Preferred method of updates

AwesomeToad
Tue, 24 Dec 2013 21:35:59 +0000

I was deferred in the EA cycle, and have been wanting to send updates on new achievements, a letter, and a first-semester transcript. MIT’s Q&A somewhere (I don’t remember exactly which year, but I believe it was 2011, 2012, or 2013) says to send as early as possible, but also says that MIT prefers updates with the February Notes and Updates form. These seem to be conflicting messages.

Most of what I want to say would be awkward to fit with the midyear report, so I’ll probably send as a mail update. But I just want to know if anyone else has done or is planning to do something similar.