<p>I don’t think the application is out yet… I can’t access it. :/</p>
<p>^ The application’s out!
I’m actually really surprisingly excited to start filling it out… ^^</p>
<p>Yes, it is out. It’s actually quite fun to fill in…aha :]</p>
<p>I’m no expert, elevatorshoes, but that sounds wrong to me.</p>
<p>@elevatorshoes</p>
<p>Yea… I really think Princeton Review might have that wrong. The application essay is required from everyone, but the interview is just HIGHLY encouraged. I think both things play a decent part in your application, as both allow you opportunities to expand upon the raw data (grades, test scores, etc.) that you’ve submitted, whether that be to discuss how you’ve done so well, or maybe explain why some of the numbers aren’t so great. You have to keep in mind that MIT is admitting you, not just your numbers, so they need to see who are you as a person as well.</p>
<p>@TauseefK</p>
<p>I would agree that campus visits are definitely important in deciding where to go to school. I actually have an interesting story about my first MIT visit. I came in October for four days and stayed with a friend, and at the time of my visit MIT was my top choice. However, visiting campus made me rethink that a little. But, I still applied early, got in, visited for CPW and now that’s where I’m going, and I’m VERY happy about it. </p>
<p>Since you’re international I might suggest doing what I did for college visits: apply to all the schools you want to, and then wait to see where you get in before you make plans for a visit. It’ll save a lot of time AND money.</p>
<p>@elevatorshoes - </p>
<p>It’s wrong. The essays and interviews are both incredibly important and take up the bulk of my time while reading an app.</p>
<p>Thanks guys but on the MIT Common Data Set it also says the same thing…
[MIT</a> Office of the Provost, Institutional Research](<a href=“MIT Institutional Research”>MIT Institutional Research)</p>
<p>@cdf935 Thats what I thought was the best thing to do. The problem is I won’t be able to schedule a visit before i have to decide where to go. Also if you are accepted through early action when do you have to notify them about whether you are attending? I’m considering applying early action but am not sure if it’s a good idea (i’m eligible because I’m a us resident)</p>
<p>@TauseefK</p>
<p>Ah… yea, in that case you might want to do all the visiting as possible. Even if you don’t end up getting into schools you visited, it’s still a fun experience. Just make sure you make the most of your visits!</p>
<p>And EA admits have to notify MIT by the same time that RA admits do, which I believe was May 2nd this year. Being admitted early just means you know that much sooner. It doesn’t mean you have to decide sooner. A lot of people I know applied early so that once they got in they didn’t have to worry about filling out applications at other schools that they wouldnt have picked over MIT.</p>
<p>Oh no…</p>
<p>I keep getting this everytime I try accessing my application…
"Freshman Online Application & Tracking</p>
<p>The deadline to apply for freshman admission to MIT has passed for entry year 2010. The online application for entry year 2011 will be available in late summer."</p>
<p>Help!!..</p>
<p>I’m waiting for the answers to the two questions I asked. Not that they are very important components of the app, but still I have to fill them too.</p>
<p>@elevatorshoes - </p>
<p>I don’t know what the politics of labeling something ‘important’ vs ‘considered’ are. All I’m telling you is that I read applications and they are important.</p>
<p>Chris, the application isnt out yet but I’m assuming it has some of the same questions as the common app. Anyway, on the common app it asks you about citizenship status, and if you have a dual citizenship can you choose not to say that you do and only report that you have a US citizenship?</p>
<p>Thanks Chris. Sorry if I was being annoying about the whole issue. I would just be upset if I ended up working hard for something that didn’t really count.</p>
<p>MITChris, do admissions officers know all the many awards high school students can get? Because if they MIT application is like the Common App, you can’t explain your awards, so do admissions officers know what “Certificate of Achievement, AMC 12” means?</p>
<p>P.S. it means you score a 90 or above on the AMC 12 in 10th grade/below.</p>
<p>@sic - </p>
<p>Yes. </p>
<p>@elevatorshoes - </p>
<p>No problem. </p>
<p>@ripemango - </p>
<p>Yes, but we ask you for your AMC/AIME scores directly, and that’s all we care about, so you don’t need to include the certificate of achievement.</p>
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If your parents have undergrad degrees, it’s okay to write that, even if the program was less than four years. The admissions officers understand that people and their families have experienced a variety of different systems – it’s okay to use common sense.</p>
<p>^ Thanks. </p>
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<p>Sorry, I’m just trying to be careful.</p>
<p>“Are you registered?”</p>
<p>I don’t get this question in the first page of Application part 1. What kind of registration does it talk about?</p>
<p>^ What were the questions before it?</p>
<p>Questions about citizenship and ethnicity. ( I’m an international so the ethnicity question didn’t apply to me)</p>