<p>@guezmike</p>
<p>wow. i’m aiming for 2:10.
u are super fast.
and not only that, you are a super genius too.</p>
<p>i can probably run a 14min 3200m.
but i wouldn’t want to slow you down on your runs!
I just need to master hills in cross country as you can see, I add 6minutes on to my time.
but i will see you on june 18th!
btw did you join the facebook group?</p>
<p>@iheartcalculus</p>
<p>yup. and i sent u a friend request. :)</p>
<p>@woohoo2011, I talked to a MITES waitlistee from '09, and she said that five of the people waitlisted got accepted into the program. The number of people waitlisted is around 15, but this year I’m thinking it’s a little higher with the higher number of applicants.</p>
<p>sooo after 4 nights of dreams (no really, I dreamed about MITES this week) I was rejected =\ lets just say my tearducts are dry</p>
<p>I thought I qualified I had everything… a love for all things science, high PSAT scores, 100+ in all of my classes, science olmpiad, highest classes my high school offers, minority, great essays (my teachers said they were), great reccs, low income, a summer program from last summer, lack of science background in the family, first generation college student, etc.EVERYTHING!!!..so i called them =] and they said that “some people need it more than others, and in your case you don’t need it as much” (her exact words) i guess there isn’t a formula to acception
really?
congrats to all who made it and are waitlisted! I’m still coming to MA to visit MIT this summer so i won’t completely miss out
the lady also said some of the admission officers’ kids applied and they still got rejected. She told me a story about her son who was rejected a few years ago but went off to be a Harvard graduate and is doing well in life. So there is hope for those rejected
at least I stil have SAMS at cmu
again congrats!</p>
<p>I have not heard from mites yet and I am not expecting to be accepted cause I am orm…</p>
<p>@ambaturkey and all the similar rejectees
My conclusion re Mites admission is that one has to be urm, first of all. Secondly, one has overcome hardship like war, extreme poverty, disability, serious crisis(family, national whatever), AND has had no previous chances to attend programs like mites. That means, one’s stats (numbers) do not have to be (cannot be) stellar at all. That is what I figure from this year’s experience. Sure there can be exceptions, so don’t …Too bad so many of us had to spend so much time working on application and wait in anxiety.</p>
<p>Mites MUST clarify their target audience IN DETAIL on its website. Really.</p>
<p>i’m glad the rejection letter was nice…didn’t help the pain lol
well you guys i guess we’re unique…just like everyone else hahahaa</p>
<p>@guezmike
haha i how do you know which one i am? i’m ellen. is your name anything related to quezmike?</p>
<p>@guezmike</p>
<p>i think i found you :)</p>
<p>…this is awkward</p>
<p>SO… I’m going to MITES!!!
@frotw5693
@halfcraft
I’m from nyc and am also really concerned about the regents. I’m taking history on the 18th and physics on the 22nd. I read that you guys were planning to call over. Did u get any news? What’s the plan?</p>
<p>@Iheartcalculus
lmao I was going through the people pictures to memorize faces and names for when I get over to Boston. And saw pictures from track meets so I knew it was you. Lmao </p>
<p>Amd</p>
<p>@prjiki
thanks for the congratulatory words. -.- I strongly believe you’re wrong when u say that the acceptance is based more on “overcoming hardship like war” as opposed to strong academic merit. I didn’t go through war, extreme poverty, disability or anything of that nature. My essays showed my strong love for mathematics and my math PSAT score from the last two years (got an 80 the last two years) backed that up. That’s how I got in. There was nothing else “standout-ish” (sorry for inventing words) in my application.</p>
<p>@Marbe27, I called. On your acceptance letter, there should be the email of the MITES director. You have to send that person an email and explain your situation. I’m assuming that you will have to tell them that you will not be able to make it until the 23rd. The secretary said that the program is usually very understanding when it comes to this problem. Hope that helps.</p>
<p>@prjiki
I was hoping u had 80s and 800s to back up your words. But the truth is that we work to get where we are, and you may think that you are better than everyone who got accepted but scores on tests do not make a person. </p>
<p>Although i highly doubt that you’ve gotten a 150 on AMC10. 
A lot of people may not have 80s on psat or 780s on physics (yet) but we are accepted because we have the potential to. If you feel like youre “the last coca cola in the desert” (like my mom says lmao) you would have made it into another really good summer program. Don’t bring down our accomplishments because you are bitter.</p>
<p>Still haven’t gotten anything…I have this paranoid feeling it got lost in the mail or put in the wrong mailbox. If it comes tomorrow as its supposed to, I won’t even be in town to find out until Sunday…the wait is killing me</p>
<p>@Marbe27
@FROTW5693</p>
<p>I called too. Similar answer but different interpretation. They told me to let the director know that we have Regents to take (FROTW5693 said this). However, she told me that since they always get a lot of kids from NY (about 7, lol), they arrange for them to take the Regents. I think that they probably administer some Regents or contact the Board of Ed and let them know.</p>
<p>I also live in NYC (btw, what school do you go to?) and have the US Regents on the 18th, but since it is in the morning, I’m taking it and then driving to MIT (4hr drive, so I’ll make it in time). Since I also have 2 more Regents, both on the 22nd (French and Physics), worst possible case scenario I’ll just take a bus back to NYC on the 21st at night and return on the 22nd at night after having taken the tests (meaning I’d only miss 1 day of MITES).</p>
<p>Let the director know that you have Regents: <a href=“mailto:shawnay@mit.edu”>shawnay@mit.edu</a></p>
<p>@guezmike
ahahahaaaaa :)</p>
<p>@guezmike: I’m glad I didn’t get a rejection letter from you lmao</p>
<p>@all who were accepted: boston/cambridge is beautiful so please please please go out, Buy a charlie (chah-lee<- boston accent =] ) card, and explore it! There are alot of things to do and places to see like faniel hall, symphony hall, fenway park, college tours, harvard square, Davis square, cheers, etc… (even though you’ll be busy with work)! I used to live in Boston and I really wish I had a chance to appreciate it. I hope you have a great time this summer!</p>
<p>Do you guys think Calculus I for five weeks is enough to take AP Calculus BC nect year?</p>
<p>Just wondering Do you think calculus I for 5 weeks is enough to take AP Calculus BC next year…I’m taking pre-calc now</p>
<p>@akapoben
yeah, that’s what im doing. it really just depends on whether or not you can keep up with the faster pace of BC compared with AB. but if you think can, then take it. the class at MITES will probably just introduce us to about a college semester of calc</p>
<p>@ halfcraft </p>
<p>cool. I think I’m going to do the same for the US and Physics Regents. But if they’re planning to administer it, as you said, that would be so much more convenient.
Thanks for the info. </p>
<p>btw, I go to Stuyvesant. How about you?</p>