@FigLeaves Thanks for the suggestion. It’s super helpful to hear advice from someone who’s gone through the whole application process before.
I have a few last-minute questions before I start to apply…I won’t bother you with too many more questions.
(1) What is the role of the interview in the application process? Do they interview a select group of strong applicants to decide the final admits, in which case it is a make-or-break type of thing, or is it just an extra factor of the application which a large portion of applicants are given the opportunity to do?
(2) How was the interview experience for you? Was the interviewer familiar with your written application and ready to ask questions specifically about what you wrote, or did they just use generic interview questions not really relevant to the rest of your application? About how long was it?
(3) Assuming I incorporate all of your suggestions into my application and don’t really add much els-e other than the activities I’ve already listed on this thread, what do you think are my chances of getting the interview, and then getting accepted? (The reason I ask is because I have a really busy schedule right now, and I know MIT Launch is really competitive, so if my chances are < 40% it might not be worth my time to apply. I’m going for regular round)