My son got deferred as well. What is the “fun form” that you mention? I’ll have to ask him about it but his attention is now focused on his other applications, sort of don’t want to bring it up.
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Good luck to all. First kid going through this process and it’s not a very transparent process to be sure. Blessed that my child was accepted EA. Some stats and info in case it helps others
GPA: 4.0 / 4.71
SAT: 1570
13 APs through to 12th grade, 5s on all exams taken
2 summers of university research in STEM
main activity is their sport and they was a recruited / “supported” athlete
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FUN= February update and notes form. Will be on the portal later. Minimum is just having mid year grades in update.
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D23 also deferred. Does anyone have any experience adding another LOR to the the Feb update? I don’t think there will be a space to do it on the FUN form but could it be emailed to admissions? My daughter is afraid to do that. She doesn’t want to be “annoying “
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I’m not sure about MIT, as son only sent in the FUN form,
but UVA definitely said that less is better: don’t send in anything they didn’t ask for.
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My kid has 2 Bs this quarter in his AP physics C- EM and Multivariable calc, is it bad to send those grades for deferred student? All other grades are As
They say not to send anything but just filling the FUN form. EA Deferred FAQs | MIT Admissions
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I imagine those grades and possibly 3rd quarters will be sent/required anyways. Our school sends all grades/transcripts available for RD round. I thing there is also a form of continued good standing, or something of this nature, that the college counseling office sends/colleges require.
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Aren’t mid-year grades required if deferred and for all RD schools? I think they are for all my DD schools she’s applying to. Counselors at our school say they send mid year grades automatically because required for most schools.
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I also think a B in those classes are fine. Schools know they are challenging and prefer a rigorous curriculum over an easier class for an easy A.
Oh is it? I didn’t know. Our school doesn’t adjust the cumulative GPA until the whole year is complete. Will check with our school counselor.
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That is good to know. Fist Q was all As, second Q has been bit harder
I don’t think they adjust the cumulative gpa. They will essentially send a mid year report or maybe a report card. Our school doesn’t send a transcript but it’s another report with all senior grades and mid term exam grades. The mid year reports are available at my school in Feb- school system starts after Labor Day so we are still only in our first semester, now mid 2nd quarter. At the end of 2nd quarter, all teachers are required to give mid term exams testing all material from the first two quarters (we are public school). Most Schools except probably schools that self report tend to require mid year report for RD. Our REA school notes on website to send mid year grades.
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@advitha & @huango, kindly share your experience on your students experiences with the merits or otherwise of receiving credits for Calculus BC & Physics C.
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Not exactly sure HOW AP credits work,
but MIT is big on their ASE.
“A passing grade on an MIT Advanced Standing Exam entitles you to full credit for the subject, as well as placement in the next subject in a sequence.”
I know that MIT only lists about 3-4 accepted AP credits (no Chem, no Physics, no Bio, etc),
but if you can pass the ASEs for many different subjects, you can be done with your GIRs.
You can take ASE 3x a year (before Fall, in IAP, and before Spring semesters).
Since son got a 5 on AP Calc BC, he took the Multivariable Calculus (18.02) ASE and passed that, and thus fulfilled his 2 Math General Institute Requirements (GIRs).
He started this 1st semester in Differential Equations 18.03.
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Even if you didn’t take the AP exam, or get a 5, you can choose to take the ASE.
Due to HS course selection conflict, son took AP Physics 1 (no C).
He didn’t sign up to take ASE Physics 1 (8.01) because he was concerned for his lack of Caculus based physics.
But he should have taken the ASE because it was all review this semester.
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He participated in the MIT Interphase EDGE summer program
(HIGHLY recommend admitted students to apply: GREAT ramping up program/make friends and FREE).
You take 5.5 classes in 7 intense weeks. You get 2 generic credits at the end of the program.
Every participant takes placing exams at the beginning of EDGE, scoring 1, 2, or 3 = highest/hardest level classes.
Most students were level 2, some were 1, and few were 3.
Son were 3 on all his classes, so he spent all 7 weeks doing basically Physics II (8.02). So he should have taken the Physics ASE,
==>==> but he didn’t sign up in time.
Lesson learned: sign up for the ASE.
Can always choose not to take the ASE, but you can’t take them if you don’t sign up in time.
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Note: research about grading, that I’m not certain on.
Since 1st semester Freshman is Pass/Fail, whatever you score on your passing ASE, it just shows as Pass, and you continue to the next class (ie. passing 18.02 MultiCalc, to 18.03 DiffEq).
But if you take the ASE before Spring when grades count, if you pass with a C, it shows up on your transcript.
ASE grading policies for first-year students
- P grades will appear on your fall term record and transcript for ASEs receiving a C or better in August/September or December.
- A, B, or C letter grades will appear on your spring term record and transcript for ASEs taken in January/February or May. These grades are not included in your GPA calculation.
- Non-passing D or F grades for ASEs taken in December, January/February, or May will appear on your internal record, but not on your transcript.
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Many thanks, very elaborate. So one can prepare to write multi-variable calculus & physics ASE in the summer preceding the fall semester.
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Thanks, this helps! Any advice on what events to attend at CPW? Seems there are 700+ events. Also, any take on joining the fraternities, as in pros and cons?
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Also, is attendance to CPW all events or none? My son has conflict on some days and so can only attend one day.
and @Ivylege
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CPW: it’s recommended to come for the entire 3.14days,
but if you can only make it for 1 day+, that’s better than nothing. -
My son just followed his nose - for food.
He, like many CPW admitted students, was housed at a frat: Phi Kappa Sigma. His host actually hosted 2 CPW kids.
There are many discussions of excited students looking forward to hosting CPW.
Some hosts are very hands on, others not so much.
Son’s host met my son and I at check in, took son back to house to drop off his overnight bag, and then let son do his own thing, coming back late to crash on the bed/futon?
Son met a few guys at some early event and they shared texts and would meet up at future activities.
- ate lots of different foods at different events - he mentioned loving the samosas
- checked out a few dorms
- did a math lab tour/listened to some professors (math major).
- looked for events with great SWAGs (like previous year’s MIT t-shirts, water bottles, etc)
Some frats like to host, almost as pre-rushing/checking out potential new rushees.
2 of son’s friends decided to rush, but they knew they wanted to join a frat. Son is not a frat kid and decided not to join one.
It was GREAT weather for last year’s CPW, so a lot of events were on the grass area in front of Kresge and Stratton student center.
I know there were a bunch of students who hadn’t made up their minds about MIT (vs. Caltech, vs. Pitt, vs. Ohio State, wherever), but they said the CPW definitely helped them to choose MIT.
MIT was #1 for son, so when he attended CPW, he spent the entire time just picturing himself in his home for the next 4 years.
Go have fun!
Oh, hey, us parents had fun too, while our kids did CPW.
This was a small group of parents who met through a FB group: we met up for lunch, went on a campus tour, etc.
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That’s a nice pic! I would definitely like to meet some parents as well.
My kid will probably follow her nose as well! I am hoping MIT sends a list of events so that she can pick and decide which ones to attend.
Thank you for the detailed info!
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