<p>benjamingrantdu,</p>
<p>I agree with you. I contacted someone in the ChemE department who handles graduate applications and he wrote:</p>
<p>"We are still in the process of reviewing applications. I expect all admission
decisions to be made in the next 2 weeks." - Feb 07</p>
<p>It was probably in bad taste for me to inquire, so I hope it does not affect my chances.</p>
<p>"MIT has made all of its decisions already, it doesn't decide in waves. I don't know if they have notified everyone yet, although I would imagine that since they send out emails rather than call they probably have. If not, you would certainly hear by the middle of next week."</p>
<p>I believe this comment was made in response to the MIT Biology Department, for which it is true and confirmed. The majority of MIT's many, many other departments are still in the review and notification process. </p>
<p>For the people inquiring about MIT Chemistry- I am in that department right now and all I know is that they are slower this year compared to previous years due to some shifts in faculty roles in the admissions process. I know that some professors have independently contacted students informing them of decisions already, but the official notification period is not over yet, for all four of the sub-areas. Beyond that I know nothing. :) Good luck!</p>
<p>ymmit - thanks for the encouraging info! I was really anxious about MIT Chem decision and I basically lost all hope and thought that I will soon be receiving a decline letter. However, I got an acceptance letter yesterday in the mail, dated Feb 6. I can't believe it took 5 days for the letter to get from one street in Cambridge MA to another (I live in Cambridge)! :)</p>
<p>Anyway, to those still waiting - don't lose hope! I guess they are just super-slow this year. GL!</p>
<p>galch,</p>
<p>You received notification by snail mail? No e-mail notification? I'm on the opposite side of the country... so if it took 5 days from Cambridge to Cambridge... it's going to take a year from Cambridge to Phoenix.</p>
<p>Nrets - yes, by snail mail. this is really annoying. what i do know is that their notification system is very random - some chem people find out by phone first (profs call them), some by email. my first and last communication from MIT was the acceptance letter that i got in the mail yesterday. A friend of mine who applied for inorganic chem got an email in the second week of January with an acceptance notification. I applied for organic and so far none of the mit profs contacted me. so it really depends. if i were you, i would try calling them, even though I kept reaching voicemail when I called them last week for two days in a row. good luck!</p>
<p>Interesting comments about the three ChE people getting admits to MIT who had LOR's from someone formerly on the admissions committee. One of my LOR's was from a prof who was the PhD research adviser to the admissions committee chair currently at MIT ChE. This prof told me literally that he could not think of any school in the country that would not accept me with full funding. This prof did his PhD at MIT. I had another LOR from a prof who also went to MIT for PhD. My third LOR was from a Chemistry prof (my senior thesis research advisor) who did his PhD at Yale. Still no answer for me from MIT though.</p>
<p>I am not a Goldwater scholar (to be honest, I never even applied) but have 2 years research in theoretical Chemistry, double major in ChemE and Chemistry, graduated first in my major, studied abroad, swept the departmental scholarships in both CHem and CHem E. I am wondering what is taking MIT so damn long to decide. I know I am up against steep competition. I am totally ready to get rejected. But waiting kills.</p>
<p>I have gotten into CalTech, PRinceton, and Berkeley. Stanford told me to get lost, and I am still waiting on MIT.</p>
<p>Has anyone heard from the EECS department? I have gotten nothing.........</p>
<p>I believe MIT EECS posted all the accepts, rejects, and waitlists back in February. Check the application website, it should have your status. If not I would immediately contact the department. But they called all the accepts, so do not expect good news.</p>
<p>maybe this is in the wrong place...but has anyone heard from the Media Studies dept yet?</p>
<p>oh wait...I found another MIT thread for this...oopps...;)</p>
<p>so did the OchemE hear from MIT ?</p>