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There are few waitlist posts on the main GradCafe page.

I'm sorry guys but the waitlist emails are already out. At this point we should only expect rejections...

Yeah, me neither. I think it's pretty much over by now. We just wait for waitlist/rejection emails. I guess rejections won't be out until March though. ?

Have you heard anything back?

It does matter but I think the most important aspect of your application is research experience. I have a 9.9/10 GPA and 3 great LORs but unfortunately no research experience. ☹️

Yeah, I think that's a reasonable assumption. It would be a waste of everyone's time to conduct interviews if all decisions were made.

I'm sorry, I wasn't clear. I actually meant your discipline/research area ?

Where did you see that? All I see is "You can log into this web site in early March to see our admissions decision" in the application portal.

Massive congrats! Do you mind sharing your area? Still nothing! We don't know whether another wave of acceptances will come, but the number of acceptances reported on the main GradCafe page is much smaller than last year.

Well, I guess it's over folks... I knew I didn't stand a chance of getting in but up until now I was hoping for a miracle. I guess I'll never get accepted at a top program since getting research experience in my country is something virtually impossible. ?

Yeah. They did send all acceptances on January 26 last year but we don't know if they were sent out at the same time. Also, there are just 4 acceptance posts so far on the main GradCafe page...

Yup!!! I am not sure if all of today's acceptances are out by now or if they just release them in smaller batches though...

That's so true but I doubt it will stop me from refreshing my application portal and email 100 times a minute... ? I just hope these GradCafe posts were not some kind of cruel troll (although it's likely).

Just noticed that. I guess we wait and see... Fwiw, I got nothing so far.

I'm just as anxious as you are right now! I was hoping today would be the day as well but turns out it's not... ?

Let's hope so! In any case the wait is coming to an end...

All "Round-Up" meetings (except the ones on 28 Jan) got removed from the calendar. Does that mean we should expect the first batch any day now?

Did they explicitly say that or just that interviews are not officially part of the admissions process?

There has been some discussion in reddit around this email. Several people, me included, did not get it. Don't know what to make of it though... ?

I don't think so. It's way too early for such an assumption.

That's good to know. So I guess we wait and see! That's true but only the first three events are labeled "Grad Admission Round Up" and I highly doubt they'll round up admissions in just 2 days. My guess is that "EECS Round Up" events are the same as the other three.

Congrats on the interview! Can you share your discipline? Judging from the past few years it seems that there will be two rounds of acceptances. I think we can expect the first batch to roll out in about a week and the second one in early Feb. Not that I have any chance of getting in though... ?

That's what I noticed as well. Perhaps they will admit students without conducting a lot of interviews this year.

Has anyone heard anything from MIT EECS since applying? I see that one applicant got an interview on the main GradCafe page.