<p>does anyone know when the decisions are coming out?? i reallllly hope it's the 13th so we can get this over with :)</p>
<p>no. nobody here knows, unfortunately. The only reason people will eventually know is because Matt McGann will post a blog post on MIT</a> Admissions that will tell us the decision date.</p>
<p>lilyrobin- that's how I should be thinking... but I think it's good to come around to the reality of things a little bit, so I might not be AS disappointed when I don't get in. (Who am I kidding, I'll still be really disappointed).</p>
<p>On another note... I think that QuestBridge people find out their decisions today? I read that on the comments of one of Matt's blogs.</p>
<p>centimeters-true, I am trying to prepare myself for the worst, I just don't want to regret sending my application in the way it was. Does QuestBridge really find out today?? I am so jealous!</p>
<p>So on a more positive note, how is everyone planning to CELEBRATE their lovely acceptance letters??? (fingers crossed)</p>
<p>Well on the off chance.. um crying for like 2 hours and then spending the next 3 weeks with my close friend who graduated high school last year and went to school in Florida (from CT) and is finally coming back the 13th. I've been excited for him to come back since he left so if the decisions come out that day it could just be one of the best days ever. :-D</p>
<p>My sister plans to video me receiving my decision, and if it's happy news my mom wants to put it on youtube with the title "[burnitblue] hears from MIT" and let people watch it to find out that I got in.</p>
<p>...I'm not sure what I think about it, but if I get in I'll probably be too happy to care.</p>
<p>What I'm definitely going to do is drive over to my old elementary school and show the principal my acceptance letter, because he's the one that told me to follow my dreams and apply to MIT back when I was 10 years old.</p>
<p>WAIT!!! what? questbridge finds out TODAY!? that's not fair!!</p>
<p>anyways I'll calm down haha...if I got in I would freak out and buy a ton of MIT stuff and call everyone I know!</p>
<p>I don't really know if that's true but an alleged QuestBridge applicant posted it in a comment on Matt's blog titled "EA Tracking Update."</p>
<p>Either way (accepted or denied), I will probably cry for a while cause having a decision will be so overwhelming because I've been looking forward to this forever! If I get deferred I will just be ****ed cause I don't wanna wait anymore! I would really much rather get denied now than be deferred and denied.</p>
<p>Lilyrobin, agreed. Deferral would be so brutal.. I really hope that female apps are WAY down this year so I have a greater chance of getting in! Maybe there will be like... 250 female EAers and they'll just take all of them! Nothing wrong with imagining a best case scenario...</p>
<p>I will also wear my favorite pair of MIT sweatpants.</p>
<p>They are clearly the most comfortable piece of clothing I own, and the nerdiest.</p>
<p>yay, my lost teacher rec finally got processed today...now the REAL waiting begins :)</p>
<p>250 females EA applicants would be so nice! I wish that happened, it would make my life so much easier...</p>
<p>From the looks of the QuestBridge thread over in the College Admissions section, they did find out today. However, I haven't seen anyone say they got matched with MIT, and only one person say they didn't.</p>
<p>Think of the tension we've endured for 30 plus days.
Now imagine you just got deferred.
Multiply that tension and anxiety by 4 = sheer torture!!! :)</p>
<p>man, if I get deferred, I will know RD decisions on the first day of my weeklong choir trip to Carnegie Hall...which would be so stressful...</p>
<p>does anyone know roughly how many urm's apply to mit ea and is there an advantage applying ea if you're an urm?</p>
<p>You guys all need to chill out. I also applied early to MIT, and I really want to go, but I don't spend every waking minute anxiously awaiting the decision. MIT is a great school, but it's not the ONLY school. I read posts where people are saying they are going to cry for hours (whether or not they get in) and that just seems like a complete overreaction. It's only 11 more days, go outside, play some sports, do something, don't just sit here biting your nails. It's not like if you don't go to MIT you won't be successful. College is only as good as you make it. Try hard and you will learn tons at any college.</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure there's always an advantage to being a URM, no matter what application timetable.</p>
<p>effward-but really, there's nothing wrong with being emotional about this process. If you've worked very, very hard for a long time on this, I think it's perfectly justified to 'overreact' once a decisions made. I mean, it's an overwhelming process for 17 and 18 year olds; we're making decisions that could have a big impact on our lives. I'm not saying I'll cry because I'm so sad I didn't get in, or so happy I did, I'll probably cry out of relief that the wait is finally over, and I know more about where my life is going. Of COURSE there are other schools, I think we all know that, but it will be a little sad when we don't get into our first choice. But we'll move on! We'll get into other great schools and we will be very happy there! We all know that. I don't think any of us are sitting here biting our nails either. Sure, I think about it occasionally, but I'm spending most of my time thinking about school and activities and hanging out with friends and such, and it's not like I'm doing this to avoid thinking about MIT all the time, I just...don't think about it all the time. But CC is a place where we like to come and talk about being nervous and such because people here can relate! I don't think you have to worry that we're all freaking out about this all the time. </p>
<p>By the way that wasn't supposed to be mean in any way! If it came off like that I'm truly sorry!</p>