Deferred by Matt McGann '00
A forum for students who were deferred.
In the near future, we’ll have some advice here on the blogs for students who have been deferred. In the meantime, feel free to use this forum to chat.
A forum for students who were deferred.
In the near future, we’ll have some advice here on the blogs for students who have been deferred. In the meantime, feel free to use this forum to chat.
First!
deferred :/
Yup. Deferred. (exhales slightly)
Deferred…darn…
deferred…
:(
well, there’s always march, right?
well poop :(
DEFERRED.
Deferred…dang it.
I guess I belong in this group. = )
Better than what it could have been eh.
nobody has posted in admitted yet…
aww deferred. that means I have to study extra-hard for finals that are next week…
Wow, late March is a long time from now…
Do we really have to wait until March? Ughhh
Well, at least we are the majority lol, they don’t accept a lot of EA’s, they defer most of us
gah…deferred. I knew that was the most likely outcome and it’s definitely not the worst, but still…got all stressed out for today, and then all of a sudden I have to wait for march.
i wish i could’ve just known now,
but hey at least they still want to know some more about us, right?
i read that those who are deferred can appeal to the admissions staff. what’s that about?
ugh
nuuuuuuuuuu! deferral!
That’s depressing.
But there’s still hope.
Deferred.
There ARE people who have been deferred but then subsequently admitted through regular decision…
Keep up the hopes, eh?
well, it seems to be the trend. alright, there’s still a chance. don’t worry too much.
yeah – thats the worst part. i got all stressed and now i have to wait til march. ughh.
deferred :/
It’d be nice if we could fix up our application a little. I have better versions of my essays, and it might help if I could put them in place of my old ones.
Deferred as well, what does that mean exactly, what will you be looking for that might “tip the ship” so to speak? Is there a percentage of deferred students that get accepted? thanks
Deferred.. Not a big deal
Bah Humbug.
Yech, deferral. Looks like I’ll be spending the rest of my weekend working on other applications then, how fun.
bloody hell
Now we have to go through all of this again in 3 months…
Another three months to go. And now back to studying for exams…
Here’s to three more months of waiting…yeah
:(
another long wait.
bummer.. now I’ve got to work on my other applications :(
Hmm…this means extra studying. I was looking forward to not freaking out about school, but I guess it’s still too soon for that :-(
Rar! Sadtimes…
Does anyone know if I can submit additional information for my regular application, if anything substantial has happened in the few months?
Mehhhh
deferred
Deferred? I got stressed about being accepted or rejected and now I’m neither?
bugger.
que sera sera
whatevs.
Deferred…
At least we are getting another shot in March, hopefully we’ll get in then.
wtf. this sucks.
Deferred as well. Oh well, now for the wait until March.
Soo… do we need to submit anything more or resend our scores or do we just let it sit until march?
deferred…. i just wanna know already ahhh =.=
Deferred, it doesn’t feel as bad as I thought that it was going to feel though.
Don’t despair!
A lot of deferred people are admitted in regular action. I’m one of them. It is not a “polite rejection” – they really want to evaluate you again. I recommend writing a letter sometime in January explaining what you’ve been up to recently, and how much you still love MIT despite feeling betrayed (okay, don’t put it like that).
And even if you don’t get in regular, being deferred from MIT means you can probably get in to many other great schools. I’m sure bloggers will give you more advice on that sort of stuff later.
$.02
Yes! I feel exactly how I did 10 minutes ago!
Well, at least I still have my weighted companion cube.
Oh wait I incinerated him.
Till March then.
d’oh
T,T
Ah well, deferred – now I gotta finish other apps :/
Anticlimactic in the utmost. Crimety, what a disappointment.
I wish you all luck in late March!
back to apps…
:( MARCH is a long time
Eh….disappointing, but it doesn’t surprise me.
Is there a way to fix up our applications after the fact? Anything like that would be nice, there’s a few errors I spotted later on that I really wish I could fix.
At the very least I’d like to resubmit my essay. In the process of uploading my essay, part of a sentence got chopped out (causing a strange grammatical error) and I didn’t catch the error until after I had submitted it.
I guess life should never be easy- it would just be sad if it stopped here…
booooooooo
what percentage of students that are deferred get admitted?
God bless for March RD
Well, they still accept a few hundred more from the early action pool right? More waiting for those of us trapped in limbo then, and best wishes to those who were accepted!
wow that was quick….
even i got deferred =/
Ugh. I was envisioning this outcome, but I still had the slight hope deep inside that I would be admitted. I know there’s the review in March, but unfortunately this still puts a damper on things. It would have been great to know immediately that I was going to be at MIT next year, but now I must focus on other applications just in case. I know I would be fine at other schools, but I really feel like MIT is my destiny. It makes you wonder… what made the application committee decide to not accept you right away?
There is hope!!!
sigh..
kind of expected…. but still hurts.
deferred..time to continue working on other apps… :/
Yeah..so I wasn’t deferred from MIT, but still deferred.
It’s disappointing, but there’s still hope!
:(
I guess I should start writing a letter of appeal…
deffered. darn… now all this stress over again… and the wait and anticipation [for three months!!]! oi! I think I would like some advice on how to feel? how many deferred actually get accepted later on?? *sigh* I guess I can keep dreaming about being at MIT next fall… for another three months…
Deferred, whatever, we’s got March still
Deferred, ehh… Seems like EA doesn’t really affect the percentage that gets into MIT, never fear, there’s always 3 more months of panic attacks, anxiety attacks, and waking up in the middle of the night realizing you haven’t gone to bed yet….
my birthday is in late march. first i thought this decision was going to make or break my christmastime but its going to decide if i have a good birthday or not. :[
Ugh…Oh well.
All I can do is hope for march, in the meantime I’ll have to work on those other applications. How annoying.
Deferred as well… but still have a second chance in March~
/doesn’t give up hope just yet.
How do you know if you’ve been deferred? Is there an indicator on my.mit.edu?
Lower your expectations, and you’ll never be disappointed!
nonsense
Can someone elaborate on the “appeal letters”?
I know there’s still march, bit I still feel so empty inside now… :(
this is going to be painful….
robotics competitions are late march…. and i might not have internet access…. GRRRR
Hey everyone!!!
Heads up! We still have a chance!!
does anyone know the ratio of admitted vs. deferred vs. not admitted?
I feel pwned. I’m certain I was deferred because of my lower-than-average GPA, which is good, because my grades are much, much better this semester and hopefully that’ll convince them. So three cheers for staying in the game, to all of us.
oh well; could have been worse.
BLAH have to wait till March and do more applications! ugh BLAH
Is there an indicator on my.mit.edu as to if you’ve been deferred?
We need the spirit of an MIT student right now!!!!
We do not give up!!!
Still wondering if there’s an indicator on my.mit.edu… can someone answer?
deferred..durh
but think about it this way–your def qualified for MIT if you’ve come this far, so don’t lose hope!! In march, they’ll be bangin out acceptances to us!!
Go here to find out if you are accepted, deferred or rejected: https://decisions.mit.edu/
It’s not a positive result, but it’s still a relieving one. Now to wait on UMD (2nd choice), apply to UVA and Hope College… And then to wait on MIT again. :k
@ pi
I think deferred status is only given on decions.mit.edu not my.mit.edu
I think this year, 3900 applied EA and only 500 were accepted.
In past years, about 300 of the deferred get accepted RD.
I’m glad I was deferred and not outright rejected, whether you like it or not, it’s still another chance. Although I do have to admit that it would’ve been cool to get the tube.
Ahh… Deferred. I can tell myself to cheer up, and there’s always RD in March, but it seems so long away and I’m bummed now… Chin up, everyone. We piqued the interest of the MIT adcoms at least enough so that they’re giving us a second chance, right? Good luck to everyone who got deferred, and hopefully we’ll have better luck in March!
Ahh, thank you Justin, I’ve been deferred as I predicted…
Yep…it’s a long time until March. Until then, I guess we had better enjoy everything else we’ve been doing.
:( So sad.
what a present for the holidays…
okay, 3.14159, do you mean an indicator that will tell you if you got in or not?
That’s as easy as pi.
(sorry, couldn’t resist)
Go to https://decisions.mit.edu
and type in your id and password. It should tell you your status.
Good luck.
Well, even though it feels like I just fell 50 feet onto a nice pile of rocks, at least we weren’t flat out rejected, right?