Website not visited?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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<p>I had put a link to my website in my original MIT application form (in the portfolio URL field)
My site has tracking code (Google Analytics) which lets me know if anyone has visited my website.. and it's showing no visits from anyone aside from me</p>

<p>The page contains important information (and links) about my programming / coding projects which I think would strengthen my application, and I was hoping it would be perused along with my application.. </p>

<p>Is it possible that it may have been accidentally missed?</p>

<p>Would it be a good idea to write an email to them about it?</p>

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<p>Well, it’s same here. =/</p>

<p>It’s been two months since I created that website. Now I realize that I should have submitted an art portfolio instead. :(</p>

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<p>It’s MIT. They probably disable JavaScript in their browsers or block external sites/tracking services so you don’t know when or if they have visited your site.</p>

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<p>same here… and why would they disable JavaScript? why would MIT want to hide its identity?</p>

<p>btw, what are your websites?</p>

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<p>emadwilliam, probably because of applicants wanting to know when MIT has accessed their online portfolio. Why would they allow certain applicants to know when their application has been processed? Who does that help?</p>

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<p>I personally would email them. MIT disabling Javascript sounds reasonable, but its also reasonable that they lost the URL somehow. After all, Boston U managed to lose my CC transcript, and it was in a mailing envelope with 3 other things that they didn’t lose :stuck_out_tongue: haha, it happens. If Chris doesn’t reply to this thread by monday, I’d call em up since its getting close to decisions.</p>

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<p>Chances are, admissions officers are just too swamped to look at your website. You most likely submitted the MIT application online, so you can check whether or not you put the link in. If it’s there, the above statement likely holds true, or admissions simply has not gotten to your file yet.</p>

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<p>All applications will have been read now, by several people. It’s certainly possible that the readers didn’t have internet access while reading applications – they can read anywhere, so some choose to read in libraries or cafes where internet access might not be available.</p>

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<p>Like I said, I should have <em>submitted</em> the portfolio as a supplement. =/</p>

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I hope so.</p>

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<p>by the way, disabling JavaScript does not block tracking services (except for Google’s), you could have put a server-side tracking (with PHP), they wouldn’t be able to block that.</p>

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<p>they looked at my website :slight_smile: google analytics is on my website aswell :)</p>

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<p>Oh, actually they visited the website… once on Feb 27th, twice on March 2nd :)</p>

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<p>yea mine was visited around then too.</p>

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<p>Hey,
I uploaded a video I filmed on a seperate Youtube account and provided the link in the application. However youtube does not show that anyone besides me visited it. Could it be that they blocked youtube’s tracking services or did they not look at my video? I spent quite some time working on that video and now I feel like that was wasted effort.</p>

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<p>what was the video about ? can we see it :smiley: ?</p>

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<p>I put a couple up on YouTube as well and am wondering the same thing.</p>

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<p>Some of us have JavaScript enabled. Some dont. Don’t worry about it.</p>

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<p>Would this block youtube’s traffic service and could that be why the only video views were my own?</p>

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<p>^ No. Youtube doesn’t use JavaScript to track views.</p>