In the near future, we'll have some advice here on the blogs about being waitlisted. In the meantime, feel free to use this forum to discuss anything waitlist-related.
In the near future, we'll have some advice here on the blogs about being waitlisted. In the meantime, feel free to use this forum to discuss anything waitlist-related.
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Posted by: Arash on March 17, 2007
Posted by: Justin on March 17, 2007
Posted by: Arash on March 17, 2007
and goodbye any hopes of closure
Posted by: 0 on March 17, 2007
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Posted by: Confused on March 17, 2007
Posted by: 0 on March 17, 2007
It feels like my life has become "Every two months, get told by MIT to wait another two months for a decision."
I really want to see a detailed explanation of how MIT's waitlist works. I've tried looking this up in the past, but explanations are very hard to find on this subject.
Well, MIT, you've done a great job completely disillusioning me as to the effectiveness of "holistic admissions." I still love your school, but please forgive me if I no longer have any good feelings towards your admissions office.
Posted by: Kevin on March 17, 2007
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Posted by: Arash on March 17, 2007
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Posted by: Jose Morillo on March 17, 2007
Posted by: Jay on March 17, 2007
yea, this wait list size is huge. ah well, best luck to all of you.
I guess I'll bank on Wellesley's joint program with MIT and laugh at them for having tiny dorms :D
Posted by: Blueshft on March 17, 2007
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Posted by: anonymous on March 17, 2007
Funny thing is, I too was deferred EA.
Would anybody else have much rather had some closure rather than this?
Posted by: KevinfromMA on March 17, 2007
The most shocking thing is that we consist of 3% of the overall applicant that was worthwhile to be recognized but were denied because of the class capacity.
Posted by: 0 on March 17, 2007
only 30 off the WL. But the yield is probably gonna be lower this year because it seems everyone applied to some combination of the Ivies + MIT/Stanford.
Posted by: 0 on March 17, 2007
Posted by: kevinfromMA on March 17, 2007
i don't think so. and in response to your question above, yes, i would love to have some closure, but my exasperation is balanced out by my ecstasy at not being rejected.
i also believe we get beaucoup de opportunities to improve our applications. ben ben ben please post something answering the most important question in the history of humanity: "Now What?"
Posted by: 0 on March 17, 2007
Stats on numbers admitted off the waitlist can be found in the Common Data Sets, Section C, here: http://web.mit.edu/ir/cds/ Although 30 students were admitted from the waitlist last year (those stats are not online yet), in the previous 3 years the number admitted off the waitlist were 0, 1, and 0 respectively. It varies from year to year, but the number admitted from the waitlist is usually very small, if non-zero. And MIT does not rank its waitlist: when it's known that there will be spaces available, the Admissions folks go back through those who've remained on the waitlist to make their decisions on whom to offer spots to.
CPW is only for admitted students, not waitlisted students.
Posted by: leftcoast mom on March 17, 2007
(BIG SIGH!!)
Posted by: Jose Morillo on March 17, 2007
Posted by: Dan Silva on March 17, 2007
Last year-
1483 admitted (not including waitlist admits)
970 accepted offer of admission (since 30 came in off the waitlist)
65.4% yield.
So, expected number of waitlist admits this year-
Negative 2 people
Posted by: 0 on March 17, 2007
which school do you belong to?
Posted by: Islu/Pakistani on March 17, 2007
Hopefully, that offers some solace to you as you make your decision about whether to wait for that one more chance, yet again, or not.
Good luck in the limbo-land ahead and in deciding from among your accepted schools by May 1. In a few months, all of this angst and limbo will be behind you, and you'll be much more concerned with midterms and other pressing college-student (rather than college applicant!) concerns. Really and truly--this fall will come sooner than you think. That's something that parents, dinosaurs that we are, understand all too well. So, be good to yourself and know that you won't live in limboland forever--however long it must seem to you right now.
A Sympathetic Mom
Posted by: SympatheticMom on March 17, 2007
Posted by: James on March 17, 2007
Posted by: 0 on March 17, 2007
...wonderful...
Posted by: Mrow on March 17, 2007
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Posted by: Confused on March 17, 2007
Posted by: leftcoast mom on March 17, 2007
There's possibly some light at the end of the tunnel for all us who got waitlisted....
Posted by: Jose Morillo on March 17, 2007
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Posted by: kevinfromMA on March 17, 2007
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Posted by: Jimster on March 17, 2007
if your decision explicitly says that they are offering you a spot on the "Wait List," capitalized and everything, then you are waitlisted. if they are simply saying they cannot offer you a spot at MIT, then you are rejected.
you can go to college confidential and see the texts from all three kinds of letters.
Posted by: 0 on March 17, 2007
Posted by: kevinfromMA on March 17, 2007
Posted by: c21 on March 17, 2007
i cannot even explain how much i want you to write an entry about being waitlisted. and maybe tell us a) if you guys are planning to admit off the waitlist this year (i know there were several years when you did not), b) whether we should send in additional materials and, if so, what (i.e. essays, activity updates, extra recs, grades, etc), and c) how and when exactly we will be notified in may.
thanks thanks thanks
Posted by: AB on March 17, 2007
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Posted by: JamesM on March 17, 2007
Personally, I'd like to wait until Monday to think about this again. It's been a very grounding experience, and I'd like to enjoy the rest of my weekend as I've managed to enjoy the rest of today.
Posted by: kevinfromMA on March 17, 2007
true, but last year matt was saying that they deliberately very blatantly accepted too few applicants, and were determined to go to the waitlist (you can tell that i've been reading every waitlist-related blog entry in the past two years, right?) -- he was pretty certain last march that the waitlist would be used. i was just wondering if it would be the same this year.
and jamesm, i'm trying pretty hard to get away from the idea that i'm trying to "prove my worth" here -- can we use a pretty euphemism like "revealing another interesting facet of our personality"? =)
Posted by: AB on March 17, 2007
I was also deferred from EA, but there were excuses for that. Now, I don't think I'll take a spot on the waitlist, as it seems i'd just be patronizing myself and drawing out rejection longer. Besides, what if I was accepted in late May? Then I would be basically an after-thought of MIT. Rejection is a blow to my pride that's a good lesson to learn and one that I can handle. Being wait-listed and later accepted, and then struggling along, almost like barely clinging to the bottom rungs of this elite ladder, an inch from falling off, is not something I can do.
Worse than suddenly being sicks (brought on by stress, maybe?) is that MIT was my only chance to attend college near my girlfriend, who wished to attend Mount Holyoke (two hours west). We've currently been in a long-distance (Ohio to Louisiana, 932 miles) relationship for two years. Now we get to figure out what the hell to do next. I might not go to college, but rather find somewhere to work for the time being near-by wherever she attends school and hope to apply there next year. Not trying to blame MIT for that or anything, I know it was my fault I didn't get in, just expressing the difficultly of this situation.
I suppose not achieving a goal is a good lesson; that un-attainable glory will just have to be worked harder for. Cheers.
Posted by: Trevor on March 18, 2007
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Posted by: Michael on March 18, 2007
for the record, I am another one of those of us that was deferred EA...looks like MIT just can't make up their minds about us...
Good luck to all, looking at the stats, not many will pass, but hey, 100% of winners gave it a shot.
Posted by: Romain on March 18, 2007
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Posted by: NYmetroArea on March 18, 2007
Posted by: isolated_and_waitlisted on March 18, 2007
Posted by: kevinfromMA on March 18, 2007
The solution? Convert Ashdown House, a graduate dorm, into undergraduate housing. We're expected to start moving in as soon as fall 2008.
http://www-tech.mit.edu/V126/N4/4newdorm.html
http://www-tech.mit.edu/V126/N43/43ashdown.html
Some quotes of interest:
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Though no final number has been set for an increased class size, the jump to about 1,100 students per class is something administrators are leaning toward, said Benedict, who emphasized that the Institute would first have to ensure that services like Mental Health and Student Support Services had the necessary resources before admitting more students.
“Everyone here wants to increase the class size,” said Dean for Admissions Marilee Jones, with many suggesting an increase of 100.
Posted by: Scott '10 on March 19, 2007
(LOST..in..thought)
Posted by: Jose Morillo on March 19, 2007
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Posted by: 0 on March 19, 2007
did anybody from south dakota get in this year? =)
Posted by: 0 on March 20, 2007
Posted by: 0 on March 20, 2007
Guess we're equally as good as those admitted students..the problem is i wish i was in their shoes..(Jumping up n down, scream, thrilled, schocked at the acceptance)..but guess it was meant for them first..they deserve it..Good luck to all of you admitted students..
Posted by: Jose MorillofromNYC on March 20, 2007
WAiting on MIT.....
Posted by: Jose MorillofromNYC on March 20, 2007
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Posted by: red on March 30, 2007
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