Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (2023-2024)

[flint wigeon]

FUN comes out mid jan right?

[eternal jasper]

yeah, hopefully sooner than later

[placid flower]

AH FUCK

is there any way to go back from the payment portal

aaaaaaaaaaa

I need to edit one date

I forgot

[placid flower]

I am fucked 😭😭

Would have to probably send them a mail

[sand lance]

how to refer to a scientist in the supps? for ex: Isaac Newton, Mr Newton, Dr Newton, Prof Newton...

putting this here since caltech chnl is inactive af

maybe im just overthinking it

[flint wigeon]

id put Dr. / Professor if theyre a faculty at the uni or like by full/last name if they are famous like newton or einstein or wtv

[indigo sparrow]

be fast

[austere vapor]

1/15 probably

[turbid barn]

I would say for the why mit, it’s just as much why major as it is how you would fit at mit

[spring basin]

what is the specific time for the deadline on the 4th ?

11:59 pm est?

[royal badger]

Yes

[radiant pivot]

got a request for an MIT interview 😳

[foggy notch]

pog! Best of luck, they're super nice

[modern lava]

Real

[flint wigeon]

good luck!

[outer hollow]

if im team captain of tennis and i have that as an activity but i genuinely enjoy playing for fun, can I write about that for my activity or would they discourage that? i didnt mention my team or anything and just talked about why i love playing and watching the pro tour. issue is idk what else to fill it with cuz literally all of my hobbies are my activities on the MIT application lmao, and tennis something i literally just do for fun

[junior heath]

gl!!!

[outer hollow]

@modern lava did you write about something that wasn't on your app?

[modern lava]

Since I applied through QB, I didn't have to write that essay

[outer hollow]

oh yeah forgot about that lmao

[coarse fjord]

wait what question is this

[outer hollow]

i have another topic i could write about but it still vaguely relates to another activity i have

[modern lava]

The one about something you do for thr pleasure of it

[coarse fjord]

ohhh

[modern lava]

Don't overthink it

[junior heath]

write on something not showcased anywhere else

[coarse fjord]

i talked about something not on my activities or ecs or honors if that's what u mean

it was like super random

[outer hollow]

nah the thing that annoys me is everything in my activities section is what i enjoy and do for fun

[junior heath]

not academic really

something unique to you

[coarse fjord]

i talk about this comic i like

[junior heath]

just the one comic or do you have a habit of being interested in comics

[outer hollow]

like my whole personality is minecraft, tennis, coding, and math bruh. i could write about music and how i like to compose music, but again i do that for my minecraft server lol and i was in band (tho thats not on my app for mit)

[junior heath]

literally

[coarse fjord]

just the one comic lol

[junior heath]

you found your topic

[coarse fjord]

or it's like a series ig

oh bro im not asking for help

i got in ea lol

[junior heath]

oh

i see

lmfao 💀

mb

[coarse fjord]

ur good haha i was just confused

[junior heath]

this is literally so unique and cool wtf

[outer hollow]

i'll prob write about music cuz i dont have that on my mit app, though i was gonna but my noteblock songs in my MIT maker portfolio that im doing for my server

fun fact is i have perfect pitch too, i was decent at band but i quit after my freshman year

[junior heath]

are you submitting any other portfolio?

[outer hollow]

no

[junior heath]

you
are literally undermining yourself so hard

[junior heath]

then why not
it seems impressive

[coarse fjord]

i agree w/ oats tho dont overthink

u got this!!

[junior heath]

it seems to me like youve already found a topic you can easily fill the word count with

[outer hollow]

i think ill write about the music cuz its not really anywhere else on my app, the AOs dont look at the maker portfolio

[junior heath]

okay

one thing

dont think about what the AOs want to see

think about what youre passionate about

[outer hollow]

i do enjoy music and noteblock songs lol so i dont mind writing about it, i dont wanna repeat myself with the tennis stuff

i do mention how i became a tennis enthusiast briefly in another essay anyways

[junior heath]

the music thing seems like a great topic

i believe in u 🙏

[outer hollow]

my whole app is based around my minecraft server i started in 9th grade and how that led me to find my passion for programming lol its funny, never thought that it would work out like that

[outer hollow]

thank you 🙏

[normal fjord]

If my music portfolio is like 7 minutes long but MIT wants 10 minutes is it still worth submitting? It’s pretty good

[slow saddle]

when r letter of recs due

[ember star]

p sure its the 4th right

[normal fjord]

theyre not due on the deadline but get them submitted asap

[indigo sparrow]

I hope I get one

[bitter cape]

where do you add like dual enrollment classes into MIT application?

[median shard]

Hii, is it okay if my MIT adversity essay is completely academic?

[coarse fjord]

yeah dw i wrote about my research

[hollow sedge]

Same place you self report grades

Put the name of the DE college in the course name column as well

[bitter cape]

like jus add teh school here?

[hollow sedge]

No in the coursework section

[bitter cape]

sooooooo, you don't add your community colleges name here that u took course work from

[neon cipher]

gg got my interview :P and idk how to survive it

[bitter cape]

do they ask hard questions in interview

[neon cipher]

no idea :P

im just hoping its not like those weird stanford interview questions

[bitter cape]

waht are those

[neon cipher]

normal questions + one quirky question like 💀 i got asked what would i do with million dollars and what slogan would i go by

[bitter cape]

bro

i can't answer that stuff on teh spot

[bitter cape]

what is a normal question, i dont think i can answer those either

[neon cipher]

same here but like typical questions could be like "What do you hope to gain from going to (insert college name)"

[coarse fjord]

not really imo but it prob depends interviewer to interviewer

[neon cipher]

^ that too

[bitter cape]

how am i meant to specifiy like semesters?

also is history a social science?

[wind cedar]

hah lol

they're not accepting my 26 act 🤣

[indigo sparrow]

oof

yeah I'm reading the common data set the average is like a 35

[wind cedar]

ya even tho i had legit circumstances taking that test sick and fasting lol

and our tests got messed up

by act

[neon cipher]

:P they accepted peopel with lower acts

[wind cedar]

but a 26????? LOL

[neon cipher]

yeah .-.

[wind cedar]

i dont believe this loool

[neon cipher]

also someone with a 2.9 gpa (not an athelte btw)

[lilac plover]

Is anyone here an admitted MIT student?

[neon cipher]

mit cares more about your character than your stats. its their number one consideration (according to common data set) and its shown clearly when people who have hella high gpas don't make it in when someone with a 2.9 gpa makes it in .-.

caltech :P is more balanced and care about your stats a little more than character

[indigo sparrow]

WELL I really hope they like my character because I'm counting on that

[neat hollow]

how do u know this. crazy

[neon cipher]

.-. ik a friend of this guy

[cedar hornet]

i mean just have fun with these right

[cedar hornet]

who is making it into mit with a 2.9 gpa?

[neon cipher]

.-. Someone I know (not in server)

[neon cipher]

I don’t get why this is that surprising 💀

[cedar hornet]

imo medalist/isef finalist/ something like that?

[neon cipher]

Not sure

He’s a friend of a friend so don’t know too much

[cedar hornet]

bc the average gpa of accepted students is a 3.95

[neon cipher]

Fair enough

[cedar hornet]

when the average gpa of accepted students is 3.95 and the average sat is a 1550

[coarse fjord]

honestly i didnt know so many kids had 4.0s

like so many schools are A = 4.0

[cedar hornet]

grade inflation is crazy lol

[cedar hornet]

yea

[coarse fjord]

100 = 4.0 at mine 💀

[remote adder]

did yall list casual stuff for the summer activities section? i have a left over space and i dont know whether to put a hobby or a stem activity that kinda repeats one of my 4 main activities but is a more specific part of it

[pale plaza]

What email does it come from

[coarse fjord]

uhh i talked about my volunteering stuff

but i think anything works, maybe a hobby to not repeat info and show a diff side of u tho?

[hollow sedge]

i listed a few summer camps/programs and also listed my vacations

[exotic briar]

I put a vacation 😎

[paper oak]

mit only takes 4 ecs?

[junior heath]

yeah

[modern lava]

Yes

[indigo sparrow]

goddammit I only put two on

fun form

fun form time

[solemn bone]

how did you guys tackle the 2 community essays they feel pretty similar

is one more collaboration focused and the other just more what you have learned

[indigo sparrow]

yeah

[solemn bone]

ok gotcha thank you!!

wait do you think it would be okay to talk about the same community if the essays are pretty different in terms of takeaway

[oak shore]

starting my essays now

🔥

[vast steppe]

are the summer activities only for summer of 2023

[radiant pivot]

Just an interviewer's email

[austere flint]

If I don't self report scores for a couple of AP exams that I took, will MIT assume I didn't take them?

[stoic frost]

mit app is due jan 4 at 11:59 the latest right

[remote adder]

yeah thank you!! i decided to go with a more casual entry

[remote adder]

yes

[remote adder]

no it refers to all high school summers

[hard shard]

yup

[outer hollow]

do the non-scholastic awards all have to be serious? i have one really good one, but besides that i could put "voted most likely to attend an ivy league school" lol

[atomic vapor]

does mit portal crash usually?

finished w essays but still tinkering w activity list -- does it need to be in like, tonight?

[paper oak]

when are hs grades + letters of rec due for mit btw?

[crisp bay]

Yes

[atomic vapor]

wait really

when does it crash omg

[crisp bay]

Late

[atomic vapor]

Wait so if I submit in the morning, I’m good?

[crisp bay]

Prolly

[atomic vapor]

Literally have no capacity to finalize this activity list rn

ty

[crisp bay]

WAIT

WHAT TIME IS IT FOR U

IDK IF MIT SUBMITS AT 11:59 PM ON JAN 3 OR JAN 4

NOOOO

@atomic vapor

COME BACK I REFUSE TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR CAUSING U TO MISS A DEADLINE

[indigo sparrow]

can I put new extracurriculars on the fun form

[atomic vapor]

jan 4!

and it's ET but grace period afaik

ty for caring though !! ❤️

[atomic vapor]

yeah, list any significant updates

[indigo sparrow]

great

I still have a chance to try to get in (intl admissions kick ASS)

[flint wigeon]

😭

MIT intl rates are the sole reason for my poor mental health

but its ok

bouta write a banger FUN form

[indigo sparrow]

good luck

I'mma fight tooth and nail to get in

time to win a Olympiad fr fr

Fuck it we ball with Computational Thinking

[pastel ibex]

should I even be putting usaco silver in

I swear I'm gonna get rejected for that honor

[indigo sparrow]

put it in

[junior heath]

do it

Pikachu got into stanford with usaco silver

[indigo sparrow]

it will increase chances a bit

[tardy pulsar]

whats the rate for intls

[junior heath]

https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=MIT+International+acceptance+rate

[eternal jasper]

bruh some of us have never heard of usaco until recently put that shit in

[pastel ibex]

ok I will 🥹

thanks for the words of affirmation guys

[tardy pulsar]

wow thank you

[junior heath]

:)

[pastel ibex]

for this part of the research supp, if I have an internship elective but the lab does not advertise/reach out to our school, would it stil count as connected?

[wanton obsidian]

do you think it is a good idea to talk about my MUN experience? (I have also worked in hosting one with 150+ delegates). The reason why I am not sure is bc it is not such a techy thing, not sure tho

[junior heath]

elective is connected to your school, no?

[junior heath]

they dont want a group of people who only love tech
if you think you have a unique experience to add, go for it

[wanton obsidian]

oki, thanks!

[pastel ibex]

hmm maybe, it's a period where we can and have to do an internship, but that all depends on whether we get an internship in the first place. Often it will be the first time someone has interned at a specific company/lab etc

[junior heath]

is it through your school though

[pastel ibex]

as in like our school will inform us of these specific research opportunities at specific labs/programs?

[junior heath]

so

your school informs you of them

[pastel ibex]

no

[junior heath]

and you apply independently?

how does it work

[pastel ibex]

we are not informed of specific labs/programs

so we have to hunt on our own for one

but in order for the internship class to recognize the internship there has to be some legal paperwork done after u apply for the school and internship to be "connected" ig

such confusion 🗿

[junior heath]

yeah um

im really not sure

¯_(ツ)_/¯

sorry i cannot help D:

[wanton obsidian]

how many years of summer activities should I list on the MIT portal?

[carmine hill]

are mit applications due local time or EST?

[flint wigeon]

est

[carmine hill]

cool

[modern lava]

Gl y'all 🫡

[viral quarry]

do i put a research internship that i did for two summers under my normal activities section or the summer activities section

[night jolt]

i put paid research internships in work

idk

[neat hollow]

yo yall know how we shld approach teh activities section

i was lookin at reddit and a lotta were putiting more ig not major related things like marching band

and were recommending to do that

[viral quarry]

mine was unpaid so that's why i was hesitating to put it in work

[ionic spindle]

I love MITs questions

they are so casual

and easy

[neat hollow]

anyone have any insight into this?

[ionic spindle]

Write what is most important to you

That is my opinion

[neat hollow]

i mean ofc but idk im prettyy split between a major an dnon major activity for my last because i appreciate them both in diff ways

[ionic spindle]

Which one improves your application more?

Does one of them show a different aspect of your personality?

[neat hollow]

just based off "numbers" I would say the major one

[neat hollow]

i think they both do in a some way

so ig teh major one is better

[neat hollow]

i did a pretty big summer program, should i mention that here and then elaborate in addt info?

[warped sable]

hey lol i totally forgot to send out the recommenders requests is it actually over?

[fluid venture]

its joever

same, we thug it out

not much you can do, either
a) accept it and just go wherever you're accepted
b) get on knees and beg counsellor to rewrite before deadlines

[slow saddle]

same bro

[fluid venture]

then option a is best bet

then ur balling

perchance

[warped sable]

winter break too whats wrong w me

all good

midstitute of technology

it doesnt seem they accept recs after deadline either so

cant tell

[ionic spindle]

They don't generally

Can you call your recommender?

I know it is desperate, but might be worth the risk

[warped sable]

given i have to submit three

its probably not worth it

[neat hollow]

Pretty sure there is a grace period

As long as u put ur rec ppl on the form

They can submit it

[radiant pivot]

About to have my interview 🤩

[hidden wraith]

It's not a good idea to put those in right...

[hollow sedge]

It's literally on the instructions why would it be a bad idea

[hidden wraith]

Do I get autorejected

[hollow sedge]

I put two vacations and two summer programs/camps there

[hidden wraith]

ok I'll put one vacation there.

[hidden wraith]

what do you put as the hours for vacation lol.

[hollow sedge]

"All" lmao

[charred musk]

oops i swapped 2 of the optional subsection scores on accident

am i screwed

[hidden wraith]

should I keep the main translator part lmao.

[hidden wraith]

oops email admissions.

Is QuestBridge CPS a Scholastic award?

[median grotto]

Should I include a scholarship which paid consulting for me here?

[hidden wraith]

yea sure

[median grotto]

shit.

If I did not list it, what happens?

[royal badger]

its nbd

[median grotto]

So like if I mentioned this elsewhere and then said none helped me, will they think I'm lying?

[warm lava]

can somebody with semester-based grading please screenshot a part of their self-reported coursework section? ty

like this?

[hollow sedge]

this is what i formatted for grade recieved

[outer hollow]

i have semester based classes but i just put A for all of them since i didnt ever have any changes between semesters

[hollow sedge]

how you format your grades is an extremely trivial part of your app dont worry about it

[outer hollow]

Lol for non scholastic awards at the very bottom past the actual awards i put that i got 2nd place at my summer internship's chess tournament lmao

[warm lava]

okay got you

[pastel ibex]

bro all my awards are just running

idk how I feel abt it

[outer hollow]

I have like one really good non-scholastic one, a couple tennis ones, and then my chess one lol

my scholastic awards are pretty crappy too, just things ive won from club related activities like quizbowl, local programming comps, etc

[hollow sedge]

if you won an a2c event you have my permission to put it in the non-scholastic awards section

[outer hollow]

lol what events does a2c have

[hollow sedge]

ive taken care of running a2c poker night and UHC

logistics is hard

[outer hollow]

im also tempted to put "voted most likely to attend an ivy league school" in the non scholastic as another joke

its not as funny as the chess one though so ill prob just leave it out

i got put in the yearbook for it lol

im really mad MIT doesnt have an intellectual experience essay, thats one of my best ones for other school and i think it would tie my whole app together and show one final perspective of me

[pastel ibex]

sending that to the one non-ivy t1 would be jokes

[outer hollow]

lol yeah

[warm lava]

did anyone with ap scholar w/ whatever bother putting it down? considering they already know our scores

[violet hill]

no

i wouldn't

[outer hollow]

did you put 2nd semester grades for this year in the self reported coursework

or is that something we give them with the FUN form

also, can we put things we did the summer before our freshman year in the summer activities section?

[indigo sparrow]

who wins: intl admissions or a good few students here

[neat hollow]

is 6-7 too many summer activitues

they have like unlimited spaces

[coarse fjord]

nah i think i put like 6

[coarse fjord]

i guess you can but im not sure they would care

[coarse fjord]

LOL i need to win with fafsa frfr

[neat hollow]

o nvm

idt it's unlimited

lol

it's like 6

[coarse fjord]

yeah i think max is 6

[hidden wraith]

So I got dorm superlatives, should I put them into non-schol or nah.

[indigo sparrow]

time to go win a Olympiad because that is the ONLY way I get in

[hidden wraith]

I got Kill them with kindness in 10th and most likely to be found in a bio lab in 11th.

[coarse fjord]

i put some tennis superlatives in non-schol

LOL the kill them with kindness is fun

[coarse fjord]

nah it's not

[indigo sparrow]

I'm a intl

[outer hollow]

yeah why not

i ended up removing it and putting my "first varsity win award" that i won my sophomore year at tennis banquet, shows my growth from a starting varsity player to winning junior and senior of the year the next years

[hidden wraith]

I'll put both in then. I was rlly confused lol.

[coarse fjord]

still lolol

look at the snake dude

[hidden wraith]

I only have 1 non-schol rn (x2 xc conference champion team)

[coarse fjord]

but yeah intl kinda sucks

sorry bro

[hidden wraith]

Should I split? The two xc awards I mean.

[outer hollow]

ayy tennis ftw

[hidden wraith]

I'm an intl and only ever won local/state olympiads.

[indigo sparrow]

sacrificing my right eye to get into MIT

[coarse fjord]

wym only ur my goat wtf

[coarse fjord]

classic asian behavior fr

[outer hollow]

i dont have any olys except usaco silver which i did tried for the first time this year

[outer hollow]

at least im 50% white too

lol

[coarse fjord]

💀

[hidden wraith]

Caltech app rlly made me nerd out. Not the same at MIT.

[coarse fjord]

i think mit cares less about race/ethnicity tho

[neat hollow]

for awards can i put like top x/y people

or do they just want name

[coarse fjord]

i did

[outer hollow]

my school is like 1% asian cuz im in arkansas, it will be a jump wherever i go to college lol

[indigo sparrow]

I do have one option to KINDA do a olympiad

[neat hollow]

o ok

[coarse fjord]

like t20 or t150

but up to u

[neat hollow]

ah i was gonna do 20/12000

or smth

[outer hollow]

i think i know almost every asian kid at my school, there are only 3 or 4 other vietnamese kids like me

[neat hollow]

is that okay

[coarse fjord]

oh yeah i did that for one of mine

i did like 20/12k

[indigo sparrow]

Computational Thinking Olympiad here we go

[outer hollow]

We need the video game olympiad

[coarse fjord]

not those #s but ykwim

[neat hollow]

bro's awards r wild

yea

i gotchu

[coarse fjord]

blud trust no they aint

[indigo sparrow]

Note: it is a Computational Thinking Olympiad where we computational Thinking science topics

like sstrophysics🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥

[coarse fjord]

uhh if u want i didnt have space + not related to my major so idk

[neat hollow]

nah i just saw the thing under

it said

if u wanna rpeort

u can

[coarse fjord]

oh

ngl i forgot everything about the app

[neat hollow]

ig i will my major is econ + ling so 💀

did u just apply?

[coarse fjord]

no i applied a while ago

[neat hollow]

ooo

i c

not EA?

[coarse fjord]

nah i ea

[neat hollow]

oh shi did u get in

[indigo sparrow]

I have the grades to get in but not the Fun Stuff

[neat hollow]

am i the only one doin RD 💀

[indigo sparrow]

I did RD

[coarse fjord]

yeye

[indigo sparrow]

Fighting John Tooth and Joe Nail, the Admission Officers of Doom

[coarse fjord]

i think a lot of kids applied rd

i just applied ea cuz i didnt want to rea or ed

[neat hollow]

whoa

bro's him

did u apply anywhere else RD

[indigo sparrow]

i should've did ea

[coarse fjord]

ye i did

[indigo sparrow]

everyone gets in that way istg

[neat hollow]

o nice is mit ur top choice?

[coarse fjord]

uhh im premed so idk

[neat hollow]

i deadass think i have 0 chance at mit

o dang

it kinda grade deflation eight

*right

but still MIT is MIT

[coarse fjord]

nah ur good u got this

[neat hollow]

😂 petey save me

u think ur essays clucthed up?

[indigo sparrow]

if someone denies a MIT app they should run a lottery to see who else gets the app in that place

[coarse fjord]

idk how i got in

[indigo sparrow]

you can buy tickets

[coarse fjord]

sorry bro

[neat hollow]

oh yea ofc my b

im just antsy

😂

[coarse fjord]

no ur good

i just have no clue how i got in

[indigo sparrow]

I hope I get in

[coarse fjord]

i did submit research supp tho so that prob helped

[coarse fjord]

u got this!!

manifesting for u guys

[indigo sparrow]

I should've subbed makers portiravioli

or whatever tf it's called

[neat hollow]

i was considerin to do mine

idk tho

[coarse fjord]

wait @neat hollow did u submit alr

when is the deadline

[neat hollow]

about to

11:59 pm

[coarse fjord]

oh today?

[neat hollow]

yea

[coarse fjord]

damn

[neat hollow]

lmao

[indigo sparrow]

I'm a good electronics nerd: I can throw shit together and make it work so that could help me along

[coarse fjord]

i mean why not

[neat hollow]

i do econ research so like

shit takes so long to publish

[neat hollow]

not publoshed ig

ill just do it

[coarse fjord]

mine wasnt published

[indigo sparrow]

counting that admissions loves my character fr fr

because I have the good grades to back me up and will be doing a olympic

[modern lava]

When the Chusetts institute is of Mass 😍

[coarse fjord]

king behavior

[indigo sparrow]

I would hope it is of mass

[modern lava]

MassTech

[indigo sparrow]

I really do hope I get in

I have at least one friend there hopefully, it is incredibly good for aerospace engineering, they are need blind, and will pay for my whole tuition and a good bit of housing

[oak shore]

application sent in 🔥

shot at the dark

yo guys how do MIT find your CSS profile and idoc stuff? like there was nowhere in the portal to specify

[indigo sparrow]

I also believe they pay for estrogen

[indigo sparrow]

check the portal again

[ionic spindle]

on the MIT app do most people mark congressional app challenge as regional, state or national?

[oak shore]

where exactly

[indigo sparrow]

just re-enter the application thing

your first year aoplication

enter that and there is A big button saying "financial aid"

[oak shore]

even after submission?

i might be blind i dont see it 💀

[indigo sparrow]

scroll down

either that or you need to wait a bit

[oak shore]

ya i dont see anything here

[oak shore]

might be that

cos i just submitted it

i have CSS profile and idoc done but idk what to do from there

[river sky]

wait i thought CUC only takes us hs

[hidden wraith]

Yes

[indigo sparrow]

pray for John Massachusetts Institute Of Technology to accept you into his School

[river sky]

oh r u in h4

🙏

[hidden wraith]

I got fin aid to study inthe US

[river sky]

ohh

interesting

i hope its true that schools evaluate ppl within context of where they studied and mainly use intl for finaid 🙏

[indigo sparrow]

if anyone of you gets in and I do too, burgers for everyone

[river sky]

lol prof told me that if i keep meeting wiht me he has to recuse himself from evaluating my application wrong school

[indigo sparrow]

either cooked or from a resteraunt

[junior heath]

not again

😍

[ember star]

is history a social science and is cs a engineering/technical

[hard shard]

hold up am i silly? i put my debate + deca + poetry awards as non-scholastic awards as national merit etc. as scholastic

[high spruce]

Does MIT give a grace period for research supp

[versed imp]

its time to SPEEDRUN

[stoic frost]

do i repeat ecs for the summer activities and the regular activities list

[high spruce]

^^^

[neat hollow]

idts...

tehy said want it submitted by today

[exotic briar]

0_0 good luck everyone!

[stoic frost]

anyone?

[paper oak]

do you guys know when the last day to send transcripts and letters of rec for mit is? Like Ik application deadline is today but when is the grace period?

[neat hollow]

probs a week

[outer hollow]

can anyone review my maker portfolio (at least everything besides the video)? if so DM me

[outer hollow]

just submitted everything, im feeling way too confident lmao i need to temper my expectations

i put my best effort into my app so no regrets if i do end up getting rejected, i did all that i could

[hidden wraith]

good luck everyone!

[cobalt sun]

For MIT, if we took a course during the summer like lets say the summer btwn 9th and 10th grade, do we just keep it as 9th grade on the self reporitng?

[maiden owl]

i can't post images but i'm being told i need to submit a counselor letter of recommendation even though i can literally see on the portal that she submitted one

and under position/title it says "Position/Title - Counselor"

[ionic spindle]

Where does it say that @maiden owl

the checklist isn't enabled yet

[maiden owl]

on the adding recommendations where you click 'edit' on the recommendations you have

fuck apparantly it's a teacher eval

gg

i just have to email them i suppose

[ionic spindle]

Neither of my teacher evals were in today

so I just called them and begged them to submit lol

[maiden owl]

call?

[ionic spindle]

Yeah

I go to a school of 25 people, I am first name basis with all of my teachers and have worked with a lot of them outside of school

[hidden wraith]

Good luck everyone!

[upbeat light]

can you have a look at your application after u submit it

[modern lava]

:3

[hidden wraith]

sorry if that sounds kinda weird. I've been stressing out and should probably go to sleep.

[coarse fjord]

uhh no but i think if u go you can see ur file maybe?

[ionic spindle]

I'm stressed for ya'll still working on your MIT apps

[mossy sluice]

Hi, I was wondering if you need to submit all AP scores

or can you just choose

[ionic spindle]

What?

Yes

Yep

5-10 depending on the semester

[mossy sluice]

Wait do I need to add AP scores

Or can I just not add them?

[ionic spindle]

then 2ish tutors in the building every day

so maybe like 15 total tutors

Often, teachers just teach one class to a group of <5

A school for twice exceptional and at risk youth

Twice exceptional means people who are both very smart, but also suffer from a learning disability of some kind. At risk can mean a lot of things, but generally kids who have serious trauma, substance abuse problems, homelessness, etc

Correct about what?

Yeah that is likely true for A2C

Most kids here are very privileged

Yes

wdym

You mean you already submitted the app, but are scared that refreshing it will make it so you can't see it?

I don't understand

The app is due in 47 mintues....

It isn't past deadline

[coarse fjord]

huh i thought u could

[ionic spindle]

Thought you could what?

[coarse fjord]

https://mitadmissions.org/help/faq/docufide-naviance/

ohh

well i think they have grace period for recs

[ionic spindle]

Generally the MIT app is open for 24 hours after the deadline, but we don't talk about that

[modern lava]

The procrastination is getting to y'all huh

[ionic spindle]

submit it on time in ya'lls timezone

[ionic spindle]

lol

[crisp bay]

im sending opps on u

[modern lava]

I wrote my MIT app in like an hour 🗿

[hidden wraith]

I submitted half an hour ago.

[modern lava]

(I am trolling)

I applied through QB and there was only one additional question on the MIT app

[hidden wraith]

did most of it in 4 hours I think

[modern lava]

So I technically wrote it in pretty much just an hour lmfao

[ionic spindle]

I spent most of today on my MIT app

[hidden wraith]

secondhand regret not doing NCM but also I'm an intl with >1000 efc.

[ionic spindle]

I already prefilled all the questions weeks ago

just needed to do the essays

Make sure to transition to female for the best acceptance rate

Or transition to non binary for 0% acceptance rate

[modern lava]

Stanford supps are actually so fun

I love my roommate essay

[hidden wraith]

Caltech female admit rate is x2

[modern lava]

I feel bad for my Stanford AO tho

They have to read like 20 short answer questions on my app

How tf do you write UChicago in two hours

[ionic spindle]

Similar for MIT

[modern lava]

💀

That's crazy

[hidden wraith]

typical post-roommate essay trauma

[ionic spindle]

but the non binary acceptance rate at MIT is 0

they haven't accepted one yet

[modern lava]

Naw

I LOVE my roommate essay

[modern lava]

💀

[hidden wraith]

My PS was p good so I was so sad MIT doesn't let me submit it.

[ionic spindle]

kinda the exact point of their essays

[hidden wraith]

it was ab having a terrible roommate

[modern lava]

I feel bad for my AO because they have to read so fucking much on my app lmao

I think I have like 3k words of writing on it at least

[hidden wraith]

Yeah St. Anford QB app was crazy.

[junior heath]

how

tf

[ionic spindle]

I didn't apply to stanford, I know nothing about the school

[modern lava]

QB app is very big

Four essays and a shit ton of short questions

[junior heath]

oh wtf

[modern lava]

And then each school asks for more supps

[junior heath]

'essays' are we talking like 250 or 600 range

[modern lava]

My Stanford app has 20 short essays 💀

My Penn app has 9 regular length essays

[junior heath]

what the fuck.

[junior heath]

'short' as in 50 or like 250

[modern lava]

50

[junior heath]

RIP your AO though

thats actually nuts

[modern lava]

It's their fault for asking for all their supps smh

Penn

[ionic spindle]

only to autodeny anyone who doesn't have a 1600SAT and 4.0GPA

[hidden wraith]

WHAT?

[ionic spindle]

It isn't that bad this year

but it is till pretty bad

[hidden wraith]

Which Cooper Union r you talking ab

oh lol

[ionic spindle]

The college

[hidden wraith]

like I'm applying and was lik wtf

[ionic spindle]

If you look at previous years it was really bad

[hidden wraith]

my roommate's going to CU from ED.

[ionic spindle]

CU is super cool

[hidden wraith]

their admit rate is 30% for engineering no?

[modern lava]

For Penn I have:
QB Personal Statement: 800 words
QB Topical Essay: 500 words
QB Historical Figure: 200 words
QB Greatest accomplishment: 200 words:
Thank you note: 200 words
Community: 200 words
School-specific: 200 words
M&T Supp 1: 650 words
M&T Supp 2: 250 words

[ionic spindle]

I was talking about their architecture school tbf

[hidden wraith]

oh 💀

[ionic spindle]

but they are super selective for CivE as well

[junior heath]

holy shit

um

[ionic spindle]

This rate varies for each program: 4% architecture; 9% art; and 27% engineering.```

[hidden wraith]

Cooper is one of the only school where the engineering admit rate is the highest.

[ionic spindle]

4% architecture

jesus fucking christ

[junior heath]

'15 minutes per application' not fuckin yours

[hidden wraith]

Caltech has 7-9 supps this year.

[ionic spindle]

I'm doing my app tomorrow wish me luck

[hidden wraith]

same. Archi?

[junior heath]

what

[ionic spindle]

No, civil engineering

[cobalt sun]

yo mit is due 11:59 local time right

or esdt

[modern lava]

Meanwhile for Stanford I think I have:
7 short QB questions: 35 words
2 QB 400 character questions
5 50 word Stanford-specific questions
Roommate essay (250 words)
4 125 word LOCI questions

[cobalt sun]

est

[modern lava]

[modern lava]

So based

[junior heath]

the LOCI questions??

why

[modern lava]

I was automatically deferred

[junior heath]

ah

[hidden wraith]

why major, 2x STEM exp, 2x values, 2x why not major, 1x innovation, 1x optional identity

[junior heath]

i see

[ionic spindle]

technically it is gmt + 24, but we don't talk about that

[modern lava]

So they send out the LOCI questions as a "QuestBridge optional update form"

[modern lava]

💀

[junior heath]

i only did 5
why major
stem exp x2
the 400 word one
one optional

[modern lava]

I saw all the questions and fucking dipped

[hidden wraith]

oh I did 2 values.

200 each

[ionic spindle]

I'm pretty sure caltech wouldn't consider my application

[junior heath]

oats do you have all your writing in one document

[modern lava]

Hell no

also

This is Caltech's mascot

[hidden wraith]

the innovation too

[modern lava]

Bro doesn't even hold a candle to Tim

[ionic spindle]

scam

[junior heath]

yeah its WORSE than MIT's

[junior heath]

😭 was hoping you had a full count of all the words written

[hidden wraith]

It's better (I'm biased as a CUCer)

[junior heath]

real
wide tim >> tim

[modern lava]

Caltech QB apps must be insane

They don't waive ANY essays

[coarse fjord]

bro i gave up on caltech after i saw those supps

[modern lava]

At least like 4000 words worth of essays honestly

It's insanity

[ionic spindle]

Don't yall love the relatable moment when your favourite video game reverese engineering youtuber, because an extreme motorcycle youtuber

[junior heath]

i wonder how many qb applicants they even get 💀

[coarse fjord]

i aint writing 13 essays

[hidden wraith]

Is it just this year or CUC always happens at the same time with WISE

[junior heath]

you must really love caltech for that

[modern lava]

All MIT asked from QB applicants was one 100 word question for their major

[coarse fjord]

it's prob how they weed them out

[junior heath]

chad mit vs REDACTED caltech

[modern lava]

Loved them for this ngl

[junior heath]

oh 100%

[modern lava]

I submitted my MIT QB supp like immediately

[hidden wraith]

last year there was 1 fewer. Their admit rate is still 3.14%.

🙃

[junior heath]

dont mention those 3 numbers

:)

[hidden wraith]

3.14159265

[junior heath]

worked out

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[warm lava]

mfw i cant copy and paste my ecs from commonapp to mit bc of the word count difference

[modern lava]

I know another QB kid that wrote their MIT essays before finding out that MIT waives most of their essays for QB kids

[junior heath]

😭 nooooo

[hidden wraith]

wait why did you apply then

[junior heath]

the amount of writing that HS students have to do in the span of 3-6 months is kinda stupid

[hidden wraith]

since you matched with MIT

[modern lava]

I submitted the QBRD form before matching

[hidden wraith]

the top 5% of all hs students can publish a book each lol

[modern lava]

And then just procrastinated on Caltech's app ever since because the essays looked horrifying

And then I reopened the app

Saw their mascot

The essays again

Decided, nope 💀

[junior heath]

the MASCOT lmfao

[hidden wraith]

I actually preferred Caltech essays cuz MIT doesn't consider the PS

[junior heath]

real

my caltech tour guide actually called it mit of the west

[hidden wraith]

The better Institute of Technology

[junior heath]

hmmm'

[modern lava]

Bro doesn't hold a candle to Tim

[junior heath]

so real so based

[hidden wraith]

one of my STEM experience was making ppl not sleep

🚶‍♂️

[junior heath]

@modern lava i think you know how i would fill this in

[modern lava]

So real

[hidden wraith]

like Caltech actually let you nerd out. On MIT's it doesn't even have enough space for ur personality.

[broken inlet]

yo uh my counselor sent my letters of rec before i added her as a recommender. the transcript got through but my recommenders section only has my teachers. should i email them to see if they got it?

[junior heath]

yes you do

[hidden wraith]

but oh well my parents told me to apply

[modern lava]

Tbf since I applied QB I sidestepped the issue

[junior heath]

its like 1000 words total what are you on abt

[modern lava]

MIT AOs had to read my 800 word PS lmfao

[junior heath]

😭

kinda wish mit had a PS

but im sure they have reasoning for it

[hidden wraith]

they just don't wanna read

[hidden wraith]

I mean you can talk ab STEM ig.

[modern lava]

Their main reasoning iirc is that they don't like the one big essay format because it leaves out a lot of other stuff about applicants that they want to see

And on the flipend they also want to limit how much they want to ask students to write

So PS + Supps is a no-go

[hidden wraith]

well they def saw smth on yours, and most ppl wouldn't just apply to MIT anw -> they have a PS.

[junior heath]

based asf

[modern lava]

Meanwhile Caltech asking for 4120341203120 essays

[junior heath]

but they could also do supps and ask students to provide their commonapp PS as well

because the vast majority of applicants have that

[junior heath]

their essays are so

like

they REEK of 'we love science show us how you do too'

[hidden wraith]

school counselor after looking at my Caltech supps

[hidden wraith]

well you gotta take 1.5 years of CORE.

[warm lava]

has anybody unironically put something like reading, relaxing, travel, etc. on their summer activities list?

[hidden wraith]

yes.

[junior heath]

yeah

[modern lava]

There's a reason why they put that in y'know

It shows your interests and personality beyond academics

[hidden wraith]

"Taiwan vacation, family's translator" 120 hr/week (5 days range)

💀

[junior heath]

mine included like
gardening, a vacation, emulating on a steam deck + custom modding, etc

[hidden wraith]

Should've put that I read the brothers karamazov instead

but oh well

[modern lava]

Here's one of the items straight from MIT's what we look for page

The ability to prioritize balance
Despite what you may have heard, this place is NOT all about work. To be successful here, you must prioritize some measure of downtime. Therefore, we like to see that you’ve prioritized some downtime in high school as well. Our application’s essay question (Tell us about something you do simply for the pleasure of it.) is not a trick question. Answer it honestly.

Legitimately they do value that

[junior heath]

i think

[hidden wraith]

I talked ab how singing is rlly fun.

[modern lava]

That's why they ask that you include those sorts of things in your summer activities list

[junior heath]

a common misconception about a lot of MIT's application is that tehy just want people who love work

[hidden wraith]

Same with Caltech

[junior heath]

caltech doesnt really leave much space for anything else unless you do an optional supplement

[hidden wraith]

that's why they have TWO what do you do for fun instead of one

[junior heath]

wow. more essays.

[hidden wraith]

AOs said doing the 100 word what do you do for fun is recommended.

[junior heath]

i did
but also
more essays.

[modern lava]

Ah, I found an amazing quote by an MIT reader for this lmao https://youtu.be/70U5Fu91-u8?si=DDAvMFOqSLs5Vjdx&t=246

[elder needle]

GUYS IS MIT APP REALLY DUE AT EASTERN TIME??

[hollow sedge]

at 10 mins to arts deadline imma start entering in my credit card

i live on the edge

[junior heath]

real

[hidden wraith]

it's actually due at UTC -28 but we don't talk ab that

[hollow sedge]

portfolios are due in eastern time

which is in 14 minutes

idk if your app is

[hidden wraith]

I gave up and just send the rec from my teacher instead for the portfolio

[modern lava]

"Imagine a campus that is full of people who only study computer science; they only do computer science for fun—like, they program stuff for fun and they don't do anything else. Contrary to popular belief, MIT is not like that. Even though we have pockets of people on campus who really do like to hack and make cool things and program for fun—we have a pretty diverse campus and I think it is because people have interests outside of class."

So based

[hidden wraith]

like you don't gotta know what I do, just how ppl describe what I do.

[junior heath]

oh wow you typed it out

[modern lava]

(I've met the Class of 2028 kids btw this is entirely true)

[junior heath]

based on my pure anecdotal experiences ive seen the same

[cobalt sun]

Hey everyone quick question

how many words did you keep for the summer activity box

[junior heath]

what

wdym

[cobalt sun]

like do they expect just a title or phrase or like a full description of the activitity

[hidden wraith]

just one phrase

you live on the edge btw.

[hollow sedge]

time to hit submit

[junior heath]

fr

[cobalt sun]

wdym

[junior heath]

BILLERT

[cobalt sun]

Im pst so i have 3 hrs still

[modern lava]

Iirc the deadline is EST no matter where you are so

[hidden wraith]

wait do you have to fill in anything special for an interview?

[hollow sedge]

its done

[hidden wraith]

credit card info stolen

by MIT

[cobalt sun]

rly?

[junior heath]

w

[cobalt sun]

i have everything done just checking everything

[junior heath]

wait what was your portfolio abt

[hollow sedge]

a2c graphic design

[modern lava]

To be fair they usually have a grace period afterwards anyway so

[modern lava]

Real

[cobalt sun]

nah not risking a grace period

[modern lava]

I never submitted a portfolio tho I just yapped ngl

[junior heath]

huge

[hollow sedge]

i dont risk a grace period

because college professors are strictly no-grace-period

[modern lava]

Me with Cornell a few days ago be like

[cobalt sun]

ig but thats common app

[junior heath]

i submitted my research supplement and am hoping its good enough

[cobalt sun]

they usually dont close instantly

idk what mit is gonn abe like

if it will just shut off at 12

[junior heath]

there will be a grace period

they dont want to recieve thousands of emails

[warm lava]

are u setting us up

or frfr

[junior heath]

submit before the deadline

[modern lava]

Seriously tho y'all need to worry about that later

[junior heath]

easy answer

get to work now

[modern lava]

It's eight minutes until the deadline 💀

[junior heath]

finish up

[warm lava]

idk a mites buddy of mine say that they lock

[junior heath]

if yours isnt turned in now go do it

[hidden wraith]

time to go wait 2 months and waste $16 for my rejection

[junior heath]

$16?

[hidden wraith]

CSS as an intl 💀

[slow saddle]

OH GOD MIT IS LAGGING FOR ME

[hidden wraith]

lowk a scam cuz we make only 60-70k

and tax is 15k

[junior heath]

ah

[junior heath]

uh oh 😭

[hollow sedge]

pov mit applicants rn

[junior heath]

youre so cool

[hidden wraith]

Ok I'm leaving all threads except for the ones I got in, bye.

[hollow sedge]

waves made the graphic i just added the glitch effect and the flashing common app error

[junior heath]

my point is unchanged

has anyone seen SCU's fucking horrible supplement

[slow saddle]

AM I FUCKED

I SUBMITTED

AM I FUCKED

[hollow sedge]

It's not 12 yet

[slow saddle]

YESS

[warm lava]

did i make it?

[hollow sedge]

Yes

[junior heath]

you made it

[warm lava]

phew

[slow saddle]

yess

YESS

does mit automatically close unlike commonapp?

or r u able to submit after 12 anyways

[pastel ibex]

Do I need to make an SAT report include all my past tests, or just the best one?

[warm lava]

not all

[warm lava]

^

[pastel ibex]

ty bro

[exotic briar]

0_0 1 minute after RD deadline

Good luck to y'all

[slow saddle]

GOD I LOVE THIS SO MUCH ITS SO ANDRENALINE INDUCING

[exotic briar]

💀

[hollow sedge]

You're gonna have to wait 2 and a half months

[coarse fjord]

bro im anxious for yall

[junior heath]

first time a2c user has felt anything in months

[hollow sedge]

Chill out and enjoy 2nd semester senior year, you've earned it

[exotic briar]

Hopefully I will see some of y'all at cpw lmao

[junior heath]

i can hope

[cobalt sun]

anyone know MIT's reason for not being on common app

[modern lava]

So real

[junior heath]

there are probably a bunch
their app is different in many regards

[cobalt sun]

i read somewhere that they said "nothing is common abt MIT" but no way thats y

[slow saddle]

do i have to send sat score reports to mit

?

[junior heath]

you can self report

[outer hollow]

its bad for me, literally what i do for fun is whats on my activities list relatively - eg tennis, coding, minecraft - i put music & composing songs for fun for that essay cuz i do like playing instruments from time to time and making random melodies, but its not what i spend a majority of my free time on. its something i think is cool and i enjoy making songs for my minecraft servers, but thats also on my app bruh

[exotic sand]

I just realized I forgot to list my awards :(

[outer hollow]

i was gonna do tennis but i have team captain on my app for that on my app, and i decided to show a different unique side of me

[junior heath]

email the admissions office omg

[exotic sand]

Does it even matter if all I have is ap scholar and a seal of billiteracy

[slow saddle]

help i listed both of those 2

LOL

[exotic sand]

Really?

[junior heath]

always matters yes

[slow saddle]

well any award is better than none

Lol

[exotic sand]

True

[junior heath]

^^

[exotic sand]

Will they actually be okay with it?

[junior heath]

okay with what

[exotic sand]

Emailing them

[junior heath]

yeah people email the admissions office all the time

[slow saddle]

yea

just do it

[exotic sand]

Even if I submitted last minute?

[slow saddle]

Ur fine bro

[junior heath]

send them an email

[exotic sand]

What’s the email

[junior heath]

wdym

[exotic sand]

Is it [email protected]

[junior heath]

yes

[slow saddle]

is there a way

to see ur mit

responses

[exotic sand]

Do I have to explain the awards?

[modern lava]

No

[coarse fjord]

^

[ionic spindle]

I did

[pliant hemlock]

I did in like a mini sentence

[ionic spindle]

No kinda silly

[outer hollow]

yo oats did ur qb prompts have anything like what do you do for fun? im getting paranoid for maybe no reason, i wrote about music and how i like writing and recreating songs. i thought it was a good topic and a neat thing about me when i wrote about it, but now im second guessing myself and wondering if i should have written about ping pong lol

[modern lava]

Nope

[flint wigeon]

yippe

69 more days

[junior heath]

yaaay

[pliant hemlock]

[west widget]

oopsie

😂

[charred musk]

Bruh I forgot to turn in the portfolio

W THERE'S 3 DAY GRACE

W

W

W

W

[cobalt sun]

Where does it say

the grace period

[tardy pulsar]

Same!

The grace clutched fr

[grave token]

https://youtu.be/xqds0B_meys?feature=shared

@royal badger why can't i post images. i'm fighting with one hand behind my back.

[quick hawk]

Currently don’t have perms

[steep niche]

What university is this

[quick hawk]

Try again now

[grave token]

great thanks

speaking of pain, back to reading apps

[graceful vortex]

does anyone know if excluding a recommendation on the mit portal notifies the recommender

[pliant hemlock]

Hope not💀

[normal fjord]

So what actually happens if you submit an MIT application after the deadline? I almost finished my app but I fell asleep last night. Is it over for me?

[hollow sedge]

as the legendary petey has stated there is a grace period

[sand lance]

Three days grace fr

[median grotto]

Am I allowed to submit portfolios later than that?

As in, can I submit research in 1 month?

[normal fjord]

for the maker portfolio there was only a 3 day grace period

[median grotto]

oh so anything after that means I cannot submit?

[pliant hemlock]

You gotta be kidding me

[charred musk]

Thank you for your wisdom

[elder needle]

does anyone see the “you haven’t apply to the admission” when u go to the portfolio page? i submitted my app yesterday but didnt do portfolio. i wanna submit portfolio now but i don’t seee anything on my slideroom tab

[exotic briar]

are you allowed to make changes to ur application after getting deferred? 🤔

[median grotto]

I am allowed to submit portfolios.

[exotic briar]

huh

[ionic spindle]

Submit ASAP

[royal badger]

It’s over

Someone asked me a question about the MIT FUN form

Got called out

[dawn prairie]

guys i need ur opinion on smth

rip

[slow saddle]

when do u expect MIT interviews requests to come out for RD or is it Random Asf

[candid wave]

i think if u get rejected the OCD wont be the reason for it

[zinc berry]

rip 😭

[river sky]

Did anyone get thru normal EA here

Other than Chris and Oats (qb)

[inland flicker]

Chris didn't do QB afaik

[inland flicker]

But if you looked at pinned messages there was a poll and if you look at the reactions there were a few

I think there was 2 more who got in

that are still in the discord

[ionic spindle]

Chris was likely faking his acceptance

He made a reddit post on collegeresults and after looking through his post history I saw that he claimed to be a current student at USC and a few other school multiple times as well as a long series of disprovable statements.

[neat hollow]

💀

[inland flicker]

NOOOOOO

Was he

[ionic spindle]

We can't know for sure, but the second I questioned it he blocked me and left the discord

[junior heath]

he has since deleted the post as well but chloe found it somewhere

its in general

[inland flicker]

How did he get Prefrosh if you have to be verified

😮

[river sky]

Noooo

He gave me hope

[ionic spindle]

Nah he didn't get verified

you can select prefrosh role just not the verified college student role

[inland flicker]

Oh ok

[ionic spindle]

I just did it

see?