<p>Hmmmm… All applicants get interviews (it’s “optional” : read “if you don’t have one you’re screwed”), unless they’re not assigned an interviewer.
The thing is, interviewers should be contacted by the student, before 12/10/2012.
So I don’t know, maybe it’s different for your country, or they asked for an interview while reviewing your app.</p>
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<p>Dunno where you got that from, but no.</p>
<p>[Interview</a> | MIT Admissions](<a href=“http://mitadmissions.org/apply/freshman/interview]Interview”>Interview | MIT Admissions)
“Interviews are strongly recommended. In fact, last year, of eligible applicants, we admitted 10.8% of those who had an interview (or who had their interview waived) but only 1% of those who chose not to interview”</p>
<p>I was meaning “If you voluntarily turn the interview offer down”, of course. That doesn’t concern students whose interview was waived.</p>
<p>MIT makes a point of saying that they admit people, not numbers. So I guess that you would be at some disadvantage without an interview, even if it was waived, because of the fact that they know less about you as a person in comparison to other applicants.</p>
<p>In theory, interview waivees should be treated equally, but in practice I would imagine that the Adcoms can create a more detailed Impression of someone that was interviewed.</p>
<p>But this is just my opinion, feel free to negate, haha!</p>
<p>Hey guys, you should take a look at this thread, if all this is true, it’s a shame :
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/massachusetts-institute-technology/1454297-what-do-you-think-3.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/massachusetts-institute-technology/1454297-what-do-you-think-3.html</a></p>
<p>IT’S A SHAME TO ALL THE INDIANS! I am really unable to resist that!</p>
<p>Pretty sure they are a lot more people applying who act in the same way, not just Indians, calm down :p</p>
<p>Ya I am actually a short-tempered guy. So I usually get frustrated a lot at first and then I slowly calm down. So I am back as a normal person now :p</p>
<p>@PiperXP, I think hennebou meant to say that one has very low chance of admission when one declines interview offer. If interview isn’t available for an applicant, I agree that there isn’t any disadvantages. But when the applicant declines an offer without very appropriate reason, I believe there would be some kind of disadvantages.</p>
<p>Lol hennabou
Who is ths twitty guy 
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<p>Sent from my GT-S5360 using CC</p>
<p>Let’s stop to talk about that guys, enough has been said.
Back to our thread : what do you plan to do on Pi Day ?</p>
<p>@hennebou @HateSMUS - Yes, the chances are lower. You’re still not screwed (I know some number of students who didn’t seek an interview and got in anyway) - and your chances either way are low.</p>
<p>Also consider the bias there. Someone willing to do an interview is probably also going to be willing to work harder on their application, and that’s going to show.</p>
<p>That said, I’d encourage applicants to always try for an interview. I just think “screwed” is overstating it.</p>
<p>woah, it’s rly exhaustive to debate with a kid in MIT RD thread. I guess it’s not worth it to spare my time telling a kid to stop comparing universities and asserting one is better than one another. I’m tired of reading threads arguing which university is better than the others. It just keeps fueling never-ending debates and arguments. Anyway, I’m done with it. </p>
<p>I’m honestly expecting rejection with about 90%+ chance. I thought it would be naive to expect waitlist or acceptance as an international applicant with mediocre scores and decent ECs. That 10% expectation is just due to my essays. I’m going to play Starcraft2 expansion pack which comes out on March 12th. Nothing would be more soothing than playing game, especially for waiting admission decisions :). Anyone play SC2 here?</p>
<p>Mediocre scores ? What were your scores again ?
I think we all expect rejection. It’s the best thing to do (If we get rejected we will be “Ok, I knew that.” And if we’re accepted, we’ll be soooo happy anyways).
Btw, I think all serious applicants (OK tests scores, OK recs, OK essays) have more than a 90% chance, considering the ratio of non-serious applicants who apply anyways and get rejected immediately (Not scoring enough on the Toefl - I’ve seen this on the MITblogs; Saying complete bs like the guy in that other thread; etc.).
I don’t play SC2. I didn’t play a lot of video games these last few months, actually…</p>
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Lol he has a 2240… There are very few places in the world where that would just be considered “decent” …</p>
<p>I think 90% may be a bit of an exaggeration. A trip down past results threads shows many a dedicated, “decent” scoring (2250+; 3.8 GPA) student who were handed rejections. Such is the fate of well above 70% of the extremely qualified creme dela creme of students here (especially skewed by the fact that most people here are serious enough to frequent college message boards).</p>
<p>I doubt that even the most impressive applicants have above a 30-40% chance at any of the top ivies and SM(UC)ND, and while there are several non-serious applicants at most top universities, MITs non-common application, and reputation for rigor would do a good job of warding them off.</p>
<p>All the best anyways!</p>
<p>OT: I play SC1. Still manage the odd (local) tournament with SC1 friends… Eagerly awaiting RTW2 for now…</p>
<p>Ooops, you’re right, I said 90%.
Of course, I was meaning “Your rejection chances are less than 90%” (admission change of 10-20%, I guess).
I agree with what you said.
And btw, it’s "cr</p>
<p>haha don’t take me wrong. I consider any score below 2300 a mediocre score. It’s just that I hardly saw any international MIT undergraduate student with score lower than such. Perhaps the people whom I observed may not represent the general admitted students, but since there is no data for those admitted internationals, I set 2300+ or 2300- great score and mediocre score for MIT :)</p>
<p>btw, sc1 is soo old. You should play SC2 that has much interesting campaign and graphics! I introduced it to my friends who originally played SC1, and they just couldn’t log off for next 5 days playing the campaign</p>
<p>The fact that most international admits that you saw had 2300+ is a tell-tale case of correlation vs causation. Internationals with high SATs will often also be highly academic and passionate, but this isn’t a generalisation as there will be admits with <2300 and rejects with >2300 , remember - everything in context</p>
<p>Also remember that the tests scores are only used to see if you can handle the coursework, not as a cutoff.</p>
<p>Oh, and btw, Pi day is actually during holidays here, so I’ll probably spend my time working on my 3D-printer/playing Crysis 3 (love the nanosuit so hard)</p>