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Also take into account that there were over 3000 applicants, and for sure there are lots of people with similar names

What date did you get the email? And how people differentiate between CS and EE? Aren't we all applied to EECS? Are there 2 different committees?

Dear <first name>, Congratulations! It is my great pleasure to inform you of your admission to the graduate program in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT. Our department received close to 3000 applications from many outstanding students from around the world. Your application stood out as exemplary, and the EECS Admissions Committee believes you will be a terrific addition to our program. Shortly, you will receive additional information regarding your admission and the upcoming EECS Visit Days (March 2-4) event by email. Official letters of admission will be mailed this week, via US postal service to domestic addresses and DHL express mail for international addresses. I look forward to greeting you at MIT as a newly admitted graduate student in EECS. Sincerely, Anantha P. Chandrakasan Vannevar Bush Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department Head, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Massachusetts Institute of Technology AC/lak