<p>MIT admissions decisions will be released online in less than two weeks! Stress and nervousness are the dominant themes in the forum right now. </p>
<p>Just for fun-
Anyone feeling bold, confident, or at least cautiously optimistic? Don't be shy. And let us know why you have a feeling (or just really really hope) that March 17th will be a good day for you.</p>
<p>I'm sort of wildly fluctuating between happy optimism and utmost despair. Mostly because I re-read my essays a while ago and thought 'damn it, I like these things!', and the rest of my app isn't half bad even if I'm not exactly Wonder Research Monkey. So. :D</p>
<p>where can you check your decision online</p>
<p>You'll eventually be able to check your decisions online at <a href="https://decisions.mit.edu/%5B/url%5D">https://decisions.mit.edu/</a> but for now it redirects you to the admissions blogs. decisions.mit.edu will probably be up around the 15th (just a guess), with decisions up on the 17th.</p>
<p>Yeah, I'm definitely fluctuating too. I think that I'm just going to forget about it on purpose 'till the 17th. </p>
<p>You see.. I have a kind of odd skill. I can stop myself from thinking about anything. That means that if I have a song stuck in my head, I can stop it. I also can remove unrelated thoughts from my mind when I'm concentrating on something. It's very useful. :)</p>
<p>I have a [URL="<a href="http://battlecode.mit.edu%22%5Dvery">http://battlecode.mit.edu"]very</a> interesting, MIT related hook<a href="I%20participated%20&%20did%20well">/URL</a>, and a few other interesting things that'll definitely help my application.</p>
<p>However, I've got a few weak points to my application. It could easily go either way for me. No one should feel confident, though. The most brilliant, nice, motivated person in the USA could easily be rejected from MIT.</p>
<p>Finally, watch for the resurrection of the unofficial MIT admissions chat room. I'll put a link on these forums as well as the admissions blogs around the 10th.</p>
<p>Good luck everyone!</p>
<p>I'll see yall in Cambridge this fall</p>
<p>jk</p>
<p>what are my chances for next year</p>
<p>i plan to be a bio major (if that means anything)</p>
<p>i attend the bronx high school of science
GPA: 93.5 (92 right now hope to get it up)
i have taken honors chemistry, honors physics, honors alg/trig, honors english 5
i also have a reseach internship at a local college and i plan on submitting my work to intel, nycef, siemens etc
i plan on taking A.P Biology, A.P Microeconmics, A.P Macroeconmics, A.P Calculas BC, INtel prjects, Computer technology, regular english, and linear algebra and differential equations. I also plan to take general psychology and political affairs at a local college.</p>
<p>SAT 2's: Bio 710 plan on taking math IIC and u.s history and am expecting 800 on both.
SAT: expecting around a 2250 (based on practice tests)
ACT: expecting a 34 (based on practice tests)</p>
<p>extraciricular: 1 year of cyber club, 1 year of pre-med club, 1 year of key club
job at a local hospital, internship at a doctors office, internship at a fortune 500 company, a lot of volunteering, i plan on joing the crew team, key club, robotics, do some more volunteering and i have also won a distinguished key clubbers award</p>
<p>I wouldn't bother applying, well, I take that back the admissions committee will need a good laugh before they put your app through the shredder and then proceed to put your name on a list so that if anyone of your descendants apply they'll automatically be rejected.</p>
<p>In other words you have just as good a chance as anyone</p>
<p>"You see.. I have a kind of odd skill. I can stop myself from thinking about anything."</p>
<p>I'd kill for that skill haha. I can't get my mind off MIT, I keep coming up with things to keep me busy and distracted. It's not working well, as you can see haha.</p>
<p>Let us know when the chat room is up Fermion.</p>
<p>I've had an odd revelation in the last few weeks... I've realized that it's not about us it's about them. MIT does as good a job as anyone holistically picking a class who they think they will benefit the most from the education they offer, will be successful and handle the pressure well and will contribute to the school and make the class better in some way for being a part of it. </p>
<p>It's like they are casting a play with a ton of parts and they need all different types of people and interests to make it all work. It's just a matter if we are what they are looking for- and since we aren't reading the applications we really have no clue... It's just so scary because it really would be cool if it worked out there because it would be so awesome to be on the receiving end of all of this. So I guess I just have to let go and hope for the best!</p>
<p>I hope ALL of you get in so so much. GOOD LUCK!!</p>
<p>I've learned to never expect anything, since I'll never get it. If I don't expect it, then I might just get it and be really happy and surprised :D.</p>
<p>haha...i had the exact same attitude as kamikazewave. dont expect much...and when u do get in...imagine the excitement =] well...my attitude wasnt quite exactly the same as kamikazewave, since i was a bit on the pessimistic side. XD i cried the night before decisions came out for EA because I was so sure i got rejected. that morning, i didnt even check it...until my bf called me and nagged me for about an hr...i dragged myself out of bed, and checked it. it was an amazing experience because I got in. lol...i once again cried. (Durh! wat else could i have done?) hehe...so i guess it is good to not expect anything...though i am not recommending crying the night before decisions come out ;)</p>
<p>I pretty much know I won't get in although I still fantasize about receiving an acceptance letter.</p>
<p>well, everyone thinks they have some shot of getting in, or else they wouldnt have applied</p>
<p>it sucks to be an international applicant... but i guess its bad for everyone else too. I really dont think i have a good chance of getting in competing with the world's best, even though i've done some great stuff after moving to the US like 2 years ago. So im expecting a rejection on the 17th.</p>
<p>I hope I get in! That'd be pretty sweet. And on St. Patty's day, too!</p>
<p>I sort of think D. will get in because she is so cool about not getting in-she likes MIT a lot but she likes other schools too and she can see herself happy at a lot of different places. As the months go by she's even wondering if a technical school is the best fit. She's a fun, happy, resilient person and she's going to do well anywhere. I think her essay and recommendations transmit that and so on that basis I expect her to get in.</p>
<p>i think i have an pretty good chance of getting in, considering that im a recruited athlete.</p>
<p>I think it was Noldo who described her views on her chances as I a sine curve. I'll go with that too...</p>
<p>Wild optimism one day, certainty of rejection the next. Oh and you can throw in a few nightmares for good measure as well. :)</p>
<p>almostdone, I thought MIT didn't recruit athletes? I thought the most that could happen is that the coach would put a little note in your file... I could be wrong, though.</p>