<p>I applied EA and got deferred. I did, however, have the foresight to schedule an interview for this Thursday, in case this happened. Will this be appended onto my MIT application or should I cancel this interview?</p>
<p>your interview will carry over to the regular decision process - definitely continue with it</p>
<p>You can add whatever you want to your application. The interview report will be added to your file.</p>
<p>Thanks man! Hopefully I'll be able to improve my odds. Can I also submit additional recommendations?</p>
<p>mollie would be able to quote for you their policy on supplemental reqs...but in short, yes, submit additional recs if they holistically add to your application, i.e. if they say something new or different about you that wasn't in your regular recs</p>
<p>Yup, you can submit anything you want.</p>
<p>Matt typically posts an update for deferred students a few days after decisons are released. Last year's is [url=<a href="http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/misc/miscellaneous/deferred_students_update.shtml%5Dhere%5B/url">http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/misc/miscellaneous/deferred_students_update.shtml]here[/url</a>].</p>
<p>Notably, Matt says
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Should I send in extra materials?</p>
<p>The only thing we ask that you send in is the midyear grade report. You can download one off of the MyMIT website if you need one. Your semester grades are very important so keep working hard. We'd like this report as soon as possible after your grades are available; by the beginning of February would be great, but definitely by the end of February.</p>
<p>You may also want to keep us up-to-date with any news in your life. This is not required nor is it expected, but if anything exciting happens definitely let us know. It's best if you send any such letter by the end of January, but you may keep us in the loop through the time we mail regular action decisions in mid-March.</p>
<p>Should I send in a whole new version of my application, or all new essays?</p>
<p>No. You do not need to "improve" your application, or redo/edit/modify part or all of your application. You were deferred because your application was already strong enough to make you a contender in the Regular Action round. Let your application stand.</p>
<p>What about extra essays, recommendations, etc?</p>
<p>You may send along anything that you feel would be helpful to the committee. We do not expect or require any of these things. Simply sending in additional materials does not by itself increase your chances of admission.
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<p>When reviewing our applications for RD, will they know that we applied EA?</p>
<p>I believe they will, although everybody's file is re-read.</p>