MIT (2024-2025)

[coarse parrot]

lines mean nothing it work or dont i guess

try to finish it asap

[long spruce]

It's less of "it doesn't work" and more of it's not a complete project

But I feel like it meets the requirements of being a project I've worked on for several months and really care about

And I can write a ton about it

Just not really any photo or video

But yeah maybe I just shouldn't bother

[coarse parrot]

you should

justr a yap fest

[short estuary]

Wait r u being fr u can use ur student ID for transit card bro I've been emoting 4.80 every single day for mbta

[stark fox]

HES SO CRACKED

[forest perch]

LITERALLYYYYYU

[stark fox]

i wish i was that cracked

[forest perch]

u still have to pay lol...

like it functions as a card that you can load money into

[stark fox]

i need to get rich over my gap year

[fresh mirage]

do you not have a week pass or month pass or something

[long spruce]

That does kinda suck that it's not free

[forest perch]

i think mit tuition would be like 2x what it currently is if they had to cover for that

[long spruce]

Lmao

No thank you then

Is there at least a student discount

[vivid tulip]

You get a 50% discount off a t pass but even then it's still kinda expensive

You don't get discounts on normal fares

The T pass is only worth it if you take the T a few times a week, otherwise it's just not a good deal

I did get one though since I like going around Boston

I use my T-pass to go over to Harvard square and get burritos from a really good Taqueria there

[full lynx]

I visited Boston with a couple friends and we were all able to just walk through the turnstile

They are open for mad long after someone swipes lol

[stiff dirge]

bro goes to jefes

[coarse parrot]

avg new yorker

[fresh mirage]

https://www.reddit.com/user/MarcGov51/

its so cool that the former mayor of cambridge MA is just

casually on reddit

lmao

[full lynx]

❤️

[stuck olive]

does psat and national merit scholarship matter much

[olive socket]

Certainly helps

[left palm]

hey mit'rs

revisiting my favorite tech schools server

[long spruce]

How much do UROP opportunities pay?

[coarse parrot]

the person who came to my school said more then min wage but didnt elborate

[long spruce]

Submitting a video to the portfolio of my 10k randomly generated tests passing as part of my portfolio to illustrate the making process 💀

[long spruce]

Ok that's not horrible tbh, especially where I would be getting paid to do stuff I'm actually interested in

[vivid tulip]

☠️

[full lynx]

Habit from New York

Lmaooo

[vivid tulip]

Thanks for the info Ig 😭
(Unironically I'm doing a research project, UROP, on exactly that)

[full lynx]

Wait fr

Elaborate bro

[long spruce]

On what haha

[vivid tulip]

Fare evasion lol

[long spruce]

People not paying for the trains

Yeah ok interesting

What kind of research

[vivid tulip]

Minimum wage but if you're funded by the department then I suppose they can pay you whatever they want

[vivid tulip]

Mostly assisting grad students with stuff tbh

[long spruce]

Well still nice that they pay you but definitely not going to put a dent in tuition

[vivid tulip]

I'm so broke that MIT pays me to attend, so this isn't an issue

[long spruce]

Yeah I know you're in a fun situation haha

[vivid tulip]

Fun fact, you can also get paid minimum wage to operate the nuclear reactor on campus

[long spruce]

Tbh don't really know if MIT would work out cause it would be like $150k for me but I can dream

[long spruce]

That's pretty awesome haha

I don't even want to do nuclear engineering and that's sick

[full lynx]

That’s me!!!!

[full lynx]

On foenem

[fresh mirage]

is this for all nuke engg

students

[full lynx]

Are you doing nukes?

[icy stirrup]

For an activity, if ive been doing it since middle school should i put it smwhere

Since i can only check 10-12th

Also i probably shouldnt check 12 if i havent participated in a club right 😭 like im still a member but seniors dont participate but then im gonna have no activities for 12th grade

[icy stirrup]

how should i list a summer activity if ive been doing it for multiple summers or even like outside of summer (reading)

[short estuary]

Who dat

[short estuary]

Wait where do u find studnets t pass I take t everydsy

[stark fox]

https://youtu.be/EJtl-fRrP3k?si=y-z6u8UgYM3LyNPP

how did i get into rhe same school as this guy holy hell

[misty badge]

i watched this video and reconsidered applying

[stark fox]

apply anyways

[rigid walrus]

LOL WHAT

[long spruce]

Yeah it's kinda wild

I know if I watch it again I'll lose all motivation to consider my portfolio

[stark fox]

cracked

[left palm]

mit moment

i got waitlisted and then rejected it

never forget

schroedinger's decision

unobservable by the human world

[stark fox]

based

[left palm]

noooo

i love mit

i just had no reason to remain on it and have them deliberate over me again cuz i wouldnt have gone

[stark fox]

why not?

[left palm]

cause pton

i was committed

and i preferred pton over mit

i decided to be the bigger person and just reject the waitlist instead of like trying to see if id get in to say i got in for the clout LOL

[left palm]

i decided pton cause i didnt want my undergrad to be too entrenched in surviving academics and also i study like ... philosophy lol so i have other interests but broadly pton as a liberal arts school with like a humanities/argumentation research focus felt better

oh ... someone asked me why i chose pton over mit and deleted it

realized i look like im talking to myself

and look crazy LOLL

[misty badge]

sorry i asked and then deleted 😭

[left palm]

thats vile bruh

making me look insane LMFAOO

[misty badge]

i wasn't sure if i phrased my question properly

but thank you for answering

[full lynx]

yo princeton got that big plasma physics lab

no nuclear degree tho

[misty badge]

i have somewhat similar interests in the humanities/liberal arts and combining them w/stem, is pton the best uni for that?

[left palm]

i think so! cause we have such a strong engineering school and natural sciences

[left palm]

goated lab ... mfs invented fusion or something last year

[misty badge]

oh i didn't realize this at all 😭 i was hoping to do sts and more humanities-centric cs stuff at mit but i've just been exploring what unis are best for that

[left palm]

also, if you get a minor, your senior research thesis is supposed to like incorporate that in a sense. so you are encouraged to reach across discipline and get creative on what insight or value you can produce with it

[full lynx]

fr

i would definitely rea or whatever if they had a dedicated nuclear undergrad program

[left palm]

i mean physics

[left palm]

our engineering is t10 but imo its better than just that

there is a cultural of exploring technical solutions and research within government and the humanities at princeton because the public policy school has a bit of a technocratic persona

lots of kids interested in ai, ai law, ai ethics, things of that nature

[misty badge]

that's exactly what i've been looking for wait

can i ask you some more questions? i'm sorry again for deleting my message 💀

[stark fox]

hoping the mit humanities are still pretty good

[left palm]

yeah feel free to dm

[coarse parrot]

bro this guy had so much money to do this

if i had that much money and a welder i would build some cool ass shit too

[stark fox]

not really

he talks about costs and like

car was expensive

but all his other stuff was cheap cuz he makes his own tools

i mean it's definitely non nil but still

[long spruce]

Interesting

I wish I had the time

Not like saving my money is going to help pay for mit lol

[stark fox]

what do u do with ur time

[stark fox]

mit is parents money or finaid p much

[long spruce]

Robotics, choir, research, track, work, my current personal project, and then school of course

[long spruce]

Or loans

[coarse parrot]

yeah thats what i meant

the other stuff is reasonable

the tools arnt that expensive but my room is like insanely full from other things i have built so i have no room

a welder is still like 300-500 tho

[long spruce]

Yeah that's the main thing that put me off from physically making things

[coarse parrot]

i have built like cannons and stuff like that

[long spruce]

I hate spending money

[stark fox]

ah fair

[stark fox]

i hate waiting

so i just write code

[long spruce]

What are you waiting for haha

[coarse parrot]

like i live in miami and sqft is expensive as hell

[stark fox]

fair enough

[coarse parrot]

so my work shop when im doing stuff is the dining room table

and all my tools fit in my closet next to my clothes

im just jealous he gets that whole garage

onne corner of my room full of stuff

[long spruce]

At least you have your own room

Sharing my room with my sibling means I basically just work from my living room

[coarse parrot]

my sister has the bigger room very unfair

why does older brother get smal room

[long spruce]

I was about to ask if she's older lol

[coarse parrot]

hers is like 2 times my size

[long spruce]

That sucks

[coarse parrot]

yeah idk how that happened

my parents gaslighted me when i was younger saying this room was better

[long spruce]

I kinda get not wanting to change it now if you're going to move out for college though

[coarse parrot]

yeah its pointles

plus my sister would die

[long spruce]

Why haha

[coarse parrot]

she has too many clothes

[long spruce]

💀

That's gotta be a crazy amount of clothes

[coarse parrot]

idk man

she does theater

[long spruce]

Maybe my perspective is skewed

[coarse parrot]

its like outfits too

[long spruce]

Oh ok with theater I get that

[coarse parrot]

yeah

i would take a picture but thats kinda wierd

[long spruce]

Yeah haha; I can already imagine since my little sisters are similar

But I really just wear jeans and a shirt everyday

Would be nice to get better fashion in college maybe

[coarse parrot]

most of my shirts are from all the ecs i do

my school is uniform so techincally you need to wear a school shirt

but they allow school affiliated

so i can wear robotics shirts and stuff like that

[left palm]

i heard they are really good!

[full lynx]

Same, especially their English dept apparently

[blazing hamlet]

SHASS our beloved

the class I'm taking rn is quite intense in terms of readings (Newton, Hume, Leibnitz, Voltaire, etc.) but is really interesting tbh

although this class has a 3000 word report as our final so 😢

[long spruce]

Wait that's actually sick

Actually reading Newton and Leibniz

[fresh mirage]

i kinda feel similarly that both MIT and princeton feel like a great fit for me but the thing is that princeton is just so weird about dual majoring

i still dont get it

[icy stirrup]

Wdym weird about dual majoring?

[crude flare]

Should I mention that I made the most upvoted post of all time on r/MITAdmissions

#1052478700777635860 message
(and that I somehow got petey to comment on it)

[crude flare]

This too

[green elbow]

are there any exceptions to the 0 efc policy for qb matching?

[left palm]

why do you feel so strongly about dual majoring? i agree with the princeton ideology, i think you should focus on one thing primarily in your academic program

you can do classes and minors in a 2nd subject and get a comparable amount of expertise in it

but i dont think anyone would lose much by choosing to focus on something and getting deeper into it

[feral coyote]

u can argue it either way

but having the option trumps being locked into one thing

[long spruce]

Alright one portfolio done

Just need to get the other in and I can finally relax till January

Nvm I forgot interviews exist

Rip

[molten mauve]

Submitting tomorrow let’s ride

[vivid tulip]

Tbh they really aren't that stressful

My conversation with my alumni interviewer was really chill

Lemme just copy and paste a blog post for this lmaooo https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/lets-talk-about-interviews/

To put your mind to ease, I wanted to share something that a current MIT student said about his own interview:

“I really enjoyed my interview, and I found my interview to be the most influential part of the admissions process…I remember loving the opportunity to talk to someone from the school I wanted to attend, in essentially a very informal way. I was scared out of my mind going into the interview, but probably within 10 minutes I was completely comfortable. The interview lasted for 2 hours and I left it disappointed it had to end. I say again and again how to me MIT is all about the people, and the interview is the one opportunity applicants have to experience that first hand. That’s why I consider them so so important to the application. Not just because it gives us the chance to see an applicant’s personality and views and get to know THEM on a more personal level, but also because it gives the applicants the chance to see who we are as MIT.”

(This is true) ^^^

[long spruce]

Thank you that definitely makes me feel better haha

[full lynx]

If any interview gets to 2 hours you're locked in

Put it on ur resume at that point

[long spruce]

Lol that's true

I can only dream

[left palm]

youre not locked into it, you are at liberty to take a lot of classes in other fields, get minors, integrate other ideas into your research, do research in labs in other fields, etc

the major itself does nothing to constrain what youre allowed to learn

[molten mauve]

Did yall get an email saying your counselor submitted your transcript

I got one saying she submitted a letter of recommendation

Also like can she submit it after I submit my app

[long spruce]

Yes and yes

[molten mauve]

I’ll just wait then ig

Wanna make sure everything’s fine before I submit

[long spruce]

Fair enough

They will be able to receive the documents after you submit though

They'll have a checklist showing what documents they need to receive

[coarse parrot]

did you get it or is that a while from now

[molten mauve]

Is this after you press submit?

[coarse parrot]

i know its after you submit but im not sure how long it takes to get

[long spruce]

Admittedly I haven't actually submitted yet so idk when it shows up

I just know it has in past years

It should be after you submit yeah

And I imagine it's similar to other colleges I've already submitted

Like purdue and gtech had checklists

[molten mauve]

Imma meet with her tomorrow

Cuz we use parchment and I forgot to buy my transcript

[long spruce]

You shouldn't need to buy your transcript

They should just be able to upload it

[molten mauve]

Just did just in case

It’s only $4 so whatever

[wheat mural]

lol mit

whoever is REA-ing gl on your maker portfolio

[long spruce]

Thank you 🙏

Although I actually don't know what do for my representative photo or video

But I got all the essays done so that's good

[molten mauve]

I don’t have a maker portfolio 💔💔

[full lynx]

Same

Haven't even started essays

Next weekend is for MIT

[long spruce]

Lol that's valid

[molten mauve]

I’m basically MIT ride or die for EA

Safety is still a top 15 cs program so it’s chill

Where I’m tryna be 💔💔

[full lynx]

MIT is a lock so its chill

I get promotional emails

So they want me I think

[vivid tulip]

Oh hell nah this is 26-100

They hold intro CS here and the professors put minion memes on their slides

It's horrific

[molten mauve]

😭

That’s crazy

[full lynx]

Yo MIT crew sent me an email is it a lock

🙏

[vivid tulip]

My chemistry class also has memes in the class materials but they're 5000x funnier (Because iirc the TAs put the memes there and not the professors 💀)

[molten mauve]

The TAs were running around with bags of candy the entire time lol

[full lynx]

Do you go there or smth

[molten mauve]

Me?

[full lynx]

U got mad pics

[molten mauve]

I need to get in 🙏

Praying rn

Submitting tomorrow

[vivid tulip]

Great stuff

[full lynx]

MIT is regular EA

Not restricted

You don't need to choose between

[molten mauve]

Yes I wish it was restricted

[vivid tulip]

Oh yeah a few classes are like that

[full lynx]

Oh really

Is that stanfords policy

Kinda dumb TBH

Huh interesting

[vivid tulip]

Intro Solid State Chem gives out t shirts and other neat things (The last time they gave us a few LEDs and a multimeter)

[full lynx]

We had a USC rep come to our school and I low key fw it

But you could never catch me applying to a cali school

Never ever

In my life

🙏

[vivid tulip]

Fun fact, they also have a t shirt launcher for this

[molten mauve]

Damn that’s fun

[vivid tulip]

Another fun fact about this classroom

LSC shows movies in here weekly

It's neat

[full lynx]

How are you sitting in these classes

Do you just go

[vivid tulip]

They turn the classroom into a mini movie theater

[vivid tulip]

Honestly you can literally just walk in

[molten mauve]

I was on a visit lmao

[vivid tulip]

Campus is open on most days, and for classes that are that big (those classes are GIRs, i.e. gen eds) then the professors and TAs really don't care who walks in lmao

[full lynx]

I went on a visit and met with a school alum and they were selling boba tea in the middle of a building

Idk where it was

But it was some fundraiser or charity

[lavish scroll]

e

[full lynx]

It was pretty good too

[molten mauve]

I got Dunkin’ twice

That’s what I remember

And canes

[full lynx]

I went to Vassar St

I asked this channel if anyone wanted to meet bruh

By the big field

[molten mauve]

Dude you were being hella weird lmao

[vivid tulip]

10-250 lecture hall moment

[molten mauve]

Common

Average high school

[molten mauve]

I also think I was there when you were there lmao

[lavish scroll]

YOOOOO BRAINROT

WWWWW

WHAT SCHOOL

I HAVE TO GO THERE

[molten mauve]

University of phoenix

[vivid tulip]

Mogging Institute of Technology

[full lynx]

Cap

[lavish scroll]

on diddy?

never heard of it but ima try to go there

sounds skibidi

[molten mauve]

Villager tech

Vs

Ole moo

[full lynx]

Ole moo wins

They're storming the field

[vivid tulip]

Very skibidi

[molten mauve]

Are college students up to date with brain rot?

[vivid tulip]

Some

[molten mauve]

Fill in the blank ______ stare

[lavish scroll]

among us seems behind

i cant tell what the bottom right and middle are

[molten mauve]

ATP Skibidi toilet is behind

[lavish scroll]

nah

ima fanum tax you if you say that again

[normal stag]

nahh I'm not a college student and I have no clue

[blazing hamlet]

LMAO rare instance I pop in here and see this

Rizzitute of Rizzology moment

[vivid tulip]

https://tenor.com/view/among-us-sus-amogus-the-voices-run-gif-24999157

[molten mauve]

The answer is German stare

Next question fill in the blank ___ water

[long spruce]

Nah this is crazy 💀

Ngl Rez I feel like you're fs getting in

Getting emails from the athletic teams is crazy

[normal stag]

[short estuary]

Nope

[short estuary]

Are you the guy who said MIT was their safety

!!!!!

[long spruce]

I mean it's a 50/50

[short estuary]

What

Oh yea true

50 chance admit 50 chance reject

Bro only if ur super super super super cracked

Bro this guy is mega cracked

[long spruce]

I don't think MIT is a safety for anyone I don't care how cracked you are lol

[molten mauve]

Didn’t a dude build a working nuclear reactor and get rejected

[fresh mirage]

yeah lol

[long spruce]

Exactly

Hard to not feel like it's a lottery sometimes tbh

[lavish scroll]

i mean if they admitted him then it would encourage others to build them

and thats gonna go wrong soon

and prob gonna result in people dying

so its not good

and "His homemade neutron source was often incorrectly referred to as a nuclear reactor"

so he wasnt as skibidi as it might seem

[full lynx]

Thanks gang u too bro

🙏🙏🙏🙏

[long spruce]

I can dream 🙏

[half star]

yuck

[full lynx]

Letter of rec submitted

By guidance

[molten mauve]

submitted my app lets goooooo

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[icy stirrup]

nicee

ill prolly submit end of this week

[long spruce]

Submitting on Thursday so I'm wasting my school's money and not my own

[coarse parrot]

there is a semi checklist after you apply\

[long spruce]

What's on it? Just transcripts and lor's?

[coarse parrot]

no just for recommendations and test scores

but its like a site where you can change things

transcript and other letters isnt on it for a while

[coarse parrot]

like letters not directly uploaded

[coarse parrot]

i honestly expected the email to be more goofy

[long spruce]

Ah ok that makes sense

[long spruce]

Dw it will be when we all get accepted

[icy stirrup]

what happens if i request a fee waiver?

like do they just straight up give it to me orrr

[coarse parrot]

They do

Too many people to check from my understanding

[icy stirrup]

Oh ok

[short estuary]

Should u send official scores

Sat

[molten mauve]

I’m pretty sure that’s after you’re accepted

[icy stirrup]

Yeah uts after

[odd spade]

is there a way on the portal to check that counselor submitted the ssr and transcript

or do i have to wait for 2 weeks after deadline for checklist to show up

[short estuary]

Do u need to take physics c mech as a class

What if ur school has a cap on students that can take it

[coarse parrot]

write about that in additonal information

[short estuary]

Do I have to self study if I can't take the course

[coarse parrot]

no wth

[short estuary]

Oh rlly

[coarse parrot]

my school doesnt have c and im not taking it

im not stressing about it

[short estuary]

I thought it was a requirement

Huh alr

I only have honors physics that why

[coarse parrot]

a physics class is required

[icy stirrup]

i dont have a physics class cause i could only take bio or physics 💀

[fresh mirage]

and even in the case you cant take it (school access, etc.) i heard they take khan academy or other qualifications as evidence of physics competency

tho obviously this is a highly extenuating circumstance, mileage may vary, etc. etc

[long spruce]

If you can show your proficiency in another way, like self-studying an AP test or online dual enrollment, or yeah other certifications as a last resort they'll accept it

[vivid tulip]

Nah, this is false

No specific classes are required, though they still heavily recommend that you take it if you can

[vivid tulip]

Like, in this case, if you legit couldn't take the class (and you explain that to them) it's not like they're gonna penalize you for that

They're just recommendations, not requirements

Caltech has hard requirements though, like iirc they require you to take Calc, period

[icy stirrup]

yeah thats why im not applying there

same w harvey mudd

[sharp sedge]

hey guys for the MIT maker portfolio just to confirm does the 2 min video(like the ones on youtube) go in the 20 media items or in the "Representative picture/video of your project" prompt

[fresh mirage]

they let you use khan academy to bypass them if absolutely necessary

[coarse parrot]

i meant like to him, a physics class is expected but not like fancy smansy physics c

[long spruce]

Yeah

They really just want to see you're well rounded and able in science

[misty badge]

about 1 supplemental into mit ea app 💪

[icy stirrup]

damn

im so glad mit doesnt use common app because my caps will probably suck

[coarse parrot]

@vivid tulip did you do any portfolios, and if you did did it ever show it on the main portal that you submitted a portfolio

[vivid tulip]

Nah I didn't submit a portfolio

[coarse parrot]

kk i just submitted one and i curious

[long spruce]

I sure hope it shows up haha

I already have anxiety that I submitted my application number wrong even though I literally copy-pasted it

[stark fox]

it doesnt iirc

[long spruce]

Interesting

[long spruce]

Really hope I get an in-person MIT interview

I'm so tired of these online/asynchronous interviews

[molten mauve]

Yea like how many alums are in Wisconsin 😭

[long spruce]

The only alum I know in Utah is a neurosurgeon who works 80 hour weeks and always looks tired lol

[full lynx]

I’ll start these supps next week

[molten mauve]

Too late

I submitted my application on August 26th

[full lynx]

Holy hell

I’m locked for MIT so idgaf . . .

They want me so bad . . .

[soft kestrel]

(delulu is the solulu)

[icy stirrup]

Fr they want me so bad

[long spruce]

Literally

It's not delusion, it's manifestation

[normal stag]

NO WAY

I JUST HAD MY MIT INTERVIEW

It was amazing. He said I would be an outstanding fit. We literally like talked for like 30 minutes about advances in ai lol

There's still no way I get in but that made me really happy

[misty badge]

in person or over zoom? this is so cool!

what kinds of topics do they ask ab?

[normal stag]

in-person

it was an mit alumn in my area

[normal stag]

there were only a few main questions, but then lots of follow up. I think the questions were "why MIT?", "what do you enjoy doing in your free time?" and "what is a time you faced a challenge?"

[misty badge]

oh sick!

[normal stag]

I was so nervous going in but I really enjoyed it

[misty badge]

best of luck!!

[normal stag]

thank you!

[misty badge]

how long did it take for them to reach out for an interview?

i'm planning on submitting my app 111:59 nov 1st 💀

[normal stag]

my interviewer was a super cool guy and really nice, which I am glad about

[normal stag]

~3 weeks I want to say

[normal stag]

lol💀

gl

[long spruce]

My counselor forgot the school credit card so I couldn't submit tonight 💀

[icy stirrup]

If i get an interview im gonna be so nervous i would combust

[hybrid dawn]

how do i get a fee waiver

[icy stirrup]

U request it

In the application

[icy stirrup]

Did u guys leave a blank line between your paragraphs cause theres no indent on the application

[normal stag]

Yes

[long spruce]

Yeah I did the same

[icy stirrup]

Ok thanks

[long spruce]

Finally got my application in

[vivid tulip]

GL Y'all :3

[long spruce]

Thanks :)

[coarse parrot]

just got my MIT interview email! 🥳

[forest perch]

YAYY gl guys!!

remember that interview doesn't rlly matter too much, have fun w it! i completely BOMBED mine and i'm still here so

[blazing hamlet]

gl and have fun!

[coarse parrot]

already praying

[long spruce]

You got this 💪

[molten mauve]

When did you submit?

[coarse parrot]

21st

[molten mauve]

That’s when I submitted

I wonder when I’ll get my email…

[coarse parrot]

dont stress

[molten mauve]

I mean there’s prolly like 2 mit alum in my entire state lmao

I’m not stressing too much cuz I know imma get an interview

When are you planning on doing the interview?

[long spruce]

Wait now I'm stressing that I didn't ask for an interview

Am I crazy for not remembering that question on the application

[coarse parrot]

you dot ask

they give

[coarse parrot]

as soon as i submit maker portflio

[long spruce]

Ah ok sounds good

[molten mauve]

You got me stressed for a second

@coarse parrot btw do you live in an area with a lot of mit alum?

[coarse parrot]

idk i live in miami

[icy stirrup]

Do u guys think theres anyone in japan 💀

[icy stirrup]

Submitted my application 🙏

[misty badge]

would anyone be willing to read over my application?

[wise glacier]

do we put our dual enrollment schools in the schools attended?

[long spruce]

No

It's only for secondary schools

At least I believe so

I can't see my app anymore so I can't check

[wise glacier]

alr

[forest perch]

hi sans :D and i put my dual enrollment school somewhere on the app

dunno where but i did put it

[wise glacier]

hello :)

[wise glacier]

i just dont want to put it in the schools section because they might ask for a transcript and my de classes are already on my hs transcript

[forest perch]

oh i think they do ask for transcript from everywhere u listed

idk if that's afterwards tho but i think most schools do ask

[wise glacier]

i mean they do say this for the coursework portion

do you think it would be fine if i didnt put my de schools?

[forest perch]

oh ya it's fine then don't

[wise glacier]

alright

and for reporting coursework it doesn't have to be exactly as said in transcript right?

[forest perch]

/??

it prob should

[wise glacier]

my transcript is kinda messed up 💀

i have one class that is just listed as "FUNDALMENTALS O" on my transcript

It's supposed to be "Fundamentals of Speech"

[forest perch]

ohhh

it should be fine

i mean i tried to match word by word i think but some of mine were abbreviated as well

[wise glacier]

i'll just put that in addl info ig

they never say to match it explicitly

[long spruce]

Yeah I had that same thing

What I did for that is if it said something like "Math XXXX" I just wrote "Math XXXX - Class Name" in the coursework section

[misty badge]

for the summer activities, is anyone else planning on writing a whole bunch for it?

[odd spade]

there are character limits, how are you going to write a whole bunch

[misty badge]

i wrote 100+ words and it didn't stop me 💀

[odd spade]

what..

when you click out though, you'll see the words get cut off right

[misty badge]

nope

[odd spade]

wait like even after you click like whatever the button is that takes you back to the whole activities/awards page?

mine kept getting cut off at 64 chars

[long spruce]

I didn't write a whole bunch cause I don't think they want to read a whole bunch

[fallen pond]

in the maker portfolio when they say "Please submit media to illuminate your chosen featured project(s) and your portfolio overall." does this mean I can include media from a project not highlighted as the main three?

[stoic vortex]

finally submitted

hope submitting early means i dont get rejected

[long spruce]

True, you can come be delusional with us now

[sharp sedge]

Guys what did yall do for the maker portfolio if u submitted a video?
if Im submitting 2 projects for maker portfolio in a video should I combine them into a 2 min video and upload as one of the 20 media attachments like those on youtube or should I upload them individually in the representative picture/video section?

[coarse parrot]

i think its a combined video in media section, look at other video examples

[normal stag]

Let's go! Gl

[coarse parrot]

im doing maker portfolio, how much have you writen

i have worked on mine for days lol

[gray peak]

should I submit my AMC 12 score if I have other math related accomplishments (research, camps, etc.) but I didnt do as well as expected on the AMC last year (score of 84). Would it look worse to not submit a score at all?

[sharp sedge]

yeahh thats what I was thinking too but with that form q on image/video I was kinda getting confused

[sharp sedge]

SAMEE

The questionnaire is sooo time taking

[coarse parrot]

yeah

[sharp sedge]

Im kinda wondering if I should submit my main app coz thats alr ready but the portfolio😭

Did you submit the main MIT portal app?

[long spruce]

Why wouldn't you submit if it's ready

That's what I did

Submitted my app and still finishing up my portfolio

Also I love that slideroom servers are down right now, perfect timing

[lavish scroll]

does everyone get an interview?

[long spruce]

No

I'm scared for that haha

[coarse parrot]

yeah submit main

you want to submit so you can get interview

[long spruce]

Is slideroom just bugging out?

[misty edge]

is slideroom not working for anyone else

i cant login

[long spruce]

I was just barely able to get in

[misty edge]

oh weird

[coarse parrot]

mine is fine

[molten mauve]

mine was about this one cancer-treating ai software so it produces sounds through specialized headphones that mimics microwaves and kills cancer cells

[long spruce]

Yeah it fixed itself, I'm guessing it somehow got confused with the research portfolio

[molten mauve]

i dont have a maker portfolio...am i cooked

[long spruce]

No

iirc most of the students that get in don't submit a portfolio

[molten mauve]

i wonder what percent of applicants even submit one

[long spruce]

partially just because they have to reject so many people anyway, and submitting a portfolio is definitely the minority

[molten mauve]

yea when i was there earlier they told me like only 10% of the kids there submitted one

but like

i feel cooked

[long spruce]

Yeah I wouldn't worry about not submitting a portfolio

It won't make or break an application

[molten mauve]

yea

same with the interview

[coarse parrot]

just basically finished first draft of maker portfolio

need to clean this up and write script

[half star]

@vivid tulip what do you think my chances of acceptance is

[vivid tulip]

420.69%

[amber dragon]

yo if anyone could help briefly that would be great
for summer activities on the mit app, i'm confused about how long the description can be and if its required?

[icy stirrup]

Theres no description section for summer activities
I just put the activity and then some desc in parentheses in the name part

It was like 64 characters i think

[wise glacier]

Btw anything goes right? They're just trying to see what you do in your free time?

[icy stirrup]

I cant say for sure but i guess so?

I didnt write stuff like reading tho

[vivid tulip]

You can put anything there that you did during the summer really

Some people put research and stuff but just generally they really do just want to see that you have actual hobbies lmao

You can also just be funny (Don't try to be funny if you aren't funny, but if you are funny then be funny)

[wise glacier]

Wtf I thought that's what you wrote tho

[wise glacier]

Isn't that a separate section?

[vivid tulip]

No but there is a research supplement

[wise glacier]

Yeah I'm submitting that

But I mean the 4 activities you list

Idk I don't do much academic stuff during the summer

[vivid tulip]

That's perfectly fine lol

There's a reason they give reading and relaxing as an example

[wise glacier]

Oh ok

[long spruce]

It's ok if I didn't list research under summer activities but I did do it during the summer right

I just thought it would be redundant since I mentioned it in my internship section

And the weeks I put it necessitate that I did it during the summer

[vivid tulip]

It really isn't that deep 💀

You're fine

[long spruce]

Yeah probably I've just uber paranoid this past week with submitting apps haha

[full lynx]

Still gotta write these supps

Whoops . . .

[wise glacier]

Tbh MIT supps were the easiest for me

It flowed pretty well from brain

[full lynx]

I keep forgetting haha

Last school tho

So it’s aight

[wise glacier]

🙏🏻

[coarse parrot]

the supps were the easiest, but most stressful for me cuz #1

[wise glacier]

Was that the 100 words one?

[coarse parrot]

no like its my top choice

[wise glacier]

Ohh

[long spruce]

Same lol

[fresh mirage]

yeah MIT is my #1 but i wanted to give myself the extra two months outside of a frankly negligible boost in admission rate

really want to make my app as good as possible

[icy stirrup]

Idk i just had other stuff to write

And there is an essay for hobbies so i thought it’d be ok

[cloud axle]

have u guys had an interview for MIT yet? wondering what it's like

[coarse parrot]

@vivid tulip ^

[unborn ice]

wait how are interviews assigned

is it random or is it first come first serve

[coarse parrot]

both

random until they run out of slots i thinkl

i dont even think they finish the inital app processing until financial aid shows up in your portal so it does take a couple of days

[unborn ice]

like even if i submit now there’s a chance i won’t get it?

[coarse parrot]

it depends on area

thats my probably incorrect understanding

https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/lets-talk-about-interviews/

it is based on the availability of ECs in your area.

so when they run out they run out

but i am not sure if its everyone gets one until they run out or if its random

[long spruce]

Everyone talking about their MIT interview has got me checking every crevice of my email every hour

[blazing hamlet]

it depends a lot on your interviewer but my interview was the best one I had that college season

it was over an hour and a half and we just talked a lot about random, semi-unrelated stuff after the main MIT questionnaire ☠️ (which also let them know about me in a very natural manner)

location-wise, it was outside of a local starbucks

[cloud axle]

ooh that sounds pretty fun

did they ask you about like tech trends or super specific stuff about research/projects you did etc? i'm a little paranoid they're gonna ask smth they're expecting i should know and then i don't go in depth enough

[wise glacier]

They don't know anything about u I'm pretty sure

[long spruce]

Oh really

[wise glacier]

How do you prep for these interviews?

[blazing hamlet]

they're not going to know your profile, but you should expect they ask about at least your activities—I had to really dig into why I did them (beyond "because it's cool") and what about those activities drew me to them, and then why MIT in particular compared to other schools

[long spruce]

Idk from the website it doesn't seem like you really need to prep

[blazing hamlet]

prepping too much runs the risk of your interview feeling forced and unauthentic
it's usually feels more like a conversation than a scary interview for a lot of applicants

[long spruce]

Yeah that's what I'm worried about

I think the more I prep the more nervous I'll be lol

[wise glacier]

I might just like

Read my essays

To prep 💀

Well that's if I get an interview

I'm hopefully submitting my app tmr

[long spruce]

Praying I get an interview

Tbh just talking with alumni about MIT sounds like a fun time

[icy stirrup]

I do not want an interview tbh 😭😭 id be wayyy too anxious about it

[onyx jacinth]

is it important to fill in the "Expression of Ideas, Standard English Conventions, Passport to Advanced Mathematics" etc. stuff where you enter your sat scores?

[icy stirrup]

i only filled out the required parts

cause idk what the others were

[onyx jacinth]

if you hit the score details bar next to the score overview when you're looking at a specific test date in student score reports there's like a breakdown of all the little subsections

[icy stirrup]

yeah but my sat score report only had the math and reading subscores written on there so those are what i filled out

[full lynx]

What is the difference between Course 22 and 22-ENG

Is it just the senior project?

[cloud axle]

for me for the paper SAT, after i sent in my official scores and they made it to MIT, those subscores automatically populated in the system

when i was filling it out i just put in my math and reading section scores

[wise glacier]

Is the submission for portfolio not working for anyone else too?

[short estuary]

Yall r ur chances higher if u sumbit earlier

[long spruce]

They don't care

[rigid walrus]

no

[coarse parrot]

might have a better interview chance tho

[long spruce]

Really depends on your area

[long spruce]

ngl my ap lit teacher from last year is making me kinda nervous

Still hasn't submitted his letter 💀

[vivid tulip]

Teachers do be like that

Last year I chose two of the worst procrastinators in my high school to write my LORs (Cool teachers tho) and one of them submitted riiight before the deadline, and the other submitted after the deadline, before the late deadline

[long spruce]

That's crazy 💀

[half star]

actually it was all a cleverely orchestrated plan. they were bribing mit officials before submitting theirs

[short estuary]

Where do u find mit maker prodotlio place to sumbit

[full lynx]

I promise I’ll get these supps done soon TM

[long spruce]

💀

[long spruce]

https://mitadmissions.slideroom.com/#/Login

[wanton osprey]

lmao same i promise ill start today

also, should i submit an aime score even if it was incredibly low? (like a 2...)

[long spruce]

Hmmm

I wonder if I need all my letters of rec in to get an interview

I gotta talk with him tomorrow because I got emails saying he submitted my scholarship ones this morning but I still have nothing for CommonApp/MIT

[wanton osprey]

Mit’s due 11/1 11:59 right

Like common app

[full lynx]

Eastern time yea

[long spruce]

How bad will it be if I end up submitting 3 teacher recommendations

I got kinda in a sticky situation because I requested a letter from one teacher who had retired and didn't get back to me till last week and their letter was really good, but the professor I asked has been working on it for over a month and tailored it specific to MIT and I would feel bad if I left either out even though I know they only ask for one science teacher

[misty badge]

im doing that too, i think ur good

[full lynx]

I think I’m doing 2 teachers counselor and employer/other

[full lynx]

Last supper

Challenge. . .

[fresh mirage]

doesnt questbridge have its own application deadlines tho

[full lynx]

Supps done

Honestly enjoyable

@long spruce told you I’d lock in. 🙏🙏

[icy stirrup]

Nice

[amber dragon]

for the summer activities on the MIT app

can we put summer research internships in there rather than in our 4 activities section

[amber dragon]

also im super confused about summer activities description

are we allowed to describe stuff, some people say limit is 64 characters and i see others saying they have 100 words (which is wayy too much)

[icy stirrup]

I could only put 64 characters

It cut off after that

[long spruce]

Sounds good, I won't stress then haha

[long spruce]

Nice 🔥

[hybrid dawn]

if i add the recommender to the portal can they still submit their recommendation after i submit teh application?

or do they need to submit it before i can submit the application

i know for common app they can do it after but this is diff

[long spruce]

Yes

[full lynx]

Just got a 4 year scholarship to here

Go Army

[long spruce]

Isn't it technically a 4 year scholarship anywhere

But still massive W 🔥

Praying space force accepts me

[full lynx]

Yea technically

But I put MIT first and they reached out already

Crazy how fast they contacted me

[full lynx]

Fr I’m competing in the SF board too

No interview availability until this Monday so I missed the first AF

[long spruce]

Rip

I'm just competing for SF since I missed AF as well

Tbh MIT should just accept me so I don't have to pay RD application fees

[crude flare]

This is an actual article from mit admissions

[long spruce]

Based I love cats

[crude flare]

Pffft

[onyx glen]

omg i have met this kitty

can confirm hes adorable

[onyx atlas]

now feels like a good time to start finalizing my supplementals

[lavish scroll]

skibidi toilet

[coarse parrot]

i think i am totally overdoing my maker portfolio

i have spent days at this point

literally missing school to finish it

[long spruce]

Just maybe lol

I'm so glad I waited for this letter

He cooked so hard

[coarse parrot]

i didnt look at mine

they dont send them to us

[full lynx]

Just a tip to not look up admissions stories about MIT

They do not help

It's all people getting rejected with crazy stats

We're all locked tho so no worries 🙏

[half star]

is this

remy

the

harvard

cat

?

[tepid patio]

anyone else started their supps today morning?

[long spruce]

Yeah that's fair, I had to send it in myself for the NSA scholarship

[full lynx]

Did you get army today?

[long spruce]

Yeah I made that same mistake 💀

I didn't apply for army

[full lynx]

Oh fr

It's my 3rd choice but I still applied

And they were the ones who got to me 1st 😭

[long spruce]

Yeah that's valid lol

I just don't think I want to be in the military besides space force haha

[full lynx]

Space force

Lmaoooo

What are you majoring in again?

CS?

[long spruce]

CE

[full lynx]

Tuff

[long spruce]

Or I guess eecs at mit

[full lynx]

Ya

SF is cool

[long spruce]

I do really like electrochem research though so idk I'm still kinda a toss up

[full lynx]

Im shooting for 22

So there was a shit ton to write about

Not nearly enough space in the 100 words

[long spruce]

What's 22

[full lynx]

Nuclear

[long spruce]

Ah nice nice

Yeah I feel that haha

[full lynx]

MIT has . . . a lot of stuff

NGL

[long spruce]

The 100 word essay was definitely the hardest because there was so much I wanted to talk about

[full lynx]

It would be sorta nice to go there I guess

[long spruce]

Ikr

[full lynx]

Low k everytime I've went to Boston to do smth at MIT it's been fun

Like I drove this time and it was awesome

[long spruce]

Ooh nice

I really want to go to Boston

Or just the east coast in general

[full lynx]

Are you from CA?

[long spruce]

I'm tired of the mountain states and everything being so far apart lmao

Utah

[full lynx]

Utah is so tuff bro whaaa

East Coast is low k annoying

I don't like big cities

[long spruce]

That's fair

I've just been stuck in suburbia all my life and it's draining me

Especially now that I've really gotten into running it's just so bland

[full lynx]

Running = promotions in Army

So much of your career depends on your run time

Ngl

[long spruce]

Does it actually lmao

[full lynx]

Yes bruh

Well now it's balanced cause the ACFT is a little more involved

But when it was just pushups situps and a run it was literally all your run time

[long spruce]

Lol that's interesting though I didn't know they cared about the PFT that much

[full lynx]

You'll be fine in the space force

I don't even know what sort of culture they have

[amber dragon]

r u guys writing description for summer activities

[full lynx]

Where would it even go

[amber dragon]

people said it caps out at 64 characters

but its letting me still type

[full lynx]

What r u talking about

Are you writing like

Activity - cjvasdjviasjfoaisfjoaf

?

[amber dragon]

ya i was thinking of doing that

im talking about that section

[amber dragon]

do summer internships also go there

[full lynx]

It cuts out

After a certain point

[amber dragon]

ya i see it now

u right

how would i describe what i did in the internship then

[full lynx]

Put it in jobs

That's where internships go

[amber dragon]

its unpaid

[full lynx]

This is for summer like

[amber dragon]

its resaerch internship

[full lynx]

Yea that's what an internship is fam

[amber dragon]

how about organizing a hackathon over summer

can that go in summer activities?

[full lynx]

That's an activity

[amber dragon]

the 4 activities?

[full lynx]

No bruh summer activity

[amber dragon]

ok

[gloomy merlin]

is anybody doing mit maker portfolio

it keeps spamming me [object Object] ERR[6] when i try to submit

[half star]

Past the deadline isn’t it

[onyx jacinth]

isn't the deadline nov 1 11:59 est? so in like 20 hours?

[half star]

oh sure

[gloomy merlin]

nah its not

[coarse parrot]

shitt

[gloomy merlin]

worked today probably something weird with their system

[full lynx]

Aight we submitting

[pale quarry]

lock in

[full lynx]

Done

🙏

[coarse parrot]

nuce

@long spruce i have barely started edting my maker video and its already fire

straifght up hyped

[odd spade]

submitted application last week but have not recieved interview yet, is this normal

[hidden axle]

Yes

You might not get one at all

After you submit your application, you may be contacted by an Educational Counselor (EC) if there’s one available. ECs typically use the email address you provided on your application to contact you, so please monitor your inbox and respond promptly. Most Early Action interviews will take place in November and most Regular Action interviews will take place in January. If we are unable to offer you an interview, it will be waived and your application will not be adversely affected.

[odd spade]

oh i see

do they pick randomly who gets one or not, my friend at school submitted after me and recieved his interview already

[coarse parrot]

@odd spade it might also be that all your materials arnt in yet

was your transcript and all lors sent

[odd spade]

yeah

yes

[coarse parrot]

hmm idk

better pray

[misty badge]

can anyone last minute review my essays :D

[neon ore]

please accept me. i want you so bad.

i joined a2c again just for you.

[wheat mural]

I can take a look rq, I've already submitted everything for November 1st

[long spruce]

Your maker video?

Isn't it supposed to not be like previous years

[wanton osprey]

i completely forgot my amc score am i screwed 😭 i think its too late to ask my proctor rn

it was like qualifying so it was prolly from like 86-100

do i js choose a random number... ik i barely qualified but not sure if it was high 80s or low-mid 90s

[coarse parrot]

huh?

what do you mena

[long spruce]

Cause they refactored the maker portfolio to not have the youtube videos you see

I'm sure it'll still be fine though

[coarse parrot]

oh yeah they did

its so much writing

but i still put a video because i have "moving parts"

[wanton osprey]

when are recs due for mit my counselor still hasnt done theirs yet :/

[coarse parrot]

damn my video is literally too many mb

time to suffer

[coarse parrot]

compression to the rescue

[amber dragon]

for mit self reported coursework grades, do we enter it like this for example: A, A for first and second sem

[coarse parrot]

sure

thats what i think

but like i already submitted

[unborn ice]

it was like that for me too

[long spruce]

Rip

I'm praying I get an interview soon

But seemingly no one in my area is getting one yet so idk

[coarse parrot]

ripp

mine is tmmr

[long spruce]

I know they don't count it if you can't get one but it still makes me nervous 😭

Good luck tomorrow 🙏

[coarse parrot]

thx

@long spruce what was the old formmat

because the portfolio had me do like thousands of pages of writing

[long spruce]

Yeah it's a lot of writing but I kind of like it tbh

To my knowledge the old format was basically just the 2 minute video where you explain your projects

Now they only want videos if it directly and concisely pertains to a certain part of the making process

[stray plume]

:3

[cloud axle]

i hope we all get in 🙏🙏🙏

[stray plume]

im prepared to fight to the death with any of you if necessary

[long spruce]

💀

I am not

I'll just run away

[stray plume]

better get that grindset up and running

[long spruce]

I'll just concede my spot lol

[full lynx]

Please army

🙏

Get me in 🙏 ❤️

[keen girder]

congrats EA warriors!

can anyone who applied EA tell me how many spots for honors?

[full lynx]

6 and 6

or 5 and 5

I forgot

[keen girder]

oh so it's 5 and AMC/AIME doesn't count

[coarse parrot]

anyone got any intrview questions

i just did mine

[full lynx]

Mine reached out this morning

Gotta respond

[coarse parrot]

you should respond asap

[full lynx]

How was it

[coarse parrot]

good

i talked mostly about what i made

thats all they seemed to care about

they sent me a really nice email after basically saying i was great

[full lynx]

What you made?

Like what do you mean

[coarse parrot]

like i talked more about my maker portfolio projects and other cool side projects

nothing about classes or test scores

didnt even why i wanted to go

[full lynx]

Oh

Are we supposed to have made shit 😭

I didnt do a maker portfolio

[coarse parrot]

robotics for like max a min but she changed back to other stuff

[coarse parrot]

i think it was just like what she found most interesting

[full lynx]

Was your interviewer STEM?

[coarse parrot]

no

MBA

like i talked about one competition i did called cyberpatriot, and how we had to hack into a plane

we got like 4th in the country for that

she was very interested in explanations

[full lynx]

Damn thats impressive

Im just a regular guy bruh

[coarse parrot]

i mean it was just me and my friend that started it

but like i have some cool stuff i did

[long spruce]

nice nice

Y'know if you think about it

Going through 15,000+ applicants in 1 1/2 months is kind of crazy

[full lynx]

Is it only 15K?

I thought it was 30

Or is that total

[long spruce]

You're thinking total

Last year it was only 12.5k ea applicants but I feel like it's only going to grow

Unless we notice the baby drop this year

[full lynx]

Predictions are that our year is gonna be the greatest amount of applicants

With next year seeing the drop

Because of the recession

[long spruce]

Yeah

It just depends

Most of the people I know were born 2008

[cloud axle]

did they ask u to go super in depth abt technical aspects

or was it like u just explained what u felt like explaining and they didn’t push too much in that regard

[coarse parrot]

the interviewer was not stem so i kept it like lighter

[wise glacier]

Am I cooked if I submitted on Tuesday and haven't gotten an interview yet

[long spruce]

I hope not because I submitted last week and still nothing 💀

[fresh mirage]

when did we have to hack into a plane for cyberpatriots 😭

[fresh mirage]

how long did it take

[coarse parrot]

nationals

[coarse parrot]

45m, the zoom call ran out of time

[fresh mirage]

we werent sauced up for that

[fresh mirage]

did the interviewer just tell you this morning

and then you hopped on asap

or did u have it preplanned

[coarse parrot]

no i mean i saw it was a zoom call but like i didnt know that would happen

they just didnt have zoom pro