<p>lol, well let’s hope that doesn’t happen drosophyllum. we’ll know soon enough.</p>
<p>@ drosophyllum
aww thanks drosophyllum. I’m pretty sure you’ll get in. hmmm about my stats they were good but not outstanding. A lot of people here have higher stats than me. How about you?</p>
<p>hey I’m curious to know how did u all find out about the MIT MITES Summer Program?</p>
<p>I find out about MITES through the MIT website. I’ve been considering applying to MIT and looked around their website and saw the list of summer programs. I was considering WTP, but it just didn’t look very appealing to me and it also cost money…
MITES was the only one that stood out for me, and now here I am, waiting anxiously for the decisions…you?</p>
<p>I saw it in the MIT website three years ago… </p>
<p>Anddddd yeahhhhhhhhh…</p>
<p>Also my physics teacher told me to apply because he thought i could get in… I really wasn’t thinking of applying because when i think “URM, LOW INCOME, BRIGHT STUDENTS” i think of starving ethiopian geniuses who invented some type of eco-friendly algae-synthesis of petroleum. </p>
<p>700 applicants… needless to say MITES will be the most unusual group of students from all over the nation… </p>
<p>°_O</p>
<p><em>TWILIGHT ZONE BACKGROUND MUSIC</em></p>
<p>They sent me a postcard about the program. (They being MIT)</p>
<p>Would 'nt it be nice if we received early notification like perhaps on [Friday the 10th]… :D</p>
<p>I saw it on the MIT website, and I wanted to apply but I figured I wouldn’t get in and forgot about it. Then MIT sent me the little postcard about it and I decided why not? I had nothing to lose really, just some time and a stamp or two.</p>
<p>well i found out about it through this website. I was trying to find out more about the Penn SAAST SUmmer Program through the forums in this site and someone mentioned the program continuously and I thought it sounded interesting and it was 2 weeks before the deadline so I was pretty lucky.</p>
<p>so everyone that got a postcard I’m guessing that you probably showed some kind of interest towards MIT for them to send you a postcard. I was thinking that people got a postcard were those that were in MA area.</p>
<p>also can someone tell me what a URM is cause I keep getting a different definition of it every time. </p>
<p>@drosophyllum
“when i think “URM, LOW INCOME, BRIGHT STUDENTS” i think of starving ethiopian geniuses who invented some type of eco-friendly algae-synthesis of petroleum.”
haha lol </p>
<p>@Melody224
o I didn’t know that WTP required money for the program. I feel better now because I found out about it little after I submitted the MIT MITES application but missed the deadline.</p>
<p>sry you guys this is so long I thought this was better than submitting many posts</p>
<p>Blackrose - URM stands for Under-Represented Minority.</p>
<p>Basically Hispanic, African-American, or Native-American.</p>
<p>oooo ok well I was correct about the U and M part of it thanks ansar</p>
<p>Well, I don’t really remember signing up for anything saying “Send me more information about MIT” or anything like that. I had visited their website once. It might have been through PSAT since they send all your info to like a billion people.</p>
<p>@BlackRose21
Yeah, the cost of WTP was definitely a turn-off. And plus, MITES seems more representative of college (more people, more classes, etc.)
@everyone else
I looked at the old thread and today is when some people started to get their Fly-In calls…
Maybe some of us will get fly-ins as well :)</p>
<p>I got a post card from them like 3 months before the due date and I never really looked back at it till 3 weeks before it was due :P</p>
<p>@ Melody224
Oh that’s true. </p>
<p>@ everyone
hey i found this on youtube. It talks about the academics,housing and different things for colleges. The link is for MIT. It shows the campus and stuff. [YouTube</a> - theU.com - MIT: “Intro”](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWtGBLLA3RI]YouTube”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWtGBLLA3RI)</p>
<p>@Melody224</p>
<p>I might be wrong but ppl got their results on 12th</p>
<p>and fly in ppl got response at 7th.</p>
<p>This year it is scheduled for 15th, so fly in would be 10th?</p>
<p>idk just my guess</p>
<p>o_O</p>
<p>Ahh…I hope I don’t get a call…I mean, fly-in would be nice, but it seems like a “You’re not going to MITES, but here is how we’re making it up to you.” -_-;</p>
<p>Life4TIM, that makes sense. But I really hope we get decisions before the 15th…
And thanks for the link BlackRose21!! Its very helpful and has a lot of great info.
Lol ansar, imagine how awkward the phone call would be. But still, fly in is better than nothing I guess.</p>
<p>a fly in would be great, but I would definitely prefer to get in 
and thanks for the link blackrose21.</p>
<p>ACCEPTED!!!</p>
<p>I got the letter in the mail yesterday, but haven’t had a chance to post until today. I’m super excited! The letter was dated April third, so I’m guessing they’ve been sent out already. Good luck to everyone else!</p>