I thought so too, and kind of feel like an idiot now, thank you for clearing it up and good luck! @smartypants57 @ChemFire085
@Kimo212 I already got accepted EA lol - I’m just hanging out here, helping out and answering questions where I can. Keep your luck - anyone applying to MIT needs all the luck they can get.
I guess the decisions are finalized since today is Friday.
@smartypants57 @Kimo212 From what I know they send those tubes only to EA accepted students.
@smartypants57 & @dianaDM - Are the tubes sent out done prior to Pi Day? Or after they release their decision?
@SD2020 Firstly, there is no drone delivery and I don’t know why are you guys still speaking about that old video with drones and not about the new video featuring BB8 and Star Wars Soundtracks.
Secondly, the tubes were already sent to EA accepted students in December. I think that some internationals student did not receive it yet and their tubes will be handed to them when they will arrive on campus in August-September.
@dianaDM Thanks for the clarification. 4 more days!
Tubes are for all accepted students
@dianaDM admissions have confirmed that they send out tubes for the RD folks. EA folks have already received tubes (I received mine), and they sent it out a week or so after decisions were released. International students whose tubes were lost in the mail (some did receive them) will receive their tubes either when they go to CPW in April or when they enroll in August-September.
@smartypants57 Now that’s another cool reason why I want to get accepted! I do though remember reading that the tube was one of the difference between EA and RD guess I was wrong. Good luck everybody! Also, I know that many people who apply to MIT also apply to CALTECH so do you guys know anything about the date of decisions for CALTECH? Someone said on Collegeconfidential that they might release them on 12 March at 7PM
@smartypants57 - is there a chance RD folks will receive the tubes prior to 3/12?I know its such a slim chance but… one can hope!
@SD2020 I could be wrong but they probably don’t mail tubes until after 3/14. I know someone who got in, but didn’t get his tube until after Christmas (which is more than 10 days, although that includes holidays/weekends).
@dianaDM - someone from EA noticed that as well, but that was from like 2008 or something
@SD2020 - they post in the FB group when they’ve mailed out the tubes and they a) didn’t mail EA’s tubes out until about a week after decisions were made and b) haven’t posted about mailing RD’s tubes yet. They’re not going to ruin the surprise of finding out on pi day by sending the tubes earlier 
Only two days left, guys! But I feel like I can’t wait anymore. Pi day, Tau time!
Thanks @smartypants57. Anxiously waiting for Pi Day!
Does MIT look at the CSS profile of all students once they’ve made their decisions or only accepted students?
@anandrishabh1 They send out financial packages in late March-April, because people have to take the cost of attending into account when making their decisions on where to go to college.
@smartypants57 so does that mean they only look at the css profile of only accepted students? Or all students?
In case any of you also applied to Caltech, decisions are out.
Just got rejected from Caltech. Well, here’s hoping MIT saw something in me. I wasn’t really expecting a Calctech admit but damn I was hoping I’d get in because my essays were top tier for Caltech. I showed one person, a counsellor, my Caltech prompts and he said that they were the absolute best he had ever seen. So, yeah, I was really hoping for an admit from Caltech.
MIT was, and is, my dream school but I don’t think I did as good as a job with my MIT essays as I did with my Caltech ones. Not to mention that my stats are pretty low for an international…