Thanks MIT

Colleges and Universities A-Z Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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<p>I mean it. I'm writing this for all the people who were rejected from here today, and also for those who will be in the future.</p>

<p>Ever since 9th grade, I always figured I'd go to MIT. I was good at math, liked technology, and MIT was the best place for engineers. During senior year, I began to tell all my buddies that MIT was my top choice and that MIT was "the" place for me.</p>

<p>After I got deferred, I really had to reevaluate my priorities. I was stunned that MIT didn't think that I was a great candidate for them. I had great scores, good ECs, solid essays, and what not. I liked engineering and MIT made great engineers. I applied to a bunch of other terrific schools but MIT still felt like the place for me. What I knew subconsciously, however, was that MIT probably WASN'T the place for me. I liked technology but I wasn't interested in being a research or a pure engineer. I liked helping others and loved numbers, and I knew my future and my interests lay in business or consulting. An engineering degree from MIT would be terrific but I wasn't going to become an engineer - I wanted to be an entrepreneur.</p>

<p>Nonetheless, I did not REALIZE that I knew this. I still felt I would be a hard core MIT engineer. Today came around, and I was rejected. Not even waitlisted. It's so easy to think about affirmative action and misguided priorities and all that stuff, but at the end of the day, MIT did me a favor. When April comes around, you and I will both have several options, and we won't have to contemplate this school. There's a good chance that we would not be as happy here as we would be somewhere else, and I think these things work for the best in the long run.</p>

<p>If you're still angry about being rejected, then go read this again tonight with a cool mind. It took me an hour and a half to figure out that I had been done a HUGE favor, and I hope you realize it too. </p>

<p>This is probably my last post in this section, as I'm no longer an applicant. After I posted my stats for the future classes, I'm out. Best of luck everyone, and thanks MIT.</p>

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<p>You’re welcome :)</p>

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<p>An0moly - I applaud your maturity. Your perspective on the situation is dead on, and that’s what’s going to move you forward to do great things :)</p>

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<p>good job an0moly… i got rejected too and this is perhaps my last post here as well… i did want to be a hardcore engineer and am very very interested in research but perhaps I havent done a lot yet to make them believe my passion or maybe I couldn’t convey it to them in my essays and stuff :frowning: … (oh well there’s always transfer lol) but this has made me more motivated and I’m going to focus a lot now on my goals</p>

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<p>MIT is a great schools and all, but I think the pure name and prestige of the school puts some people in a trance. I’m glad to see that you realized that there are more things than just prestige that go into your decision. You sound like a smart and mature kid - you will still get into plenty of great engineering schools that give more well-rounded educations!</p>

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<p>I don’t know why I have got into Caltech but got rejected by MIT. Perhaps Caltech is worth than MIT? </p>

<p>feeling soooo distressed now. Even MIT is not my top choice.</p>

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<p>So is it possible to be deferred then waitlisted?</p>

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<p>I suppose your right. I guess my story was similar to yours, except for me it was 7th grade, lol. Every time I went to MIT it felt great, but now I feel it must have just been Cambridge. I guess I’ve realized Harvard would be a better fit as even though I want to do research, I probably want to do pre-med or go for an MBA just as much.</p>

<p>I’m glad that I didn’t have to wait until April to find out, though.</p>

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<p>@dawncoming: same here.</p>

<p>I clicked this thread expecting mroe bitter people, but OP was a refreshing post.</p>

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<p>I was about to post something similar myself.</p>

<p>I was rejected today and was totally cool with it. MIT adcoms know what they’re doing. They have an idea of who will fit in, who will enjoy their experience there and make the most of it, and who won’t. I was most likely in the latter category, despite everything I dreamed of doing at MIT. Thus, I was rightfully rejected and they did me a favour in narrowing down my choices to more suitable universities.</p>

<p>Now I just need to focus on meeting my requirements for Oxford!</p>

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<p>Hmm well I realized a while ago, somewhere between by alumni interviews and the long wait for the decisions results, that MIT wasn’t going to be the best fit for me, so I wasn’t too disappointed when I didn’t get in. </p>

<p>However, I wouldn’t be overly critical about all the “bitter people” who are unhappy that they got rejected. You have to understand that a lot of these people have spent some of the best years of their life working extremely hard to get into the college of their dreams. Most of them have very high scores and are really involved in extracurricular activities, and they were probably used to being told how smart and motivated students they are throughout high school. And to get a flat out rejection after all that hard work and determination… well that really stings, honestly.</p>

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<p>refrigerator, I think you make a good point, and I think it’s absolutely fair for rejected applicants to be disappointed.</p>

<p>But I think the attitude that you and An0maly are displaying here is one that will help you get through the rest of your lives being successful and bouncing back from disappointment. If you’re serious about trying to be in the most competitive eschelons of science/engineering/medicine/whatever, you will deal with disappointment and failure very often for the rest of your life. And if you’re not dealing with failure often, you’re not challenging yourself enough. So the trick is to fail, but to fail with grace and dignity and the unquenchable desire to get up and fight another day.</p>

<p>This isn’t a referendum on the rest of your life, and, in contast, it can be a character-building experience.</p>

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<p>lolumad???</p>

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<p>Sooo truee. I want to major in economics, and I thought, hey, Bernanke and Summers graduated from MIT, so econ there should be good right?! But… first and foremost, it is an institute of technology, and it doesn’t make much sense for me to be accepted over the future engineers and researchers, nor would it make much sense for me to go even if I were accepted. (: Good thread, An0maly!</p>

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<p>Thanks MIT for an excellent application season - now we part ways but it was a pleasure writing your essays</p>

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<p>Yes.</p>

<p>@refrigerator - Sure. Though I think there’s a big problem to fixate on one school for years and years. Parents might want to guide their kids a little better >.<</p>

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<p>I feel like I share a similar mindset. </p>

<p>Great post. </p>

<p>I listened to Onto the Next One by Jay Z and Life Goes On by Tupac, then went on with my business.</p>

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<p>Decision finally comes, and just as I anticipated, it’s rejection. Now, no hiding.
MIT has never been my dream school, and in fact, I’ve never dreamed of any school. What I dreamed about when applying to MIT was that I would receive a fair judgment at the end of this journey. And I believe it’s fair.
It’s fair when I know I worked hard for the best.
It’s fair when I know I discovered more about myself.
It’s fair when I know I understood more about life.
It’s fair when I know I shaped my path through this journey.
It’s fair when I know my life has been shaken up several times, and each time I figured out how to soothe it.
It’s fair when I gained more than lost.
It’s fair when I’m sure I’m stronger, and will be stronger.
MIT is not my ultimate goal. Being rejected by MIT is not the end.
Because applying to MIT is just a way I enjoy my life.
Thanks MIT for being a part of its.
And I’m the one who makes it more beautiful and worth living, not MIT.</p>

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<p>God probably believed that at MIT, I would not do well enough to go to Med school</p>

<p>So thanks all, and congrats to the accepted.</p>

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<p>I was rejected by Yale EA, and was pretty disappointed, and this comes as my second consecutive rejection. I’ve been convinced all along I would love MIT; I still am. Still convinced that if I had the chance, I’ld make the most out of it. I can handle the workload, the stress, the intensity - the quintessential MIT atmosphere made me so attached to this one college. I’m an international, so that made my admissions chances even lower - yet I have the stats (the ECs, the SATs) and I thought my essays were great. </p>

<p>Maybe many of you who are likewise rejected feel the same way… despite the rejection, you’re still convinced you’re made for MIT. Maybe you aren’t, maybe you are. The rejection, though, means you don’t have the opportunity to find out. Yet although I’m not all too happy with rejection (who can be?) I’m moving on. If you have also been rejected yet still love MIT to bits, I understand exactly how you feel. Yet, as you’ve probably read before somewhere else, you still have bright prospects. Nothing might really substitute MIT, but if you put your mind to it, your dreams are still there waiting for you to chase them. (That sounds so clich</p>