<p>Good luck, everyone!</p>
<p>From the MIT Admissions Website:</p>
<p>“Hi, and welcome to the MIT Online Decisions web site. Admissions decisions will be released on Monday, March 14 at 9:26PM Eastern Time. We know you’re excited, and that waiting is tough - hang in there! It won’t be much longer.”</p>
<p>“Today’s the day MIT decisions come out!”
You give all your close friends a shoutout.
“Don’t worry, you’ll get in!” They all glow,
“You’re like the smartest kid I know!”
You had already started to slack off senior year,
'cus on the decision day you know you’ll get the cheers.
Nothing to do until nine twenty six,
Watch some TV, listen to the clock ticks.
You think about the application you’ve submitted,
Knowing that you are just the perfect fit!
Your dearest college, just read about my knowledge!
All those impressive ECs, you HAVE to acknowledge!
So here comes the time, for me to shine,
Decision is here, let the acceptance be mine!
decisions dot MIT dot edu,
You log in, confident of the good news.
You click “enter” with your trembling hand,
Imagining the celebration that you have long planned.
Your browser just takes forever to load,
And you just can’t see the end of this road.
Finally something on the blank page stirred,
You jerk your eyes from word to word.
“The admission office has decided,” the sentence starts,
“…blah blah … we regret with all our heart.”</p>
<p>So what was this thread about, the decision day?
You mean the day when our hopes are slayed?
All the hype with pi, Should I even care?
Who knows if life is really fair?
3.14159,
Just accept it: you won’t be fine.</p>
<p>Great poetry! But I’m going to remain sanguine.</p>
<p>Get the hell out of here Dr. Seuss</p>
<p>Its funny … I possibly have the worst stats of all MIT applicants and then every night since the day I submitted my app, I keep thinking that there will be this “One spot” that is dedicated to a kid whom MIT feels pity and wants to give a chance. One spot: For a risky unpredictable kid who might fail completely or will become really someone … hahaha … The worst part is not the rejection, but the fact that after after March 14, I can no longer dream of that One Spot! :-D</p>
<p>Anyway … I want to say that I had great time filling out MIT app, it made me look back on how I spent the last 17 years. It was like writing my autobiography … It was great but probably a deadly experience for the admissions because I never reread any of my answers to the questions because if I did, I might feel like pressing the backspace keys. I kept on writing and writing … Hehehe ;)</p>
<p>If I get in… Cool.
If I don’t, I win $10. :)</p>
<p>^Hah! I have the same bet going with a friend. If I get in, I have to pay him, though. But who cares.</p>
<p>“What’s the point of memorizing digits of pi in your spare time? That’s a waste. Unless it’s for some competition or something, it’s a waste. Hopefully it’s not to show off. That’s a waste.”</p>
<p>I am memorizing a random string of numbers as part of a psychology project. I could have used a phonebook, but I picked pi because it is recognizable to my peers. I thought I’d follow up with the question “What kind of method do you use,” but I guess I’ll go somewhere else to have that answered!</p>
<p>I like MIT a lot but I wouldn’t be too devastated if I don’t get in … because it seems a bit too geeky for me 
… its Division III after all and I am a sports person</p>
<p>I received the email with the MITleaks photo and when I read it I laughed for about 15 minutes, I mean come on even the time is from the pi number 
The guys there are crazy (in the good meaning)</p>
<p>As the guys above say I really like MIT but it wont destroy my life if I don’t get it :)</p>
<p>What happened to the 15?
Also, it’s Einstein’s 152 birthday too.</p>
<p>^class of 2015</p>
<p>Sent from my iPod Shuffle.</p>
<p>I like all the connections with pi, but I’m not too thrilled about having to wait until 9:26 PM…</p>
<p>^^^ yeah dude, like I really want to go, but if I don’t get in at MIT or Harvard it’ll be 'ight because I already got into one of the best public schools in the country, and have a good shot at Duke. Still though, I really want to go to MIT, I mean just life itself seemed awesome there. It wasn’t that stereotype that MIT rejects perpetuate.</p>
<p>I am kind of nervous. I have been waiting so long for this. Half the time I am just hoping for the day to come so I can just get this all over with, but I really don’t want to be disappointed…</p>
<p>^same here</p>
<p>^ I feel the same. Realistically I don’t think I will get in but a part of me is still quietly hoping for a miracle…</p>
<p>@ murtaza:</p>
<p>I think you asked me a couple of pages back, but yes, I am Indian! Though I don’t live in India. NJ, actually haha.</p>
<p>@nritya – I’m originally from Karachi, Pakistan but I live in,… well just under my name at the left you’ll know.</p>
<p>For me, its actually my 2nd time in the application process (I applied to another place in UAE but was rejected), I felt bad at first and it took a lot of pain and arguing to convince my parents to let me apply to a place like MIT, I’ve put a lot of effort and I dunno whether if I’ll be able to digest a non-acceptance.</p>