MIT Media Lab Fall 2022

[Zeolite]

 

Wanted to make a thread for MIT Media lab Fall 2022 applicants to talk and share resources. Best of luck to everyone. 

[Mobius0ne]

I’m looking forward to the results! I’ve gotten some website and linkedIn traffic, but I haven’t been contacted yet. I hope I get an interview ?

[kaji]

Me too, I hope I get an interview as well

[flaeran]

Best of luck everyone! @Mobius0ne If you don't mind answering, which group(s) did you apply to? Still haven't gotten any hits to the website or notable views to my LinkedIn.

[alcalmaanfo]

Best of luck to everyone! 
I have applied to groups like, Signal Kinetics, NCBS, and Camera Culture. Waiting for the results. I hope I get a call for an interview.
Please check my portfolio: https://sites.google.com/view/amol-bhindwale/home#h.p7usfq5bpqi5
  

[aparameter]

Good luck to everyone who has applied! I know it's a bit early to ask but did anyone get an interview call yet? The waiting period is so difficult!!

[Thisisit]

I had some hits from the us on my website (I am Europe-based) about a week ago but not anything noteworthy. I applied to Poetic Justice.

Good luck to all!

[curiepp]

I’m also waiting for an interview and I see some views on my website. I applied to tangible media, personal robot and future sketches lab. Wish everyone good luck!

[flaeran]

For those who have gotten hits on their portfolio site, have most of the views been from Cambridge/Boston? I received some longer visits towards the end of December (time on website averaging ~1 - 15 min), but they're all from cities in California, Georgia, etc.

[bbb bb b]

I am also still waiting, I applied to Social Machines. When should we expect a callback? 

Edited January 3, 2022 by Iceloo

[aparameter]

@flaeran Same! I got some from the UK and California. I applied to fluid interfaces, tangible media and personal robots 

[aparameter]

Waiting is definitely not fun! I hope everyone's taking care  All the best!

[Zeolite]

I got one view on my website from grad.mit.edu on January 3rd, but nothing since then... I applied to Tangible Media, Fluid Interfaces and CBA. 

[aparameter]

I got a 5 minute view from Cambridge and a 31 minute view from Mumbai on the same day (yesterday). Keeping my fingers crossed ??

[SewSew]

I've gotten views from California, Kansas, China, CT and Cambridge. Longest was Cambridge and was only 2.5 minutes so I'm not holding my breath. Good luck everyone!

PS I applied to Future Sketches and Tangible Media

[0001]

Hi guys, 
I signed up to share some info in case it could help you guys.

I've got to know some of the researchers in the Media lab(met at conferences), and one of them told me that they need to shortlist the applicants by mid-Jan. Interviews will be conducted independently by each lab from mid-Jan to early Feb.

Also, if there's anyone interested in the Personal Robots Group, they say they are finding one ML researcher for NLP for the master's level.

Maybe I could delete this post for a random reason, but for now, I wish this info helps you guys. Good luck everyone :)

[aparameter]

@0001 Thanks so much for the information 

[flaeran]

@0001 Thank you for the information! Did your contact from Personal Robots mention if they were only looking for just one ML researcher?

[0001]

59 minutes ago, flaeran said:

@0001 Thank you for the information! Did your contact from Personal Robots mention if they were only looking for just one ML researcher?

Yes. The researcher I contacted clearly mentioned they are looking for one(or none, if there is no suitable applicant) ML researcher, who can work on Natural Language Processing. That's for the upcoming master student, so if you are applying for Ph.D(even though theoretically you start from master, it's different) the situation could be different.

[Thisisit]

Does anyone have an update? According to threads from previous years, they are supposed to send out the interview emails around this time but maybe it's still early, I don't know.
 

[01010101]

I have no interview update. This week I got a couple of longish visits from Canada and the US but nothing from the Massachusetts area. I applied to Social Machines. 

[aparameter]

No interview emails for me either.

[JasL111]

No interview emails. Had a 3 minutes website view from Massachusetts weeks ago.

[aparameter]

Has anyone reached out to group admins to check where they might be in the process?

[Thisisit]

Nope, too self-conscious to do that. I also have absolutely no idea on how people usually handle these situations and if there's a right or wrong way to go. I mean, I just filled out the application and sent it. Should I know people in the program? Should I have been in contact with the institution for years? Should I be manifesting getting in the media lab all day and all night and sacrifice my firstborn? No idea! 
Woooooooo!