<p>Hello! I did some research over the summer. However, I didn’t include a recommendation from my supervisor. Is this okay? I am concerned that MIT will feel like I’m lying and will check up on the research to see if I actually did do it. I’m scared of this because I’m not sure if there is any written evidence or documented evidence of my participation. </p>
<p>I’m excited to hear about decisions soon!! I worked super hard on the application, but I know how selective MIT is. </p>
<p>I also included this question in a separate thread, but I thought this might be a good place to put it too: </p>
<p>Obviously, we all submitted essays for the application. I worked pretty hard on those essays, and I think they turned out well. However, in the past few days, I thought of an idea that I would really like to include in one of my essays. My application has already been submitted, but I do know that the February Update will be available if I get deferred. Does anybody know if I can resubmit an essay for the February Update, if I happened to get deferred? Thanks!</p>
<p>
This is really unlikely – MIT’s first assumption will not be that you are lying about your research experience.</p>
<p>Would it be okay to include a link to a video in the additional information section where I talk about who I am a bit and let the board know directly what I stand for and what matters to me? I’d like to add tangible (if you will), personal aspect to my application.</p>
<p>Does anybody know what day EA MIT decisions will be released? And I assume one can check them on the MyMIT site once decisions are released?</p>
<p>@yaboy2tacos They have not announced the date yet, but they should be doing so this week. Decisions are usually out around the 15th. Too. Far. Away.
:)</p>
<p>When MIT says that an applicant is “academically qualified”, are subject test scores enough to demonstrate that? I have mediocre grades (one C, couple of Bs) but managed to score consistent 750s in Physics, Chemistry and Maths Level 2 Subject Tests along with a decent SAT score. Am I academically qualified for MIT, or will my application end up in the rejected pile for simply not meeting the academic criteria? Really excited about applying, but also curious to know more on this. Thanks!</p>
<p>P.S. I am having trouble creating new threads. Can’t seem to find the button to create one. Anyone else having similar issues?</p>
<p>For anyone who hasn’t seen Chris Peterson’s blog post yet on MIT’s admissions site, EA decisions will be released next Saturday @ 3:16 Eastern Time.</p>
<p>Funny, because it’s being posted on 12/13/14 at 15:16 EST</p>
<p>Does anyone have any thought about whether the chances for admission are higher the earlier the application is submitted? In other words, for regular decision, does an application sent in November have an advantage over one sent in 12/31 @ 11:59 pm with similar credentials? </p>
<p>What should a student do if they haven’t heard back from their interviewer? With three days to go before the deadline, should they keep sending emails?</p>
<p>@sbjdorlo Have you tried calling your EC? When I emailed my EC, I waited about two weeks for him to respond. Then I went ahead and called him, and he got back to me the next day.</p>
<p>Thanks, programmer8. This isn’t for me, but the student in question did hear back from the interviewer, so all is good. :-)</p>
<p>One more question:</p>
<p>Can letters of recommendation be sent via snail mail if a recommender isn’t computer savvy? (This is a humanities recommender)</p>
<p>^I’d also like to know the answer to this question. I can’t find any printable recommendation forms, like the ones the common app uses, on MIT’s website. </p>
<p>does anyone else see the february update thing on their application portal?</p>
<p>Hmmm @sbjdorlo Have you tried emailing admissions? I’m sure there is a way they’d accept it in the mail…
@vell28 I also have that February Update Forms thing on my student portal. But we don’t have to worry about it yet.</p>
<p>My student submitted a LOR from someone who was non-tech savy and this was what they wanted us to do with it: We emailed them a week later and it was with their application file, so it worked. We had ours faxed, but obviously mailing is fair game too.</p>
<p>"If there are other pieces of scannable information that you feel would add depth to your application, you must download and print an MIT Supplemental Document Cover Sheet from your MyMIT account and attach it to any non-required document you submit. If you are mailing materials to MIT, please use this address:</p>
<p>MIT Undergraduate Admissions Processing Center
P.O. Box 404
Randolph, MA 02368"</p>
<p>Hi @MuggleMom ,</p>
<p>Sorry, I am slow this morning. Could you clarify the “they” when you say, “this is what THEY wanted us to do…”?</p>
<p>And the “them” and “their” when you say, “We emailed THEM a week later and it was with THEIR application file”?</p>
<p>Are you talking about the recommender or MIT admissions?</p>
<p>So are you saying your student’s recommender submitted a LOR via fax to the above address?</p>
<p>Since an LOR is a required document, the recommender would not follow the protocol you listed in your post, correct MuggleMom?</p>
<p>Thanks for clarifying.</p>
<p>Yes, @programmer8 , this student may need to email MIT admissions.</p>
<p>Hey everyone,</p>
<p>I have a question regarding the research supplement.
I am a student from the UK, so I will try to use terms that are common in the US education system. </p>
<p>I have completed high-school, and I am currently on a gap year. During grade 12, I decide to enrol in research classes offered by my high-school. The classes were optional, and outside of regular curriculum and only 10 students (out of 160 in my year group) took part in the research classes. I completed a research project on Fashion design, and I also created an artefact to accompany my research paper. This project was marked, and given a grade (which was an A*). My project was commended by the principal of my high-school and labelled ‘outstanding’.
I decided to complete a research project on fashion design, because all of the other subjects that I studied were to do with science, or math, so I wanted to do something different. </p>
<p>The issue is that I am not sure how to answer some questions, regarding my research project, on the Research supplement. These two questions are proving to be the most difficult:</p>
<p>1) In which MIT department would your research be conducted?*</p>
<p>8) Has this work been submitted, presented, and/or published?*</p>
<p>Since my project is based on Fashion and design, there are no departments in MIT that correspond. So what should I do regarding this? Similarly, as my work was submitted for marking and I received a grade, but has not been published - should I tick yes or no?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>