<p>Wow! I was expecting results to be out around the 15th. Why do you think they are taking longer this year even though there’s less applicants? I understand it takes time to read thousands of applications, but it’s still frustrating because I just can’t see myself anywhere else besides MIT and I just want to know!</p>
<p>yeah i totally, completely, 100% understand and kind of appreciate that they are taking a while to carefully read the applications, but HOLY CRAP i wish they’d hurry up. like honestly this worrying is taking over my life.</p>
<p>I’m really hoping the decision date is sometime next week. For the last few months, I just “knew” that I’d know if I was going to the school I’ve dreaming about since 5th grade, so to wait a few more days would be torture :(</p>
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<p>I totally agree…I have been compulsively checking CC and the admissions page every chance I get. When I’m not checking, I am like scared to death that important info is going to be given and I am going to miss it loll :P</p>
<p>There’s already an 2016 decisions thread?! Apcray!</p>
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<p>yes thus my stomach drop. It freaked me out.</p>
<p>I’m trying to convince myself to post my decisions and stats even if I’m rejected, as past people’s have really helped me put things in context. But then another side of me is like, “do you really want your failure to be immortalized on CC?”. </p>
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<p>I’m having the same conflict…I guess I won’t really know until I get my decision. I mean, my stats are high for most people, and average for MIT applicants and I have no research or Siemens and I hadn’t even heard of AMC or Olympiads outside of cc, so if I didn’t get in, the moral of the story is “do all of those things and do them well” (or at least that is what I would take from seeing such stats and decision) which would depress me because those things are really hard if not impossible to get into in my area.</p>
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<p>As someone who was in your boat years ago and got in, I know that is false.</p>
<p>Ughh I’m also compulsively checking the blogs. It’s so unhealthy because MIT disappoints thousands of people like us every year even though we’re so passionate about MIT. It’s like you really want to hope, but you don’t want deferral (or rejection) to sting any more than it already would.
And plus, I don’t wanna do any other apps haha</p>
<p>I applied to a few rolling places before MIT, so I have at least 5 other options for college, some with full scholarships, so that’s a load off my mind</p>
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<p>Would anyone mind speaking about the interview (for regular decision)? Thanks!</p>
<p>@Piper, I know it is false, but I would still feel that way :P</p>
<p>I think the interview is completely different for each prospective student. My interview lasted precisely 3 hours and 21 minutes, but a friend that interviewed with the same person only had a 45 minute-ish interview. Just know why MIT is for you and you’ll de fine.</p>
<p>My interview was maybe a hour (possibly less, I can’t remember, but my interviewer had to leave to make it to her kid’s football game)…it was fairly laid back, she asked me about what I wanted to study and why, asked me about how I spend my summers, my classes, my school. I talked to her about my family, explaining some strange and pressing circumstances. She asked me if I could leave the admissions people with one impression what would I want it to be. Also, she told me a little about what her letter would do as far as helping my app, she, (idk if it is the same for all interviewers) said she tries to help the kid out as much as possible, she didn’t want to know any of my stats, she just would write things that stood out about me and what she got from my personality and such. She mentioned that the acceptance rate is higher for people with interviews. We talked about the climate at MIT, how it is competitive in the sense that everyone has a lot of work to do, a lot of hard work and the expectations are high but that the community is very cooperative and supportive. Stuff like that.</p>
<p>wait where did Chris post that they probably would release the decision date next week?</p>
<p>the flourish and blog or something post, in the comments</p>
<p>Does MIT read these blogs? And do they have any effect on your admission decision? I feel like regardless of anyone’s answer I will always have this theory that they do :)</p>
<p>germfreak why is that?</p>
<p>germfreak, they certainly do not. The work required to link a CC user with an actual applicant is monumental. They’re trying to get through six thousand applications during the EA cycle alone; they don’t have time to track you down on CC.</p>
<p>Unless you happen to say something really, really stupid, attribute it to yourself, in which case Chris might stumble across it, CC is safe.</p>