Djokovic

bsDBer2010,

definitely email the admissions@mit.org people. They respond fairly quickly to answer any of your concerns.

Did you extra rec letter person us the actual eval sheet? Cause that is a invitation for a mix-up for sure

molliebatmit

^That should be mit.edu.

You could just send a one-page note to MIT (with your name/birthday, so it'll get matched to your folder) that says "Mrs. X is writing my eval A, and Mr. Y is writing my eval A. Dr. Z is writing a supplemental letter." That will get everything straightened out.

bsDBer2010

Ah, I see. Thank you both, Djokovic and mollie! FYI, no she did not use an evaluation sheet because I was worried that there could be a mix-up. I will try emailing the admissions office, but I will also attach the note (besides, isn't there a section in Part 2 of the application that asks who is writing which recommendation?).

collegesgirl

I plan to apply and still working online app. Can we check the status of documents like ACT scores, transcripts, etc. to see if they were received if I haven't submitted my final application. 1 section was submitted already.
Thanks

acai10

Hi!

I mailed my two teacher evaluations and my secondary school report and transcript about a week ago, all in the same big envelope. Today, MyMIT updated and said that Evaluation A and the report/transcript were processed, but not Evaluation B. Does MIT process everything from one envelope at the same time? Or if there's a chance of the humanities rec being misplaced, should I ask my teacher to send another copy?

Thanks!

Djokovic

I would just wait a week or two before getting worried.

molliebatmit

I was under the impression that it was possible to see the tracking portal after you'd submitted Part 1, but perhaps someone else could verify this.

There's always the possibility that it's been misplaced, but it's unlikely. It's more likely that the other evaluation just hasn't been logged in yet. I'd wait at least a few more days before thinking about sending a new copy.

acai10

Okay. Thank you! Later if it turns out that it's misplaced, would it be okay if I postmarked the new copy after November 1st?

molliebatmit

Yes, that will be absolutely fine.

Matt will have a blog entry in mid-to-late November that will indicate when they've opened and processed all the mail, and will have instructions for what to do if one of your application pieces isn't there at that time.

ansar

Really? Everything on my tracker has been processed except Part 2 of my application (still revising a bit ... ) and my Secondary School Report (which my teacher said she sent about a week ago > <).

molliebatmit

The fact that it takes a long time to process the mail does not imply that everyone's application components will take a long time to be processed. The mail is being opened and sorted continuously, it's just that there's a lot of it.

Djokovic

It is understandable that mail can take a while to process. There will always be a human error when it come to handling physical stuff. But overall I think the MIT admissions does a good job cause all my stuff came online about exactly 5-6 days after I mailed them.

I mailed two things about 3 days apart and then both came online about 3 days apart too!

tomjonesistheman

MIT emailed me saying that sending my scores after receiving my October ones was okay. So I sent my SAT scores on the 29th, they still haven't been processed. This is okay right? Just makin sure.

crystalknight

I posted this as a new thread, but just to be safe, I'm also going to post it here:

Hey there, I have a couple of questions about the optional section (which I should have done by now, it's my only blank left on the application).

Anyway, boiled down, my main question is what exactly the optional is for. I understand that it is for people who maybe have special circumstances or something extra that they would like to say, but I just don't really know what to put. This probably doesn't make sense, so I'll just say the two things that I was thinking of putting and maybe someone can help me determine whether or not this is a good idea.

1. In the little box for a URL, I am linking my youtube account. On this account there is a marble sorter I made for a class and numerous other short films that I've made. In my creativity essay I mention a couple of the film, but I never talk about the sorter. So now I'm thinking that in my optional section I write a little bit about each video. Is this appropriate?

2. The other option (which I may do in addition to my first) is the simple question "Why MIT?" I think that my answer would be just be redundant. I've already said that I am interested in technology and MIT already knows that it is the greatest institution for it. I suppose I could talk about that I am specifically interested in artificial intelligence, but, like I said, MIT already knows that it is great at that too.

As a side question, my math coach that was supposed to write my rec has been sick for the past week. I don't know if he was able to get in my rec or not. From what I've read, MIT is flexible with the actual date they receive the rec, but I'm wondering when it becomes too late.

Thank you for any help that you might be able to offer.

Djokovic

On question 11b), which was about what I wanted to major in/ what department, I mentioned two majors that I was interested in. Is it bad to say multiple departments?