<p>So, I had a kind of tough past two months, and ended up having to rush a lot on my application, and I felt okay about it the moment I submitted it, but the next time I looked at it, it... was plain awful. Well, I was happy with my art portfolio and of course with Part 1, and my teacher recs and scores. But my Part 2 just isn't what I hoped it would be, at all. </p>
<p>(I swear, it wasn't procrastination. I was one of those people refreshing the site continually in August waiting for the app to come out so I could start on it.)</p>
<p>Is there anything, anything, anything I can do? Call and beg them to cancel my EA app and let me write a new one for RA? Send a letter clarifying the things I didn't explain well (I have to send an update with some exam scores and stuff anyway...)?</p>
<p>Or... am I stuck?</p>
<p>(Please don't tell me something like "if you were really cut out for MIT, you'd have no problem writing a good application". Maybe you're right, but I feel awful enough already, okay? I just wanted to really put in the time and effort to be happy with it, and couldn't predict what would happen to make that impossible for the EA deadline when I marked EA on my Part 1 and school forms. -_-)</p>
<p>First off, don't sweat. Remember, everyone's got it tough. With that said, I also ended up second guessing my entire part 2 after I sent it. But now that I've settled down, I don't think it's bad at all. If you really think that yours is an abomination, you can call MIT admissions and ask them to cancel the EA app and start a new RA app. I don't see why they wouldn't let you... you might have to end up paying again though...</p>
<p>It's a few things here and there that are an abomination... unfortunately I'm really not settling down. That's what I hoped would happen. That's what happened with the first school I applied to (MIT's my first choice, but my other one was overseas, so earlier deadline). But alas, no.</p>
<p>Matt's advice for deferred EA applicants is always to let their EA applications stand, and to send additional information if necessary.</p>
<p>If you feel your application is truly not competitive as-is, you can ask that MIT consider it for regular decision (via a letter, for example), then send in updated responses for part 2 for RD. I'm going to reserve judgment on whether that's what you ought to do -- that's your decision -- but it's certainly something that's possible, and you wouldn't need to re-apply or ask that your EA application be withdrawn.</p>
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Matt's advice for deferred EA applicants is always to let their EA applications stand, and to send additional information if necessary.</p>
<p>If you feel your application is truly not competitive as-is, you can ask that MIT consider it for regular decision (via a letter, for example), then send in updated responses for part 2 for RD. I'm going to reserve judgment on whether that's what you ought to do -- that's your decision -- but it's certainly something that's possible, and you wouldn't need to re-apply or ask that your EA application be withdrawn.
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<p>Aren't all EA deferred applications already considered RD?</p>
<p>I feel for all of you (and my son who has applied RD)
It is so much angst and stress.
Best of luck to you phymm (and the rest of you who got admitted) on your careers at MIT. Fingers crossed for my kid and those of you still waiting and second guessing your own applications.</p>