MIT (2025-2026)

[nova jetty]

if you wanna yap to chatgpt fine

(dont use its writing )

but if you wanna just yap

its amazing

helps me out a tonnnnnnnnnnn

and like while youre writing

[real tendon]

because that's all they get to know about your personality

[nova jetty]

and if you get stuck you can rage at gpt and then youll be lie wait i found the answer

correct

what im trying to say though is dont force it

and dont try to sqeeze it out of you

[real tendon]

yeah, im struggling to find my writing style

jsut for school projects and stuff like memoirs

its something i need to figure out

[waxen blaze]

YEAH EXACTLY

every single person is unique enough to answer the essay prompts

it's just that many might not know what exactly makes them unique

you go through a whole self-discovery journey to answer

[nova jetty]

gemini/gpt is really good at helping with that

just ask if to keep asking questions and its very helpful

[plush wolf]

It's due today midnight, so I kinda had to somehow do it

Guys do we think I can replicate this rocket one of the guys in the club built?

Also to everyone in this channel: y'all are smart, just accept it oke? :3

[nova jetty]

surely

maybe put some micro bots inside

[plush wolf]

I mean I guess they can be passengers, but i want them to actually have a use you know?

[nova jetty]

ye

[plush wolf]

not sure if that'll be possible

[gentle comet]

Twin you will be fine

[plush wolf]

Omw to Copenhagen 😄

[plush wolf]

Anyone got ideas for a thrust landing assist system, where the whole usually burns out completely? I was thinking of multiple motors but I might have to build my own

I also wanted to combine it with a fin-based steering system to be more accurate

[real tendon]

also what are building these rockets for

[river verge]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-cats-explosion-explodes-cat-explodes-gif-10131775219258044191

[plush wolf]

For fun

[real tendon]

tell me the secret to your insane abilities

[plush wolf]

A lot of trial and error where error is smh greater than trial and connecting to people in my country for the rocketry, so there is some kind of "base" where I can ask for help from experienced people

[nova jetty]

real

[nova jetty]

its all about timing the landing motor

you can make a system that uses one motor to go up, ejects it at spogee, and then fires the second motor to land

bonus points if you can use air brakes or some other mechanism to control the landing so that the timing doesnt have to be tooooo cooked

[plush wolf]

I texted with the one guy who made that one big rocket and he is a mech engineer and he was able to help me out a little

But 2 motors probably would work fine too

I wish you a good night :3

[strange rampart]

Class of 2029 MIT Acceptance Rates

A2C Discord

Early Action (56 applicants)

• Accepted: 12 (21%)
• Deferred: 41 (73%)
• Rejected: 3 (5%)

Regular Action (159 applicants)

• Accepted: 7 (4%)
• Waitlisted: 16 (10%)
• Rejected: 136 (86%)

MIT

Early Action (12,053 applicants)

• Accepted: 721 (5.98%)
• Deferred: 7,486 (62.1%)
• Rejected: 3,039 (25.21%)
• Withdrew: 807 (6.69%)

Regular Action (17,229 applicants)

• Accepted: 603*
  -# *Includes students who were initially deferred EA and are outside of the RA applicant count

All decision types (29,282 applicants)

• Accepted: 1,324 (4.52%)
• Rejected/Waitlisted: 27,958 (95.48%)

[gentle comet]

yooo

[spring tendon]

mit rd lower is crazy

[vagrant marsh]

am i fine for MIT if i just have one b in math

[waxen blaze]

this is scary to look at cuz what if im not there next year

[plush wolf]

you'll be fine :3

[waxen blaze]

bro the international acceptance rate is down so much 😭😭😭😭

from what I've heard its down 10-40 percent

[plush wolf]

I know but it'll happen, I believe in you

[plush wolf]

ouh

didn't hear that

if that's true then it might be much harder now

[waxen blaze]

yeah but i hope the decrease isnt that big at MIT

[plush wolf]

it might be already soo low that it doesn't change much

[waxen blaze]

yeah but it might get significantly lower 😭

[plush wolf]

I don't think percentage-wise since it's already 4%. Of course it could decrease but you might not see a big difference in the percentage

[waxen blaze]

but if you think about it, the amount of international students being accepted will drop quite a bit

in the worst case, only 60% of students that would usually be accepted will get accepted

[plush wolf]

did MIT release anything about it?

[waxen blaze]

not that i know of

[plush wolf]

or is this generalized info?

[waxen blaze]

yep, generalized

[plush wolf]

if one is lucky enough it might not change much at MIT

[dry star]

It probably won't

[nova jetty]

here's the thing about acceptance rates
i bet you most people and I feel this is especially true for intl are just chasing prestige or they don't have a real story behind their achievements
linear and pixel you guys are neither of these from what I can tell so honestly you guys have a good shot, just tell your stories

[waxen blaze]

thank you so much, i dont know a lot about what the average international applicant has in their list of achievemens, so this is really insightful information

[waxen blaze]

i hope so 😭

[plush wolf]

That is super nice to hear, thank you a lot :3

[plush wolf]

It seems like intl applicants are super competitive because of those low admission chances but we don't see all admits online you know. While some admitted students may have the highest awards and cancer research and whatnot, there are probably a lot of admitted students that are more "relatable" for us in terms of achievement, if you know what I mean. What one sees online just makes people feel like there is 0 chance of getting in because we think everyone needs to have it, despite it only being a small part of the pool of admitted people

Of course it's super hard and it's the best of the best, but we are still humans, noone should expect the impossible of you

[nova jetty]

I'm a transfer applicant so my acceptance rate is about as cooked as yours

so half of this is me lifting you up and half is me coping

[plush wolf]

I'm sure you'll get in

[nova jetty]

thanks man

[waxen blaze]

true, there definitely is survivorship bias when it comes to the applicants we see online. however, it still isnt THAT far from the truth. i try to always stay positive anyway 🔥🔥

[waxen blaze]

if you believe you have the necessary achievements to enter MIT then you have a chance

MIT selects people based on a lot of factors

[plush wolf]

I'd say you always have a chance

sometimes lower, sometimes higher

[nova jetty]

i don't like reducing it to achievements honestly

it's easy to compare but it's really not all of it

[vagrant marsh]

lmao im still applying with weak stem grades

you guys are fine

[nova jetty]

nah you got it

[plush wolf]

comparison is the thief of joy~

[nova jetty]

just don't be an irobot

[nova jetty]

true

[waxen blaze]

YES!!!

exactly

but at the same time comparison is important to help you understand the standards youre being judged by

you can also learn from and be inspired by others

[nova jetty]

dead thread 😔
mit fell off

[plush wolf]

maybe nothing new and everyone on the grind or smth

[river verge]

itll pick up in 2 months

or next month idk

[floral cairn]

I mean what's there to discuss

everyone is off working on their apps

and the admissions blog makes everything about crystal clear

They also make it seem like you don't need some oly medals n shit to get in which i think is raising my expectations too much 😭

[gentle comet]

U dont need them :3

[floral cairn]

Well, I did phrase that poorly. I guess what I was going about is the blogs somehow make it seem not that hard to get in when the stats kinda say otherwise.

and idk how I hold up against other bay area kids who've like qualled for both imo and USAPhO camp and shi like that

[gentle comet]

it's more about getting compared to your surroundings (e.g. school)

[floral cairn]

Compared to my school I'd say I look pretty good but compared to district hell nah

And I think it shows in the admission stats cause my school has one adMIT in like the last 30 years but the other one in the district consistently has 2-3 per year 💀

[gentle comet]

im not an admissions officer or anything like that so this is as far as my 'expertise' goes but

have you considered it may also be that your school probably doesnt have as many people applying to begin with?

[floral cairn]

No, because the district data shows that about the same amount of people apply

This is all based on the uh data provided by the district

[gentle comet]

i will say that admissions is holistic

they're going to compare your performance to your peers at your school

and they're considering you with "how did they do with the opportunities they had?"

not "how did they do compared to this kid from a private school who won the chem olympiad?"

i think a lot of people miss that when applying

[vagrant marsh]

why does MIT have to require all ap scores 😭

my ap scores are so cooked

[strange rampart]

Your fault

Make it alive again

[nova jetty]

i actually think it comes down to your why

more than the set of things you do

[plush wolf]

My school never even sent anyone to US ever😅

[nova jetty]

be the first

one pixel at a time

[plush wolf]

That's what I'm doing :3

[gentle comet]

Your why?

[nova jetty]

like
why do you do what you do
why are you interested in mit, beyond ofc prestige and rankings but honestly also even beyond any one lab or program

why are you passionate about xyz

[gentle comet]

i dont think i was ever questioned on why i was interested in mit

its kind of a given that people will be interested in the best stem school

i also wouldnt really say it's 'why' you're passionate about anything either; it's more about what you do with it

there is of course things like what interests you about xyz; but the most important thing is that you do something with that passion or pursue it in some way

i could say i have a passion for piano but it doesnt mean much if i dont make an effort to learn

[floral cairn]

Their CDS also says they don’t consider demonstrated interest in MIT so

[nova jetty]

not that kind of interest

i think my mindset is different as a transfer applicant maybe

[nova jetty]

i agree I'm just saying the opposite is worse
doing piano at a very high level, but not knowing why you're passionate about it

[nova jetty]

my gut says that if someone is chasing prestige (I'm sure you weren't) then it shows as a lack of depth in their application and so it doesn't show a proper fit

[floral cairn]

I think this isn’t exactly the issue

There are many people who will apply to MIT simply cause it’s prestigious and can still show depth

[timid spire]

i am confused with the website for applications to grad applications.

i can find two, and both of them are pretty different

interested in computer science

[timid spire]

I meant masters application here

https://gradapply.mit.edu/eecs/apply/login/

https://apply.mit.edu/apply/

can anyone help

[wise tide]

first link is the eecs phd program

[timid spire]

but it says here MS

https://oge.mit.edu/programs/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/

thats where i got first link

[timid spire]

read that. how about master's of science

i want to pursue master of science

[wise tide]

you need to apply to the phd program to get that

brotha its literally on the website

you didnt even read all the boxes

holy fuck

[timid spire]

oh yeah just read carefully about A terminal master's degree is not offered

[timid spire]

i was like this is just meng or phd

sorry about that!

how relevant will this be if i wanna do CS. preferably in AI or smth similar?

[whole fog]

is there any reason to add the recommender from a research portfolio in the main application if one was to submit one

[whole fog]

hm like i have one added to the reseach portfolio in slideroom, but theres no point in also adding that one to the main app right

[wide violet]

is this tuff gang

[nova jetty]

i have a more tuff idea

kilo electron volt
KeV

hehe

also speaking of research portfolios

i am doing a project but because I didn't join a program and I couldn't find a mentor I've been doing it all on my own. i have a couple of contacts/people who have given me advice from time to time. would it be ok to ask them for a recommendation or does the mentor have to be someone you contacted a lot and who has worked with you for a long time

[plush wolf]

guyyyyyyyyyyyys

there is another university nearby and they have multiple tech institutes all over the city, most important for me is the IAT, the Institute of Aerospace-technology

I'm currently trying to connect to the profs who run the institute itself and if I'm lucky I would be able to use their labs and equipment for my rockets

and they are actively building low speed rockets(only 1.2 Mach) that aim high as testing rockets

and it would be amazing to be part of that

[plush wolf]

not quite sure about that, it usually should be someone who knows you and your passions, the person isn't writing about your results or you as a generic person, they are writing about what sides they got to know about you, how they were able to see the will and passion to do things very clearly

it's less about what you have achieved, but more about what kind of person you are, because it's important to get the view from others, since they don't really know you yet aside from your essays

of course your achievements are important too, but I think it's mostly about you as a person and your way to greatness

instead of the "finished product" if that makes sense

[nova jetty]

i know that's for general recommendations

but I'm asking specifically for the research portfolio one

[plush wolf]

I would assume the same tbh

[whole fog]

hm w/o the email?

sure!!

nah the same one from the slideroom

yeahh

ohh

the normal admissions readers can still still see the slideroom one tho right

[floral cairn]

iirc the admissions readers don't ever see the portfolio stuff directly

they just see the portfolio reviewers report

[gentle comet]

Do not pu in this twin 💔🥀

[strange rampart]

WHAT

WHY IS THE PICTURE DIFFERWNT

[gentle comet]

:D

[oak perch]

Petey got a new picture wtf

⁉️

[spring tendon]

hi guys

are there any cool mit events going on from nov 4-nov 8

[robust sigil]

should i rank them through qb as a stupid person

[fathom vector]

does mit not have a personal statement

[floral cairn]

Not rlly

It’s just all the short answers

[spring tendon]

hi guys
question
if i have to schedule mit and harvard tours for the same day
which one should i do before and after

[wide violet]

Harvard after cause mit is ugly as shit

[valid token]

mit is fineee

[nova jetty]

i have the same problm

my GUESS********* is that because they let you yupload pdfs thats what they want

but i have no idea

[nova jetty]

no I mean
put your images as media like usual

and you can also upload a PDF of your writeup

don't quote me on that

this is my first time applying so no

[wide violet]

make ur own portal that’s why it’s called the mit makers portfolio duh

make something

[plush wolf]

True

Make something your own

I do my rockets

And currently also a stock trading algo lol

And some robots

[nova jetty]

o ok

but do we have to do a writeup

or can we just upload pics and videos

[nova jetty]

ohh

so just pics n videos

got it

[fathom vector]

how do you list hs courses taken before hs here

just put grade as 9?

[floral cairn]

You don’t?

If it was the summer before for hs credit just put 9th

Otherwise ms ain’t relavent

[fathom vector]

no like it shows up on my transcript as a high school class

[delicate prism]

I’d just call admissions and ask

High school credit courses are pretty common i’d be surprised if they didnt have a plan for that

And it’ll probably just be “mark it as 9th”

[floral cairn]

Well I have hs credit courses from ms and they’re not on my hs transcript

[floral cairn]

Do you use infinite campus per chance?

Check with your school to see if the sealed transcripts include them

[fathom vector]

no

[tiny turret]

does anyone here applying to MIT know if there is a grace period for recs to be submitted after the EA deadline?

[tiny turret]

i have that shirt in black

[timid apex]

Big College doesn't want you to know this, but MIT isn't actually real, it's just an illusion

[river verge]

MIT is GT north campus 🤷‍♂️

[floral cairn]

UMass Cambridge

or lwk thats harvard

[gentle comet]

Its true 😭

[limber panther]

with the MIT application I'm a bit confused with the "adding recommenders" section. Since my school uses Naviance for recommendations, do I need to send the recommenders a request with the MIT app as well? Or is it fine to leave empty as my counselors will be submitting them via Naviance.

[floral cairn]

For additional transcripts does my school counselors need to upload them or can I send them in via parchment

For summer classes n stuff

[covert ridge]

you need to add their emails in the mit portal

mit's application portal isnt affiliated with Naviance

[covert ridge]

if they're CC you have to send thru parchment

if its classes from ur high school ur counselor should do that

[long void]

am i cooked if my sat is below a 1400 😦

[floral cairn]

Lowk yes

[long void]

0 chances?

[floral cairn]

What math score

[long void]

730

[floral cairn]

uhhh

yeah prolly impossible

[dry star]

Hey I need advice for MIT.

So my grades this year are super strong especially compared to last year (from like a 15.5 in spc to a 17.33, from a 16 in math go 19, all out of 20 in the french system).

I was gonna apply EA and I have everything ready, but because I wont get my 1st term transcript by nov 1st I was wondering if it would be worth just holding off until january?

Do you think it would make any significant change to my application? In also banking on keeping these grades so if anything happens in such a way where I have a bad exam for example..

[plush wolf]

If you keep those grade up, it shouldn't make a difference, other than MIT asking you to submit your final grades if you get accepted

[plush wolf]

Looks like a nice upward curve in GPA, good job

[long void]

maybe my ecs will make up for it 😔 never know until i try

[vagrant marsh]

is a 3 in physics c too low for mit

[river verge]

LMFAOOOOO

[vagrant marsh]

is it too low tho

[river verge]

yes

ur never getting into any college ever

[marble thorn]

frog is fed up w echocharlie

[marble thorn]

[floral cairn]

Also is it intentional MIT dosent have a 9th grade checkbox for activities

[hybrid wedge]

For MIT, will AOs look at the research supplement or is it sent to professors?
Also, if the research supplement is sent to professors, are they able to see my general MIT application?

[floral cairn]

uh theyre sent to "qualified experts" to quote the page

and said experts will send their notes to the AOs

they don't see your general application and AOs don't directly read the portfolios

[gentle comet]

No 👀 depends on your circumstances though

[gentle comet]

I can say that admissions officers will be aware of what your supplemental submissions are

I dont think the people reviewing your portfolio see your admissions information (ferpa?) but take my word with a grain of salt since idk

[gentle comet]

Some of the AOs I’ve met have remembered my (visual arts) portfolio so they definitely see it

[gentle comet]

Take this with a huge grain of salt because I dont know ANYTHING about international applications, but there should be a section where you can explain circumstances like that; Im sure they’d understand especially because you cant control your school’s transcript

[hybrid wedge]

Thank you for the help!

Do the people reviewing the portfolio give written feedback on the portfolio to the AOs?

[gentle comet]

I think they give a sort of tl;dr and their opinions

[hybrid wedge]

I see. Thank you so much!

[hybrid wedge]

For my why major essay, I spent half the essay talking about how I got interested in my major, and then I talked about specific courses and research programs at MIT I wanted to do. Is that good? I shared the essay with my dad and he said research opportunities exist everywhere and you didn’t say why you like MIT. So I’m really lost…
Also that essay has a word limit of 100 words so it’s not like I can go into too much depth
Any advice would be greatly appreciated :)

[gentle comet]

I didnt mention MIT once in my ‘why major’ essay lol

They are interested in hearing you talk about what struck that passion in the field for you

Your dad is right that research opportunities exist everywhere; which is why it’s more important that you talk about why your major is special to you

[hybrid wedge]

Thank you!

[gentle comet]

AOs already know that MIT is a great school, your essay isn’t about convincing them of that; they know you want to go to MIT because you’re applying (and most people dont ‘throw’ apps at mit) :)

Yea fs twin :3

[hybrid wedge]

I talked about hoping to work on a project with a specific professor, is that good?
Also, is it good to mention famous MIT alumni from my intended major?

[gentle comet]

No idea Im not an admissions officer, this is all subjective haha

[hybrid wedge]

No worries, I appreciate all your help :)

[dry star]

I think im gonna stick to RD, just because its better to give them the better trimester grades than just saying "im getting better grades this year trust"

[nova jetty]

isn't the prompt literally "Tell us more about why this major at MIT appeals to you"

[wet light]

Yeah but you don’t need to insert some random MIT thing that correlates with your major

You only have 100 words, and the aim of this question is simply for MIT to see why you’re interested in your major

[gentle comet]

Hmm I feel like that means “this major is at MIT; why do you like the major”

But thats my own personal take 🤷‍♀️

Yeah in my personal not-AO opinion I dont think they want to hear you name-drop some random ass professor you just looked up in their major

Like I said earlier it’s probably a given that you want to study at MIT lol

anyways gorgeous ass school

[nova jetty]

I'm applying rn but the way I approached is why do you want to study this at mit

so I talked about a project I did on my own and how I want to expand it with the help of a specific professor

[dry star]

I feel like it's structured that way too, i've seen both responses

[plush wolf]

didn't they pose those questions like this to leave room for interpretation? I think that was noted on the website somewhere if I'm not mistaken

[dry star]

AFAIK yup

[nova jetty]

i would hope so

[floral cairn]

Methinks this goes for most of college apps, to a certain extent answer the question you want to answer, not the question they ask you

obviously you can't be completely unrelated but the room for interpretation is important

[gentle comet]

Thats why Im saying to take what I say with a grain of salt :-) theres lots of interpretations and Im sure there’s plenty of people who got in that took it one way or the other; admissions is not secretly saying ‘we are looking for everyone to answer it like this’ despite how it feels

[spring tendon]

hi guys

im coming in 2 weeks

anything fun on the 6th or 7th

[river verge]

https://tenor.com/view/67-meme-gif-15788149647025991512

[gentle comet]

8.01 exam on the 6th 😭

[nova jetty]

8.0fun or so I've heard

[deep yarrow]

why are the maker portfolio questions so short 😭

300 characters in the big 25 🥀

[long void]

Hi guys i was wondering for the mit 100 why this major at mit, could i give like a quick context of why i came to the major but dont know what exact career i want to go into with this major yet (ee is kinda a broad major) and then the other half on why mit will perhaps better help me prepare for career exploration on this major compared to other schools

[dry star]

Clicking the "submit" button has no reason to be this stressful

[lofty leaf]

do not spend time glazing mit lol they know

[nova jetty]

wait but I can mention a specific prof right

that's not glazing is it

[nova jetty]

that's the point

if you can't explain yourself concisely do you really know yourself

[nova jetty]

if it's not then you're doing it wrong

so that prompt says "one question"

surely one question isn't an entire paragraph

[plush wolf]

does it really say one question?

I'd have a ton

[nova jetty]

If you could ask an expert in the field one question to help you grow or to improve your work, what would you ask?

this is the q

and you have 300 chars

[long void]

So should i focus more on what led me to this major or what i will do at mit in this major and how they will support me

[nova jetty]

you can do either, but I wouldn't recommend both because it's only 100 words

[plush wolf]

wait me blind

xd

[nova jetty]

it says one

[plush wolf]

literally had to read it twice

[nova jetty]

also you need some space for setup and motivation

you cant just throw 5 questions

[long void]

Ok cause majority of mine is how i came to this major and one sentence with what i will do at mit but idk if its too general and something i can do at every other school

[nova jetty]

(I'm a current applicant and this is the gut knowledge I'm using, it might be horribly wrong)

[plush wolf]

makes sense but then 300 words is okay imo

[nova jetty]

300 CHARACTERS

[plush wolf]

oh

one sec

[nova jetty]

that's more like 50 words

[long void]

This supp is too much 🫩

[nova jetty]

i would go all in on how you came to it and not mention mit then

[plush wolf]

oh

uh

[nova jetty]

people have said that you can interpret the prompt both ways

which is fair

but don't do half n half

[nova jetty]

yeah that's why I said 1 question

[plush wolf]

fair enough, one longish question would actually just fill this right up with some addons

[nova jetty]

i would ask a simple but non trivial question

[plush wolf]

why simple though

ah okay

[nova jetty]

yeah

[plush wolf]

I mean if there is an expert in the field there then I'd like to ask a less simple but more in-depth question you know?

[nova jetty]

trivial is like "how do I find better PID gains"

mmmm

you don't have to

i mean your choice but I think the prompt is more about seeing how you think and not what you think

the nature of your question can say a lot more than the question itself

[plush wolf]

I just fear that "simple" questions often are the same as trivial questions, that's what I'd worry about

[nova jetty]

oh noooo

here's a simple question

[plush wolf]

luckily I'm applying next year

[nova jetty]

what is existence

such a simple question

trivial? hell naw

[nova jetty]

then change your role to junior

[plush wolf]

I'm in the last year though

[nova jetty]

so are you taking a gap year

[plush wolf]

I'm applying after graduation because it probably is much better for the application

[plush wolf]

yeah

[nova jetty]

sorry I don't know how German school works 😭

[plush wolf]

dw

we have 12-13 years, I have 13 but I think that my application would be much better after graduation

[nova jetty]

hmm

up to you ig

[plush wolf]

from what I've heard

didn't do it yet

I heard a lot of people are also applying right now for next year

[nova jetty]

o ok

[plush wolf]

nvm seems like we actually do it pretty similar to the US

but we have different semesters

anyway, I just thought having more time to refine everything and do a little more would help me a lot

since I probably started worrying too late about the really good schools

[wet light]

Does anyone know if I can submit my application before my recommenders have sent their LoRs or do I have to wait for them

I’m confused cause they are both due Nov 1 but I won’t even know if recs are sent or not until 2 weeks after I submit as that’s when they say I can see my applications

Which weird cause everything is due Nov 1 for EA….

[dry star]

I think you can submit it beforehand but I would wait

[trail laurel]

yes iirc. the recommenders should get an email to submit on their own so its independent of your own app.

[deep yarrow]

lmao thats the only one i thought was way too long

mine's like 77

but something like "What have you made that holds the most personal meaning for you, and why?" being only 300 kinda limits me on how much I can explain why

i figured it out tho

enough

[fathom vector]

why does the application portal log me out every time a look away 😭

[nova jetty]

me personally I did struggle a bit on this

but what I did was to pick something more emotionally grounded than technical

it's sometimes easier to express an emotional value in a small space imo

[floral cairn]

yeah I did the same

i just chose a project that held a lot of sentimental value to me

technically it wasn't the most impressive project on my portfolio

[deep yarrow]

lets go chat i submitted

[floral cairn]

meanwhile me submitting my maker portfolio rn

(my entire app is done i just gotta get the balls to press submit, its also cause i wanted to submit it after i finished maker portfolio)

[nova jetty]

my app is due March 1 cause I'm a transfer

I'm only submitting one project which is a tvc rocket I made with some friends

what about you

[floral cairn]

Yo you do rocketry?

Fire

One of my maker portfolio projects is a flight controller board lol

[nova jetty]

noice

[floral cairn]

It’s technically TVC capable but was made for servo-based airbrakes

it has enough exposed PWM pins for TVC tho

[nova jetty]

I'm a cs major so I did the PCB design and all the coding

[floral cairn]

Also CS and ditto except I also did the air brake mechanism design

Wait March 1st for transfers is crazy

When do u get your decision

[nova jetty]

may

[nova jetty]

that's cool!!

personally I don't think having many projects in the portfolio is a good idea
maybe I'm coping cause I only have one

but I feel like dedicating the whole portfolio to one project lets you really go into the nitty gritty of it

[floral cairn]

Well I think I covered excessive detail of 4 projects 💀

Like there’s excruciating amounts of detail

Taking advantage of the fact pdf uploads are a thing

[nova jetty]

I'm withdrawing my app /s

[nova jetty]

bro they ain't reading allat

[nova jetty]

i was joking

[floral cairn]

That’s what I assumed

I wonder how many EA kids would’ve submitted a maker portfolio

[nova jetty]

my project is a physical rocket

so I'm gonna be submitting pics of those

but to show my work I might post simulation diagrams, data plots, PCB diagrams

[nova jetty]

maybe for your project make a diagram of how the conpliler works?

or show your game

oh true

[dry star]

None of my projects are really documented so I didnt

[tame coral]

if anyone is submitting mit research supplement are yall also stuck on "Please wait while we verify your payment information."

[tame coral]

yep, it was just my computer haha

[amber gulch]

It’s the same. It’ll have a status update and you see mini Tim confetti if you got accepted

you’re welcome.good luck

[normal bolt]

good luck to fellow mit applicants 🙏 we will cook

[nova jetty]

i have 4 months to submit why am i stressing 😭

[marble thorn]

wth

[nova jetty]

im applying for transfer

im also like

insaaaaannnneeeelllllyyyyy sssssllllloooooowwwwwww

my entire school list is 9 schools (ucs count as one school) and ive been working on essays in some capaccity since june

to be fair i didnt work on essays every single day for 4 months but still

[marble thorn]

real im also hella slow

[nova jetty]

most of my deadlines are in 3 or 4 months but I don't wanna scramble like all the freshmen

I don't believe in shotgunning either

[marble thorn]

oop-

[marble thorn]

oop-

[nova jetty]

idk that's just me

[marble thorn]

im cooked

[nova jetty]

delete the m

[marble thorn]

yo

[floral cairn]

huh

[nova jetty]

I'm cooked → I cooked

[floral cairn]

lol

[marble thorn]

🙏

[floral cairn]

i' cooked

chat ima get a one way admission to yale

and then i can get a yob

[nova jetty]

dafuq you mean one way

bro is gonna be admitting Yale next

[marble thorn]

LMFAOO

[nova jetty]

ok mr c compiler

[floral cairn]

You never seen the meme?

[nova jetty]

lol

oh wait I didn't see yob

oops

[floral cairn]

also mit is quick bro

already sending interview requests

[nova jetty]

nice

I don't get interviews as a transfer and idk if I should feel lucky or unlucky

[floral cairn]

Mariel is the goat

(They’re the same person who responded to all my emails and emailed me abt smn)

[steel rampart]

any current mit tech students interested in joining me and another wellesley student for an international innovation competition?

[tawny snow]

wait is this fr??? last year it was like 1200 characters bc i remember my eyes buckling to the back of head seeing that huge ahh word count

[deep yarrow]

some of them are

lemme find which ones

What have you made that holds the most personal meaning for you, and why?
What motivates or excites you about what you make?
were both 300

[tawny snow]

oh ok yeah it was probably 300 last year then

[nova jetty]

nice

[floral cairn]

My friend shared me his maker portfolio from 2 years back and yes there were some longer questions that they split up

they split up the longer qs into multiple shorter ones

[spring tendon]

hi guys

i’m here tomrorow

[marble thorn]

bro going on a world tour

[spring tendon]

no

northeast tour

type shit

[marble thorn]

i see

[nova jetty]

damn

[covert ridge]

Touring?

[spring tendon]

ya

[open wharf]

is a 1480 gonna get me auto rejected here?

750 math 😭

[nova jetty]

most likely not

[gentle comet]

no

[gentle comet]

no idea

[normal bolt]

ahhh im so nervous

[open wharf]

Do you guys think MIT is good for a poli sci major

Who wants to look at the quantitative side of things

Like I know it’s an exceptional poli sci program but is it weird to not be an engineering major at MIT?

[covert ridge]

its not weird there are a few humanities majors here

[wet light]

I heard from a student at MIT that MIT interviews don’t really matter at all and it’s just way to make alumni feel involved

Is this true? Cause that contradicts what the CDS (which labels the interview as “important”) and what I’ve seen online

[nova jetty]

why does it matter

just do your best

[median sluice]

i mean i would follow what the website says rather than what a student says 💀

[wet light]

It would just be disappointing yk

[wet light]

Student said they heard that from the admissions office

[wet light]

No but I want it to at least be considered for my app cause my interview went pretty well

[thorny sierra]

[hollow stirrup]

[warm wasp]

hello chat

cna sm1 tell me all about the mit admissions process

[gentle comet]

A negative interview could affect how the office sees you, but people have gotten in with negative interviews; this and vice versa

Its expected that you’re going to be nervous, I dont think that would ever really affect you; as long as you dont show up and start belting slurs or something, at the very least the interview will probably be neutral

[sleek crag]

Anyone here know how the MIT overflow system works when assigning interviews?

[sleek crag]

bump

[sleek crag]

bump 2 😔

[spring tendon]

oh no

u might wanna ask in more populated channels or the subreddit or r/mit

[storm onyx]

Don't ask on r/mit they gonna kill u

ask on r/mitadmissions

[spring tendon]

lol

[carmine pivot]

is mit rd skull?

[sleek crag]

lol

ik what he meant

going to ask soon™

[sleek crag]

found it (for those who are interested)
https://alum.mit.edu/sites/default/files/2021-08/Overflow - Presentation Aug 5.pdf

[storm onyx]

this is interesting

not like it makes much of a difference for applicants but

[sleek crag]

lol yea but its fun to learn about these things as far as im concerned

never hurt anyone

[storm onyx]

Well yeah same philosophy here

There are people who will try to read into it too much

[sleek crag]

there is also this i found:
https://alum.mit.edu/sites/default/files/2021-07/EC Presentation 7.22 Reduced_0.pdf

[storm onyx]

War stories 
this section is uh

yeah.......

that escalated quick

[sleek crag]

war stories for a reason LMAOOO

[storm onyx]

well it started with just weird stuff and then.....

[sleek crag]

Thats just life

[storm onyx]

agreement with other colleges is interesting tho

[sleek crag]

thank god its not happening anymore

[storm onyx]

do they have like a "don't convince them to not harvard" pact or smn

Mom is pretending to be the applicant. 
I've heard this one before tho

hillarious shit

[sleek crag]

i assume so but i can't find any info abt it from the quick google i did

[warm wasp]

quick question for submitting SAT

should i submit a score where i have a horrid maths mod as additional score

but rw is 750

math is like 740 there

or should i js submit my raw 1500 with 790 in math

[stoic stratus]

arent you required to submit all sat scores

for mit?

like every sitting

[nova jetty]

they pick your highest subscore but you submit all

[strange rampart]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/376031864498

Why is he on eBay

[warm wasp]

gng

im deadahh

confused

about the field of study i should say im interested in

my ecas are mostly compsci - sommunity service

but i lowk love eco

also confused on how to approach the why this subject at mit 😔

[nova jetty]

mit doesn't admit by major

and the major you select is not linked to your actual major because you don't declare until your second year

the prompt can either be taken as "why this major" or "why mit" but it might be best to integrate both

ofc you have to do it in a summarized way because it's only 100 words

[timid apex]

Does anyone know if this is legally enforceable (sections 5, 9, 10)

It's for a EULA

[nova jetty]

wtf is this lol

is this a prank

[timid apex]

It's important

[nova jetty]

are you trying to kill the competition by making them use your software

so they can't apply

this is literally so funny

[timid apex]

I did add an exception

[dry star]

This is crazy work

[thorny sierra]

Guys

It's pretty broad question

But like... What would you recommend while writing supps for MIT?

Cuz all I heard for now is mentioning my accomplishments and projects I simply didn't have

[warm wasp]

well im no person to give advice but just prioritize honesty

[stoic stratus]

what projects have you done? i think you should focus on what you want mit to know

[warm wasp]

you dont need to show crazy projects, but instead focus on stuff that align with the college

'mind in hand' or sm

where you show that youre smart and can actually put that 'smart' into play

intelligence oriented action

doesnt needa be big like proving string theory

maybe solving a household problem with maths or physics

[stoic stratus]

theres so many kids with incredible accolades who get rejected, so why you? tell mit what passion you have, and how you have gone about getting that (no matter how large or small).. at the end of the day you need to show mit that you wanna use stem for the greater good, and that typically happens nicely with a passion you have, no matter how large

[nova jetty]

i second this

[stoic stratus]

and im afraid even with the most genuine passion, mit is just so selective that kids with 2 olympiad medals and research get rejected.. so keep you head down and just try your best.. even if you get rejected, the passion will still be reinforced, and honeslty if you go abt you passion even after mit rejects you.. well thats mit's loss

[nova jetty]

what unique views do you have on life given your experiences and how can you use those to improve the community

[nova jetty]

preach

but also olympiads aren't everything

just because you did crazy research doesn't mean you'll be a valuable addition

[stoic stratus]

yeah exactly, thats why the passion thing is so important.. it makes you look human and not like a resume

[nova jetty]

the olympiads winner still has to prove that their olympiads win will help them make a difference

[stoic stratus]

well not really? the typicaly advice for such apps is show the passion you have, so it gets cringy but really true for a lot of these kids (they just genuiely love phys (ipho) for example)

and they wanna study phys, so they talk abt reasearch they wanna do, so ya

but thats a bit of passion too ig

[nova jetty]

yea fs

that angle definitely works

[stoic stratus]

thats the angle most ipho kids take.. ik a few so yeah

[nova jetty]

I'm just saying like just having an olympiads doesn't add much

cause think about it this way, if they admit 20 olympiads winners what new perspective do they bring

[stoic stratus]

yeah ig thats true as well

its just that i know a lot of ipho kids, and typically they are the only kids who get in (intl) like from singapore, germany,

but thats also speaks to how selective mit is ig

[nova jetty]

I don't know how it works for intls

all I know is the competition is much higher

[stoic stratus]

yea.. intl is so hard

appkying this year so lets see how it goes

[nova jetty]

good luck!!!

[stoic stratus]

tnx

[thorny sierra]

Wdym

I don't rlly have a project like building smart gloves or anything

In fact, I don’t think anyone from my country has a possibilities for that

[nova jetty]

I ask this with as much care as is possible over text
what do you have that should make mit seriously consider you?

if you don't have projects or other ways of demonstrating your passion, even if you literally couldn't do them, the reality is that you don't have evidence

[thorny sierra]

I made a lit of difference to my school actually

Even with the resources I had I placed a lot of projects

Raised money for the army

Have some national awards

[nova jetty]

that's excellent!!

definitely show that on your app

just try to connect it to a larger perspective that you bring to the university

[thorny sierra]

I'm saying this cuz I'm miserable, but not to the degree when I can't show reasons why consider me

[thorny sierra]

Yea, I only wonder abt supps, since most of the advices r for engineering

[nova jetty]

what's your major

[thorny sierra]

Like "mention smth u built"

[thorny sierra]

Business/Econ

[nova jetty]

mit is an engineering school first and foremost

yes they have Sloan but you still have to do science and math

[thorny sierra]

With one of the best business and economics in the world

[thorny sierra]

I don't mind it

[nova jetty]

great

[thorny sierra]

Like I'm not saying I hate science

[nova jetty]

so just like how engineering people say to show thinga you built

[thorny sierra]

I'm just not an engineering major lol

[nova jetty]

you have to show communities you changed

people you impacted

etc

[thorny sierra]

Alr bet

[nova jetty]

I would argue you have an easier time because your things are directly linked to real impact

[thorny sierra]

I like kinda helped my friend w his orgo based on Rotary

[nova jetty]

engineers build stuff for fun

[thorny sierra]

I mostly just made projects for my school

Like week of business

Or applying abroad

[nova jetty]

hmm

that is probably still valuable

[thorny sierra]

So students were basically researching the topic

Presenting

And then asked questions abt their fields

For instance, one group may have been investigating whatever is demand and flexibility and how it affect businesses

And the other what fields are out there to base your business on and what's their pros and cons. Like how restaurant may be invaluable to bring up new tastes and be an actually good investment, but rlly based on the place and be in a hella competitive field

And etc

[thorny sierra]

So yea, I brought up my silly ideas and administration was like ok

Mb I will mention that

[storm onyx]

yo send me this and i'll add it to all of my projects

I wish this was legally enforceable but it would obviously fall outside the bounds of reasonable clauses

[nova jetty]

make one with the mit license

[storm onyx]

All my projects are MIT license lol but it would be funny if i interjected this line into one of them

[nova jetty]

"by accepting the terms of this license you grant the creator and distributor of this work audomatic admission to the Massachusetts Institude of Technology"

[supple niche]

This is so random lol but I love your display name and username 😭 Varenyky and pelmeni are amazing 😂

[sleek crag]

Early Action applicants will receive an admissions decision in mid-December

[dry star]

It was the 15th last year IIRC

[long void]

anyone else matched with mit through qb?!

[nimble grove]

Anyone submitting a portfolio for photography?

[nova jetty]

congrats!!

[storm onyx]

I think it will be 13th this year, but they release the date a week before

[dry star]

What makes u think that?

[long void]

Thank you!!

[thorny sierra]

Guys

I gen can't write MIT supps

I've been wondering all day now

[thorny sierra]

Can someone pls help? I need to polish them for sure

[long coral]

yea what do you need help with

[long coral]

specifically

prediction for ea decision dates anyone

[storm onyx]

Its always that middle of december weekend. On past years its been the saturday around that time, e.g the 15th, the 14th, the 16th

that saturday this year happens to be the 13th

so my guess is that saturday

[barren oasis]

Please does anyone have an idea when mit would be out 😭

Oh wow I didn’t read the above messages 😂

I really do hope it’s Saturday

[dry star]

Interesting

[thorny sierra]

I did nothing that crazy

Like I barely did ec and major essays

Now I'm stuck at what unique I did in my educational journey

[covert ridge]

Stuck idea wise or continuing an idea?

[thorny sierra]

Stuck

Like I have been brainstorming ideas all day now

[sleek crag]

"the prompt is always optional"

[covert ridge]

💀

[sleek crag]

which is to say do like me and ignore the educational part

[covert ridge]

Educational doesn’t have to be school

It doesn’t even have to be like a big shift

[thorny sierra]

I mean

I didn't do a research

[covert ridge]

It could be an extracurricular

[thorny sierra]

But like

I pushed the idea of Trust box in my school

Researched abt it a lil

[covert ridge]

To be fair I can’t provide much help because I wrote about high school since I did something very unorthodox

[sleek crag]

mine was about the number of times i got bailed out by others

[thorny sierra]

And it got placed on a hallways

[covert ridge]

Yeah I mean you could talk about that initiative

[thorny sierra]

I mean I'm trying to think out of the box

[sleek crag]

yea doesn't sound good when you say it like that but the point is it truly doesn't matter what its about

[thorny sierra]

But nothing that crazy

Or for my math project I chose not the theme teacher suggested, but golden ratio and studied how it is used in both architecture and nature

[thorny sierra]

Ok, I just thought that mb that's too cliche or sum

[covert ridge]

It’s not cliche until you write it

[thorny sierra]

However, my second rival is an unexpected challenge essay

[covert ridge]

Think abt how many essays there are of people talking about grandparents or a relative

It’s cliche

Yet there are unique essays

That got them in

[sleek crag]

just do what you like don't think about being unique

[thorny sierra]

I mean I can't write abt how my diarrhea forced me to stay at home and take my exam later

I'm trying to say that I can't talk abt smth too cliche

Or that I encountered some gard math problem

[sleek crag]

cliche depends on what the goal of the story is

[covert ridge]

lol

I wrote about cooking

[sleek crag]

focus on why this experience is important to you

[thorny sierra]

Or sports injury

[covert ridge]

It wasn’t even a recent challenge

[thorny sierra]

Like I'm trying to figure smth out

[thorny sierra]

I mean

I cheered up my family while we were near the active combat zone

[covert ridge]

Yeah if you’re writing it just to complete it, I don’t think that topic would mean a lot to you

[thorny sierra]

And I couldn't study

[covert ridge]

Does this mean a lot to you?

[thorny sierra]

I'm thinking what would be a good thing to write

[covert ridge]

Do you feel proud/passionate talking about it

[thorny sierra]

Yea, but I alr used it in community essay

And yes, it is hella important

[covert ridge]

A lot of people are. That’s the process of writing these essays

[thorny sierra]

Unexpected challenge you say...

[sleek crag]

if the story means something to you

[thorny sierra]

A tough one ngl

[sleek crag]

talk about it

fuck whomever thinks its cliche its about you

[thorny sierra]

It's just that I mentioned this in my other essay

So I need to talk abt smth else

[sleek crag]

if it really is important enough to warrant a second essay then go for it

it usually isn't unless there is truly that much to talk about

[thorny sierra]

Like that was a big shift in my personality I think

[covert ridge]

I stared at my doc until the morning it was due lowk

Don’t panic too much at this moment

[thorny sierra]

Like when we get out of there I was a completely different person

[sleek crag]

then for sure talk about it

[thorny sierra]

I have 10 colleges ahead

[sleek crag]

but talk about it where the emphasis is not on the moment, but why that's important to the prompt

[covert ridge]

I applied to 25

In one week

Because I stared at the docs for 4 weeks

[thorny sierra]

Man r u cyborg or sum

[sleek crag]

i applied to one and now have no motivation to apply to anything else 🥀

[covert ridge]

No I’m just lazy

[thorny sierra]

That's a good one

[covert ridge]

I played too much Fortnite

[sleek crag]

ew

[covert ridge]

I love Fortnite

[sleek crag]

last i played fortnite was in grade 8

peaked in season 7 icl

[covert ridge]

If ur stuck on mit why not move on to another school

[thorny sierra]

I heard there's a MASSIVE ukrainian community at MIT

[covert ridge]

Maybe a different worded prompt will spark another idea

[covert ridge]

There’s a lot of Ukrainians

[thorny sierra]

I'm talking like 3rd biggest after indian and chinese

[covert ridge]

I know 2 people that are Ukrainian in my dorm building

[thorny sierra]

I heard like there's approx 40 ppl a year admitted

[sleek crag]

how diverse is the indian community at MIT?

[covert ridge]

But they’re like US

[thorny sierra]

Ye I'm cooked

[covert ridge]

There’s a good amount of Indians

[thorny sierra]

https://tenor.com/view/joker-popcorn-eating-gif-11637371

[thorny sierra]

I'm int soooo

[covert ridge]

They’re both from States. Ones from Chicago, dunno about the other

[thorny sierra]

I stayed in the country all the time

[covert ridge]

Oof

[thorny sierra]

So mb I'm different

[thorny sierra]

Yea

[covert ridge]

Int rate is rough

[sleek crag]

ah. any idea on the state spread

i assume not

[covert ridge]

Bay Area concentrate

I would say

[thorny sierra]

I alr lost as an int

[sleek crag]

no wait i meant indian state but interesting

[covert ridge]

Ohh

[sleek crag]

lol

[covert ridge]

Sorry I don’t know much about India as a country

[thorny sierra]

But Ig there's a lot of ukrainian ints

[sleek crag]

all good lol that's what i assumed

[covert ridge]

Most ints that I meet have a medal

[sleek crag]

its over

[thorny sierra]

https://tenor.com/view/jogo-sukuna-ryomen-jujutsu-kaisen-jjk-gif-12910466074930766968

[sleek crag]

where the rescind app button

[thorny sierra]

I have some national awards

But I mean

Nothing crazy

[covert ridge]

https://tenor.com/view/satoru-gojo-gojo-satoru-gojo-satoru-sad-gif-11525061077992805711

[covert ridge]

That’s good

[sleek crag]

should've applied somewhere else 🥀

[thorny sierra]

Basically we don't have any offline olympiads as far as I know

Or any international olympiads teams

[covert ridge]

Oh true

[thorny sierra]

No research opportunities

[covert ridge]

They need to consider your situation

[thorny sierra]

So I tried to figure smth out

[covert ridge]

Sorry I overlooked that

I’m sure there’s a chance then

[thorny sierra]

But mb I'm hella wrong

Cuz I asked my school if there's any offline national olympiads

And teachers said hell nah

[covert ridge]

A good story is hard to think of honestly

You have to know yourself best

[sleek crag]

learnt what an olympiad was senior year

[covert ridge]

MIT didn’t let me see my final submission so I only have my drafts

My latest draft is closest. I read it again before I flew here and thought abt how much of me I showed

Your essays really have to speak YOU. Like someone could feel that you wrote it without seeing your name or anything

[sleek crag]

dont most admits get in despite their essay

[covert ridge]

hmm

idk about that

unless your accomplishments speak for themselves

cause MIT's CDS says that personality is extremely importnat

even above academics

it's the only quality catagorized as "very important"

[sleek crag]

fair but counterpoint: you are the least trustable source about yourself

lor's and interviews make much more sense

[covert ridge]

Interviews aren’t a big deciding factor though

Neither are LORs

Those two sources are to confirm that you yourself are telling the truth

AOs care how you represent yourself

Sorry typos

[sleek crag]

i get that but a lot of people can manufacture the persona a college looks for

few actually have the qualities they want

[covert ridge]

You can say the same thing for lors and interviews

[sleek crag]

true

much harder to do tho

[covert ridge]

It’s their job to sus out what’s manufactured

Sometimes mistakes are made

[sleek crag]

fair point

[wet light]

Wait really?

I thought LoRs are a pretty big thing MIT uses to gauge your character

I’m lowkey worried my recs are only mid cause my teachers had to write for so many students so they won’t help my app

[covert ridge]

my reqs i think were okay

LORs are just a way to gauge that your reputation with teachers and at school is beyond just average

its important that they're good but it's not a deciding factor

moreso a make or break in tough decisions

[wet light]

Yeah fair

[wet light]

Same, the two teachers I was the closest with that I chose for recs are lowkey pretty popular teachers to ask for recs for at my school so idk

Gonna just hope for the best cause I can’t even see the LoR lol

[hollow ice]

unc js do ur pushups 😭 🙏

[long void]

@covert ridge how are you liking MIT so far?

[long void]

Thank you!!

[covert ridge]

Great! The work is definitely roughing me up a lot. Unfortunately I carried some bad study habits to this school. Luckily the first semester is PNR so I get some grace. I’m struggling tons but learning tons. Boston and Cambridge are really fun, I’m sure you’re going to make great friends and great memories within your first week here I’m sure of it. I’m open to DMs if you ever wanna send questions or a short call. :3

[long void]

Thank you for responding! I’ll prob dm you with more questions lol

[dry star]

Considering you got into MIT I'm assuming you got pretty good grades in highschool, so what changed with the study habits?? Procrastinating?

[covert ridge]

I just procrastinated a lot throughout high school which didn’t work here. Learning things here last minute is so much more stressful

[dry star]

What are you planning on majoring in?

[covert ridge]

6-4

[dry star]

Can I ask what classes you are taking (more math than anything) and how your hs classes prepped you for it? Like if u took AP do you feel a big difference between 1st year courses or is it somewhat okay?

[covert ridge]

its definetely not unlike ap classes, but there is a lot more learning on your own compared to high school. Im essentially taking math+cs class right now. physics e&m, lin alg, algorithms, and fundamentals of programming

[gentle comet]

they typically announce which date they're going to be releasing decisions about a week before

[lament furnace]

Idk if this has been discussed before but when does everyone think decisions are coming out? Personally my guess is the 19th but it’s totally random

Although I’m like 95% sure it’ll be that week

[carmine pivot]

How much time do I need for MIT

Assuming I'm not like reusing any supplementals + personal statement

Plus have never used coalition

[lament furnace]

It’s not on coalition

Only MIT website

[carmine pivot]

oh

thats even worse i presume

how long does it take

[covert ridge]

Not that long

Depending how fast you write essays

Logistics and inputting info wise it’s a bit of a hassle because you need to manually list out courses

But you can fill everything out in like 20 mins

[carmine pivot]

bett

and essay wise

how many are there and are they like tricky?

[covert ridge]

4-5 supplementals I forgot

The Why MIT is actually the shortest supplemental like 100 words

The rest are like 225

Typical challenge essay

Leadership

One asks like unique aspect of educational journey

And one more I forgot lol

Oh the last one is what do you do for fun

That’s 150

[covert ridge]

Tricky is hard to define, but you definitely have to think hard as to how to represent yourself with so little words

If you pull it off successfully it’ll def help with other school supplementals

Too bad I did everything last minute, but that’s something I realized after submitting my apps 💀

[carmine pivot]

Oo bet

[carmine pivot]

That's prob gonna be me

I'm applying like 7 t10s and starting in winter break

[covert ridge]

Oof

I think I applied to 18 schools in one month of winter break

Wait no

16

[covert ridge]

It’s not fun 💔

[carmine pivot]

damnnnnnn

HEY BUT YOU GOT IN THO.

ALL THAT MATTERS

how cracked were your ecs

(intl comps?)

[covert ridge]

USACO, math, and an unproductive research experience at Columbia over the summer

Nothing impressive

I did a lot of dual enrollment though that might be a factor idk

[carmine pivot]

mm i see

[covert ridge]

MIT shreds our admissions files so we can’t see what the AOs thoughts of us were

[carmine pivot]

ohhh

i see i see

wait can you look my resume to see if i should even apply?

[covert ridge]

Anyone should apply

It’s worth trying

[carmine pivot]

true but ykwim

[covert ridge]

My classmate did primarily school clubs and was IB diploma

That was pretty much it

And he’s with me here

[carmine pivot]

oh? oo

[covert ridge]

I guess sure but I’m not giving you a chanceme I’m gonna tell you to apply regardless

[carmine pivot]

that's v like

encouraging acc.

cause im doing ib too

[covert ridge]

That’s cool

His talent is physics

[carmine pivot]

oo i see i see

[carmine pivot]

ah that makes sense

all good

[carmine pivot]

whats your major

[covert ridge]

Maybe AI

[carmine pivot]

oo i see

when do you have to declare it

[covert ridge]

I’m not sure the “due date” but you can declare as soon as freshman spring

[carmine pivot]

mm i see

that's p cool

[covert ridge]

Yeah

[carmine pivot]

what's your fav unknown aspect of mit that you love

[covert ridge]

Like something niche and unique abt mit that I found and like?

I’ll have to think abt that

[carmine pivot]

yep yep

[covert ridge]

I don’t know if ppl talk abt this much

But what I love here is that people rarely judge

A lot of times I feel super stupid

But I’m glad mit admits the kind of people who are actually compassionate and like to help

I also didn’t expect how much free food mit has idk if other schools do 💀

[carmine pivot]

LMAOO

that was acc super sweet tho

i was on the border of applying

[covert ridge]

Even if you don’t want to go

[carmine pivot]

(solely because of the whole "MIT students = tryhards" thing but that acc sounds so sweet and makes yall feel human)

[covert ridge]

If you get accepted you can go to cpw

And that on its own is fun you get a taste of the fun side of MIT

[covert ridge]

Nah the “tryhards” have a life lol

I’ve met medalists that are hella humble

You’d never know that they’d have such an accomplishment until you check their LinkedIn

We’re just people

[carmine pivot]

(wait whats cpw)

[covert ridge]

Campus Preview Weekend

[carmine pivot]

ooo

[covert ridge]

MIT flies you out to campus for 3.14 days. You stay with a student host and it’s basically like a 3 day long festival

[gleaming shale]

I’d just want to come into the conversation to ask how the average student that got into mit was?

[covert ridge]

There’s all sorts of events for specifically admits to get to know others

[covert ridge]

Average is…relative

[gleaming shale]

Like all I’ve heard from my friends who got in was that everyone there was either like a medalist or got in for some insane ecs like winner of isef is that true or is it just the people we hear about?

[covert ridge]

Oh there are def a lot of these people

[carmine pivot]

i-