MIT Regular Action Admissions Decisions available online by Admin
MIT Regular Action admissions decisions are now available at https://decisions.mit.edu.
MIT Regular Action admissions decisions are now available at https://decisions.mit.edu.
Admissions decisions will be available exclusively online. Admitted students will receive information on their financial aid package and Campus Preview Weekend in the mail next week.
The numbers:
Applications: 16,632 (6.2% increase over last year)
Admitted students: 1,611
2010 admit rate: 9.7%
Waitlisted students: 722
Represented: 50 states and 59 countries
The record number of applications means that the admissions committee has worked harder than ever to choose the Class of 2014. We have put our heart and soul, and our best judgment, into every decision, and most decisions are extremely difficult. Most students who applied to MIT this year were excellent matches for MIT, and most were extremely qualified. Our task is to choose from these many, many excellent applicants to bring together a class.
I know I speak for all of the admissions officers when I say that this has been a very difficult admissions process because of the large numbers of very, very qualified applicants. It made reading the applications a joy, but it made turning away students that much harder. Thank you for applying!
We’ll have more to say about the process for the admitted students, waitlisted students, and the not admitted students in the days and weeks to come. In the meantime, we’ll provide open threads today for all three groups.
Good luck, everyone.
Oops, rejected
Good luck everyone!
-Alex (MIT ’12)
nope, rejected lol
haha rejected.
Yesssssssssssss.
To durranty- Indeed.
rejected.
rejected, but no feelings MIT. You’re still very cool. Good Luck!
Yeah, MIT is cool!:D let’s meet as post-graduates ;D
I GOT ADMDITTEDDD PEOPLE!!!!!!!! I am sooooooooooooooooooooo htirlledddddddddddddddddd i can’t even think properlyyyyyyyyyyyy i love you MIT!!! I have always wanted to post this post..and here I am doing it..I LOVE YOUUUUUUUUUU ALL!! ADMITTED! NOSAYR YASSIN !!
thanks MIT for rejecting me!!!!
Rejected. As expected.
rejected. peace with you MIT
Happy evaluations,
btw, 59 countries is kinda low,
How many countries are in entire MIT community (not just the class of ’14)?
WOOOOOOOHHOOOOOOOO! I GOT IN! YEWAHHHHHHHHH! SO HAPPY! RUNNING AND SCREAMING AROUND THE HOUSE! CONGRATS TO ALL THOSE WHO GOT IN! YAY!
rejected.
I still love you, MIT,
even though you obviously don’t.
Waitlisted… grrr more waiting
I fail. thanks MIT for the rejection.
@System Administrator: Can you give a list of countries represented for the admitted students this year? Thanks!
Well I was rejected but it was a fun ride.
Now I’m sure of what school I’ll be heading to as it was either this or another.
Have fun all who got in.
@Anonymous
59 is really low, as far as they’re not much more than 100 international students, I think they picked a couple from each country. New weds
My suggestion is to raise the quota for internationals. Come on, I want a real diverse community on campus. at least 100 countries.
I’m gonna drop school and start backpacking, lol
Good luck all of you! MIT is amazing
even though I’m at Harvard now…
Oops, rejected. Well, congratulations to everybody who got accepted! ^^
Is there anyway we can find out why we were rejected.
rejected.
Still one more chance to get in as a graduate though.
Well MIT, thank you for putting me on the waitlist. And when I say thank you, I mean it sarcastically. I know that you receive a lot of qualified applicants, and I feel like you reject them in favor of URM. I hope that rejecting some of the smartest kids in the nation won’t come back to bite you. We may meet again for graduate school, but I doubt it.
Yeah, now let’s go to Vienna! :D
Rejected….
I would say i enjoyed the application process and the interview, it was a nice ride…
I’ll probably be heading to UCLA or U-Mich :D , so as i say, for those who are rejected…life goes on !!
Congratulations to all those who were accepted !! Best of luck to u :D
MIT still remains in my eyes the GREATEST !!!!
no hard feelings from my side :D
Guys, quit your whining. MIT has its reasons for doing what it does, as does any other college. Those of you who were rejected, get over it, and change your plans. Those of you on the waitlist, plan accordingly. Those of you who got in, don’t gloat and be thankful.
There are plenty of qualified applicants, but those, like anonymous who posted at 2:45, who are arrogant to believe that MIT is making a mistake by rejecting him or her, simply don’t belong to the MIT community in the first place.
I was rejected as well, thanks for the consideration MIT. @ =(, if I had to take a guess, no. with well over 10,000 applicants that could be rather close to impossible. I know they said that it wasn’t a personal judgment against you, but it kinda was. and I think they had to reject a lot of people on grounds of “this guy is good, but this guy also did this” I think that more then a few of the rejected students are more then capable of doing the work and keeping up the pace, But they only have so many spots. So to those accepted, best of luck to you all. To those rejected, don’t let this get in the way of you reaching your aspirations
Dont worry be Happy.
…But I got accepted
hahahah u losers got rejected! ACCEPTED
I MADE IT!!!!! BE SEEING YA’LL HOPEFULLY NEXT FALL! I WORKED SO MANY YEARS FOR THIS MOMENT
You are good at math. Do the math. 90% of applicants were rejected or waitlisted. 80% of the ABOVE-AVERAGE applicants were rejected or waitlisted. Admissions runs out of available slots long before they run out of wonderful, truly extraordinary, extremely qualified applicants. Admitted, rejected, or waitlisted–you have every right to be proud of yourself and see what a bright future you have ahead of you.
@ Ahamd: you remind me of a lot of arrogant people I know. Congratulations on you acceptance, if you keep that attitude I’m sure many of the “losers” you mentions will be far more successful then you could ever hope too
Ive worked and worked but it seems im not good enough… Perfect SAT’s Perfect GPA PERFECT EVERYTHING AND I STILL DONT GET ACCEPTED… This blows.
@ahamd:
I think, MIT would be a better place without you…
@ahmad: the admission committee did a great mistake accepting you
To all those who got in, congrats.
To those who didn’t it’s probably better that way because you may have not been the right fit. Perfection isn’t always everything. Though it helps. I know everyone who applied was highly qualified, and where ever you end up you’ll be highly successful.
As for those who were waitlisted, I’m sorry. I know having patience is hard. But I also know of a few students who have been taken off the waitlist. So good luck to those.
@ahmad
adcoms have made their greatest mistake!
Omg I got accepted!! I finally feel like all of my hard work for the past four years has been rewarded! As a band geek that had to deal with the GPA drop while still maintaining straight A’s, managing the presidency of two clubs and taking 10 AP classes, my dream was finally realized!! I am so incredibly thankful and honored!! I’m sorry for those of you that got rejected, but you are still going far if your only “no” is from such a high ranking school! Those of you who got accepted, congrats and I’ll see you around campus!! ^_^
mit is trash
Anonymous (03:26):
You are trash:)
Rejected. To those fellow rejectees: Don’t be bitter about it…
wow…i was admitted and graduated as part of the class of ’05, and looking at these stats for the class of ’14, it seems like admissions get more and more stringent every year!
….. Rejected.. Only God know the best and I trust Allah..
after all of this experience, I can say that I´m still in love with MIT, so you can expect me to try again..
may be in the next year or even as a graduate.. but in all cases I´ll still like MIT..
P.S to all people in MIT: remember that there are people around the world who wish to be with you and care about you, so do your best and make the world better..
To all others who are rejected, have hope and as my father told me: “Whenever you face something that makes you feel alone, useless or even a loser; remember that new doors open for every door that closes, and sometimes we focus on what we lost that we don¬¥t see what we got¬®
I got rejected as expected, but congratulations to all incoming freshmen!! If you weren’t admitted move on, there are very good colleges besides MIT. Just bear in mind that the admissions process cannot be 100% fair. A simple interview or some essays are insufficient to show your most profound personality, your essence, or that you would be a good asset for MIT. And I am sure most applicants would. Probably the majority of those who weren’t rejected also presented excellent letters of recommendation by very influent people. After all MIT is a school for elites: if you do not provide substantial proof that you somehow belong to that (intellectual) elite or wish to do so in the future, your chances are slim…
Likewise, if you are not US-American you have an additional disadvantage, just look at statistics and don’t get depressed!
Rejected. MIT is an amazing school, but I am at peace with their decision
People really need to stop whining and complaining so much.
No worries. It’s not the school you go to: It’s the ambition you have to be great that will take you to success.
Blah. There probably isn’t much hope for us waitlisted folks, is there?
What a day. Congratulations to all of you who were admitted! For those who weren’t, you are all amazing. You must realize that the small number of available spots introduces quite a bit of arbitrariness into the admissions process that is no reflection of who you are, your capabilities, or how successful you will be. And most importantly, it should not affect how you view yourselves. Only YOU know what you are capable of, and no matter how long your application was, no piece of paper can adequately convey 17 or 18 years of growth and accomplishments. Please do remember this as you make your decisions.
And, there’s always grad school!!!
I definitely agree with you Cathy!
I got into Yale so I don’t care what MIT thinks….:D:D:D:D:D
::D:DDD:
But, Cathy, sometimes a school drives your ambissions
rejected :(
really got disappointed. MIT was, is and will remain my dream institution and hopefully i will apply again.
Congrats to all those who got admitted. Do add further stars to this prestigious institution.
anyone, even if rejected,: its just the beginning and everything happens for the betterment for us. May b some other better path ahead is waiting for us!! God chooses the best for us.
anyways MIT rocks…..LOVE YA MIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Any candians that got admitted ? How many ?
hi can i if i m in waiting list
Did they even take the interviews into consideration?
@ dont care (04:20)
ME TOO! I’m pretty sure i’m leaning towards Yale at this point since I was wait-listed
I am just 16 years old and got rejected. I will try harder the next time if there is.
Accepted. Looking forward to campus preview weekend.
To be sure, I was sad to have to stop putting “’14” after my name, but I think I am okay otherwise…
The way I see it is this: The admissions pool was so deep this year, it was really fantastic just to be Deferred! That means I got considered for one of the best schools in the nation!! Probably, there were many, many other students like me who were really amazing, but during admissions the officers probably had such a hard task that they had to look for any little thing possible to help the decision.
For instance, I know my Math SAT scores were much lower than an averge MIT student’s, despite the strength of the rest of my application. Also, I am rather artsy (not necessarily a bad thing, but I think a few more Science Olympiad contests would have helped) and also, my interview/essays were probably weaker than they could have been. So just the little factors added up probably made the result what it was.
But I am not bothered, because I know that this is not the end of the world. I know what kind of a person I am, and I think that MIT knows as well! Why else would I have been considered? Come on, everyone, be a little more upbeat! Remember that one essay question that asked you about a failure/hardship you had? This is one of those. Getting over it will make you more of an MIT student in spirit than taking it bitterly.
This is just the beginning of our lives, not the end.
I know I am looking forward to college wherever I go, and I am certain that MIT is in my future somewhere, either as a transfer student, a Harvard student next door
, or a graduate student. Cynthia Breazeal, I will see you in the Media Lab someday, working on robots and arificial neural networks!!
Good luck to everyone, and MIT–I am still here with you! Go Beavers! Thanks for making the past six months some of the best in my life, and teaching me that the world is whatever I make of it…
3.141592!
@Amethyst: I think you’re a really cool person. I’m sure you will succeed no matter where you go for college.
@Amethyst:
Yeah, we love you ;D
…from Europe:)
with what SAT scores did u guys get admitted????
Did they look at the music supplements and interviews from EA?
I don’t see how they could have accepted anyone from Utah when they won’t accept someone with a perfect GPA at the most competitive and most difficult school in the state. Don’t even mention the facts that I am an Eagle Scout, that I have played piano my entire life, that I have earned enough college credit for an Associates Degree, and that I rank in the 99 percentile for the ACT.
By the way, if you didn’t notice, I didn’t get accepted. They really should stop overvaluing AP and IB credits. Concurrent Enrollment and college courses is where it is at.
Oh well. I guess I am screwed since the application deadlines for other schools are over. No college at all for me? That sucks.
rejected :'( I would’ve loved to go to MIT.
Congratulations to all of you who were accepted!!
@ahmad
I’m glad I didn’t get accepted to MIT and don’t have to see you struggling in keeping up!
It’s a pity that the admit rate for internationals is just 3%. MIT should learn something from European univerities, which have a great international community: usually around 20% of the students are foreign!
What happened to mrmish?I thought he was very articulate and also had a good sense of humor!Did he get accepted?
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I GOT REJECTED :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D… wait… that’s bad…
Congrats to all the admitted students. I feel the pain for the others. I know the joy of getting in, my sister is Kimberly ’13.
To those admitted students please attend CPW, it’s a lot of fun.
Congrats to all the admitted students. I feel the pain for the others. I know the joy of getting in, my sister is Kimberly ’13.
To those admitted students please attend CPW, it’s a lot of fun.
@Amethyst,
Loving your words! It is really just the beginning. and Mit WILL be somewhere in my future(near future, I hope=P).
It’s really up to us.=D
COngrats for those admitted and for those denied, I feel the same way. = We will find somewhere else as long as you have passion in your life.
For those waitlisted, remember why you held on for so long in the first place!
(Sorry for the speech-like post but considering these would be my last few I might as well send some good vibes. =))
I am in
Wow, it was pretty exhilarating logging into my account with my parents at my side only to find that I had been rejected. Goes to show there really are no guarantees in life. All admits, please accept my congratulations, you guys deserve it! Until grad school, farewell MIT :'(
I still feel dazed with this MIT journey. Perhaps I stop here but I feel the bond with MIT’s Open Course Ware is going to grow in the upcoming years and enrich me intellectually.
I still feel dazed with this MIT journey. Perhaps I stop here but I feel the bond with MIT’s Open Course Ware is going to grow in the upcoming years and enrich me intellectually.
with GPA 3.8 and 9 international Medals in science and also 1 Special Award for the best Inventions,a recommendation from head master of association of inventors of Asia, and another recommendation from a professor of Mechanical ENG of university, I GOT REJECTED TOO!!!!!!! now, what should i do?????? I really don’t know what should i say….. I had a plan for study at MIT since i was 14!!!!
with GPA 3.8 and 9 international Medals in science and also 1 Special Award for the best Inventions,a recommendation from head master of association of inventors of Asia, and another recommendation from a professor of Mechanical ENG of university, I GOT REJECTED TOO!!!!!!! now, what should i do?????? I really don’t know what should i say….. I had a plan for study at MIT since i was 14!!!!
@Babak, I’m sorry about how you feel- I got rejected too. Although I did not have accomplishments as impressive as yours, I did push myself to do science fairs and “differentiate myself” because of my dream to study at MIT. However, as I look at the rejection letter, I can’t help but feel grateful to MIT for everything it has done for me. MIT gave me the incentive to become who I am, and no matter where I go to college, I’ll know that I did truly believe that I should be part of it.
Grad school, perhaps?
Hello,
Good luck to every student who applied in MIT!
I think that all these students are special and they will be accomplished if they work hard to achieve their dreams and aspirations. The students who were not admitted have a new challenge: to do not get upset and choose the best alternative by following a secure life path. The ones who were admitted: to profit from this wonderful given opportunity and make the best use of it.
Being accepted in MIT convinced me that work and devotion will always reward even life is difficult and poses a lot of obstacles.
I sincerely wish the best to everyone and hopefully expect to be part of MIT’s community in the fall of 2010.
Good luck for every one , I’m rejected and I’m dreaming to be one of you. I have done all what I can and more but.. in Vain. Tough I didnt lost hope and I believe I will enter one day this university. I’m SURE.
I just was singing I’m yours to MIT.
By the way, Could some one has a suggesttion to me to came back to MIT.
Please, I need a response my email is [email protected]
@Iñigo:
Partly you have right, BUT that 20% is mostly for the citizens of the European Union, which is (on paper at all) a close alliance.
I can understand these admit rate, and I accept, that I was rejected. Such is life, we have to move on, and then try again in the grad school
Now what we have to do is doing our best.
Hi all. I’m a second-year MIT student. Congrats to all of you who applied, I know how hard the process was and how many hopes and dreams were banked on this process. So I’d like to tell you all that it’s not over. Life is all about the long haul. If there’s one thing that MIT taught me more than anything, it’s this: everyone blows out sooner or later. But if you’re the one who can take it, gets back up, and continue on with a smile, you’re the one who wins out in the end.
To those who got rejected and are getting pissed at the institute, believe me when I say that you should thank your luck that you got rejected, because MIT would have wiped you out. If one little rejection letter is enough to make you quit, or lose your cool, you weren’t made of the right kind of mettle for this place. You’d become just another one of those sad cases who brags about being at the top of the world, falters as soon as they realize that everyone here is as good as they are if not better, and breaks when they realize they start losing ground. As they say, pride goeth before the fall.
But to those of you who, admitted or rejected, takes a look at the new game and resolves to win this one, or at least to do as well as you possibly can, take comfort in the fact that you’ve taken what the institute had to throw at you and not only survived, but you won. IHTFP, we all do, but when it’s over, we’ll be smiling at the other side. I look forward to seeing some of you next year, and some of you in four years.
Cheers,
fiicere
fiicere … could not have said it better. They would never make it here
YESS…got in!!!!
@Keshav: Thanks a lot for your comforting;) MIT was a goal for me, and conducted my life to a better situation.I’ll apply for MIT each year…till they accept me! But It would be better if i could understand why they rejected me and what should I do MORE to get admission!
MIT is still my goal:-X
@Keshav: Thanks a lot for your comforting;) MIT was a goal for me, and conducted my life to a better situation.I’ll apply for MIT each year…till they accept me! But It would be better if i could understand why they rejected me and what should I do MORE to get admission!
MIT is still my goal:-X
After reading some of these comments, my anticipation for applying to MIT increases exponentially…
Wow, u Americans r truely very optimistic and humorous. by the way, i got rejected too
@ ahamd
You sure you got in? I thought competition among students is discouraged.<a></a>
Rejected. But you are going to lose a donation in the future.
accepted!
@fiicere: I wonder how most of the abovementioned would have reacted the first time they failed a test at MIt
Probably would have died of apoplexy. Little bit prima-donna-ish if you ask me, but who am I to say…
A note about pride, though: I think it would be more accurate to say that *arrogance* cometh before a fall…the sort of pride some of us have gotten out of all of this is the good sort, the kind of pride in self that makes you hold your head up higher as you go down the street.
ReCaptch: “have buffalos” Does MIT have buffalos? Lol…just kidding!
Denied….
But no hard feelings whatsoever. There is no time for you to whine people, lets jus pick ourselves up and move on, after all, I am quite sure that even during the application process, we all had it in the back of our minds that mit was a long shot…and besides, God has a plan for all of us so whatever your decision letter reads, it was meant to be..
for those accepted, all the very best of luck from my side and for some of us here, beware that arrogance is never the way forward, infact it may just be the start of your descent..
take care guys
peace mit, still look up to you
oh and fiicere couldn’t have said it better…
Rejected from the Deferred list.
Well, I HAD to be a match to make it into the deferred list.
Whahaha I am MIT
fiicere
Nicely put out speech. I agree with it. Life isn’t over for those who got rejected or denied. It is just beginning and this rejection will hopefully make you better and stronger. By the way I got accepted(i have been on cloud nine for the last several days)