<p>indicated that i wanted an interview on the app, but missed the deadline</p>
<p>is my chance of admission at 3% now? yikesiess</p>
<p>…it’s December 21.</p>
<p>Same question from my side</p>
<p>LOL I FOUND THE ANSWER </p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/massachusetts-institute-technology/767427-2014-interviews-13.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/massachusetts-institute-technology/767427-2014-interviews-13.html</a></p>
<p>I think it’s simplistic to assume that not having an interview reduces one’s chances by a significant amount. </p>
<p>It’s true that an interview is a great way for MIT to see a more personal side of you, and I do think that everyone who can have an interview should have one. But not having an interview doesn’t automatically cut your chances – when you look at the statistics, you should consider that the pool of people who don’t have interviews is composed partly of people who forgot to schedule an interview, but partly (mostly?) of people who don’t care enough about their MIT applications to schedule an interview.</p>
<p>If not having an interview were a factor that, by itself, directly reduced a candidate’s chances of being admitted by a significant amount, MIT would not waive anybody’s interview.</p>
<p>Even if you miss the interview deadline, don’t be afraid to still contact your CC.</p>
<p>I had my interview nearly 2 weeks late when I applied to MIT (on December 26) because I forgot about the deadline (it was December 15 my year) and I was still fine =D</p>
<p>This is true. You have certainly nothing to lose by contacting them. But be aware that EC’s are very busy people. There is one EC in my region who is the CEO of a major company, one who is a senior executive at an international investment bank, one who holds a significant office in government. These folks all have very busy diaries. If you contact them in the week leading up to Christmas, be prepared to answer the question “So why did you wait until now to contact me?” If the answer is something like “Well, I wasn’t really taking the MIT admissions process seriously, but now I think I will”, be prepared for a rebuff.</p>
<p>Your EC may well go out of your way to schedule an interview. Heck I am doing one at 10pm tomorrow night as that is the only time that works for one of my candidates. EC’s all became EC’s to help students, and they may well be willing to grant your late interview. But by contacting them late, you are no longer ENTITLED to an interview, and you may well not get one.</p>
<p>geeeez i suck</p>
<p>DarkAngel - </p>
<p>Contact your EC and ask nicely. Interviews, while not technically required, are VERY important. Good luck!</p>
<p>Interview is extremely important.</p>
<p>Also, observing the deadline means that you are paying full attention to the MIT Admissions web XD</p>
<p>I decided to apply to MIT after talking to one of my friends who really likes the school, but unfortunately this was way past the interview deadline and MyMIT hasn’t even assigned me an EC, which I’m afraid is because I didn’t start my application until yesterday. What should I do?</p>
<p>It’s too late for you to have an interview, but don’t worry – it’s not a required component of the application.</p>
<p>It must be something in the air this year. I got one student contact me for the first time on Christmas eve, two on Christmas day and another this morning. One of these told me in his e-mail that he was “taking the MIT application process very seriously.” Huh?</p>
<p>Mikalye, out of curiosity, will you be interviewing those applicants? Is it unusual for ECs to not provide interviews for those who request beyond the deadline?</p>
<p>As it happens, I will be interviewing one of these and politely declining the other 4. The application is due at MIT by 1 January. The admissions office usually gives us an extra week or so to get our interview reports in, so call it the 6th of January, to allow reading to begin as soon as possible in January. It usually takes me an hour and a half to conduct the interview and then roughly four hours to write the interview report, or roughly six hours per interview. Even if I wanted to spend this time, I just do not have a spare 30 hours between now and 6 January. Like many EC’s I interview a bunch of applicants in the two weeks running up to Christmas, and with Christmas and end-of-year at work, I still have another six reports to write this year. Now I am not complaining here. I knew what I signed up for, and I am happy to do this, but I have little patience for those who did not take the application process seriously, and then expect me to squeeze in an interview on New Year’s Eve (one of the specific requests this year). </p>
<p>Some years, I have a relatively quiet Christmas period, and I will interview late applicants who are apologetic about missing the deadline. The ones who NEVER get interviewed late are those who display a sense of entitlement, insisting that I owe them an interview, or as one applicant did last year assuring me that I would be doing MIT a great disservice if I did not interview him late, as it might contribute to the chance of MIT being denied the benefits of his great and glorious intellect. Maybe I will regret it in years to come, but I decided that I could live with that risk. </p>
<p>Also, keep in mind that the interview is not required. Two years ago, I saw that one of the students assigned to me had been admitted, and I couldn’t recall them. Well it was one of my applicants who had never contacted me for an interview at all (and I am an international EC).</p>
<p>A great many of the late interview requests every year are from students who applied early decision to their first choice schools, and now, only after they have not been admitted to their first choice school, they elect to take their other applications seriously. That is fine. They have made decisions, and they have to live with the consequences of those choices. </p>
<p>There are of course exceptions. One of my late requests this year included with her letter evidence that has spent most of the last month hospitalised. I will do everything in my power to ensure that she gets her interview. If necessary, I will interview her on New Year’s Eve in her hospital room.</p>
<p>And of course, these are only my own opinions (though I do talk to dozens of ECs and they are widely shared). There are more than 2300 of us. Your mileage very definitely may vary.</p>
<p>Our S interviewed in SF, he had an amazing time. It went over an hour. His grandparents had me call to make sure he wasn’t kidnapped (jokingly). I felt bad that I had interupted it. This person was also a CEO of a company. My son said it went smooth and he enjoyed the conversation. It was more engaging than the one he received from Olin. He’s very excited and now he’s finishing up apps while on winter break, and preparing for FIRST robotics. If anyone knows mentors for FIRST let me know heeh sorry about the tangent plug.</p>
<p>santookie: what one he received from Olin? Olin doesn’t do interviews.</p>
<p>What a strange year. I just got another request for an interview ten minutes ago. I have gotten more late requests this year than in the last five years combined.</p>