<p>So um… even though it says the application is live, when I go on myMIT nothing shows… Can someone explain how to fix this?</p>
<p>i’m not sure what you mean</p>
<p>are you registered on the website as a 2012 applicant?</p>
<p>Can my interview be waived if my assigned person is unable to meet with me? I know it is still early, but I have been in contact with my interviewer and they said they are “very busy” with work (and I have a job, too) and don’t know if they’ll be able to meet me at all.</p>
<p>Can you please post the Essay Topics for the 2011-12 application? Do you have to setup a login id on MyMIT in order to get the essay topics, or is it available even without logging in?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
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In the past, people who are re-applying have needed to contact the admissions office to get their accounts reset. You can do that now.</p>
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You should email the admissions office – I’m not sure. </p>
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If your EC really can’t meet with you at all, you should email the admissions office to have your EC assignment changed.</p>
<p>somename - just create an account on MyMIT</p>
<p>When I was registering for a MyMIT account, the school finder could not locate my school. Thus, to proceed with the registration I had to choose a different school. Is it appropriate?</p>
<p>shouldn’t choose a different school. are you an international student? if so, just go with HS in [your country].</p>
<p>Thanks Chris! I found out what the problem was, I had to click on “High school not found”.</p>
<p>Thanks for your help, appreciate it :)</p>
<p>What’s the guide for contractions in an essay? I am trying to cut down on words. Are they frowned upon?</p>
<p>I converted the resume I had prepared into text format and pasted it in the “Additional Information” box. However, while saving it, I get an error message about length being exceeded though it doesn’t say what the limit is. Does anybody know what exactly the limit is? Is there any other way to attach a resume? </p>
<p>The current low limit seems unfortunate since it will exclude some information that might indeed be helpful to the reviewers in arriving at a well informed decision. </p>
<p>The limit can also result in spaces and other formatting aids to be used very sparingly, making the content not that easy to quickly glance – which could even defeat the purpose of saving time for the reviewers, if that was the reason for imposing the current limit.</p>
<p>MIT website indicates that all applicants are encouraged to set up an interview, so what should you do if you contact the interviewer by email, but he/she does not respond your email?</p>
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Nope; contract away.</p>
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I don’t know what the limit is (although you could certainly test it empirically). In the past, it’s been possible to submit resumes and other documents as supplemental material on paper (or via fax), but I’m not sure what the policy is on that this year. </p>
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Give it some time – if a week or two goes by and your EC hasn’t responded, send another (polite) email to the same address. Try to make sure it won’t be caught in a spam filter (no links, no attachments, etc.). If a phone number is provided, of course, try to call. If a week or two goes by after that, contact the admissions office and they will try to reassign you to a new EC.</p>
<p>My old EC was in the same state, however they changed my EC. My new MIT EC’s phone number suggests that he lives in California, while I’m all the way on the East Coast. Should I contact him or should I contact MIT and ask them to look into it?</p>
<p>Hi! I did science research during the summer, but the competitions etc . . .are during the school year. Should I put this as a summer activity or an extracurricular?</p>
<p>For the which dept. at MIT appeals to you question, are they asking, for example, why you like biology or why you like biology at MIT?</p>
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Contact the new EC and see where he lives. It’s possible that he does live or work regularly in your area – many new college grads, for example, still have their cell phone numbers from home. If there is a mistake, you should contact MIT.</p>
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Either way is fine – just put it in the place where you have more space.</p>
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Mostly why you like biology, but if you want to put in a few words about why biology at MIT, feel free. It would be reasonable, for example, to say that you’re particularly interested in molecular biology, and the research of several MIT faculty members is particularly interesting to you. You don’t need to waste characters telling the admissions office that MIT is good at science, though. :)</p>
<p>I have a question regarding letters of recommendations. I made a mymit account last spring, and saw that the evaluation forms were available. My English teacher is not returning this fall, so when I saw the form, I figured I’d print it off and give it to her ahead of time. I guess I assumed that since they were available, they didn’t change year after year. But when I’m looking at them now, I think (I could be wrong) they are different. I contacted my teacher, and she said she already submitted the other form. Should I have her submit another one or what?</p>
<p>I have a question: I have lived only two years so far in the country. My SAT in reading and writing are not that good. </p>
<p>Should I take the toelf?</p>