<p>Is there any way to retract the optional portions? Or ask the readers to ignore it? Is it possible for optional essays to tank you application if they're truly horrible blathering-ons?
I decided to scrap my main essay and rewrite it, so I wrote the optional essays at the last minute (close to literally) and now I regret not just turning it in without the extra stuff, haha... meh.</p>
<p>And for supplementals... if I found some stuff I would like to send in, should I still send it in, or because it's past the early deadline, should I wait until after (early) decisions are released? (If I should send it in, is it possible to just fax it? I remember seeing that somewhere).
They're just visual clarifications on my answers to the essays/short answer on the application, not "awards" or anything, so I'm really unsure if that'd be considered part of the application, and therefore due already.</p>
<p>You can certainly send updates now, no matter what they are. MIT isn't particularly ridiculous about everything being in their possession immediately after the deadline, particularly because it takes so long to process the mail they have right now. You could certainly fax it, although at this point it would be fine to send it by mail.</p>
<p>I just realized that on my first short answer I made a typo - I left an "s" off of a word that was meant to be plural. This really bothers me (I can't believe I missed it when reading over), but my question is, will I be able to go back and change this (or anything else on my Essays/Short Answers, for that matter) for the Regular Decision Application?</p>
<p>Technically, you can update your essays or short answers for RD, but the admissions officers discourage it:
Odds are good that the admissions officers will not even notice a small typo -- if you yourself didn't notice until you sent it in, they probably won't notice reading it through once or twice.</p>
<p>This happens to everybody, even when they're old enough to know better. I turned in a big fellowship application in April after working on it for about a month, and my faculty advisor asked me if I'd found my mistake yet -- he says he makes at least one stupid grammatical or spelling mistake per grant application, and only discovers it when re-reading the grant after submission. And our lab is very well-funded. :)</p>
<p>During the last two years I have been associated with both scientific research and community service, both as independent undertakings. Now, the prof who reviewed my designs and the head of the group of the villages in which I worked both want to write a letter for me as to what my work was, and etc etc. And, since these two activities really constitute whatever I stand for and whatever has been my life for 2.5 years, I want to let the adcoms know in detail about them.
Now, my school says that it will send both the letters(in sealed envelopes) with the fee waiver form and teacher recos, everything together from the school. So, those two people will hand me their letter in sealed envelopes which I will submit to the school and the school will send everything together.
Does this sound good?</p>
<p>The advice that MIT gives is to take a math- and science-heavy courseload at your current school (one that's approximately equivalent to the first-year MIT courseload: single- and multivariable calculus, physics mechanics and E&M, chemistry, biology, and two humanities classes).</p>
<p>Thank you so much molliebatmit!
I hope you wont mind if I bother you with one more question? Do you know how much MIT looks at the High School Record if you’re a transfer? Cause my transcript is good but as previously mentioned good isn’t necessarily good enough....
Thank you again!</p>
<p>It's my belief that your college record will be weighted somewhat more heavily than your high school record, but I don't have any quotes to back that up. It's considerably more competitive to transfer to MIT than to get in as a freshman, and there's less information available on the web about the transfer admissions process.</p>
<p>Is it possible for me to major in engineering and minor in Sanskrit or religious studies at MIT? I know this is possible at Stanford because its more of a broader school . . .</p>
<p>If my school sent my teacher/guidance recs and school report around October 25th, and they're still not showing up as received, is it too early to call and ask about them? Should I just assume they're still sorting mail?</p>
<p>Edit: Just checked, they have one of my evaluations, that's it, even though it was all sent together. Does that call for a phone call to check up on it?</p>
<p>AshwinSundar, I'm so sorry -- you sent me a PM about this and I totally forgot to respond.</p>
<p>MIT doesn't have a Sanskrit department or a religious studies department, although you would, of course, be able to take classes in both at Harvard. There are also some classes in the anthropology department which take religion as a subject, and you could certainly minor in anthropology.</p>
<p>lilyrobin, can I take a rain check on answering your question right at this second? I'm going to see Matt tonight, and I'll see what he says then.</p>
<p>Edit: Just checked, they have one of my evaluations, that's it, even though it was all sent together. Does that call for a phone call to check up on it?
Matt says not to worry, and that they're still sorting tons of mail. He says he will post a blog entry when they have all of the mail sorted, and only then should anybody start being even moderately concerned that their applications aren't complete.</p>
<p>During the last two years I have been associated with both scientific research and community service, both as independent undertakings. Now, the prof who reviewed my designs and the head of the group of the villages in which I worked both want to write a letter for me as to what my work was, and etc etc. And, since these two activities really constitute whatever I stand for and whatever has been my life for 2.5 years, I want to let the adcoms know in detail about them.
Now, my school says that it will send both the letters(in sealed envelopes) with the fee waiver form and teacher recos, everything together from the school. So, those two people will hand me their letter in sealed envelopes which I will submit to the school and the school will send everything together.
Does this sound good?</p>
<p>Can we, international students, send all the school forms, fee waivers, supplementary recommendations, financial aid forms in one big envelope with the individual components in separate envelopes inside the big one? International mail costs huge and it's pretty difficult to send the separate things in separate mail packages. Do you think the main admission office will branch out the individual components to the respective offices as stated in the envelopes?</p>