<p>With Pi Day coming up here in less than 69 hours (and the results thread on the verge of going live), I thought it was time to create the "Official" discussions thread for this year.</p>
<p>Discuss results here, and good luck to all!!!</p>
<p>It’s interesting. The statistics are against us all. Perhaps we have been rejected by Caltech. Perhaps we could’ve done better on our essays. Perhaps we could’ve said that one thing during our interview. Perhaps we could’ve joined that club. </p>
<p>All those blogs we read. Oh this forum we stalked. </p>
<p>All climaxes on a date we know and at a time we know. </p>
<p>Yet we still have Eminem in the back of our heads saying “you can do anything you set your mind to man”</p>
<p>And so we’re here
Our hearts beat for science
Our egos beat for this university
Bonnie and Clyde '16 MIT and me</p>
<p>well i got waitlisted at Caltech, so I’m not too optimistic… :(</p>
<p>^Hey, I got waitlisted at Caltech too. But that means we’re in the top ~25% of the Caltech applicant pool (based on last year’s stats), so that’s still pretty good and it means that we still have a decent chance at MIT.</p>
<p>Awhile back I received an email from an MIT admissions officer congratulating me on my “significant achievements” in science and engineering, so I’m actually somewhat optimistic for my prospects with MIT admissions. Nevertheless, the probability of rejection remains high.(which is why I applied to twelve schools!)</p>
<p>yeah, but Caltech’s applicant pool is small compared to MIT’s applicant pool…but i suppose you’re right. We’ll see!</p>
<p>@Snipersas Me too, about the email! Although it was for Intel STS. Was yours for the same occasion?</p>
<p>Yup. Got similar emails from a number of different schools; a rejection would be kinda cruel after that.</p>
<p>Same here 
Let’s hope those emails are more obscure forms of likely letters!</p>
<p>^heyy … all those who got the LIKELY EMAILS … Is anyone of you an international ?? and did you just receive the email in a fluke or like after submitting the app or some updates ?.. was it computer generated or personally typed/addressed for especially you ? … Please be as specific as possible …</p>
<p>I don’t think MIT sends likely letters. Especially since your description makes it sound like MIT sends these to all Intel winners, and MIT definitely does not admit all Intel winners.</p>
<p>^So like … they are all just makin it up ??</p>
<p>Making what up? MIT hasn’t told anyone that they’re in. MIT might have said something like, “Hi You’re pretty awesome. You should apply. Or, if you’ve already applied, you should come here if you get in,” because they want to retain the Intel winners that they <em>do</em> accept.</p>
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<p>Insofar as I am aware, you are correct. I have received likely letters, and this was not a likely letter. From what I have seen, likely letters state “you will be admitted” unambiguously, and the email I received was more general then that. My optimism stemmed from the fact that the reported admit rate for Intel STS winners here on college confidential appears to be fairly high.</p>
<p>LOL that’s a real scaring news for a lot of us !!</p>
<p>Intel Finalist status all but guarantees you a spot at MIT (given that your other parts aren’t atrocious). But I mean, that should be fairly obvious: you are the top 40 high school researchers in the country - why wouldn’t MIT want you? Out of all the Finalists I know, I don’t think any one of them were turned down by MIT.</p>
<p>But then again, receiving the congratulations email doesn’t mean a 100% acceptance - UChicago sent me one but ended up waitlisting me. Silly Tufts Syndrome…</p>
<p>Does MIT only sends these emails to INTEL finalists ?? Or to all those who have significant achievements which MIT finds a potent reason to give you a spot ??</p>
<p>We don’t send likely letters. We send emails to students who have test scores and GPAs well above the minimum level where we would be concerned about their academic preparation, because students with whom we have no academic concerns are indeed more likely to be admitted than a student who applies with very low scores and graes.</p>
<p>Umm sorry Chris but can u clarify on that post? You mean those students who recieved emails are those that MIT is concerned academically even though they have great scores? Apology, I’m slow cuz i dont get it :D</p>
<p>Thz</p>
<p>I am literally with Coolkh over here … I dun understand … If we dun get an email while we know that we have a great GPA which is well above the minimum level (according to us), that just clears out the fact that MIT is rejecting us ?</p>