<p>@computergeek173
There is a point in the application process... and waiting process... when you don't feel a thing. MIT was my top choice, dream that lasted for years and when I read that ugly rejection letter, as I said, I didn't feel anything, or I was just overwhelmed with everything so I couldn't tell a difference. By the time I realised what happened, my reaction didn't even matter so I guess it is not that hard to look mature :)</p>
<p>I just want to say, kudos to you people who are handling your rejections with maturity. :)</p>
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I just would like to know which aspect of my application made me such a poor applicant.
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<p>I wouldn't take it so hard. With this year's admit rate, there's going to be some amount of luck involved, because certainly more than 11.6% of the applicants had excellent applications. You should not take this as a reflection on you.</p>
<p>You should also not take it to mean that you won't get in to any good colleges. I got into MIT, back in spring 2003 (and several other US News Top 20), but I got rejected from HYP (all of which I had honestly thought I had a much better chance at - I was so sure of rejection from MIT that I almost didn't apply, but had been confident about getting into at least one of HYP). Luckily for me, MIT was my first decision, so the rejections from HYP weren't demoralizing. For you, MIT being relatively quick is not so lucky. But your applications to other schools could still turn up trumps!</p>