<p>Does anyone apply for Media Lab?</p>
<p>yes. DS applied for MS program 2006+. Through a mixup he was declined but a phone interview he was invited to reapply for the following year. He declined for a better program and offer. He dual BS in ME and HCI from CMU on high honors. </p>
<p>other schools call it Human Computer Interface , Digital Graphics Program, etc.</p>
<p>thanks!
Did anyone apply this year?
How's your result going?</p>
<p>i applied to the media labs, havent heard anything back (my feeling is that the media labs are probably really really hard to get into. if not only because you apply directly to the lab, and i'm sure a lot of people apply because they have some of the most interesting things going on, and i bet the person who makes hte final decision is the PI). i already got accepted to princeton,harvard, cornell, and an interview at caltech so i'm fine whatever happens, though media labs seem extra awesome.</p>
<p>I would contact a couple PIs you want to work with the most.</p>
<p>thanks,
I also applied this year and got a chance of interview.</p>
<p>hiy, you mean you got an interview already for the fall 09? tell us more!!</p>
<p>when is the interview, assuming you have not actually been interviewed yet?</p>
<p>For curiosity I looked at the past posts. From DS's experience, media lab people have strong backgrounds in EE, ME, CS, and fine arts. Programming skill is important.</p>
<p>LongPrime, which program did your DS end up going?
would like to hear similar programs</p>
<p>University of Toronto. Dynamic Graphics (DGP). Son had a CMU-HCI prof that came from Toronto. A candidate would want to pick the PI very carefully.</p>
<p>sorry for the late reply
I finished the interview.
Prof said the admission is really competitive.
no ideas if I can be accepted.</p>
<p>hiy, does that mean interview invitations are all gone out?? no more interview? or is there another one (id like to know the date)?</p>
<p>hi, noface
I think interview invitations depend on the group you applied for.</p>
<p>I am anxious .. I had got replies from three different grp head "waiting for app" and "good background" and not interview calls ... plz plzz temme the grp who conducted interview
also I am applying for master ... how abt u ?</p>
<p>Hello All,
I have applied to software agents, Affective computing and cognitive machines group.
However the main focus of my application is the first group i.e. Software agents.</p>
<p>Till now i haven't received any interview call, as far as i know PI of software agents (Professor Henry Lieberman) does not conducts interview. (affective computing conducts an interview but i am havent shown much interest about that group in my SOP)
Professor Henry Lieberman has a very nice page on advice for graduate admissions.
MIT</a> Media Lab: Software Agents
He also replies to emails, you can't however ask about chances of getting admits.
I have been mailing him and talking about my research, which is relevant to his group for about an year.</p>
<p>Oh one more thing most of his students work in Common Sense computing (Commonsense</a> Computing Initiative @ MIT Media Lab) group while hardly one student work in Software Agents.</p>
<p>Anyone else applied to Software Agents??
+anyone knows when can we expect admits or rejects.
media lab website tells that no information is given online and admits as well as rejects are mailed (physically).
But gradcafe search tells a completely different story with admits coming in over full month of march. with last admit even on 28th feb. is it that groups which don't conduct interview send admits early?</p>
<p>This is repost from a previous thread written by someone else.
For the Media Lab's grad programs:</p>
<p>The acceptance rate is 12% (source: Petersons.com).</p>
<p>The admissions process is heavily group-centric. When you apply, you list up to three faculty members/research groups that you want to work with, and the decision is largely going to be based on what those particular faculty think of your app and whether one of them wants you. It's a program but not a department, so while you submit to the program, there's not much centralized departmental-type influence in the decision.</p>
<p>If you don't have a master's degree, they generally make you start in the master's program, and if you do well you can continue to the doctoral program. But they'll fully fund you while you're a master's student.</p>
<p>As an international student, you need a TOEFL score of at least 600 (paper-based), 250 (computer-based), or 100 (internet-based).</p>
<p>Depending on what research groups you apply to, one or more of them may require a portfolio. A group's overview page should tell you whether it's true for them.</p>
<p>All Media Lab grad students are expected to have experience with coding, electronics, or both. To find out what specific groups expect, look at the overview pages. I've included the link to the index of overview pages below.</p>
<p>research groups | MIT Media Lab</p>
<p>Any updates? Are you guys intouch with your PIs regularly? I mailed all 3 of them once around December, and only one of them replied. I sent them another mail a week ago but this time none of them replied. How often are you guys sending them mails?</p>
<p>I'm surprised applicants even contact profs before getting admitted. It's not a good thing.</p>
<p>@arunkj
I don't think that we are supposed to mail them once we have submitted the application.
As it is interfering with the process. However i did send a very short email.</p>
<p>I wrote that i was writing to him just to let him know that i had applied for MS in MAS course and looked forward to joining his group.
+ i gave address of my portfolio website and ended the mail with usual pleasantries.
as I had expected I got only one word reply "Thanks".</p>
<p>I'm surprised applicants even contact profs before getting admitted. It's not a good thing.</p>
<p>@Blah2009</p>
<p>If a PI encourages students to ask him reasonable questions (not about chances of admission or admission procedure) then i don't think there is a problem in mailing the professor.
The other reason is that in media lab the professors determine whom to admit or not to their group. there is no such admission committee to best of my knowledge.</p>
<p>certain professors such as Henry Lieberman, Ed Boyden encourage applicants to ask any queries.
Research</a> Positions in the Synthetic Neurobiology group
certain professors like Rosalind Picard advice against mailing them so its good not to mail them with queries.</p>
<p>However emailing a prof after you have " submitted an application" is considered as a bad practice.</p>