<p>All kinds of updates are okay – phone, fax, email, postal mail. The admissions office’s contact information can be found at the footer of the admissions website, and the email address is admissions at mit dot edu.</p>
<p>Will an EA file be reviewed if it is missing the LOR from the English teacher? Or will it be moved to RD status? The LOR is on its way now, by snail mail instead of Fax. :(</p>
<p>They’ll wait to send the file out to the readers until it’s complete, but it’s not a problem for EA for the letter to be on its way now. If the admissions office doesn’t know it’s on the way, it’s probably worth calling and notifying them.</p>
<p>Hi,
Under “Application Tracking” on MyMIT if there is a check next to Testing Requirements does that mean they have processed both my SAT/ACT and my subject tests? I applied early but took one of my subject tests in November and I just want to make sure they received it.</p>
<p>It means that they’ve received everything they need to consider your application complete, but if you had additional scores coming and didn’t notify the admissions office, they might have checked the box without those scores being there, since they didn’t know they were coming. But if the scores come in later (and I would think November scores would have come to them already), they will just stick them in your folder, no problem.</p>
<p>Hi! I’ve got a question about teacher recommendations: </p>
<p>Is it alright if my current AP Economics teacher writes my Evaluation B, given that he was also my AP Physics teacher in 11th grade and my Physics I teacher in 10th grade? </p>
<p>I know that the B evaluation is designed for humanities/social science evaluators, and thus that his status as my AP Econ teacher would, in theory, satisfy the Evaluation B requirement per se… </p>
<p>But my real concern is, will it be a problem if most of his evaluation is based on (and refers to) his experience as a physics teacher, despite his designation as a social science evaluator? </p>
<p>My multivariable calculus teacher already wrote Evaluation A for me.</p>
<p>Yes, potentially. It’s fine to have him write the recommendation, and it would also be fine for him to refer to his experiences as your physics teacher in the letter, but the bulk of the letter should definitely be about his experiences as your humanities/social sciences teacher and the non-science skills you would bring to MIT.</p>
<p>Still possible to send in a few small updates via email for an EA applicant? Or would it be too late as of now?</p>
<p>Hello,</p>
<p>I have gotten my transcript translated into english (I’m spanish) and now I need to give it to my counselor, but does she needs to send just the tranlation or the translation and the original?</p>
<p>Also, does MIT has a special policy about students who skipped a course in primary school?
I read something about high school, but nothing about that.</p>
<p>Thank you very much.</p>
<p>
You can send them if you’d like, but the admissions officers will probably not see them.</p>
<p>
Both the translation and the original.</p>
<p>
No, there’s no particular policy, although it’s very common among MIT students to have skipped a grade in primary school.</p>
<p>
With decisions due in a week or so, the admissions office is deep into committee, as as Molliebatmit points out, they are unlikely to be able to affect the early pool. However, it is worth noting that a majority of early action applicants are deferred to the regular admissions pool, and that these updates will be seen if you are in that pool.</p>
<p>This topic is supposed to be about FAQs, but as one of the MIT Educational Councillors on this board, I am posting here to try to avoid a FAQ, a question that is posted on this board multiple times every year. Someone writes to say “Oh GOSH, I missed the interview scheduling deadline. What do I do now?”</p>
<p>The deadline for scheduling your MIT interview is this coming Tuesday 10 December ([Deadlines</a> & Requirements | MIT Admissions](<a href=“http://mitadmissions.org/apply/freshman/dates]Deadlines”>Deadlines & requirements | MIT Admissions) ). That means if you haven’t done it yet, you should immediately e-mail your Educational Councillor to request your interview. The exact definition of the scheduling deadline varies a little bit in some of the international regions, but in most regions, that is the deadline for contacting your EC to request an interview. We are usually fairly relaxed in my region, and any request that comes in before 23:59:59 on the 10th, we consider to be “ON TIME” (though your mileage may vary). These kids will be interviewed. </p>
<p>Now the application deadline is 1 January. Which means that the admissions officers will start reading files as soon as they are complete (much sorting of Letters of recommendation, etc go on the first two weeks of January). That means that all parts of the application - including the interview report - need to come in in the beginning of January (we usually have a week or so as a grace period). We get a lot of kids who request January interviews because Christmas. That misunderstands the process. As a rule, there are no such things as January interviews (strictly speaking, January interviews can occasionally happen in certain circumstances particularly internationally, but they are not common). </p>
<p>People’s December schedules are already pretty full. Don’t miss the interview scheduling deadline.</p>
<p>Thanks MollieB and Mikalye!</p>
<p>Hello,</p>
<p>I said that I was interested in playing varsity soccer on the form, and I emailed the coach to try to show some interest but he didn’t email me back. Will this be a negative factor when they review my application that I’m not recruited and the coach doesn’t know me? Any feedback on this would be helpful! Thanks!</p>
<p>Um for Tell us about the most significant challenge you’ve faced or something important that didn’t go according to plan. How did you manage the situation</p>
<p>Can we make it fun and humorous? like talk about something as silly as mole on your head?
or does it have to be serious?</p>
<p>No, it doesn’t have to be serious. The essay can be about whatever you want it to be about, as long as you follow the prompt.</p>
<p>Thank you so much molliebatmit one more thing can we be arrogant as a joke? or is that a no no?
like I want to call those gym nuts “intellectual inferiors”
but obviously later in the essay I dont think that</p>
<p>This might be a stupid question, but can a deferred EA applicant rewrite some of the application essays? Some things have recently been updated in my life as I’ve developed a new passion for the future (career plans/ideas, etc) and I feel that one or two of my essays do not accurately reflect “me” quite as well anymore. </p>
<p>Also, when sending updates to MIT, should I just use the normal email address? Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>You can send extra supplemental material, including essays, but the admissions office generally advises you to let your original essay stand. You can send updates to the admissions at mit dot edu address, or send them by postal mail or fax.</p>
<p>Hmm… alright. Does the February Update form have enough room to post additional supplementary material? Or should I just stick with the email?</p>