of my best friends got his tube yesterday... argh waiting is sooooooooooooooooo hard

Posted by: 0 on December 14, 2005

it's 11:20 here and MyMIT is still up and running!



woot!

Posted by: April on December 14, 2005

and no tube :(

Posted by: April (still waiting) on December 14, 2005

Still nothing here in upstate NY, I wish MIT would let us call today. I'm not sure how much longer I can wait.

Posted by: Dan on December 14, 2005

nothing yet in northwest nj.

the wait is killing me.

but i still have hope!

Posted by: 0 on December 14, 2005

nothing in central NJ...

Posted by: April (still waiting) on December 14, 2005

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