MIT - EA, Worth it? What are my chances?

wildchartermage
Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:02:38 +0000

Hrm, I think I know that guy you’re talking about, jessiehl. I’ve met him last summer and he is def the guy I would look up to while I"m at MIT…but I think he’s graduating this year. :(

jsim0808: I think our disability helps us to stand out amongst those thousands of applicants. I know there are few of us who get accepted to MIT every year. So, use everything you have to your advantage. My essay was a bit more of about my life story and how I lived though it with my deafness, and into the person I am today. I even went a little geeky by making up an “equation of my life story” where I put in a bunches of physics equation relating to the inner workings of my cochlear implant and then equated that to me being a cyborg girl. :)

You do probs have some opportuntiy to do “something awesome as my MIT paper”. Since you live in SF, you can seek out a chance to work in a laboratory at Stanford/UCB/or any other cool schools for the summer, work hard, and get the professor’s letter of rec—just as I did. I had NO connection to the laboratory at MIT-Harvard. All I did was to go up and ask the professor if he was willing to take me in (of course, after reading some of his works before contacting him). You could try to do same, esp that it would be cool if you could work in some lab related to your major. Then, you might have a shot at both MIT and Stanford when it is time to apply.

I hope you get into MIT early or regular (if deferred)!!! It would be awesome to be your classmate next year! xD xD Contact me if you get in or where you’re going next year. :)