<p>On the application, there is an option for submitting supplementary material, like a letter of recommendation from a research mentor. How would one send that on? Would it have to be mailed directly to the office of admissions?</p>
<p>^I’m getting an additional rec as well. I think the teacher would have to mail it in separately. You give your teacher a stamped, addressed envelope, and he/she sends it in.</p>
<p>Yes, you or your teacher/mentor should send the additional letter directly to the office of admissions. Their address is on the bottom of the admissions webpage.</p>
<p>You can choose to have the additional letter be completely free-form, or you can give the extra recommender an MIT recommendation form and have him/her fill it out.</p>
<p>Quick question:
“How do you spend your time outside of regularly scheduled classes?”</p>
<p>Would it be inappropriate to list school orchestra as one of these activities? While it is a regularly scheduled class, I obviously have to practice for it outside of school, and as an officer/section leader, I do a lot of stuff to help run the orchestra, and that takes up time outside of class. I’m leaning yes, I should list it - but please tell me if I’m wrong.</p>
<p>Sounds great to me. Even things that have regularly scheduled classes can be extracurricular. :)</p>
<p>Just another small question on the application.</p>
<p>When it asks for all the courses I’ve taken, the option “Regular College Preparatory” just means a normal class right? As in one that is not Honors or AP?</p>
<p>Hi, I previewed part one of the application and at the bottom there were three check boxes. I was wondering if I was supposed to do anything to make them become checked, or are they just there for you to fill out after I submit the application</p>
<p>molliebatmit, you are wrong about international applicants. Resident Aliens (Green Card holders) are not considered to be international. Non-resident Aliens (with other VISA) are considered to be international regardless of actual residency.It is determined not solely based on citizenship.</p>
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Yes.
Yes, I know – can you show me where I’ve said anything that contradicts this? If you’re referring to the exchange on the previous page, this is exactly what I said: non-green card holders are international, even if they live in the US.</p>
<p>molliebatmit,</p>
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<p>I was unclear, then: I meant “not country where you currently reside,” i.e. the country in which you currently live.</p>
<p>molliebatmit, it is all the wording problem of immgration legistulature.
Foreigners with VISAs other than Green Card are supposed to be “STAYING” in US not “RESIDING”. Green Card holders are foreigners (without US citizenship) who “RESIDE” in US. This is the distinction between them.
I am sorry if I sound offensive to you. I just wanted to correct your wording because the distinction of international applicant or not is based NOT on citizenship but on “Residency in US” in the sense of immigrant laws.</p>
<p>I have a question regarding the short answers.</p>
<p>Should the short answers (100 words) be answered like an essay? For example, should I be direct in the short answers or use the “show and not tell” strategy that I’m suppose to be using for the 250 word essays? I guess this applies to the other universities I’m applying to as well</p>
<p>I hope someone can clarify this for me soon. I will really appreciate it.</p>
<p>Oh! I also have another question. If I have different classes each semester (ex. I will have Calc BC in sem 2, but not sem 1), should I still list it in the self report grades section as a class that I’m currently taking? I’m applying Regular Action by the way.</p>
<p>P.S. If anyone has any additional information regarding the differences between the short answers and essays, please feel free to tell me more about it :D</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>100 words is a very small space – you will probably find it significantly easier to be direct.</p>
<p>I believe you should not list a class you’re taking second semester in the self-reported coursework. You will need to fill out the mid-year grade report after your first semester grades come out anyway, and I believe that form has space to report your second semester courses.</p>
<p>Thank you mollie. You’re always so helpful.</p>
<p>Hello all…
Quick question: do we know when information will be on our myMIT accounts regarding overnight stays this fall (it says August and it’s now a few days into September!)? After compulsively checking mine about three thousand times a day, I guess I just wanted to make sure my account wasn’t messed up and not refreshing properly or something (read: paranoia. <em>nervous laugh</em>).</p>
<p>/seconded
10char</p>
<p>molliebatmit:
I’m taking classes at UCSD and they are on the quarter system. The Fall quarter coincides with my high school’s first semester but only the first few weeks of the Winter quarter coincides with my high school’s first semester. You mentioned that “you should not list a class you’re taking second semester in the self-reported coursework,” so do you think I shouldn’t write down the Winter and Spring quarter courses? (fall - multivariable calc, winter - differential eq, spring - vector calc)</p>
<p>I would list the spring quarter courses on your mid-year report, and the winter quarter courses wherever you think they’re most appropriate.</p>
<p>I’m a bit lost on how the teacher/counselor recs are linked to the rest of the application; Do applicants print out those evaluation forms, ask their teachers to fill it out by hand and then MAIL it to MIT? If not, can teachers/counselors fill those out online?</p>
<p>thnx</p>