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MIT staff blogger Matt McGann '00

The decisions are in the mail by Matt McGann '00

They're on their way...


The postman departs with the last of the decision letters, at 1:52pm EST.

33 responses to “The decisions are in the mail”

  1. Sunil says:

    The first to comment on Matt’s EA decision entry? Is that a good sign?

    Good luck, everyone!

  2. Maybe… wow… excited… How long does the mail take?

  3. Saad Zaheer says:

    Oh boy…

    one year passed so quickly…

    tense moments now..

    good luck to all who applied.. I wish u all a big packet knowing though that the number of those packets is finite.

  4. Lipei says:

    Thanks Matt for you time reading all the apps and answering our questions. Hoping for the big one!

    Best wishes to everyone else!

  5. Leon says:

    Good wishes to all applicants!

  6. . says:

    everytime i look at that, i think the guy is peeing

  7. April says:

    good luck pples!

  8. Anonymous says:

    What I’ve been wondering about is the fact that it says “last of the decision letters”….

    So does that mean that some of the decisions were mailed before Friday afternoon?

  9. Anonymous says:

    Heh, I’m really nervous about what my letter will be! Good luck to everyone!

  10. Olga says:

    Getting the mail will be traumatizing for the next week.

    Good luck to all!

  11. Jane says:

    What a way to start exam week confused

  12. Anonymous says:

    nah…i think it means that it took a few trips for the mailman to get all of the letters into his truck. they couldnt have been mailed before friday, because on ben’s blog, he said on friday morning that today would be mail day, and that they were still putting things together.

  13. Anonymous says:

    It probably meant that he had to take the boxes out in more than one trip.

  14. Anonymous #2 says:

    Wow. That was kinda weird!

  15. Clark Poland says:

    Am I the only one that sees that picture and thinks the guy is zipping up?

  16. Krish says:

    The best of luck to you all!

  17. Sam K says:

    So, I’m guessing MIT doesn’t use any fancy mail services and that it’s standard 3-day USPS service?

    Well, if I’m really lucky, I might see mine tomorrow

    (I’m in eastern New York State), otherwise I have to wait until *gasp* Monday.

    I don’t think I even care as much what the decision is as much as I just want to have it over with. I obviously want to get accepted, but it’ll be a relief to have this waiting with (unless I get deferred… oh no)

    Good luck, everyone!

  18. Grace says:

    Kudos to the admissions committee!

  19. Jenny says:

    Hi Matt,

    While I anxiously await the arrival of the mail in far-out California, I have a question: If we are deferred, may we re-write/re-submit our essays? And if so, should they be in by the RD deadline?

    Thanks!

    Jenny

  20. danny says:

    I can almost smell my rejection, should be coming soon…..

  21. Japanther says:

    Why o why can’t you show me my decision via the internet…

  22. thekeri says:

    Cue petrified reaction.

  23. Colin says:

    I don’t know if I want to be alive right now. I cannot handle this anxiety.

  24. any says:

    Hello Matt,

    I’m actually a RA applicant from a local school in Hong Kong. I’ve taken the SAT 1 and I got 790 for Maths, 680 for reading, and 670 for writing. Do you think I should take the TOFEL?

    Thx for you advice!

  25. Alissa says:

    I’m excited for everyone who applied EA! XDXD

  26. Yi says:

    Hey look, what’s this big package in my mail….

    I no im just setting myself up for a bigger fall later but w/e, hope for the best, since i’ve already prepared for the worst.

    Anyway, Matt, Just how many people got accepted in EA?

    Greetings to Matt, and gl to me and all my buddies: Ganesh, Danny, TJ, Alex, Ken, Thomas, Konstantin, and whoever i missed. (i no u all r reading this!)

  27. Hamster says:

    That doesn’t look like any postman I’ve ever seen. Where’s the uniform??

  28. Dave says:

    Thanks to the postal worker who is pissing all over our letters.

  29. Jeremy Ong says:

    he’s obviously pushing a cart. Look closely on the left. You can see a hand. Guys use both hands. *cough* Let me put on my heat resistant suit before you guys flame me. On a side note, I’m nervous as […]. Good luck good fellow people in Maryland. I know tons of you applied

  30. Good luck everyone. I hope we all get in. =)

  31. Cem says:

    I’m gonna call the hotline, just because…

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