For the second consecutive year, we have been able to admit students from our waitlist. This morning, we emailed (and will follow up via snail mail) 20 students, informing them that they have been admitted from the waitlist. Financial aid will follow up shortly with aid packages. Students can then choose to accept our offer (it is an understood part of admissions that some people will shuffle around during the waitlist period; you will lose your deposit at the other school, but it is a standard practice to consider accepting a waitlist offer) or decline it.
The waitlist committee worked hard over the course of several days to determine how many students we could take at this time, and which students to admit. I sat in for a day before leaving for Albuquerque and I can tell you that it was extremely difficult. In the end, we were very happy to be able to admit these students from the waitlist -- in an email to the office, Stu wrote, "These are some great students!"
Will we use the waitlist again this year? It is too early to know. In a week or two, we'll once again look at where we are, and determine whether we will use the waitlist again. Until then, I don't know.
Also, we will begin notifying some students on the waitlist that we will not be able to offer them admission. We offered a spot on the waitlist to about 500 people, and many of those people accepted a place on the waitlist. But it just isn't ethical to keep that many people on the waitlist at this point, so within the next week many students will receive a letter informing them that they will not get off the waitlist, and wishing them the best of luck at the college they've chosen. We will keep some students on the waitlist for another few weeks until we are fully satisfied with the class.
For those of you who were admitted from the waitlist today, congratulations! Feel free to use the comments to introduce yourself to the rest of your class. And for those of you who didn't receive good news today, we wish you only the best. We'll see how the future unfolds.
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Posted by: Dhaval '11 on May 17, 2007
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Posted by: Hunter R. on May 17, 2007
Posted by: Hunter R. on May 17, 2007
(dhaval: if writing a meaningless post feels "so good," what on earth does that say about your life? At the very least you could comment on the blog-news.
I know I shouldn't give in to this b.s. but I still find the whole "first post" stuff totally self-centered.)
Posted by: AnonWHYmous on May 17, 2007
Posted by: Nicole on May 17, 2007
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Cornell '11 here
Posted by: Kevin from MA on May 17, 2007
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Posted by: Michael on May 17, 2007
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Posted by: 0 on May 17, 2007
On the subject of ethics: it's unethical to say "we sent you an email if you were admitted, but otherwise we're not going to tell you anything for a week, so you can wait in false hope, trying to believe that we might have spelled your email address wrong." Either send everyone emails, or don't send any at all. To use a particularly apt cliche, this isn't rocket science.
Posted by: 0 on May 17, 2007
Nice Job Michael!
Also, sorry to those who didn't, keep hoping...but I'm sure you all will still do amazing in college!
Posted by: Linda on May 17, 2007
Posted by: CambridgeBoy on May 17, 2007
Posted by: JamesM on May 17, 2007
There's the same yield problem for people who MIT admits off the waitlist, too. If only 3 people out of the 20 emailed people decide to enroll at MIT, then they'll have to use the waitlist again.
Congrats Linda and Michael!
Posted by: Adam S. '11 on May 17, 2007
So my questions are,
Why does MIT try to disappoint the students?
Why does MIT send admission decision letters by mail when they have that much technology?
Why is MIT that much irregular and Unorganized ?
Posted by: Bj on May 17, 2007
.... if only....
Posted by: 0 on May 17, 2007
first they will roll off the decisions on paper and slowly email ppl regarding their decisions online...
one of my friends asked this question that if MIT wants to share, support transparency...
why can't they be open and post the decisions in a blog...
or should the question be does MIT care about preserving the status of an applicant's decision?
if they don't all it takes is to post names below admitted, waitlisted, rejected.
done.
Posted by: to Bj (can't wait to get a decision) on May 17, 2007
not necessarily.
they will leave it like that.
i think the based on the effective connection between neurons an applicant's fate is decided.
sometimes in selection there could have been moments where matt, ben, stu, co. could have thought right after giving their thoughts on an applicant that they made a wrong choice.
in the end it is like throwing yourself at them trying to catch their electrical impulse travelling between their neurons at millivolt potential.
once they say 20, that is final.
even now if you think they would touch rest of the members, they would have told a number more than 20 in the first place.
good luck on college.
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Posted by: La kukaracha on May 18, 2007
for all his hard work and determination to get
into MIT. Grandpa and I are so very proud of you.
Posted by: Grandma Linda on May 18, 2007
Posted by: Dhaval '11 on May 18, 2007
Waitlistees:
I'm deciding to go to Johns Hopkins, since I didn't get into MIT off the waitlist. Although Johns Hopkins was my number one, MIT is my dream number one.
WHICH COLLEGES ARE YOU GOING TO OTHER THAN MIT!
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Posted by: CambridgeBoy on May 18, 2007
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Posted by: 0 on May 18, 2007
Yay Michael!
Posted by: Snively (Not related to Michael) on May 18, 2007
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Posted by: 1 of the 20!!! on May 19, 2007
(And Michael has a grandmother named Linda. What a coincidence)
Posted by: Tung Shen '11 on May 19, 2007
Posted by: Jon on May 19, 2007
The only 2 out of the 20 mentioned above that got in...Where are the other Unknowns??
Well..I'm here a little despondent.. No Email (tears)
But oh well..MIT finds me incompetent for their institution..All that hope is shatter into million of pieces....
Well, I'm going to Brown University, I'm beyond excited and Can't Wait for the fall to Commence,yay Brown'11. I had other great choices but Brown is my #1 Choice and MIT is my never-ending Dream!!
Posted by: BrownClassOf2011 on May 19, 2007
Posted by: aaa on May 19, 2007
Grandma Rose
Posted by: Rose Primavera on May 19, 2007
congratulations to the 20 of you out there! go join the facebook MIT 2011 group and lose your soul. no really, join it.
to those who are still anxiously waiting/disappointed: i'm sorry for you, and i wish things could work out for everyone. where ever you all will end up, i'm sure that you all are so bright that you'll thrive in any environment!
Posted by: jenn'11 on May 19, 2007
Posted by: kanika on May 19, 2007
Hook 'em
Texas '07
Posted by: MIT '09 grad student on May 19, 2007
Posted by: mitch '11 on May 20, 2007
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Posted by: JamesM on May 20, 2007
if MIT doesn't accept anyone it doesn't mean ur not intelligent and this statement varies from case by case basis.
there are people who don't know anything about MIT and people who are just excited to join MIT because of its reputation.
leaving them and considering people who have either of the following: good SAT I or SAT II or AP or ACT or good essays or good ECA, or people who feel like they can figure out stuff on their own regardless of having bad scores in the respective tests( due to improper training or less coaching facilities or financial setbacks ), need not go into hibernation and continue doing whatever you were doing.
Assess your situation, look at what is wrong and do whatever is needed to fix it and move on.
If you really think about it, going into depression wastes your time. Rather make an effort to do something productive.
I really pity at those people who applied to MIT and think of themselves as losers once rejected.
I wonder if there are people out there who dream to replicate an MIT, can't you get your own MIT or make a competitor to MIT? At this point if someone stops reading and attempt to make an MIT, set a higher standard than MIT.
Lastly, someone from the admissions committee should release a blog exclusively on rejected applicants asap.
Posted by: anonymous on May 20, 2007
Posted by: 0 on May 20, 2007
slow on that..
This blog is different from the one released in month of march
Posted by: to Anonymtous 8:47pm on May 21, 2007
Congrats to all those who got in off the waitlist, and to those denied, don't worry about it too much because even getting waitlisted at MIT is an amazing accomplishment. Good Luck guys
Posted by: JamesM on May 21, 2007
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Posted by: 0 on May 23, 2007
I really like the your blog as it makes one know that there are people that feel the same way as I do.
I am an international applicant from Nigeria. I would be applying to MIT this fall. It's my prayer to be considered. I'm ready to proof my worth in the up-coming SAT.
Congrates to all those of you admitted and for those still in the wait list, just be ready to accept what happens as a decision from destiny. I truly believe that he that is destined to be in MIT can't be unlucky not to be cosidered. However, I also believe that one can change his destiny. Have you read the learning delta concept posted by Brann? (can't remember name correctly.) And also the P delta concept. I'm applying both concepts right now. I think the sum of both concept leads to being in MIT.
Thanks to you all.
Posted by: Omorx on May 24, 2007
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Posted by: lol girl on May 26, 2007
I know that SATs aren´t a huge part of admissions, but she (and I, I suppose) was wondering if it would be worthwhile to put that I earned my scores (2260) while on a year abroad, learning in school in a foreign language, and without any studying or anything?
I am not sure if it would matter, because everyone has good SAT scores, and I definitely know from reading through this that they don't weigh in so much, but her reasoning is that it shows being able to do that, while under the pressure/changes of a different culture etc. without the preparation?
So basically, what do you think? Thanks!
Posted by: Becca on May 27, 2007
Posted by: to becca on May 27, 2007
thanks for finally letting me off the hook
Posted by: lucked out on May 27, 2007
Posted by: David on May 28, 2007
You get plenty of room for writing anything you think would be relevant, and you can send supplemental material even after the standard 1/1 deadline (but send it before February).
I wouldn't emphasize the score itself, I would emphasize your time overseas, why you were there, and how those conditions made your context a little different. But don't emphasize it unless you believe it's actually significant; you won't impress anyone by trying to sound disadvantaged but not believing what you write.
Posted by: Steve on May 28, 2007
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Posted by: kat on May 28, 2007
And congrats to the 20 people who got in! XD
Posted by: Lisa on May 29, 2007
Could u please answer this q and forward it to Mr. Barkowitz?
Mr. Barkowitz,
If we would like to apply for complete student loans including tuition, board, allowance, books, etc... but we do not show financial need, will we still receive the loans? How does the interest on these loans work? Does the interest only begin accumualting after we finish college or grad/law/med school? Do we need our parents' permission/signatures to receive student loans...if we cannot obtain this at what point can we apply for these loans without their signatures? do we need to be 18 years old?
thanks
'11
Posted by: 0 on May 30, 2007
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