Congratulations! No worry, I believe you will get full financial aid package.
@Archway MIT is not looking for students just want a job. MIT’s mission is to build the next generations of forerunners, inventors and leaders. They will lead the next waves of technological revolution and scientific exploration. If your goal is a 9-5 job, running in the corporate mouse wheel, doing whatever you are told to do, there might be no difference between MIT and any lower ranked schools. And MIT does not want you. MIT wants students who have dreams and aspiration, make the world a better place. For sure, it is not easy to change the world, but MIT, with its excellent culture, has produced those outstanding leaders in their fields, way beyond its proportion.
For lucky few accepted by MIT, do NOT settle with a job, a salary, a comfortable life, go make a dent to the universe!
You can make a dent in the universe working out in the real world. Many MIT graduates do just that.
Did anyone else receive the silver cylinder yet?
many people in TX, CA received it yesterday.
@jmtabb, hey I am am international IB student currently in DP1 ( grade 11). Please can you give me useful tips or things that I can do , things I can correct now if I want to go to MIT next year
@opyf64 - I just wanted to thank you for making your comments up thread, asking if there were any notable MiT alums. As a result of your comment and my looking up some of the more famous MIT alumnae, I had a great evening with my MIL hearing her stories of a few of these people from her years at MIT. There were parties with the Koch brothers, dinner at Amar Bose’s house, and stories of some of the less famous but still accomplished MIT alums from her generation that she has kept in touch with over the years. My MIL is a remarkable lady, and I am even more impressed with her life story after tonight. I’m not sure we would have ever heard some of these stories without my bringing this topic up and it is inspiring to my future engineer.
@Nnig03 - the best advice I can give is to read the admission blogs, read @MITChris ‘ blog “applying sideways” and apppy those suggestions to your own situation. Be excelllent in whatever your passions are, find a way to go “above and beyond” and show how you will contribute to your current community and the MIT community should you be admitted. Whatever happens this approach will serve you well, whether at MIT or another institution that will be lucky to have you.
Good luck!
There’s not much you can do as an 11th grader to improve your chances other than write good essays. Trying for a top 5 school like MIT involves many years of commitment to an activity unless you’re an URM. The easiest way to get accepted is to do a sport at a fairly high level, but that usually means starting at a young age and having athletic genes.
@jmtabb Thank you very much… As for my activities I do basketball , I play also piano at a good level and In Class i usually have a very good level. But more and more people want to discourage me from MIT which is my dream since , I really hope I’ll get there.
I’ll write the SAT too soon and as an international School I target a 1500 at least to have my chances for this great Institution.
I also engage myself in many projects to help my community.
One think that I know I am not good enough are Essays , and this scare me because I think they play a great role in the admissions
Wait list gang
Does anyone know what the chances might be this year? MIT is my dream school but I know the situation is dire
@vc_scrubjay There is a waitlist tread. Some numbers are provided there. In short, no one knows. MIT also says that in their waitlist FAQ.
Did anyone here put a website they created as part of their application and see that someone from MIT actually created an account?
What are y’alls thoughts and opinions about the advantages and disadvantages of picking MIT as a humanities and social sciences person.
I am very interested in economics, women and gender studies, poli sci, and English. I’m not super into sciences (maybe ecology & environmental science stuff), and I’m okay at math (I like Calc applications to econ). I’ve been hearing from a few alumni that it’s hard for a student to battle against the STEM stereotype at MIT if you choose to focus intensively on humanities and social sciences.
One program, I considered is the cross registration with Harvard, which could connect me with more people interested in my fields of study.
Anyways, thoughts and opinions, and again, thank you for your input! 
@David5700044 I can imagine it being great! But MIT aint known for that, so I think you might compromise on the full arsenal of resources. I dont know much about SS specs at MIT, so thats all i got.
@David5700044 It’s not so much a STEM stereotype as the reality of the institutional requirements for all majors. Every single student at MIT will take Biology, Chemistry, two semesters of Physics, and Calculus through multi-variable irregardless of their major. It’s narrows down the humanities and social sciences people quite a bit.
Parents of 2023 accepted student are excited to accompany her to Campus Preview Weekend. Leaving LA tomorrow. Although MIT was her favorite , she is waiting until after the weekend to make the final decision.
Have a great visit. Tell her to tour all the dorms. That’s very important.
Have a blast at CPW, parents and students. Do your dorm tours, you’ll need to rank them in a couple of weeks.
Hi, I’m an EA applicant for the 2019-2020 cycle, and I couldn’t seem to find one for MIT class of 2024, so I came here.
I live overseas (i.e. not in US) and it’s Nov 11th here right now. I am getting a little anxious bc so far I haven’t been contacted for an interview. Should I be worried? I’d give it a bit more time, but I heard that there’s a deadline (for interviewers) to conduct interviews—the Thanksgiving—and that’s actually coming up pretty soon.
Congrats to all those who are accepted! A little off-topic…
For a freshman, who is academically ahead, with a >1500 SAT score in middle school , won state level science olympiads, interested in the STEM , what path or advice would you give her to get into MIT computer science? Any thing you would have done differently in high school or anything that got you in ?