<p>i know two people so far who got the invite. One is asian girl but low low income, and another is a black dude. I’m guessing OME target low income students and “minorities”. but i’ll still apply anyway even I’m asian and didn’t turn in my fin aid info yet.</p>
<p>i’m wondering if does anybody know how competitive is it to get into interphase?</p>
<p>I actually just received an invite in the mail…</p>
<p>I just recieved an invitation, two days ago. Hella late.</p>
<p>did any of you apply so far??</p>
<p>I hope not too many ppl apply…lol. I hope i get in real bad.</p>
<p>Haha, I did, sorry :). I hope not too many more people did, though - I really want to get in too. Good luck to both of us! I don’t remember where I saw this, but it said we are supposed to hear back on the 12th. Do you know if they do this by email/snail-mail(god I hope not)/whatever?</p>
<p>I think it’s by email. 
(but i’m not sure what time on that day!!!)</p>
<p>^ hey, in case you haven’t checked your email, they’ve sent decisions! I got in! You?</p>
<p>blah, no. I didn’t…I wasn’t invited in the first place and I"m asian…–_–, but i have a disability that affects my learning significantly. But it looks like OME doesn’t consider individuals with disabilities “disadvantaged” as the minorities (race) when I believe they are just disadvantaged as well. After all, 16% of disabled individuals in US get both college degree AND gainful employment, while I"m sure the statistics is much much higher for minorities based on race than the 16%. So why it seems like there isn’t much initiative for disabled students as there are for Hispanics/blacks, etc to bring into higher education, especially schools like of MIT caliber? </p>
<p>I know there’s a fine line of having a sense of self-entitlement and fighting for your rights, but I don’t want to come off as a person who thinks I’m entitled to everything. I just simply wish that there were more opportunities, resources, and initiative available for capable disabled students as there were for minorities. I believe that capable Americans with disabilities are another one of those “untapped” pool of talent, but it seems like we’re just a nearly “invisible minority”.</p>
<p>Interphase sounded nearly perfect for someone like me, to get used to MIT’s academic environment especially that it could be very different from high school, and I just want to use that time to see how I can work out in that environment since I usually learn a lot different from other people’s.</p>
<p>ok, rant over…</p>
<p>I was wondering if we learn enough in Interphase to pass the respective ASEs if that’s the only exposure to the material that we’ve had? Specifically for Physics (Mechanics) - if Interphase is the only exposure we’ve had to calc-based physics, is it reasonable to attempt passing the 8.01 ASE during orientation?</p>