Online Decisions = YES

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<p>We are pleased to announce that MIT admissions decisions will be made available online in addition to the standard postal mailing. We expect to release decisions on Saturday, March 18 at 12:00PM EST (Eastern Standard Time). If this date/time changes for any reason, it will be announced on MyMIT.</p>

<p>Decisions will be available to those who meet all of the following criteria:</p>

<p>-You have applied for freshman admission (not transfer or graduate).</p>

<p>-Your intended entry year (as designated in your MyMIT account) is 2006.</p>

<p>-You applied in Regular Action, or were deferred in Early Action (the system is unable to display decisions for those who applied in Early Action and received a "final" action in December - i.e. admitted or denied).</p>

<p>What is the process for receiving my admissions decision online?</p>

<p>In order to check your decision online, you will need to have registered for a MyMIT account and you will need to know your username and password. When decisions are released, simply visit <a href="https://decisions.mit.edu%5B/url%5D"&gt;https://decisions.mit.edu&lt;/a> and log in using the same username and password that you use to log into your MyMIT account. There are no interim screens, so you should be sure you wish to receive your decision online before logging in to decisions.mit.edu.</p>

<p>If you are using "remember me" functionality with your MyMIT account, we strongly advise you to log out and log back in to be 100% certain that you know your correct username and password. We will not be in the office on the weekend that decisions are released, so to prevent any delays, you should confirm your username and password well in advance by logging into your MyMIT account.</p>

<p>What if I've forgotten my MyMIT password?</p>

<p>You may use our automated system to reset it. Simply visit my.mit.edu and click on the lost password link in the orange log-in box on the left. If you're having trouble using our automated username/password recovery process, or if you've forgotten your username, please email <a href="mailto:mymitpassword@mit.edu">mymitpassword@mit.edu</a> with your full name and mailing address. We'll use this information to locate you in our system and reset your password within a few days.</p>

<p>What if I don't have a MyMIT account?</p>

<p>If you do not currently have a MyMIT account and you wish to receive your decision online, you will need to register for one using your MIT ID, which was sent to you via postal mail soon after receiving your application. If you have misplaced your MIT ID, or if you never received it, you may call our office to get it (please note that you will be asked to give some personal information for verification).</p>

<p>If you register without your MIT ID, your username and password may not work on decisions.mit.edu.</p>

<p>Will there be any indication of my admissions decision in my MyMIT account?</p>

<p>Although they use the same username and password information for login purposes, decisions.mit.edu and my.mit.edu are intentionally distinct sites. This is to ensure that those who do not wish to receive their decisions online will not have to.</p>

<p>That said, admitted students will see the addition of the Admitted Student Portlet in their MyMIT account beginning on or after Thursday, March 23. (Rejected and waitlisted applicants will not see a change.) If you do not wish to receive your decision online and you have not received your postal letter by Thursday, you'll want to take a brief vacation from your MyMIT account until your letter arrives in the mail.</p>

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<p>March 18!!!</p>

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<p>I can't wait!!</p>

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<p>This is exciting! Now to decide whether to check my decision or wait for the mail.</p>

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<p>yeah! its great we are gettin them online!!</p>

<p>and so the wait begins.............</p>

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<p>AHHHHHHH I'M SO HAPPY! Thank you Ben Jones, Matt Mcgann and co. I'm anxiously awaiting the 18th.</p>

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<p>Thank you Ben and everybody else involved in the admission process.</p>

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<p>this is very exciting! thank you so much, ben and the rest of admissions!
i'm deciding between whether to check online or wait for the envelope. i live in massachusetts, so it won't take long for my decision to come in the mail. hmm.</p>

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<p>That's pretty awesome... but won't it take away from the instances when people go crazy finding a large package in their mailbox? O well, I've got another year to wait anyways. Good luck everyone!</p>

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<p>yay! It's my birthday... oh boy</p>

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<p>lol its either going to be the worst BDAY of ur life or the best, nothing inbetween. oh man that sucks</p>

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<p>yea i kno... haha oh well i'll take it headstrong :]</p>

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<p>Will there be enough bandwidth? 5000 hits to a server at 12:00pm on the 18th...</p>

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<p>quite exciting!
Good luck to all~
i can't wait until the 18th now..</p>

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<p>how many people applied this year? what is the predicted admission rate for class of 2010?</p>

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<p>HopefulDove, those figures will be released when the class has been selected. They target an entering class size around 1,000 students, so based on expected yield (the expected percentage of those admitted who will matriculate) and various other factors, admission is offered to some slightly larger number of applicants. According to an entry in Matt's blog from January 18th, there were 11,231 applications this year, but that number may change slightly.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the additional decision-checking option, always good to have more options.</p>

<p>That being said, I'll still wait eagerly for the letter ;) Something about physical things are just so compelling.</p>

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<p>yeh sort of a mixed blessing. Really happy that i can get it on a set date, but still wondering how i'll live until next saturday.</p>

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<p>time to brush up on my refresh-button-clicking skillz</p>

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<p>^ or you can just press F5</p>

<p>:-P</p>