By now many of the Early Action admitted students have received "Da' Tube". Let me hear from you! Are you excited? Are we your number one choice? Do you have reservations? Are you still in shock? Drop the Nance Effect a line and we'll chat! Tell us your story. I especially want to hear from those not given to post regularly to this (or any MIT blog).
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It still hasn't sunk in yet. I'm just so happy. I can't wait to meet and talk to the rest of Class of 2010. Thank you admissions people. These blogs definitely helped the process seem easier and more welcoming.
And for those still waiting, remember to "expect the worst, hope for the best". I think Matt said that. I know you are all truly deserving of MIT, and will have the time of your life at any school you attend.
Hmmmm.....lemme get back to homework....
Posted by: Armand on December 13, 2005
And then today I got accepted to Caltech too! I honestly don't know what to do... I suppose I might wait for financial aid decisions? Boston is a gorgeouos city, but freezing cold (I live in New Hampshire, I shouldn't complain), and Caltech is warm and in California.... But I spent a month at MIT this summer and fell absolutely in love... They're both amazing schools -- I never dreamed I'd have to actually make a choice between them.
Thank you so much to you and all the admissions people at MIT!
-Caroline
Posted by: Caroline on December 13, 2005
Posted by: Jake on December 13, 2005
..but you knew that already. I reposted my entry over on Matt's blog.
Posted by: thekeri on December 13, 2005
Posted by: Ben Smith on December 13, 2005
As far as essays go, I'm a believer in this philosophy (which I'm only pointing out because you've already submitted the app): Essays don't make that much of a difference. Provided you have good credentials on the rest of the app and you write from the heart, you'll be fine. I believe a terrible essay might break an otherwise good candidate, but an excellent essay can turn a deferral or rejection into acceptance. So if you feel good about the essays, don't sweat 'em.
Posted by: Tyler L on December 13, 2005
thanks!
if you know, do you have specific percentages of each particular minority?
thanks again and sorry for asking much..
Posted by: manuel on December 13, 2005
Congrats! Welcome to MIT!
Armand...Although you have homework, take a minute to dance in the snow, or sand depending on where you live.
Caroline...Way to go! What a great problem to have. Remember to take a moment and pay attention to factors like, the student body, and the place that will make you happiest. PLEASE don't place that high a premium on the weater! (If you do, make sure to consider who has the best fall folliage.)
Posted by: The Nance Effect on December 13, 2005
Sorry, I can't stop exclaiming. First off, I've been more of a blog-reader than a blog-maker, but the arrival of "Da Tube" calls for a change of pace. To answer your questions: yes, YES, reservations to what? and YES! My story is that I went to MITES this summer (actually met you briefly, and Matt too!), had the best time of my life, and realized that not only was MIT the best place on Earth (better than Disney, even...or *ahem* Harvard, for that matter!), but that I actually had a shot at getting in too! And look at me now! I'm so content that it's like my life is complete before I've even truly done anything.
So if you played any part in my specific admissions decision, I want to give you my sincerest thanks. And if you didn't play any part in my specific admissions decision? You still get my sincerest thanks!!! I love you, I love MIT, I love MIT Admissions - all I do all day (okay, I'm exaggerating) is tell other kids how pathetic their school of choice's admissions website is when compared to MIT's. But really, you guys have all been so ACCESSIBLE and REAL for us applicants. So thanks again.
I guess I could tell "the story" about accosting the mailman and rolling through the streets of my city, but I'm sure you know how it goes already! I try to tell my mom that the news of getting accepted is so big that it eclipses my birth, but she won't here it. I guess she has her own stock invested in my birth...
...Anywho, I think you're really FUNNY and really AWESOME and don't tell the other admissions officers, but for some reason you're my favorite! (Ben's a close second if he somehow reads this) Okay, I'm done.
Oh wait - RESERVATIONS!!! I get it...not like to a hotel, but like...mental hang-ups. NO! The only possible reservations could be a) snow (I don't do well with anything under 80 degrees...but that's why jackets are made!) and b) lack of sleep, which I'm already dealing with now so...all systems are go!
I'll find you at CPW! (Please don't interpret that as a scary threat)
=D
Posted by: Kristin R. on December 13, 2005
Posted by: 0 on December 13, 2005
Congrats! I'm still waiting for a tube or something out in California, and I'm only telling you to go to Caltech so there's more room at MIT for ppl like me! But Pasadena's great...
Posted by: stephanie on December 13, 2005
Welcome Home! Go easy on stressing out your mom. She is already comimg to grips with the fact that her baby will be leaving for college in less than a year. Don't push her over the edge.
I definately look forward to seeing you (again) at CPW. Ben will be happy to know that he too is loved.
Please post regularly, and let us hear more form you!
Again, welcome to MIT!
Posted by: The Nance Effect on December 13, 2005
You are soooooooooo right!
"....Provided you have good credentials on the rest of the app and you write from the heart, you'll be fine. I believe a terrible essay might break an otherwise good candidate, but an excellent essay can turn a deferral or rejection into acceptance. So if you feel good about the essays, don't sweat 'em."
Although, I'll add your essay is veryyyyy important. We really looked for passion.
Posted by: The Nance Effect on December 13, 2005
Good question. I have not had a chance to split out the minority admits by specifics. I promise to post it all as soon as I get a chance. I can tell you that the percentage of minorities accepted early increased this year to 27%.
In an article in the Article, Minority Admits Recover Even As Selectivity Rises, (written by Benjamin P. Gleitzman, Staff Reporter for The Tech) Benjamin wrote, "This year also marks a success for the Admissions office, which doubled the percentage of admitted under-represented minorities at MIT."
To read the entire article, check out the following link:
http://www-tech.mit.edu/V125/N61/earlyaction.html
Posted by: The Nance Effect on December 13, 2005
WE
L-O-V-E
COOKIES!
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Posted by: April on December 14, 2005
Posted by: Ben S. on December 14, 2005
Deferral is just fine, but it wouldn't hurt to come home to a nice tube sticking out of my mailbox! Here's hoping.
Posted by: Alex on December 14, 2005
I dunno, it's interesting.
"What happened?"
"Soandso got TUBED!"
"When?"
"Last night!"
So yeah, those tubes are definitely having an impact.
Posted by: Timur Sahin on December 14, 2005
Posted by: nora on December 14, 2005
I just wanted to show my appreciation for all the work done by everyone involved in admissions. This includes the admissions officers, interviewers, website maintenance, representatives, etc. THANK YOU!! I cannot wait for the CPW!
Posted by: Elizabeth Kim on December 14, 2005
Posted by: 0 on December 14, 2005
So...let's hope no one reconsiders my acceptance over this. I mean...common sense can't be THAT important.
Posted by: Kristin on December 14, 2005
I'm also from MITES (what's up, Kristin!?) and I really enjoyed my experience at MIT over the summer.
My entire school found out--- mostly because I ran a lap around the school when my mom handed me the tube (she had brought it to school) and I quickly realized that I haven't had much physical activity for the past few weeks due to a knee injury but it didn't matter!--- i got in! The very next day (Tuesday) I was practically treated as a celebrity. It was kind of weird but I put up with it.
ARMAND, I'm also from Miami and I have three friends(maybe five by the end of the week) who have gotten into MIT so far also. Email me whenever you can.
Posted by: Dan P. on December 14, 2005
sorry i thought my e-mail would go up automatically. it's danny99@mit.edu.
Posted by: Dan P. on December 14, 2005
This year I wish it hadn't snowed at all.
That's the only reason I can think of that would slow down everything to the Midwest.
Here's hoping to Wednesday.
Why I really came on here: There is a rumor among the (two) other applicants to MIT from my school that I'm sure is false, but I will not be reassured until I hear it directly.
One of them claims that his EC said something to the extent of "I can only take one of you..." which he took as - from our school. I didn't think t here was a limit to the people you can admit from a school. Is there? I don't think there would be. MIT doesn't seem like a place that would be that unreasonable.
Anxiously, but sincerely,
Karen
Posted by: Karen on December 14, 2005
YOU KNOW MY STORY!!!
BEST FLIPPIN" THING THAT EVER HAPPENED!!!
DEF. C U AT CPW (unless i go up there for an overnight visit)!!!!!!
p.S> did anyone else from maryland get in?
Posted by: YeSeul on December 14, 2005
I'm almost positive I'm the first person from my (rural, public) high school to be admitted to MIT. When you get the time, could you post statistics about the Early admits for 2010? Someone else requested ethnic stats, but I'd be interested in geographic ones as well. State-by-state breakdown maybe? Whenever you guys have time, that would be cool so see.
Thanks to the admissions department for taking the process so seriously and keeping us up to date with the blogs.
Posted by: Sam on December 14, 2005
Good luck!
Posted by: Alexandre on December 14, 2005
Posted by: April (still waiting) on December 14, 2005
That's awesome! "TUBE'D" reminds me of Teen Girl Squad on homestarrrunner...anyone seen that? "ARROW'D!" hahaha
As Alia, the other Admissions Counselor, says: "it seems like a theme for this generation is to turn nouns into verbs". (You know you're getting old when you say 'this generation' not 'our generation'...ugh)
Grats to those who've gotten their tubes! Hope to see you at MIT sometime soon!
P.S. for those of you who don't know who I am, I'm one of the Admissions Counselors at MIT, graduated '05.
Posted by: MikeyYang on December 14, 2005
Posted by: manuel on December 14, 2005
Posted by: Zach on December 14, 2005
Posted by: Aaron on December 14, 2005
I got "TUBE'D" (lol) on Monday afternoon, I am SO happy! My dad called me when I was still at school and he left a message saying something about a "big envelope-tube thing"....when I heard the word tube my jaw dropped about 50 miles. haha so I called back just to make sure it was a tube, and that my parents hadn't opened it yet =P The confetti was hilarious. Thank you so much!! And I also want to say that the MIT admissions blogs are so nice and makes the whole process a lot more personal and real :] I think in the last couple weeks I check them as much as I check my email.
Again, thanks!
Posted by: Joanne on December 14, 2005
Grats Joanne!
Posted by: Timur Sahin on December 14, 2005
Thanks for the message on the letter!
Posted by: Amy Leung on December 14, 2005
Posted by: Jose Barcena on December 14, 2005
Ok...SO I actually wasn't suppose to recieve my tube in the mail til tomorrow because there is currently a horrendous blizzard in MN...so my dad drove me to the Post office two days in a row (yesterday too) and on our way our car got stuck!!!!! so we had to shovel around our tires in the middle of the freezing road.
But the JOURNEY was well worth it!!! Whoo-hoo!
Thanks Bryan!!!!!
Posted by: JULIA YOO on December 14, 2005
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Posted by: Jake on December 14, 2005
It sounds like the "recipient wall" is moving slowly West, and I'm all the way over in California. I might end up resorting to the phone call on Friday at this rate!
Posted by: Alex on December 14, 2005
Posted by: Kathleen on December 14, 2005
Posted by: April (still waiting) on December 14, 2005
MIT doesn't send rejection letter later than 'da tube' right??
-annie
Posted by: annieee on December 14, 2005
Wow, THAT was amazing. Since December 1st, I was waiting for something (if not ANYTHING) to arrive in my mail box. Of course, it's Christmas so there are so many packages. Anything that was visible in my mailbox from the street as I was pulling into the driveway made my heart skip a beat. By this week, I was so skeptical that MIT would even send me anything I figured the tube was just a huge sign that said, "so sorry, get lost."
I waited for at least a full five minutes before I even opened it. Staring, I wondered if I should wait for my family to get home or just tear into it. I love pessimists. When I had dumped out the confetti, I fell apart and even had trouble getting the papers out. I was on the phone with my uncle and just burst into tears.
This made my week, if not my month. It was perfect timing too since I have to go to court tomorrow for a fender bender I was in. It balances things out. When I called my friend, I was in tears as intense as when I had gotten into the accident, she thought I had gotten into another.
Anyways, my name is Brooke. I am from Chicago land in the northwest suburbs. I moved here about four years ago from California and lived in GA before that. I am looking forward to making another move to Cambridge.
I am still nervous about senior year, but I feel like I can finally take a deep breath since I have gotten accepted into one choice. Barring all apprehension, I hope they follow in suit of acceptance. Risking sounding cliche again, I wanted to say thank you for giving me such a wonderful opportunity.
We're a match in the fact that it'll be crazy-mad style the entire time, and I plan on taking advantage of that.
Posted by: tylerinbox on December 14, 2005
Posted by: sarah on December 15, 2005
TCSahin: We'll go to MIT together.
TCSahin: You'll become rich and famous.
TCSahin: I'll do something silly like major in physics.
sushigirl505: hahahhaha
sushigirl505: sounds like a plan!
TCSahin: We'll get married so you can pay for me.
sushigirl505: lol!
TCSahin: :D
sushigirl505: amazing
TCSahin: And in exchange, I will cook!
sushigirl505: wow, that is perfect
sushigirl505: i can't cook to save my life!
TCSahin: yayyy!
:]
Posted by: Joanne on December 15, 2005
I received 'Da Tube' on Monday, and I couldn't be happier! My reaction was similar to that of other commenters...dancing, shouting, running around my house/culdesac like a wild woman. I am almost positive that my neighbors think I am insane. Needless to say, I am still in shock! Sadly, I have exams that I need to focus on. It's a shame, really, because all I want to do is think about MIT and enjoy my holiday break. After reading all of the comments I am even more excited about attending MIT and meeting all of the great kids of the class of 2010! See you guys at CPW!!!!
Posted by: Allex on December 15, 2005
Eee. I still can't really believe it; I'm a junior, and the fact that I "know" ("know" = shorthand for "very very sure") where I'll spend the next four years, and "know" what I want to learn at MIT and how I want to go about it--that is too cool for WORDS.
I'm gibbering. Will shut up now.
Posted by: Nita on December 15, 2005
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Posted by: manuel on December 15, 2005
grats manuel!
Posted by: April (no longer waiting but deferred) on December 15, 2005
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Posted by: Kathleen on December 15, 2005
And it's ok... Someone in my school asked me where MIT was the other day, and if it was a state school... None of my relatives have heard of MIT either, because they're all from England - Should have gotten into Oxford or somewhere instead.
Posted by: Caroline on December 15, 2005
April: thanks! im sure ill see ya in august
Posted by: manuel on December 15, 2005
Hallelujah for acceptance via phone. I'm not sure where my tube is...somewhere floating out there. I hope I get it!
Posted by: Daniel Suo on December 15, 2005
why didn't you reject me
without any hesistation?
dear mit,
why didn't you deny me
with definite rejection?
dear mit,
why didn't you kill me
with the deepest damnation?
dear mit,
I would feel better
if you rejected me at once
with no "further consdieration"...
dear mit,
my intense love fire would be
died off temporarily
if you havent told
that you "have decided to hold it
for further consideration..."
dear mit,
do you know that how many times
I've been thinking of you
as a wonderful dream to fulfill
as an impossible star to reach
as my deepest love to possess
dear mit,
when I know that you've only taken
377 out of 3098 suitors
my heart was broken
shallowed with all possible
darkness
desperateness
and hopelessness...
dear mit,
you make me want to die
for you secretively
because please remember
there's always a little girl
named angelina
waiting for your acceptance
to her unconditional love
regardless the time
regardless the place
regardless anything
dear mit,
this little girl wouldn't feel any regret
any more because she knows
that
you have ensured
all her achievements
everything she has done
for you to be worthy
that is enough...
dear mit,
angelina's strongest
and most passionate
love fire
for you would never die off...
Posted by: ... on December 15, 2005
The underrepresented minorities were just as qualified as the asian males, white males and females..etc, and any other applicant. Please don't blame race as a factor, because seriously, if someone is super qualified, they will get in hands down regardless of race. I'm not considered a minority at MIT, yet I still got in and so did a bunch of my friends of all races who are all equally amazing.
And your comment calling Bryan "racist" was rude. It's shallow and selfish to be against affirmative action simply because it doesn't help you. You are missing the point of affirmative action. Diversity is such an essential factor needed in a world that still has lots of work to do to so that minorities are ensured equal opportunities as other races.
Please do not take this message personally. But I believe that diversity is so important in a multicultural society where there are still sadly many blatant disparities between races.
I am proud that MIT had so many URMs!
Posted by: Minnesota on December 15, 2005
Elder, you are not blatant, you are just a prick. why are you writing on the "accepted" wall anyway?
Posted by: Jackie on December 15, 2005
Certainly being an African-American female doesn't guarantee you anything -- You still have to do exactly the same amount of work. On the other hand, surely being an Asian male doesn't help...
I'm not sure -- I'm a white female, so I figure I'm fairly neutral as far as affirmative action for engineering schools goes...
-Caroline
Posted by: Caroline on December 15, 2005
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Posted by: Been There on December 15, 2005
Posted by: 0 on December 16, 2005
Wow, let's not get too tense about race. I think the real question is why the racial proportions of society don't occur naturally without affirmative action. The other really important question is whether we should do anything about it, and if so, what? It's probably pointless to have that debate here in this blog entry, but it's something everyone needs to consider.
Posted by: Fred on December 16, 2005
Good luck to everyone else and the Minnesotans! I go to Wayzata High School btw.
Posted by: Julia on December 16, 2005
I know this is not the place to post other kind of comments appart from acceptances. I just ran into this blog and into the whole MIT admission process. See, I really need help from you, people who got in, and also from Nance there, I hope I don't annoy you with my story:
Well, yes, of course, I want to go to MIT. As well as 15000 students around the world, many of them probably better candidates, and brilliant people. Myself, I might not have a chance at all, I come from Ecuador, a small country in South America (Although I guess you all know where it is). I lived there for years, all my childhood and then I had to move with my family to the US. I was actually not planning to go to any school due to financial issues back there, and also because I had to work. Now, I finally was able to travel to the US, and knew about all the opportunities that are available here, specially for people who are trying to succed. Me, I simply love math and physics (among other passions). I practically taught myself throughout most of my life, school here is not the best thing, and I'm confident of what I've learned for myself. The problem is, I'm 19. Yes, old. Maybe too old for a freshman, I'm afraid. I know I have the potential for any school in the world, even MIT, Sometimes you just know when you are good. I only need a chance, but maybe it is too late for this school. Most kids here are 17, but I can make up all the lost time with all my self-studying. (Calculus, Multivariable, Linear Alg, Complex Analysis, Some Tensor Analysis, Mechanics, Fields, Waves, Thermal Ph...) I just want to know if I have a chance, a consideration, a thought for admission. Since I just got here, I'll take the Toefl and the SAT and prove I know my stuff. I just love to learn, and I don't want to miss the chance to attend the best school I can (which I dream might be MIT). I'm really motivated, and will do whatever it takes to earn a spot.
What do I have to prove? What do you need to know? I don't have any recs, or ECs. But I have talent, intelligence, knowledge and passion. I do not only do math, but I paint, I'm a musician, and love literature. I learned english practically due to my own effort, as well as most of what I know. Please, only one chance, that is all I need, in the land of opportunities
Posted by: Sebastian on December 16, 2005
You sound like a good candidate with a lot of passion. It's NOT too late to apply, some freshmen here are like 21 years old. In the meantime, you should definitely take the Toefl/SAT and find people/teachers that know you that will give you a recommendation, someone who will vouch for your hard work and passion. With out recommendations, it will be hard to get in. Also, we know you are very smart, but be careful not too sound too confident/arrogant. Just show through grades, activities, recommendations that you are talented academically as well as passionate in other activities. Action speaks louder than words.
Posted by: cool person on December 16, 2005
Posted by: Star on December 16, 2005
Also, I was wondering why male/female dichotomies are rigidly enforced and I would like to hear about your opinion on that because answering those questions on applications has made me continually uncomfortable this year.
Posted by: ccaleb on December 16, 2005
First, though, I must say that MIT and other instituitons provide a better learning environment for everyone when they have a diverse student body. A racially blind policy of application reading that fails to achieve diversity might get the best test scores, but the educational experiences in the dorm rooms and such could never be as full as if racial equality was reached. Meaning, at the end of four years, the full cultural and persynal maturity of the students could not match that of a competing diverse institution.
The other issue to realize is that despite civil rights movements, inherited barriers to success still exist and are still felt. More time is necessary to overcome these, and affirmative action can help to put students with equal minds and unequal levels of privelege together.
Finally, affirmative action at MIT could not possibly be leaving out people who are objectively better. There are so many great applicants for so few spots that tie breakers become extremely important. If this means choosing an under-represented minority over another student, it seems justified for the greater good of the institution.
Posted by: ccaleb on December 16, 2005
Posted by: Anonymous on December 16, 2005
the one thing i hate about our society is the emphasis we put on race. the last couple of years i've been looking for good engr. summer camps..wut made me mad is that there are SO many that are just for minorities..i don't see how this can be right..it isn't my fault i was born white and it seems as if pple are discriminating against me in the name of affirmative action...I AM NOT SAYING MIT DOES THAT..i don't mean that...after lots of searching i finally found a couple of camps i could apply to (they had to be free i'm cheap..well..just broke)..the one i got in was at Pittsburgh Univ. i guess you can say i'm shelterd..but being homeshooled i have NEVER thought about race..i don't think it matters..i grew up in a church of about 200 pple represnting over 25 countries..i never thought about race..i didn't think other sdid either..the summer program i went to proved me wrong..all of a sudden i was a minority because of my gender (how does that wrk out?!?!) i was forced to take a class called "cultural awareness" a misnomer..i had to sit through this teacher bashing my race every class.. that's all it was.."it's all white ples fault that blacks are a minority in engr" EVRY class! it was hard for me and when i tried to speak up she ignored me or twisted my words...i guess the purpose of this post is i don't understand y race matters..we're all the same..that's why whenever possible i don't submit my race or gender..i see no reason why whoever is asking for it should need it..please don't understand me...almost all of my friends are minorities...(i hate that word) i just wish we lived in a world were race didn't matter...i am not saying i was deffered cuz of my race! definately not..i dont' think that at all..i'm not against affirmative action..i just wish we didn't have to have it..i for one didn't put my race don on my app and i doubt VERY much it had anything to do w/ it..if you're complaining about not getting in because of affirmative action you're too immature to deserve MIT and the amdission officers did teh right thing to reject u..if i have offended anyone i am sooooo sorry..that is not at all my purpose
well..that's all..congrats on your admits pples!
Posted by: April (no longer waiting but deferred) on December 16, 2005
YAY for WTP '05! So glad to hear that you got in! See you guys at CPW! WEEEEEE HOOOO!
Posted by: Sarah K. on December 16, 2005
As a recent graduate and a minority female, I have often thought about the importance of race and gender in my life. At many times, I wished that we could all be "the same," and I wished we could all be without biases, prejudices, and fears of one another.
After being in an environment in which I was a minority in several ways, I realize that I don't want race and gender to go away. I think what I bring to the table as a minority female from the inner city is important. My history, my culture, and my experiences have shaped so much of who I am. I do not want these parts of my identity to be discarded. At the same time, I am eager to learn about others who aren't necessarily "minorities." I don't wish to imply that only
Posted by: recent alum on December 16, 2005
I telephoned for my son (he's out-of-town in snow-packed Hibbing) and he was deferred! I think it it's a great compliment that he still has a chance (hey, you guys are all incredible,top students!!) and wasn't denied outright.
I feel so happy for students with tubes (Julia from MN)--it is great that you are rewarded for all your hard work. I am sure you will all love MIT. I have been very impressed with MIT for a long time. (If the Car Talk guys are alum, that says it all). My feelings have only grown, as I hang out on the blogs occasionally.
On the other hand, my message to the deferred/denied students: you will all suceed anywhere you go! From what I have deduced, the type of student who applies to MIT EA are also the type to take destiny in their hands and make it their own. WAY TO GO, EVERYONE!
Posted by: Mom of Deferred (Excited) App on December 16, 2005
Posted by: Japanther on December 16, 2005
(que hay loco un saludo de un puertorriqueno q acaba de entrar a mit!)
Just to let you know, you have a good chance.
I have a friend from ecuador en MIT right now (his name is Sebastian btw), so that should give you hope..
I have a lot of good friends in ecuador!
if you have msn messenger look for me: jibarotimbalero@hotmail.com and we can chat !
suerte
Posted by: manuel on December 16, 2005
A way of discrimination is avoiding it.
Posted by: manuel on December 16, 2005
Posted by: Justin on December 16, 2005
i don't mean that minorities are a BAD thing!
i just wish that we didn't have to mention it on applications..
Posted by: April (no longer waiting but deferred) on December 16, 2005
My name is Julia and I live in Minnesota~
I love meeting new people, traveling new places, blazing new paths that haven't been taken, reading, political activism (amnesty international), music, math, and of course, spending time with family and friends.
I would like to major in Biology or Course 9-(brain and cog) and minor in Biomed Eng. I am extremely excited and looking forward to meeting all you amazing people during CPW!!! It is such an honor to be accepted into the greatest place on earth!
feel free to aim me @ julbabee88
hope to see you all in April
Posted by: Julia on December 17, 2005
YaY!!! Go MIT and go Randal!
Posted by: Julia on December 17, 2005
I couldn't agree with you more about the importance of diversity. This summer I attended the Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science at MIT, and coming from a school that lacks diversity, this enriching summer program broke my bubble and exposed me to a whole new world.
Thus, after this summer, I realized that MIT is not only a place that pushes through scientific breakthroughs, but also a place that celebrates diversity and widens the horizons of many students.
Posted by: Julia on December 17, 2005
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Posted by: April (no longer waiting but deferred) on December 17, 2005
Posted by: Lindley on December 17, 2005
Again, congratulations to all of you admitted Early Action to MIT. All I can say is job well done.
I have been reading the blog and trying hard to refrain from jumping in too much. I am most happy when The Nance Effect is a conduit for conversation. Oh boy has it been just that over the last few days. I think that its time for me to jump in. Forgive me, but this might be a long one.
When I started this blog I wrote the following:
Posted by: The Nance Effect on December 18, 2005
Students who don't report their ethnicity are admitted, postponed and refused at a rate no different than any other group. We don
Posted by: The Nance Effect on December 18, 2005
I'm glad to hear of your passion for learning. Feel free to send me an email off line and we'll talk.
Posted by: The Nance Effect on December 18, 2005
I'm really proud of you, Seriously. This is why I am in this job. I don't know what the regular pool looks like, but I know the what kind of student it takes to be successful at MIT. It takes Persistence & Perseverance! Keep it up!
Posted by: The Nance Effect on December 18, 2005
Good Question.
"While on the topic of minority admission, does MIT consider that it may have over admitted URM's? 27% may not seen like much but it is definitely a greater percentage than URM's have in overall society."
Here are a couple of conter-points.
1. We admitted 27% URM's (under represented minorities) EA.
2. EA admits make up only 1/3 of the total number of admits.
3. Not everyone admitted will choose MIT (Yeah, I find that hard to belive also!)
4. The 27% includes African Amerians, Latina/o's and Native Americans. So, there is even diversity in our diversity.
Given these facts, I don't believe that we've stacked the deck, so to speak.
Posted by: The Nance Effect on December 18, 2005
thanks for clearing up the affirmative action issue..i hope i didn't come across as against it..i was just a victim of what i see as "reverse rascism" and it still hurts sometimes...
Posted by: April (no longer waiting but deferred) on December 18, 2005
I didn't mean to imply that you said minorities are a bad thing. I definitely don't think that.
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Posted by: April (no longer waiting but deferred) on December 20, 2005
i'm getting quite jealous
plus it's difficult when u are an international student.
has any one got tips!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i'm desperate
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Posted by: Anthony on December 22, 2005
Anyway, getting in feels great but also humbling. It also reminds me that i have little time left to leave my mark before the shore wipes my print again.
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Posted by: April (no longer waiting but deferred) on December 23, 2005
One question is if you think a hobby such as BMX Biking is a possible topic for this required essay:
Essay 2: Which one of your extracurricular or volunteer activities is most important to you and why?
Or do they specifically mean school-related?
Another thing is when I heard about MITES, it was too late to sign up for the December SAT. I would like to send them SAT scores because I just got my PSAT back and I know that I can do better than that now. I'm signed up for the January SAT 1, but I won't have the scores back by the Feb. 3 application deadline. Is there anything I can do or should I just send my mediocre PSAT scores (54CR 67M 65W - 186 SI - 89th %tile)
Thanks a bunch.
Posted by: Dan Silva on December 24, 2005
As for the first choice issue -- even before this, when people asked about my top schools, I told them that I grouped my potential colleges into two distinct categories: "MIT" and "Not MIT." It's not an exaggeration -- I liked a few other schools, but MIT was the only one I LOVED. I am thrilled beyond anything I could have imagined, and as long as I receive enough aid (I think I will, since MIT is generous, my mother is disabled, my family's income is less than 70K/year, and I have an older sister in college as well), it will be a no-brainer.
In short, I'm almost certainly Cambridge-bound. (And not for Harvard.)
Posted by: Colin on December 24, 2005
I am mohan an international applicant. I dont know either about SAT or toefl untill I completed my 12th.In june or july i came to know of sat and descided to take a chance for this year as these may lead to a brilliant future although I recieved admissions in the local universities. My scores in maths level II c, physics,chem 720/660/700. my score in toefl is 247. I am taking my SAT in jan as my scores in nov are very poor. I am sure that i would recieve a very good score in this sat, because last SAT is taken with just a 15 days preperation and toefl with a 10 day prep and these tests are totally of new shape of what I had been taking all these years. Please tell me whether the score in toefl and sat II will help me? I cannot again afford to take toefl as time is a factor.
Thanking you
Posted by: mohan on December 25, 2005
Bryan Nance isn't Bryan Nance because he is African American (or black or colored or whatever politically correct term)
I'd say this Jon has been PWNED like the one on Ben's blog (r they the same?)
Posted by: s on December 25, 2005
Happy New Year too
esp to Bryan. I hope he will receive his New Year's bundle of joy very soon and post some pics.
=))
Posted by: s on December 25, 2005
Merry Christmas!
Posted by: l0ngL on December 25, 2005
Just a little question I wanted to ask you:
I just inmigrated to the US with my family, and I dont have a high school diplomma from any US school. I'm planning on taking APs and enrolling on a shool for that pourpose (Calc AB, Calc BC, Physics C and maybe Art or Lit)I'll be taking the SATs and also the TOEFL. The idea is to prove I am a qualified student for MIT, but i'm not sure id I really need a High School diplomma. Should I just take the APs? (I'm sure I would get outstanding grades)
Also, maybe I could just enroll in some college's program for summer or simple courses while I wait for the EA deadline 2006. What would be better? PLease help me.
Thanks!
Sebastian
Posted by: Sebastian on December 26, 2005
s19: hey, we might go to the smae schooll
cia: mit man
cia: lets go to mit
cia: who cares about snobby harvard and snobby princeton
cia: their architecutre makes me wanna go to sleep
s19: :DDDDDD
s19: mits the wellrounded one
s19: just look at their dome
cia: dome+stata center
cia: cant get more wellrounded than that
s19: definelty NOT
cia: some mit admissions person should read this conversation
s19: WE SHOUDL POST
s19: IT
s19: ON THEI R BLOG
cia: LOLLL
cia: OMG YEAH!
Posted by: yuch and nee on December 27, 2005
there's a guy named Nance
he happened to go to France
in his underpants
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Posted by: Csaba on January 3, 2006
I am from Ica a small city south of Peru. You may know where is Peru but not where is Ica. There is no much chance for a great education. There are no US system High Schools. I am first student in my class. Here in Peru I am considered a good student. I have been admitted to 4 "top" national universities but... when I take the SATs I wasn't so good I got 660/670 (Math2c/BiologyM).I got 257 for TOEFL. Both are far away from the average scores of admitted students last year. This is a question for those who were admitted: what are your scores, do you think I have a chance?? What I have heard is that International admission is very hard because there are thousands of students applying each year!! I have applied to other 3 colleges in US but of course MIT is my first choice. And again thank you all!!!! and thank you Nance for the blog!!! They are an excellent way for sharing experiences, comments, anything. Everything is so useful. I feel me very happy when I read that you have been admitted.
Posted by: juanjhong on January 4, 2006
Hey guys !!!....Congrats to all those admitted ^^
Well, in my case, I come from Puerto Rico. Here's my story
I study in a residential school **only one in PR that I know of**. Only one hundred and fifty students are admitted annually (let's just say that my graduating class only holds 54 students ^^ **we're not that many
well...our high school has this bad habit of brainwashing students into staying in Puerto Rico to pursue their college studies, instead of providing us with more resources than those we've had available over the past few years; nevertheless, when I entered this high school, I wasn
Posted by: Amalchi on January 4, 2006
congrats to all again ^^
Posted by: 0 on January 4, 2006
I'd like to remark only one logical fallacy in your post: you don't need to take the SAT reasoning test as a foreign applicant.
Posted by: Csaba on January 5, 2006
U see, the are a few reasons why we (students in Puerto Rico), had the obligation to take the SAT in order to apply to colleges in the U.S
First of all, Puerto Rican
Posted by: Amalchi on January 5, 2006
Posted by: Csaba on January 6, 2006
well...it didn't quite go that well with them either
Math 1 510, Biology M 550 and Spanish 780
I'm sure I can raise the SAT 1 scores this January **studied like crazy for that math section ...**things seem so basic...that I simply didn't catch them at first hand...
It all goes down to the SAT's as you can notice .. /._.-----
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Amalchi,
Just try focusing more on the next test. And I am unsure whether or not you are allowed to take the sat2 in Spanish as that's your mother tongue. Not to nitpick but to help. I'm sure Nance has lots to do now.
Posted by: Amalchi on January 6, 2006
hey well..I appreciate you commenting back...and **research tells me it was ok for me to take the spanish version of the SAT **hopefully I wasn't lied to....and dozens of other Puerto Rican applicants who took the spanish version also ..
oh, and ...I just got this letter in the mail a few days ago, that I was nominated for the NSMA **National Science Merit Award...have you heard of this Scholarship Foundation before ?..and if so, do you believe it will somehow help to let colleges know that I have recieved this one? ... How would I do so now that my application has already been sent to their respective colleges?
If you know something ...please let me know ^^
thanks for everything Csaba ^^
Posted by: Amalchi on January 7, 2006
Posted by: Csaba on January 7, 2006
and yeah...up to this point...it all comes down to the SAT's ...**worst case scenario...I end up not being admitted and feeling obligated to spend another year in high school **since I'm graduating early anyway, would not hurt to spend another year in the circumscribed box where I've been living for the past two years **meaning my high school ^^ hehe
well these are my plans...I'f I stay another year in high school, I'll be taking calculus courses in a near by university we have in the same city my high school is at. I would also study on my own for some AP tests I would like to take next year ***I'd be done with physics and Chemistry so...I would have enoooough time for those...and of course...work on a scientific investigation **been there, done that ..but would love to be there again ^^
hahaha...wanna hear something funny? ...
my last scientific investigation involved using urine as a fertilizer substitute ^^ people went crazy over it
so yeah...I agree with you ^^ awesome if it happens and well, you can allways try again if it doesn't
where do you come from by the way Csaba?
Posted by: Amalchi on January 7, 2006
Posted by: Csaba on January 7, 2006
It's cool to see that you're top in your class. Lots of people who post here are tops in their classes too. Well, the thing that makes me different is that I'm nowhere in that standard. But for me, being in Vancouver for over a month now, and being without family (they've returned to Singapore) for two weeks now, I've really had to go beyond my comfort zone and explore what Vancouver is like. I've had to find a job on my own, find courses to keep studying, and essentially, I have to find ways to make myself disciplined and focused. It's really cool as a learning journey to try to stay alone in a foreign land (well, it's home for me, but equally foreign since I've not been here for a while).
Posted by: Eric Asava-Aree on January 8, 2006
Well, in my case, I live in a tiny over-populated island in the caribbean ( will surpass 7 million habitants in a few.) What I love the most is chemistry and Biology....hmm..actually..I love sciences period. I'm in love with them **not to mention writing
I'm taking Physics this present year ...!!!
In my case, my teacher pays a lot of emphazis on laboratories **she says she does not believe what she cannot see, so every theory learned in class must also be performed on laboratory assignments ...**which makes the class a lot more interesting and easier to understand ...
In my case...For some reason..when there's something I can't see...I tend to be more drawn to it. Take for example the human cell, or bacteria, viruses... they've all captivated me throught my years of study...their functions, organeles...it all seems fascinating to me
Posted by: Amalchi on January 8, 2006
By the way, that book I mentioned - Awesome. Feynman is a genius on all levels, including author, and quite the role model for a fun-loving physicist. I heartily recommend it
Posted by: Wenhao Sun on January 10, 2006
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