<p>I would prefer that MIT is less competitive than the others, especially for example only 1000 applicants for 500 offers. :D That would be really cool for me.</p>
<p>Please give me information about application pools.....</p>
<p>Thanks..</p>
<p>It's important to consider, though, that many applicants (most?) apply to many programs -- so some of the 3000 at Berkeley are in the 2500 at MIT and the 2200 at UIUC, and each person can only choose to go one place; there are 3000 applications for 100 spots, but due to low yield, the program will accept more than 100 people.</p>
<p>For the record, I don't think an 8% admission rate is all that surprising. MIT's undergrad admission rate for EA this year was 12% -- why would the graduate programs be less selective?</p>
<p>Hi mollieatmit,</p>
<p>Thanks for your comment.
The graduate admission process at EECS is in the final step (or just beginning) now, right? I am asking you this because you are from MIT :D , but not sure from EECS. Thanks in advance. :D</p>
<p>I've heard from friends that the EECS graduate program makes a straight decision on whether to accept or deny (rather than having interviews to make the final cut). </p>
<p>I'm a current MIT undergraduate applying for graduate programs in biology, though, so my knowledge is limited to hearsay.</p>
<p>Best of luck though!</p>
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It's important to consider, though, that many applicants (most?) apply to many programs -- so some of the 3000 at Berkeley are in the 2500 at MIT and the 2200 at UIUC, and each person can only choose to go one place; there are 3000 applications for 100 spots, but due to low yield, the program will accept more than 100 people.
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Yes, there are a lot of common applicants to those applicant pools, but the number of common admits is much smaller. I know that MIT, Berkeley, and UIUC each have yields of around 50%, so they only need to accept about 200 people.</p>
<p>thanks for replies.</p>
<p>The decision of the ad com should finished today from the email, so if I don't post anything regarding admit before late Feb that means I am rejected.</p>
<p>only 2 schools? why?</p>
<p>As in my previous reply.</p>
<p>I applied just these 2 schools because I am already started my PhD in Germany. So I shouldn't apply too much, I think, just only my dream schools. The reason is if I cannot get in, I still have a place to finish my PhD, that's all for me.</p>
<p>shut up please.</p>
<p>What happens with my thread?!?!?!</p>
<p>Elektrotechnik33, GoldenBear ist sehr dumm. Er meint "shut up" nicht, er ist nur veraergert. Viel Glueck!</p>
<p>Es tut mir leid; mein Deutsch hat viel recht nicht.</p>
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Es tut mir leid; mein Deutsch hat viel recht nicht.
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<p>Oder "mein Deutsch ist sehr schlecht?"</p>
<p>Quoi? . . .</p>
<p>Oh...thanks all for your replies, but I think we should go back to English, right?</p>
<p>Any comment on that email?
Vielen Dank.</p>
<p>sorry I can't help with the e-mail; it seems that it would mean chances are slim, but that you made it past the first selection stage. These admissions things are crap shoots though, so, who knows, it could swing either way.</p>
<p>nspeds</p>
<p>haha, yeah, my german is a bit shotty, and I really didn't mean he was dumb, I'm sorry that I wrote that. But the German language is a passion of mine, regardless of my ability, and so I, for some reason, decided to type in it (not many people study German in the northeast, so it's hard to find someone to speak it with).</p>
<p>Anyhue, yeah, I see your point elektrotechnik. And, again, goldenbear and everyone else, I apologize for saying something like that when it's exactly what I hate to see on these servers (fighting, bickering, and just snyde remarks in general) and speaking in German on an English server.</p>
<p>Best of luck elektrotechnik; when do you find out?</p>
<p>=)</p>
<p>werd814, your German is good :D and thanks for your comment on that email. So my chance is slim in your opinion? I would try to think that MIT is not everything in mylife. :(</p>
<p>I need more comments please.....</p>
<p>I gave up....</p>
<p>The results have been given out since last Friday, check out this website... <a href="http://www.thegradcafe.com/gradschool2.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.thegradcafe.com/gradschool2.html</a></p>
<p>^^^that's interesting..</p>
<p>Anyway, if you applied to MIT and haven't received any notification as of this point, I would say, you're either waitlisted or rejected. </p>
<p>If you applied to Stanford and haven't received any notification, then you're still in the pool of qualified applicants.</p>
<p>Just my observation.</p>
<p>Thanks pinoyako,</p>
<p>I'm afraid the latter case, waiting list is not that good as well.</p>
<p>I sent 2 emails for enquiring my application on Friday and today but she, the one who answered my email, doesn't answer. I don't know why since normally she always replies me very fast, let me say, on the same day of my email. I don't know what happens to my application.....maybe I annoy her too much. That makes my cracy.</p>
<p>Anyway, why you said so about Stan? Just curious.</p>