<p>First, read this from Matt: [url=<a href="http://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/regular-action-deadline-q-a%5DRegular">http://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/regular-action-deadline-q-a]Regular</a> Action Deadline Q & A | MIT Admissions<a href="Please%20read%20it,%20for%20the%20love%20of%20all%20things%20holy.%20I'll%20wait%20back%20here%20until%20you're%20done.">/url</a></p>
<p>Here are answers to some very frequently-asked questions, from me:</p>
<p>I submitted my test scores a few weeks ago and they don't show up in MyMIT. PANIC!
First, don't panic. Second, as long as you've requested by the deadline that your scores be submitted to MIT, you're okay. MIT takes electronic delivery of test scores one or two times a month from the testing agencies, so yours just hasn't been delivered yet. No worries.</p>
<p>If you're taking January tests, remember that you must designate MIT as a recipient of your test scores at the time you take the test -- no waiting to see what the scores are before sending them on.</p>
<p>My teacher hasn't submitted his recommendation! PANIC!
My teacher submitted his recommendation two weeks ago, but it's not showing up in MyMIT! PANIC!
First, don't panic. Second, it will take a while for the mail room to dig itself out of the pile of RD mail and get everything sorted into the proper folders, so don't expect everything to show up on your checklist for at least another week or two. Third, if there's a problem on your teachers' end, or on the USPS' end, your teachers will be given the opportunity to re-submit your letter via fax. This does not reflect negatively on you in any way.</p>
<p>My EC hasn't submitted his interview report! PANIC!
First, don't panic. Second, the EC deadline for submitting reports hasn't arrived yet, so it's perfectly fine for your EC not to have submitted his report. Fill out the "completed interview" form, sit back, relax, and let the admissions office bug your EC.</p>
<p>I don't know the single-best, only-allowable, perfect method of filling out one of the questions on the application! PANIC!
First, don't panic. Fill out the application questions to the best of your ability, and in the most sensible way you can think to do it. There is no single way to arrange your self-reported coursework, for instance -- just try to make a cheat sheet for someone who has your school transcript in front of him but isn't familiar with the format.</p>
<p>I need to submit something extra that will be the be-all and end-all of my application, and I am panicking!
I totally screwed something up on the application and it's the worst mistake ever! PANIC!
First, don't panic. Says Matt:
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If you need to update your application after you submit it, the best -- and recommended -- mechanism is the Midyear Report, an online form which will be available next month. On this form, you will also provide updated/semester/midyear grades and any changes in your coursework. You will also be able to provide information about any new awards or anything else you want us to know about.
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<p>Overall, the message here is don't panic, and the secondary message is keep an eye on the blogs and MyMIT. If one of your application components isn't in by the time Matt/Chris/et al. post an entry saying they're all through the mail, then you can re-send it (but you still can't panic).</p>
<p>The admissions officers will be reading applications from ~next week until ~Valentine's Day, then will go into selection committee in mid-February. Decisions will be available sometime in mid-March, and the actual date for decisions will be announced as soon as it's known (usually about a week to ten days before decisions are released). Decisions are frequently released on or around Pi Day (3/14), although speculating about the exact date is a futile endeavor.</p>
