MIT (2022-2023)

[minor isle]

😳 other server ; )

ah i see

i never actually did a math comp

[ruby stag]

me (i applied for mit janitor)

[unique talon]

brooo this line of ink is so good

[minor isle]

mopped t5 institution

[ruby stag]

#1 ec

[dense echo]

then you show up for classes

[minor isle]

sanitized floors for nobel laureates and thousands of students at top science institution in the country

[dire lion]

Astrophysics in profile?!

[sharp karma]

frfr

[unique talon]

pilot based

[sharp karma]

I have yu yake rn and its just

[ruby stag]

i’m astrophysics (mit janitor)

[dire lion]

IOAA? 😳

[ruby stag]

nah i didn’t do astro comps unfortunately

ik IOAA team tho

[ruby stag]

did you do IOAA?

[minor isle]

what is ioaa

[dire lion]

Just usaaao qual for fun

[ruby stag]

international olympiad of astronomy and astrophysics (i think)

[minor isle]

ah

[ruby stag]

nice

[minor isle]

i wonder what percent of mit or caltech admits have done international olympiads

[ruby stag]

caltech? prob higher than mit

[minor isle]

i think it is lower than people expect

[dire lion]

10-15% for mit probably

[ruby stag]

mit isn’t actually as big on olys as people expect

[dire lion]

Bro is trolling

[minor isle]

i mean i don't think that they're not big on olympiads, just not that many people have done them

i didn't even know what the math olympiad was until like halfway through junior year

[ruby stag]

yeah most olys aren’t autoadmit is what i’m saying

[minor isle]

nah but i never did olympiads

i just did lots of research and placed in state sci oly

[ruby stag]

🗿 i know you both are caltech admits

that doesn’t invalidate my point

[dire lion]

Scioly is a joke

[grave river]

for intls at mit its 80% oly kids (atleast for india, cant be sure about the entire dataset)

[minor isle]

that makes sense bc i feel like research internationally can be a lot more sus

and harder to verify legitimacy of

[ruby stag]

nice

yeah research is kinda hard to verify

unless you have mentor rec

[grave river]

when caltech is your safety

[ruby stag]

even then

[minor isle]

goddamn

[ruby stag]

neat

[minor isle]

i was gonna apply sts but i didnt my main project was with a mentor and someone who was a year above me

[grave river]

plus the rampant nepo research renders moot a fair share of mentor recs (if they're not genuine to begin with)

[minor isle]

but they want you to do the project as the only hs student

[ruby stag]

exactly

“did research with x t5 prof”

[minor isle]

very true

[grave river]

who i coincidentally share last name with

[dire lion]

AHAHAHHAHAHA

[royal acorn]

my default pfp ass finna still get an L but we hope the discordness will carry me 🫶

[minor isle]

i think a lot of those profiles on reddit where they say they did research with at a top 5 institute and they barely get into any top schools are disingenuous or they barely did anything

[ruby stag]

could just be rng too

research doesn’t guarantee acceptance

[minor isle]

absolutely

but i think like if you are a qualified candidate to the point where you have done research at that level

and assuming academics etc are up to par

you should be able to get into a few reaches

not jsut get straight rejected

[grave river]

disagrees in caltech

[dire lion]

That just means connections

Nothing more

[minor isle]

yes

i agree

[unkempt dust]

would research or internships look better tho if you had to choose one

[dire lion]

Research fs

Solo research

[minor isle]

it depends what internship

and also

what research

[royal acorn]

i had solo research but because the student research scene in the uk doesn’t exist i was only able to talk about it in my interview mostly

[minor isle]

at the end of the day no one cares where you did research (it helps a little if its at a known place) but what you do matters so much more

[grave river]

imo an internship / temp fellowship/ research apprenticeship at an acc prof's lab >>>

[dire lion]

Like my stuff was mostly computational fluid dynamics

[unique talon]

ughhh thats so nice

[minor isle]

if you got grants, presented, did science fair, mentor and/or teacher recs verifying what you have done , published etc

[unique talon]

i have the 15 ml b set im p sure, so pretty

[next hinge]

i did analysis , so there are not more than 4-5 oly kids applying to MIT any given year from India and they usually reject 1-2 oly kids every year just to send a message and mantain reputation like look this 2 time IMO gold medallist got rejected from MIT, and also becasue they dont want a homogenous class, there are 21 MIT UGs from india rn, that gives average of 5 admits per year , meaning atleast 1-2 non oly kids shall get in from india

[sharp karma]

niceee

[grave river]

yeah true, took that 20% for that

[minor isle]

makes a lot of sense

[sharp karma]

yash gonn get in fr

oly chad

[royal acorn]

!mit

[kind karma]

MIT Decision Date

MIT decisions come out <t:1678832880> in your local time
6 hours, 8 minutes and 5 seconds until the decision date

[royal acorn]

damn

6 hours till i take the most painful and first L

on my favourite university no less

[minor isle]

the one thing that makes me feel better is although mit rate is so low, there are almost like 10k international applicants, so domestic acceptance rate is quite a bit higher than overall avg

although it sucks for internationals that so few spots

[dire lion]

Same 😭

[minor isle]

so many of you guys are insane

[lofty rampart]

good luck yall

[royal acorn]

if i get in (0.000001% chance) i’d prolly withdraw from some/most of my other colleges because it’s like my top choice by far

[ruby stag]

you mean from everything

[grave river]

as long as we're talking about research, ngl I'm a lil salty about what most HSers or even undergrads chrun out in the name of review papers
fwiw they're essays at best,

[next hinge]

dw we will just get into harvard and cross register

[ruby stag]

yeah if you have legitimately impressive research you shouldn’t get rejected everywhere

[unkempt dust]

does it really help for MIT admissions if you come from an underrepresented state?

[ruby stag]

yes and no

[minor isle]

dont they just look at region and not consider state

[ruby stag]

underrepresented area within an underrepresented state maybe

[royal acorn]

yes slightly if domestic, no if intl

[timber urchin]

Sure. It’s certainly easier than from the Bay Area

[dire lion]

Bay area 😂😂😂

[minor isle]

bro no shot for harvard, no one from my school ever gets in

they did not interview anyone from my school this year or last and interviewed all the applicants from the nearby school

[ruby stag]

nobody from my school has ever gotten into a t5 and i will not be the first 💀

[royal acorn]

i’m pretty sure i’m the first person from my school to even apply to mit

[covert sentinel]

Nah bro you gotta believe

[ruby stag]

i’m the 2nd

to apply

[covert sentinel]

Youre just built better !!1!

[unkempt dust]

bro I live in a redneck small town half the people graduating aren’t going to college and I’m applying to mit 💀

[ruby stag]

SAME

[minor isle]

thats amazing bro

wherever you guys end up know you are gonna be super successful

[ruby stag]

20% of our class actually goes to college after

[dire lion]

Same lol

[minor isle]

@dire lion what is your top choice

[dire lion]

Dont have one I think

[minor isle]

check dms

[ruby stag]

my L streak has persisted for months

today has been not good either

just screwed up one of my exhibition pieces

and the exhibition is the 21st

[serene tinsel]

5 rejection L streak hope today is different

last set of acceptances were public ivy day

[ruby stag]

I have one option total rn and it’s a safety with a 90% acceptance rate

everywhere else rejected except harvard deferred

[tawny schooner]

But do you like the place?

[ruby stag]

Kind of. I don’t like their management at all

And also, they’ve been “reviewing my scholarship application” for almost 2 months

[serene tinsel]

I have Pol Sci + Edmund James Honours@UIUC, CompE@UW Madison, CompSci@Arizona w 20k/year, and UMich non flagship campuses

*UArizona

[ruby stag]

i got into arizona too (if u mean university of)

ah me too

except i’m astro

[serene tinsel]

ahh i see

[ruby stag]

i got 35k/y but they’ve been reviewing my extra $15k/y app for awhile

And it said it was supposed to come out early march

so i probably got denied

[serene tinsel]

i'm actually a rise global winner so i dont have to pay for college, which is a relief since im an international student, but still applying for merit aid wherever i can

[ruby stag]

nice

yeah my family can’t afford more than $20k without me taking out loans

[serene tinsel]

same

[ruby stag]

the only places that would give me that aid are t20s

[serene tinsel]

what other decisions have you received apart from caltech and uarizona

[ruby stag]

harvard, georgia tech

deferred harvard rejected georgia tech

so rd looks stupendously bleak

[serene tinsel]

are you in state for gtech?

[ruby stag]

no

oos

i applied aerospace eng

[serene tinsel]

oh so gtech ea?

[ruby stag]

yes

[serene tinsel]

ah i se

see*

well I got deferred from MIT UChi and UMich in EA

UChi was an L

[ruby stag]

you’re also intl which is insanely good

i’m really worried people just don’t think anyone in my area is capable

or they think i’m faking my stats

[serene tinsel]

im really wanting something optimistic today but ik MIT aint the place to look for

so im realistic about the results

[tawny schooner]

If they were worried about that and considering you, they'd check. They wouldn't just say "they're probably fake. Let's just reject."

[ruby stag]

literally anytime i talk to anyone about where i’m from theyre basically like “oh yeah it’s all just farms down there and you’re all (insert derogatory term for rural people)”

it’s stupid

[serene tinsel]

ill have to wait for 17th ig for optimism

LA/SD

[ruby stag]

nice

[serene tinsel]

coming that day

[ruby stag]

im hoping northwestern or cornell/dartmouth

think im p much out of the running for t5

[serene tinsel]

i have LA/SD on 17th, northwestern/gatech/CMU on 24th, then all ivies+berk+stan+duke

[subtle lodge]

Minnesota Institute of Technology

[serene tinsel]

Manipal Institute of Technology

[ruby stag]

good luck

[serene tinsel]

ill do you one better

[serene tinsel]

good luck to you too

[serene tinsel]

https://mitwpu.edu.in/

[ruby stag]

MIT world peace

[serene tinsel]

@ruby stag where are you from

as in us or intl?

[ruby stag]

the US

[serene tinsel]

ah which state?

hmm i see

whats your instate option

[ruby stag]

university of delaware (except it’s $35k for in state)

they give so little in merit aid too

[royal gull]

no one from my school has gotten to US for undergrad I recon

[serene tinsel]

my schools top US admit has been Berkeley

[royal gull]

the first person to crack a top 50 CS international admit was my brother with HKU, since then nada. Guess my misery

[royal gull]

intriguing

[serene tinsel]

like in past 10 years we have had 6 berkeley admits

UK our school is cracked

top admit is oxford

[royal gull]

damn

[warm imp]

!mit

[kind karma]

MIT Decision Date

MIT decisions come out <t:1678832880> in your local time
5 hours, 32 minutes and 24 seconds until the decision date

[timber urchin]

5.5hrs 🥴

2% acceptance rate for EA->RD 😭

[royal gull]

https://tenor.com/view/tv3-no-pot-ser-tv3-baste-no-pot-ser-jordi-baste-gif-17366171

[timber urchin]

Cambridge*

[royal gull]

do you recon for Int’l deffers it will be slightly different or nada?

[timber urchin]

Lower

I think

[serene tinsel]

bro wdyc we indians have 3-4 seats at MIT anyways lmaooooo

[naive mantle]

Ah same! I'm so worried that admissions committees won't think people from my area are capable. My Stanford interviewer responded with "Really? I never expected that I'd interview anyone from there before" after he asked me where I was from 😢. I'm sure it will all work out though!

[royal gull]

I meant defer to EA vs. us defer to ea

I just want to know if MIT is more selective and rare with int’l deffers or just the same 60%+ defer

[ruby stag]

i think you’re good considering ssp (i submitted the certificate too)

[royal gull]

only like 0-1 for non oly kids lmao

[timber urchin]

Ohhh idk probably about the same

[ruby stag]

they can’t just discredit that

[timber urchin]

Basically MIT defers if your stats are decent

That’s about all it means

[serene tinsel]

yeah im in the ISEF category so i hope they consider

[royal gull]

sadge

[timber urchin]

Idt that’d be any different for intls

[naive mantle]

Alright! I hope so! Yeah, I think we'll be good

[royal gull]

ISEF?

[unkempt dust]

If there are ~30 undergrad students at MIT from my state each year, how would you do the math to figure out roughly how many applicants from my state get accepted each year? It seems like it’s around 4-5

[serene tinsel]

yeah I have biochem research and intl/nat awards for it

[royal gull]

Ah

[ruby stag]

2 in my state get in each year

[main shuttle]

Yoo what year

[hybrid lantern]

wait are mit decisions releasing at tau? that's fun

[main shuttle]

2022?

[ruby stag]

yes they release at tau

[hybrid lantern]

wrong tau 💀

but that's cool

[serene tinsel]

yeah ISEF category as in intl awards in science

[main shuttle]

icic

You may know me then

Maybe

I met everyone on the India team lol

[serene tinsel]

i missed out on isef in my national fair as i was not selected in top 20 but got into top 100 for IRIS National Science Fair

[main shuttle]

BC my team abandoned me :(

[main shuttle]

ahhh ok

I see

still a huge accomplishment

[small forge]

Hmm

[serene tinsel]

i got a silver for india at GENIUS International Olympiad

[main shuttle]

wow

that's amazing

[serene tinsel]

thanks

yeah so I hope that MIT sees

[main shuttle]

yeah best of luck

I hope you get in

[serene tinsel]

best of luck to you too

thanks

[hybrid lantern]

good luck! i'm sure y'all will get in

[main shuttle]

if I get in I'm baking a giant cake

for my teachers

[dire lion]

Fancy seeing you here

[main shuttle]

and for myself of course

[main shuttle]

woah hello

[dire lion]

Dms?

[waxen harbor]

im here to watch the chaos.

[serene tinsel]

nice name

[waxen harbor]

thank you

[serene tinsel]

youre a college kid?

[waxen harbor]

does it scare you

no HAH

[serene tinsel]

it did scare me until october 2022

[waxen harbor]

why october

[serene tinsel]

lmaoo junior?

[waxen harbor]

senior

[serene tinsel]

i got a scholarship

[waxen harbor]

oh nice nice

congrats!!

[serene tinsel]

thanks

well i hope senioritis catches upto you before student debt, its the better one to have

[waxen harbor]

to where?

true and it already has

[serene tinsel]

its a scholarship to pay for college anywhere i go

[waxen harbor]

wow okay

full??

actually no that's impossible

[serene tinsel]

yeah plus stipend and flights

[waxen harbor]

wait

[serene tinsel]

and room and board

[waxen harbor]

oh wait are you in asia

[serene tinsel]

im indian

[waxen harbor]

AHHHHHHH

i seeeee

congrats man

[serene tinsel]

thanks

[waxen harbor]

that's insane

[serene tinsel]

im a rise global winner, thats the scholarship

[grave river]

havent slept in 2 days, too lazy to convert time zones
indian kids, when are the decisions out?

[serene tinsel]

4 am

[grave river]

ok we have a literal command for that whats wrong with me

[sinful zealot]

you havent slept in 2 days its valid

[waxen harbor]

robotics programmer?

wow okay

what did you make to win it?

[sinful zealot]

yo winning rise is so cool

[serene tinsel]

i made a fuel cell from cowdung, benthic mud and sugarcane to provide cheap electricity to villages

[waxen harbor]

damnnnn

that's sick

[serene tinsel]

thats actually my biochem research too

the one i was talking abou tearlier

[waxen harbor]

how does that work actually?

[grave river]

broo, coooool

[frosty owl]

any hope from being deferred ea?

[waxen harbor]

there's always hope

[frosty owl]

anyone know what the percentage is for defer to accept?

[waxen gorge]

yeah how do you make a fuel cell from just that

[serene tinsel]

basically, it uses bacteria present in an Enhanced Anodic Substrate to create a chemical reaction chain for a microbial galvanic cell

[frosty owl]

ik its lower than just rd right?

[grave river]

idt thats a valid way to compare given mit's abnormal defer rates

[waxen gorge]

also why is everyone blank pfp now 😭

everyone is converting to blank pfps

[waxen harbor]

ooh ic

[serene tinsel]

i never had one in the first place lmaooo

[waxen harbor]

not necessarily

idt they're picking out the deferred people and rejecting them more it's just the same chances

[frosty owl]

well i figure they look at deferred ppl after rd people

[kind karma]

MIT Decision Date

MIT decisions come out <t:1678832880> in your local time
5 hours, 8 minutes and 23 seconds until the decision date

[frosty owl]

and fill spots from rd before looking at deferred ppl

[grave river]

no one can answer that for sure unless they happen to be a deranged AO

[serene tinsel]

brah its 5 hours just sit through it

[frosty owl]

frankly i don't understand the point of deferral

like just reject bruh

[grave river]

whos that in ur pfp btw

[frosty owl]

iridocyclitis

[grave river]

idk who that is but cool man

[frosty owl]

search it up

[royal acorn]

@serene tinsel high five fellow riser!! let’s hope we both get in by a miracle :>

[serene tinsel]

hi! which cohort are you?

[serene tinsel]

yeah hopefully

[royal acorn]

‘21 :) you?

[serene tinsel]

'2

'22*

[royal acorn]

sweet!

only a few hours to go :>

[serene tinsel]

did you apply RD or get deferred

[royal acorn]

RD, hbu?

[slim charm]

I heard it was 2% which is lower than rd.

[serene tinsel]

EA Defer

[royal acorn]

no matter what, we’ve done all we’ve cannn

oh sweet

[frosty owl]

mass deferral kinda defeats the point of ea

i want a decision early

not early inaction lmao

[halcyon glade]

gl to everyone applying ❤️

[serene tinsel]

yeahh

[fast socket]

so true

[serene tinsel]

a few risers got into MIT post deferral so i hold some hope

[fast socket]

like 200/700 seats are for defers so its still decent i think

[surreal eagle]

!mit

[kind karma]

MIT Decision Date

MIT decisions come out <t:1678832880> in your local time
5 hours and 8 seconds until the decision date

[frosty owl]

anyone here doing biomed?

[waxen harbor]

yep

[frosty owl]

or bioeng*

[slim charm]

basically given my demographic, state, gender and spots already filled by ea I'm looking at trying to get one of 7 spots left.

[next hinge]

molecular bio + cs (comp bio)

[frosty owl]

lmao so specific

[slim charm]

just math.

keeps it real

[frosty owl]

way i see it

you either get accepted or rejected

[steep vine]

wtf are you people on about

[serene tinsel]

or waitlisted

[steep vine]

bro thinks they’re counting 💀

“oh man we already accepted one person from California…. we can only accept 2 more before we hit the limit!”

insane amounts of cope

[frosty owl]

bro even accounted for demographic lmao

[steep vine]

why can’t you guys just take your Ls with dignity and grace

stop coming up with random excuses

[next hinge]

i mean MIT had admitted 4-5 ppl from india with remarkable consistency

[next hinge]

lower maybe but never higher

[steep vine]

4-5 qualified people bruv

idk what to tell you

[next hinge]

it can be correlation, but it doesnt indicate causation

[steep vine]

no

[slim charm]

of course not. But we do have data from the past. It's not so specific I know, but just looking at patterns from the past...

[frosty owl]

how many ppl are on the indian imo team?

[steep vine]

you have no idea why they were admitted

[hazy lagoon]

!mit

[kind karma]

MIT Decision Date

MIT decisions come out <t:1678832880> in your local time
4 hours, 55 minutes and 10 seconds until the decision date

[steep vine]

you don’t have their file

you can’t link anything to anything

you barely have any data and you’re trying to draw solid conclusions

[next hinge]

so yh maybe it is just a coincidence

[steep vine]

that’s not how that works

[slim charm]

It's not about why... it's just about outcomes.... more correlation rather than causation.

[waxen gorge]

looking at patterns (i'm going insane over portal astrology and outcomes)

[steep vine]

bro 🗿

[unkempt dust]

did any of y’all do a music/maker portfolio

[grave river]

it wont let me

[steep vine]

hold on there’s actually an mit blog post about this

[steep vine]

maybe if y’all hear it from the school you’ll listen

https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/the-difficulty-with-data/

[fresh kelp]

How many people from this discord do you think will get in? My guess is 6.

[frosty owl]

a2c has a slightly better chance overall

cuz we're a self selected group

[steep vine]

u just don’t know why people are picked

they have different criteria every year

[serene tinsel]

more people are getting in from this discord than my country 💀

[steep vine]

just chill

[grave river]

well given how caltech turned out, and accounting for a relatively larger application pool and class size, ig we could say 8ish

[royal gull]

same

india?

[frosty owl]

also less ppl applied to mit cuz test required

jee air 1 def gonna get in lmao

[grave river]

still it was 20k+ iirc

[serene tinsel]

yeah

[slim charm]

yeah. correlation. not causation.

[steep vine]

but bro ur like “because of x things i have low chance” and it’s like bruh

that is not how they’re picking

look

u are probably very smart and have a good shot at MIT

but trying to pull together random factors and guess your chances ain’t the way

[royal gull]

bro literally contradicted themselves

you aint smart if you are doing the later, smh

[steep vine]

meh

[meager skiff]

!mit

[kind karma]

MIT Decision Date

MIT decisions come out <t:1678832880> in your local time
4 hours, 49 minutes and 31 seconds until the decision date

[royal gull]

all the best guys

[steep vine]

the chance mindset hits everyone at some point

[royal gull]

me included

[steep vine]

I don’t consider it a reflection of intelligence

[vestal notch]

"according to my calculations mit is only accepting 15 more geminis into their school" 🤓

[royal gull]

!midtech

[frosty owl]

someone gotta do !mit when there's exactly 3 hours and 14 minuets left lmao

[fierce rapids]

id be happy if i got into mit

[small forge]

[royal gull]

I was cracking a zoke

[fierce rapids]

but i already got into one of my top schools so i dont mind

[steep vine]

oh my bad 💀

[fast shard]

!mit

[kind karma]

MIT Decision Date

MIT decisions come out <t:1678832880> in your local time
4 hours, 48 minutes and 48 seconds until the decision date

[royal gull]

all good

[steep vine]

oh this is a good one

4 48 48

[fierce rapids]

so uh

since we have a couple of hours

wtf is tau

ive never used it before in math

[vestal notch]

torque

[fierce rapids]

wait rly?

[vestal notch]

or a diff variable for time sometimes lol

[fierce rapids]

how is tau 6.28 tho

[vestal notch]

nah sometimes in physics

oh lmao

i have no idea

tau is 2 times pi

[modern turtle]

Tau is just 2pi

[next hinge]

its just 2pi, ratio of circumference to radius of circle iirc

[fierce rapids]

when do u use it tho

[frosty owl]

duh are yall dumb or something, yall never used the equation tau*radius to find the circumference of a circle

[waxen gorge]

it's like a more convenient version of pi basically

[frosty owl]

💀

[fierce rapids]

i always used 2pir

[next hinge]

lol we just use 2 pi r

[waxen gorge]

it doesn't have conventional use as long as people use pi and teach it

[frosty owl]

(its a joke)

[waxen gorge]

because 2pi = tau

but people want to get rid of pi and replace it w tau

[fervent junco]

What schools are e and c

[waxen gorge]

monsters university

[royal gull]

from

[fervent junco]

What are people here if there are already committed

[sharp karma]

C is Canisus

E idk

[fervent junco]

Is casinius like an inside joke?

[sharp karma]

💀

Its an actual college

in NY

[fervent junco]

Ik but why would they choose it for C

[small forge]

MIT accept for world peace

[timber urchin]

Maybe if I boost the MIT 2027 discord they’ll admit me

[ruby stag]

cassini 😭

[slim charm]

thanks

[gilded forge]

The server is already boosted to level 3 lol

[small forge]

That MIT money✨ paying for boosts

[tardy igloo]

MIT endowment 😒

[small forge]

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I won't get in, but I'll keep spamming the command

[waxen gorge]

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[snow thunder]

I mean didn’t MIT say this was exactly why they need to see high test scores … to identify people from those areas who are capable

[waxen gorge]

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[minor isle]

Around 1.8 last year

Nearly 10k deferred and I think between 160 and 180 accepted in rd

176/9488 to be exact

[solid jolt]

actually i’m pretty sure being from a low-performing area is a benefit

[steep vine]

who knows

[minor isle]

It def can be, but you also have less resources

[mint swift]

… calypso this is an extremely condescending thing to imply

[steep vine]

maybe this year they’ll be like “all of our deferred students are so good that we accepted all of them”

oh I’m just ignoring calypso lmfao

[snow thunder]

https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/we-are-reinstating-our-sat-act-requirement-for-future-admissions-cycles/

Like this article details how being from those underprivileged areas + having high test scores is what they want to admit

[steep vine]

that’s just a humble bragger trying to get attention

[lone gull]

all 12k of them

[steep vine]

yessir

[minor isle]

How many people applied early

This time

I know 6k less applicants overall

[gilded forge]

y’all worried too much about the numbers

[mint swift]

sure, most people don’t go to private schools . but acting like nothing is your fault and saying “other unmotivated people drag me down” is ridiculous

[steep vine]

calypso acting like they even looked at her stats twice

u in the reject pile with the rest of us girl

[lone gull]

bruh

[gaunt zenith]

bro what

[tardy igloo]

6k less applicants 💀

This year's pool is not bad

[solid jolt]

i mean yeah u don’t have certain resources but it’s not like anyone else in ur area is gonna have those resources either and they aren’t gonna directly compare the kid w 2 aps at his school to the prep school mf from new jersey 😭

[weak thicket]

is LA confirmed?

[snow thunder]

exactly

[minor isle]

oh i absolutely agree

[snow thunder]

like you cannot possibly be blaming your low income peers for not spending their lives doing math competitions

if that area is truly underprivileged, kids have way bigger worries like working jobs to stay financially afloat than college apps

and if you're fortunate enough to have that time for stacking your resume, that's an advantage and you will stand out

[lone gull]

exactly
it may only be a benefit for the how many minutes they'll spend looking at your application
and then they admit you and give you a shitty financial aid package

[gilded forge]

Huh

[tardy igloo]

Rip the person who brought that one up is getting memed on

[gilded forge]

why would they give you a poor financial aid package if you’re poor

[fierce rapids]

the last person from my school who got into mit which was like 5 years ago cried whenever she got an A on a test 💀

[lone gull]

because they do
maybe they don't
but maybe they do

[gilded forge]

That’s not how it works

If you get a not good financial aid package, chances are you have some kind of money

[tardy igloo]

https://tenor.com/view/touching-grass-touch-gif-21219969

[gaunt zenith]

not all schools guarantee full need met

very few do

[lone gull]

true true

[tardy igloo]

I mean depends on the school doesn't it

[gilded forge]

This is mit lol

[tame stag]

If you're not an Olympiad winner and haven't gotten an interview and you're also international you're most definitely not getting in correct? I just wanna stop the delusion and go to sleep. I have a game tomorrow and decisions come out at 2 am for me

[gilded forge]

What country

[tardy igloo]

Fair enough

[waxen gorge]

just go to sleep and open it tomorrow

[fierce rapids]

ive participated in an olympiad. haven't won one tho 😜

[tame stag]

Iran

[gaunt zenith]

for mit interviews are def just based on availability

[fierce rapids]

wait actually i have

[lone gull]

this is true
but chances are that you have money in like physical things (idk the actual term for this) like the house that you live in

[gaunt zenith]

so don't worry about that part

[fierce rapids]

nvm

[gaunt zenith]

assets?

[gilded forge]

What are you even saying

[waxen gorge]

i think they mean assets or whatever

[gilded forge]

MIT doesn’t use your primary home as an asset

if you have a second home or more, you have assets yes

[waxen gorge]

but if you were actually poor you would not have a good primary home in an area with low-income people

[gilded forge]

$300 in a bank account will not become give us $150

[tame stag]

AFAIK it's different for internationals. Especially ppl from my country because there aren't many applicants.

[tardy igloo]

Who cares about any of this 💀

[devout field]

this whole server needs to touch grass tbh

[fierce rapids]

Omg guys we might never find out about our mit results!!

[waxen gorge]

tbh psychologically i don't blame people here for having ridiculous anxiety over college admissions because a2c and other people foster a toxic mentality that if you don't get into a top university your life is over

and it's not like you can tell them to just stop worrying

[tame stag]

I haven't because I graduated 2 years early and my country only allows juniors to participate but i skipped my junior year😭

[waxen gorge]

they just have to see it for themselves

[waxen gorge]

SOPHOMORE GRADUATE?

[snow thunder]

💀

[minor isle]

!mit

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[snow thunder]

maybe ill be happier like that

[waxen gorge]

420

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420420420420420420420

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NOO

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[steep vine]

you sold

YO

[serene tinsel]

My name is Walter Hartwell White

[tame stag]

No I went to high school for 3 years instead of 4 and skipped junior year. Also skipped a year in middle/elementary school but I don't think that matters

[devout field]

yeah but that’s the thing, we’re all screaming into an echo chamber that if we don’t end up at a t20 we fail. i don’t blame anyone either for the mentality because it’s not our fault we think like this

[gilded forge]

Whose fault is it do you think

[steep vine]

bro just casually skipping years

[waxen gorge]

parents & competitive schools & online echo chambers

[gilded forge]

online echo chambers = a2c

[waxen gorge]

basically

[gilded forge]

aka which you decided to join

[waxen harbor]

fav singers

[gilded forge]

a2c has a circlejerk mentality, most ppl w the mindset like being other ppl w the same mindset

[waxen gorge]

i already have most of my schools i'm just here to suffer with other people instead of being the only person i know applying to a school

[gilded forge]

like some of y'all join this server as hs freshmen

[tame stag]

What does it have to do with the country? Interviews are more important for ppl outside of the US/UK/CA?

[gilded forge]

olympiads

a large chunk of iran admits im p sure are olympiaders

[tardy igloo]

Funny thing is I don't think the a2c tryharding really gets you anywhere

[gilded forge]

it doesnt

[tardy igloo]

College isn't as great as everyone here thinks it is™️

[minor isle]

ppl from iran or just ppl who are ethnically iranian

[gilded forge]

from iran

[waxen gorge]

the only good tryharding got me was financial aid / merit aid which i think is worth it in of itself but other than that agree

[frosty owl]

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[tardy igloo]

Schools on their way to give shit all for merit aid

[waxen gorge]

fsu's merit aid got me down to 4k

[tardy igloo]

I'll be real most schools outside of like T30 give dogshit finaid

[waxen gorge]

which i'll gladly take

[tardy igloo]

Unless they're in state

[waxen gorge]

ahhhh

makes sense

i didnt apply much out of state because florida bright futures

[tardy igloo]

CSU gives the most dogshit financial aid packages I've ever seen 💀

[minor isle]

bright futures op

[tame stag]

All of them actually. But they're all the same person even from the same school lol. I mean there's no diversity so I might have a chance 😭

[gilded forge]

maybe

did you take calculus ?

[tardy igloo]

Mfw Cal Poly is twice the cost of Berkeley and Cal Poly's CoA is after work-study 💀

[tame stag]

Yeah we have a fixed curriculum you just declare a major based on your grades. My course rigor is the same as Olympiad winners. I also took the SAT which is something that most MIT admits from Iran didn't have. And basically 90 percent of Olympiad winners and MIT admits from here don't have high English proficiency test scores, just enough to pass the threshold (idek if these matter or not)

But at the end of the day they have an international Olympiad medal. And I don't.

[gilded forge]

they might ultimately stand a better chance than you

yes, you might get in

[tame stag]

Yeah obv

[gilded forge]

but given two students, one w that medal from another country, mit will probably favor that student

mit is known for collecting olympiad winners

[tame stag]

Last year they took 4. 3 of them were Olympiad winners. I don't know the 4th one.

[timber urchin]

!mit

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[timber urchin]

🤪

😬

[covert sentinel]

Thats like

1.5 a mimirs

[granite knoll]

pain

pain

more pain

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[ruby stag]

I’ll address this—I’m in no way implying that anyone is lesser from my area. Everyone I’ve met who vaguely knows of my area (and my friends can attest to this too) that is not in our area, has made a condescending remark towards me or my friends in some shape or form. This spans from students to adults to my literal harvard interviewer. This is why I was worried and I apologize it came off wrong

[serene tinsel]

my name is gustavo fring but you can call me gus

[waxen gorge]

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[ruby stag]

I know people in my area are very capable because I actively work with a bunch of people from my school (peers and admins), district, and state to improve the conditions down here

I haven’t done a ton of olympiads, nobody I know of has done a ton of olympiads, a lot of academic preparatory activities aren’t available down here, but what I do find I try my best to share with others

I’m sorry if that came off badly

I’m by no means rich either. I work a job and pay for most of my expenses, but I’m lucky that my parents are able to provide for me.

[fervent scarab]

anyone else periodically checking their portal for no reason?

[tame stag]

Even wo an interview? Are MIT interviews as important as Harvard's for intls

[tame stag]

It's the only portal I don't check I don't wanna get more hurt lol. MIT was the reason I decided to apply to the US in the first place 😭

Like it's been my dream school since forever

[fervent scarab]

its my dream school also but I've already accepted rejection with my QB not matching, EA defer, and my interview situation

[tame stag]

What interview situation? U didn't get one?

[tame stag]

Yeah I've kinda accepted it too.

[fervent scarab]

its a personal thing

[tame stag]

Ah ok

[lavish musk]

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[pine prism]

< 4 hours

frik

[royal gull]

Lowkey thought its a new one for a second??

lmao

[subtle lodge]

Wait, I remember petey came around here when EA admissions were released

Should I try to rickroll him? It would be funny (and he answered a few questions iirc)

[ruby stag]

woah huh

petey???

[subtle lodge]

Search from:petey#5430

[royal gull]

search from:687671286780133449

easier

[subtle lodge]

That too

[royal gull]

the discriminator selector doesn't work sometimes

[gilded forge]

OMG GIYS

ITS OUT

[weak thicket]

Go away.

[timber urchin]

Fuck off

[weak thicket]

Ban hammer

Someone

🙂

[slim hull]

don't

[royal gull]

does MIT actually have until may 3 unlike other schools?

intriguing

[slim hull]

just don't

[fervent junco]

“Join us for CP” 🤨

[subtle lodge]

lmfao

[weak thicket]

virtually

Obv during pandemic

[tame stag]

Do they email you to check ur status or not

[timber urchin]

You read too much true crime stuff if you know what that stands for

[fervent junco]

Yeah but it’s usually late

[tame stag]

How late

A day or a few minutes

[fervent junco]

I remember Chicago sent me an email like an hours after I found out I was rejected

[tame stag]

They sent me an email 3 minutes after they released decisions lmao

[fervent junco]

Actually I exaggerated it was half an hour

[tame stag]

Ah ok makes sense

[fervent junco]

Did you get in or get waitlisted?

[tame stag]

Rejected

[fervent junco]

I was about to say that might’ve made a difference

[gilded forge]

no it doesnt make a difference lol

[tame stag]

I loved that place but they’re really competitive RD and also need aware😭

[main shuttle]

guys

how're we doing

[tame stag]

I'm falling asleep tbh

[fervent junco]

Need aware for internationals right?

[tame stag]

Yup

[fervent junco]

I feel like they have the endowment to be need blind

[subtle lodge]

MIT is need blind iirc

but not sure if you're talking about MIT or UChicago

[trail bone]

You mean the budget

Endowment =/= yearly spending

[fervent junco]

Whatever

[trail bone]

sometimes can be much lower than expected

[tame stag]

They received a 35m donation just for international students last year iirc

[obsidian vortex]

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[trail bone]

crazy

[pine prism]

does mit really admit donors?

[rain abyss]

i’m ready for my first rejection🥲

[main shuttle]

MIT is much more merit based I think

but

who knows

[fervent junco]

MIT probably has the most meritocratic admissions

[tame stag]

Please now I can't spend hours reading mit blogs anymore it's gonna hurt so much

[fervent junco]

No legacy, recruited athletes get little boost

[main shuttle]

guys just get off the internet for the next 3 hours

and chillax

[fast socket]

nah mit is still really holistic

[main shuttle]

till the decision comes

staying on here's just gonna make you more nervous

[tiny coyote]

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[fervent junco]

As in holistic do you mean considering residence/race etc

[fast socket]

zehderp i’ll see you at admitted students weekend 🙏

[fast socket]

no just in terms of personality/character over just achievment

[fervent junco]

I remember that interview was pretty high on their CDS

[smoky solar]

mit thread bouta be LIT

i didn't app here but imma see what happens

[lone tusk]

rejection thread about to go crazy

[main shuttle]

🥺

I sure hope so

[fast socket]

i think once you reach like a success threshold, mit will look at you more for the person you are then just what you did

[subtle lodge]

Madrid Institute of Technology 🔥🔥

[lone tusk]

same got too lazy to finish the supps

[main shuttle]

wanna meet you in person :O

[tame stag]

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[lone tusk]

my dad went to manipal institute of technology so he just tells everyone he went to MIT

[fervent junco]

They also say that if you did not receive an interview due to availability they don’t hold it against you

[main shuttle]

HAHA LMAO

that's amazing

[fervent junco]

Idk if they do screening for interviews

[main shuttle]

true but the thing is that

the people who did get an interview will have some benefit in that case

so while it isn't held against you

[fervent junco]

I doubt it since I got my interview like the day after

[main shuttle]

it won't give you the opportunity to get a benefit either

[subtle lodge]

I researched MIT admissions pretty heavily a few months ago because ADHD - from what I understand, honestly the most important part seems to be that you have the right personality and fit in well

[fervent junco]

But they have the self reported grades so I guess they can automatically screen

[subtle lodge]

If you look at their profile, they actually rate personality over grades, and MIT's 25th percentile on SAT math is like 791 lmao - you can tell that they really seem to care about that sort of thing

[fervent junco]

I should’ve retaken to bring my 790 to a 800

[subtle lodge]

Nah, it's fine

[fervent junco]

Does MIT have score choice?

[ruby stag]

actually?

[verbal skiff]

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[fierce rapids]

I’ve got a 34 on the act but I find myself good enough

Tbh

[verbal skiff]

damn missed it

[ruby stag]

it seems like they still value test scores a lot

[fierce rapids]

HAHA PI TIME RN

LMAO

[subtle lodge]

Seems so - the MIT 'applying sideways' article sums it up pretty well

[fervent junco]

Does MIT consider AP scores heavily

[subtle lodge]

They definitely do, just to be clear

[main shuttle]

pi time D:

[fervent junco]

If they do that’s good for me

[main shuttle]

it's 12:14 here

pst is so uncool

[subtle lodge]

It's just that they value both personality and grades very heavily

[ruby stag]

could you link it?

[subtle lodge]

It's not one or the other

[weak thicket]

😭

[verbal skiff]

cst is meh

[subtle lodge]

https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/applying_sideways/

[timber urchin]

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[ruby stag]

so it isn’t a huge disadvantage to not have a 1600

[fervent junco]

Test scores are still only a box-checker at MIT

[verbal skiff]

mountain time is TURNT though

[tame stag]

They could have a system like Yale to offer senior interviews to people in limited availability areas

[ruby stag]

i see

[subtle lodge]

As long as it's still a reasonably high score (especially on SAT math), it's probably fine

[fervent junco]

1600s are very rare

[verbal skiff]

and they still get rejected

[subtle lodge]

A 1580/1590 isn't a dealbreaker at all - in fact worrying about getting a score like that and not a 1600 is probably more of a red flag tbh

[ruby stag]

I hope my friend gets in then

[lone tusk]

Ngl this is cap they just say it to not scare people

[verbal skiff]

source: me in three hours 😻

[ruby stag]

she has a 1500 with a 760M and she’s the highest in our area

[fierce rapids]

Will I get rejected if I am not a nerd?

[clear gulch]

whats the expectation for one's reading score?

[ruby stag]

she’s the only other person who applied to mit here

[main shuttle]

guys

there is 0 point wondering about this stuff now

you will literally find out in 180 mins

[fervent junco]

Also area probably does factor into test score consideration

[verbal skiff]

watch the new 3b1b video instead :D

[pine prism]

😭

[fervent junco]

Like they will have higher expectations for a private school or wealth competitive public school student

[clear gulch]

does a 630 suffice?

[fierce rapids]

Guys we are one avengers infinity war away from finding out results woo!!

[weak thicket]

Based

[clear gulch]

790

[lone tusk]

the avg reading is 751, avg math is 791

[fervent junco]

To be honest it’s not great but it probably won’t keep you out

[lone tusk]

don’t quote me on that but I remember seeing it somewhere idk

[fierce rapids]

Literally who cares

[pine prism]

1420 seems a bit low though idk

[fervent junco]

My reading score is above AVG and math is AVG

[pine prism]

Anything above 25th percentile should be fine

[wise verge]

is 1500 good

[prisma palm]

the 25th percentile at mit is 1510

[weak thicket]

Does anyone know if subcommittee is 3 or 4 ppl for MIT

[verbal skiff]

do y'all have any plans for tonight

[pine prism]

depends on math score

[fierce rapids]

Binge watch obx

[pine prism]

if math is 780+ ur probably fine

[wise verge]

like 790

[fervent junco]

My school doesn’t really offer APs for anyone below a junior so I only submitted 4 AP scores and only 2 were STEM

[smoky solar]

haha same

[tame stag]

My math is above average my EBRW is below average 😭

[smoky solar]

i had 790 math and 720 eng

didn't app MIT tho

[lone gull]

cry and then cram for my exams tmrw

[pine prism]

I have 800 math 780 eng

[wise verge]

how is 800 possible

[fervent junco]

I have the oppposite

[main shuttle]

one math question gave me -200

*-20

for some reason

[smoky solar]

stop the flex

[weak thicket]

800M 770Eng 😦

[main shuttle]

sorry

[wise verge]

I thought that everthing was easy and 790 two times

[subtle lodge]

From what I've heard, they only reconsider if it's below 750, but tbf I think it's a bit higher than that. 770 seems like a safe bet though

[main shuttle]

ok guys seriously though just chill 😭

it's three hours away

you can do this

🫡

[fervent junco]

I think it’s partially luck with the scale

Sometimes it just takes who small mistake and misread one question to not get 800

[coarse void]

790 math 680 english

[main shuttle]

i'm sure you're all wonderful applicants and did the best you could with what you had

so

just wait for the decision

and what happens happens

[subtle lodge]

^

[weak thicket]

Bro is an undercover therapist

[fervent junco]

Do colleges hold internationals to a different standard for SAT English?

[main shuttle]

MIT will not make or break your life

[verbal skiff]

go listen to sos three times in a row

[main shuttle]

that is up to you

[ruby stag]

did you submit a TOEFL

[fervent junco]

I’m not international I’m just curious

[ruby stag]

Oh

[tame stag]

Please I wanna know this too

[subtle lodge]

Even if you don't get in - there are many other insanely great universities that might also want to accept you, and you can always try to transfer / apply for grad school / etc. later on

[main shuttle]

this -- and especially for most STEM fields, your undergrad is almost meaningless

your grad school is what people really look at

or your PHD if you choose to do that

[subtle lodge]

Why am I providing advice I'm a sophomore who hasn't even applied anywhere-

h

[main shuttle]

bc you're wise 🥰

[verbal skiff]

no one can take what we've done away from us

[main shuttle]

👍

[fervent junco]

Unless you go to a community college I wouldn’t recommend going to a college with the sole goal of transferring

[main shuttle]

regardless of if MIT judges you worthy or not by their nebulous standards

[subtle lodge]

I ran in front of a bus today as it was leaving the stop and nearly got ran over

[main shuttle]

what you have done will always stay with you

including everything you have learned from it

[ruby stag]

https://www.collegetransitions.com/blog/mit-transfer-acceptance-rate-requirements-application-deadlines/

[main shuttle]

and the changes you have internalized from it

[tame stag]

I did
My English score isn't bad I got a 720 but it's lower than the average at some schools.
My toefl score is really high though. Will it compensate for the English score?

[main shuttle]

oh boy

[ruby stag]

Yes

[main shuttle]

glad to hear you escaped unharmed though lol

[tame stag]

Alright cool

[clear gulch]

how many ppl with a 1500+ (780+ M and 720+ Eng) do they reject?

[smoky solar]

probably a lot

[tame stag]

So many.

[subtle lodge]

I mean, most, but it's not the only factor

[timber urchin]

I low key got the perfect SAT split for MIT

Barring a better/perfect score

[main shuttle]

ok y'all I'm out, see you guys at tau time :)

best of luck in advance

[timber urchin]

Gl!

[main shuttle]

I hope all of you succeed

from the bottom of my heart

[pine prism]

❤️

[indigo knoll]

thanks!

I'm not hoping for much

[dapper sedge]

oftentimes, the only way you can do research (especially wet lab research) at that level is if you know someone who works there

[verbal skiff]

you too 😌

[pine prism]

we're all getting in 😎

[clear gulch]

so even if I had a perfect SAT score i still probably wont get in, right?

[subtle lodge]

Good luck everybody

[indigo knoll]

your essays worth a LOT in consideration

[smoky solar]

cya bois

i'll check back in

[tame stag]

I wanna watch a show but it'll take 1 hour so I'm saving that for 1am an hour before the decisions are out

[smoky solar]

3 hours

[fervent junco]

No SAT score can get you in anywhere

[subtle lodge]

Totally depends on your application and what AOs thought of it - realistically speaking, there's a high chance you won't get in, but that's simply because of how unbelievably competitive MIT admissions is, and you're already probably doing much better than other applicants

[dapper sedge]

so to all the juniors in here, don't freak out about not having T5 research. a lot of people don't.

[modern glen]

GL yall

[verbal skiff]

got an email w/ the subject line "congrats on you [sic] admission" and got so excited

[subtle lodge]

Don't lose hope though

[verbal skiff]

unc is fucking w me

[indigo knoll]

they designate personal qualities under the category for most important factors of consideration

[dapper sedge]

ACK sorry what was it about?

[verbal skiff]

enviro health assured enrollment

went out at pi time too 😩

[covert sentinel]

a mimir time besties have a picture
gl <3

[subtle lodge]

Good luck

[ruby stag]

is ISSYP due tonight?

[pine prism]

off topic I've lowkey been waiting for this moment since I learned about mit 7 years ago. it's so surreal

[ruby stag]

(if anyone applied)

[indigo knoll]

what's issyp

[verbal skiff]

now we're here and i feel numb?

that'll change in the next few hours

[naive mantle]

I think that it is March 16th

[tame stag]

They won't know the true qualities though.

[fervent junco]

This is kind of sad TBH

[pine prism]

yeah in the 5% chance I get in that would probably be the highlight of my life so far

[ruby stag]

alright then i’ll postpone it a few days

[verbal skiff]

very!

my living situation was pretty awful then so it was a coping thing

[tame stag]

Not to be that guy but an imo medal winner said the most homophobic thing known to man to me and he's at MIT rn lmao.

[atomic phoenix]

Damn that’s commitment, hoping things are better for you now

[fervent junco]

I remember in sophomore year my dream school was brown and I didn’t even apply

[timber urchin]

Brown is overrated fr

[pine prism]

nah brown is great bc open curriculum

[atomic phoenix]

I used to be obsessed with MIT, I did several chancemes where people kept telling me I’d get rejected.

And now here we are the date of, and I don’t even want to go anymore.

[pine prism]

chance me's suck don't listen to them

[timber urchin]

That’ll def change if you get in

[waxen gorge]

chancemes are silly

[indigo knoll]

Essays are nonetheless still one of the only ways for an applicant to demonstrate unique qualities and personality, other than through the interview

[fervent junco]

An MIT student did a chanceme post and everyone said they had no shot lmao

[indigo knoll]

I concur

[atomic phoenix]

I remember that!

Loved that post lol it gave me so much hope.

[fervent junco]

He also had a 3.7 GPA if you guys want a reason to hope

[atomic phoenix]

Yeah but his essays must’ve been fire

And mine were not 😭😭😭

[pine prism]

my essays were so bad ugh

[subtle lodge]

Not an MIT AO or anything, but.. as long as your grades are good, you're nice and you seem like you'd fit in well, and you do the things you do out of passion - there's honestly a pretty high chance you'll get in

[indigo knoll]

of course

[pine prism]

idk why i procrastinated mit of all schools

[indigo knoll]

Just remember that the people who get in MIT aren't always the most cracked applicants

[subtle lodge]

And even if that doesn't sound like you, there are tons of other great universities, and way more opportunities to get into MIT later (transfer, grad school, etc.)

[dapper sedge]

my friend and I pranked my interviewer lol

[fervent junco]

My GPA is probably my biggest detriment but I have a strong upward trend

[dapper sedge]

it was cute I think

[indigo knoll]

well they are

[pine prism]

same

[atomic phoenix]

Same

I got a C in AP Calc AB

I’m so screwed :)

[pine prism]

actually my biggest detriment is my lack of olympiad medals as a math applicant lol

[fervent junco]

What year did you take it

[indigo knoll]

I went from a high 3.7 to high 3.8

[atomic phoenix]

Junior year

[waxen gorge]

tbh i'm just going to apply for mit grad school or whatever

[subtle bramble]

!mit

[kind karma]

MIT Decision Date

MIT decisions come out <t:1678832880> in your local time
2 hours, 55 minutes and 5 seconds until the decision date

[waxen gorge]

mit has a lot more grad school spaces

[gilded forge]

Chat is fr deranged

[fervent junco]

That’s probably harder to get into

[pine prism]

^^