MIT EA Rate rises 15%

[molliebatmit]

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@Dkerstiens

Applications increased by 14.4% while the number of people working in the admissions department probably remained relatively constant, so either they spend less time reading applications, or they push the decisions release date back.

@PiperXP

Or they have less buffer time between decision date and release date

@Dkerstiens

That would be the other option, but I would assume that decisions are released as soon as they are all finished with nearly no buffer time. Now we just need somebody in admissions to tell us the date.

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<p>Or they hire more outside application readers. </p>

<p>There’s usually about a week or so between the end of selection and the release of decisions. The admissions officers use that time to double-check all of the decisions and prepare the system for decision release.</p>