<p>First, read this from Matt: Early</a> Action Updates | MIT Admissions</p>
<p>If you've been affected by this past weekend's snowstorm, read this: Emergency</a> Application Extension | MIT Admissions</p>
<p>Here are answers to some very frequently-asked questions, from me:</p>
<p>I submitted my test scores a few weeks ago and they don't show up in MyMIT. PANIC!
First, don't panic. Second, as long as you've requested by the deadline that your scores be submitted to MIT, you're okay. MIT takes electronic delivery of test scores one or two times a month from the testing agencies, so yours just hasn't been delivered yet. No worries.</p>
<p>If you're taking November tests, remember that you must designate MIT as a recipient of your test scores at the time you take the test -- no waiting to see what the scores are before sending them on.</p>
<p>My teacher hasn't submitted his recommendation! PANIC!
My teacher submitted his recommendation two weeks ago, but it's not showing up in MyMIT! PANIC!
First, don't panic. Second, it will take a while for the mail room to dig itself out of the pile of EA mail and get everything sorted into the proper folders, so don't expect everything to show up on your checklist for at least another week or two. Third, if there's a problem on your teachers' end, or on the USPS' end, your teachers will be given the opportunity to re-submit your letter via fax.</p>
<p>I totally screwed something up on the application and it's the worst mistake ever! PANIC!
First, don't panic. Second, if it's really that big a deal (and it probably isn't), you can mail or fax a letter correcting your mistake, and it will be added to your folder.</p>
<p>My EC hasn't submitted his interview report! PANIC!
First, don't panic. Second, the EC deadline for submitting reports hasn't arrived yet, so it's perfectly fine for your EC not to have submitted his report. Fill out the "completed interview" form, sit back, relax, and let the admissions office bug your EC.</p>
<p>Overall, the message here is don't panic, and the secondary message is keep an eye on the blogs and MyMIT. If one of your application components isn't in by the time Matt/Chris/et al. post an entry saying they're all through the mail, then you can re-send it (but you still can't panic).</p>
<p>The admissions officers will be reading applications from ~now until ~Thanksgiving, then will go into selection committee in early December. Decisions will be available sometime in mid-December, and the actual date for decisions will be announced as soon as it's known (usually about a week to ten days before decisions are released). Speculating about the exact date is a futile endeavor.</p>