<p>^ What do you mean?</p>
<p>yes, goldowl.</p>
<p>"^ What do you mean? "
In the past, I know that MIT uses sorts of numerical index (from 1 to 5 for rating) for academic and nonacademic areas, the details of which held little importance. I don’t know if MIT still uses it for this year tho, which is why I’m asking.</p>
<p>^ Wouldn’t that defeat the whole purpose of “holistic” reading of the application and looking at applications in context?</p>
<p>Thank you for your help MITChris!</p>
<p>The website says they use a holistic approach so I wouldn’t think they would still be using an academic index unless it excluded rank. Many schools (approx 40-45%) have either stopped ranking or give the kids the option to not send in a rank. This would prevent any continuity in comparison of applicants.</p>
<p>How do we decide if an achievement is of national or regional etc significance?? I’m sure I’m not the only person in this boat.</p>
<p>Example: gaining Grade 8 in a musical instrument</p>
<p>^ If I knew what music grades were, I might know how to categorize it :)</p>
<p>well, they go from 1 - 8. The ones above it are university level, so I suppose you could say Grade 8 is the highest “high school” grade attainable. Some prodigious musicians do go on to get their diplomas while in high school though.</p>
<p>I’m sure this will affect other people who sit some graded system (be it karate, dance or music) - what is the general principle for ticking the regional/national categories?</p>
<p>honestly, for music, we are going to care less about the distinction and more about what our music supplement evaluators say. so make sure to send in that music supplement if you want to hang your hat on music!</p>
<p>how long does it usually take for the application tracking to reflect recommendations sent by naviance?
and also mailed in ones?</p>
<p>@MITChris, I applied EA to MIT, but I am planning to record a voice supplement later this month. I know it says on the admissions website that for the supplement to be considered for EA, it needs to have been sent to MIT by Nov 1. Can I send it in anyway in case I get deferred and want to enhance my application?</p>
<p>@destroyer - yup.</p>
<p>MITChris, I sent in my supplemental rec with my other recommendations, but didnt have the cover sheet back before the deadline. I just sent a fax today with another copy of the letter and the cover sheet. Will it still be considered for EA?</p>
<p>MITchris, one quick question:
I heard that SAT scores are sorted out (superscore calculated) and handed to the admissions committee that actually makes the decisions. My question is, is the committee handed all the scores, or just the superscore, and if only the superscore, will it be with dates for each section?
I’m asking because I got a 2400 single sitting and I like to hope that the committee will be able to see I did it single sitting (rather than being indistinguishable from 2400 superscore).
Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>so i know my teachers have mailed my recs in, but on the site it hasnt been processed? when should i start getting worried. my english one was mailed about 2 weeks ago…</p>
<p>It took my recs about three weeks to get processed after they sent them in.</p>
<p>Thanks, Chris! Also, my school sent in my transcript and SSR a few days after the EA deadline. Will this affect my chances of being considered for EA?</p>
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<p>You realize this won’t be the focus of your application anyway, right? Getting 700s in each section is a good enough indicator that they’ll stop caring about your scores.</p>
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Don’t worry until the admissions officers post on the blogs (and probably here) that they’re done sorting the mail. And even then, don’t worry – you’ll be given instructions for sending another copy of your recs if they haven’t shown up.</p>
<p>Most likely, your recs are sitting in a huge pile of mail that MIT has a staff processing full-time.</p>
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Of course not.</p>