<p>It says on the website that it takes about 4 to 6 weeks for MIT to receive the score from college board. So does it mean that if I send the October score after I receive the score which is about October 29th, the score will not be received in time for Early Action? Thanks!</p>
<p>You can wait to send the October scores until you get the score – although the EA deadline is November 1, the admissions officers are reading applications through the month of November and into December, and it’s fine if your SAT score comes a little late. It’s even fine to take the November SATs for EA (as stated on the website).</p>
<p>However, there’s no harm to you if you send the score without waiting to see what it is. MIT will use your highest scores on each section regardless of how many scores you have, and it doesn’t hurt you to have multiple scores or some scores that are lower than others. So you could eliminate any worry over whether the scores will get there on time by designating MIT as a score recipient even before you have seen the scores yourself.</p>
<p>I have a question on the essays length. The word count right now is 314 however it’s just 3 paragraphs with 6 lines each and it doesn’t even fill the whole box. (only 3/4 of it).
Is it a problem?</p>
<p>(I know this is a silly question but I just can’t take it off my mind)</p>
<p>^^imo, 314 is a little long, but I’ve heard of people submitting outrageously long essays and getting in. Personally, I’d cut that down to the 270s-280s range.</p>
<p>^ the max is 250 words though right? You can’t even fit it into the box on my.mit.edu if you go over that</p>
<p>that’s weird resilient…although i had 314 words it only occupied 3/4 of the box including 3 whole space lines…anyway i managed to trim it to 254 so no harm done.</p>
<p>The advice I give every year is to try to be within 10% of the stated word limit.</p>
<p>How should I report my SAT II subject tests? I sat MathsII/Phys/Chem and got the same mark for all three - I do want to study Maths and possibly physics, but them Chem mark equates to a higher ‘percentile’. Should I put on Phys or Chem?</p>
<p>(Wouldn’t MIT see all three marks anyway from the official score reporting?)</p>
<p>It doesn’t matter whether you write the physics score or the chemistry score, since they are the same. There’s no advantage in selecting one over the other.</p>
<p>MIT will indeed see all of your scores, but they only consider the highest in science and the highest in math.</p>
<p>Question: What kind of things do people usually put in the Additional Information box? Besides resumes??</p>
<p>People put all kinds of things in there – a more lengthy description of a unique extracurricular activity, details about AP tests they self-studied, information about a high school’s unusual grading system.</p>
<p>Of course, many people put nothing at all. If there’s nothing you want to tell MIT that doesn’t fit somewhere else on the application, there’s no need to use it.</p>
<p>when mailing teacher recs, does MIT care about your handwriting on the address? what about if there’s whiteout stains on it? and if the envelope is crumpled up?</p>
<p>^^ You also don’t need to put your resume. That’s what your application basically is.</p>
<p>Not in the least.</p>
<p>Anyway, the mail room is separate from the admissions office. :)</p>
<p>A similar question has been asked before in this thread but mine is a little different.</p>
<p>I know that MIT needs my grades from year 9 to 12 in the transcript, but I moved school in year 10 and when I asked my old school, they said they cannot provide my grades in a transcript because they don’t keep any record of it. (The system is a little different because I live in Australia) However, I do have my semester report from year 9. They are really Should I just mail them directly to the admission office? A possible problem is the grading systems are different between the two schools. Do I need to attach a note regarding that issue?</p>
<p>Also, if I am on an academic scholarship at my current school, should I include that in the list of awards?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>plus everything is scanned in. No one looks at the envelope anyways</p>
<p>is there any preference between the standard letter envelope and the 9x12 envelope? Which one should I use?</p>
<p>There is no preference for any kind of envelope – use whichever one you have on hand.</p>
<p>I emailed my EC the very next day after I got his info. He hasn’t even replied yet, I get the feeling he has not checked his mit.edu account for a while. Otherwise he would have replied to at least acknowledge that he has got my email. What do you guys think? (And what will be the best thing to do?)</p>
<p>@natalle
Many have similar story. You just have to self-report those courses even if they don’t have the transcript. Then use the supplemental section to explain the lack of transcript. Don’t worry about it too much, because 9th grade transcript isn’t important at all.</p>
<p>@debarghya9
It’s still kind of early, so your EC might not be expecting an email so soon. I would wait at least 2 weeks. If you still haven’t heard from him/her, kindly send another email (be polite). If you still don’t hear in a week, then contact the admin office. But most likely your EC isn’t expecting such an early email.</p>