<p>Sent it at 4:23 so it’s probably still working its way through the tubes.</p>
<p>Tubes??? Haha^
Got the email…</p>
<p>Cool…tubes</p>
<p>Sent from my MB502 using CC App</p>
<p>hey i still didn’t get it. is this something to worry about? i don’t want to be missing from the email list or anything…</p>
<p>If unclear, I was making a comment about the famous MIT EA tubes!</p>
<p>oncloud - PM me your email address.</p>
<p>hi Chris (and other MIT people)! I also didn’t get the email. is there a process so that I can put my email on the list? it’s correct on the my.mit website.</p>
<p>for those not getting the email, be sure to check your spam folders :-)</p>
<p>How dare MIT emails be classified as spam!!</p>
<p>1217 is a prime number</p>
<p>you know what, I lied. I did get the email… it got sent to my non-priority inbox on gmail. I guess since I considered it very important, I implicitly assumed that gmail would know this. Time for an improved algorithm!</p>
<p>Priority is based primarily on frequency of response. Clearly, you need to get closer with the MIT Admissions office ;)</p>
<p>It’s also based on the sender and content. I assure you Google’s algorithm is a bit more complex than just determining who you talk to the most :P</p>
<p>Odd question: What kind of reactions does everyone get when they say they’re applying to MIT? I usually get a “Oh, you’ll definitely get in”. All the other schools I’ve applied to are either EA or rolling, so I have all but one of the other ones and everyone in my family asks why I even bothered to apply anywhere else if MIT is my top choice. Am I the only one who sees the 10% acceptance rate?</p>
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<p>^Yeah, basically everyone seems to think I have a much better chance of getting in than I think I do.</p>
<p>yes!! all my friends always tell me i’ll get in for sure and i have nothing to worry about and i’m like whaaaaaaaaat are you talking about nothing is for sure and there are sososososooooooooo many qualified applicants and ahhh saturday cannot come fast enough.</p>
<p>zrathustra, there’s actually not a whole lot more than that. It takes into account who you email, which messages you open, which messages you reply to, which messages you star/archive, and keywords. Since you’ll never reply or email MIT’s automated account, and they’ll only send you two to three emails, it’s likely it’ll get lost. The keyword search won’t help you too much; my guess is most of us throw away most emails with words like “college” and “admissions.”</p>
<p>[How</a> importance ranking works - Gmail Help](<a href=“Importance markers in Gmail - Gmail Help”>Importance markers in Gmail - Gmail Help)</p>
<p>Clearly, the solution is just to mark everything MIT sends out as important. :P</p>
<p>I’m a bit younger than most of my friends, who were all also competitive applicants (one got into Columbia, my brother got into Columbia, a few of them now attend Pomona/CMC), so I get the practical “you have a decent chance but don’t get your hopes up” from them.</p>
<p>On the other hand, with people who don’t know me as well or don’t know the college admissions process so well (or how competitive it can be) usually say “oh, you’ll have no problem getting in,” and act annoyed at my “false” modesty when I assure them my chances are low.</p>
<p>Man I hadn’t really thought about how priority mailbox structures our email. It’s one thing for our newsletters and another thing entirely for this. I don’t know any solutions though…</p>
<p>Gmail also flags things based on the words in the message. Maybe you could modify the wording and diction so that Gmail automatically flags it?</p>