csApplicant Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 It seems like NO ONE gets accepted into MIT. I want some stats of people accepted into MIT - I can't seem to find any anywhere. Anyone? Also, seems that Stanford and other schools are cutting back on acceptance. I can't see hardly anyone accepted to Yale. Comments? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tedjj Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Go to MIT website and look at students CV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csApplicant Posted February 12, 2009 Author Share Posted February 12, 2009 do you by chance know if mit is committed to diversity - as in different backgrounds? maybe someone who's worked in business before or someone who can speak like six languages, someone who used to own a business, have a cool hobby, etc? lots of ivy leagues are into that, but i'm not sure that mit would be (yes, i know mit is not an ivy league). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tedjj Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 I may be wrong but I think this is more applicable to undergraduate admissions than PhD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alice Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 It seems like NO ONE gets accepted into MIT. I want some stats of people accepted into MIT - I can't seem to find any anywhere. Anyone? Comments? What do you mean no-one? There are some MIT EECS admissions on the survey page. They'll probably contact the admitted students by Feb 17 or something, and refer everyone else to their wonderful website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anony Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Yale CS has had limited funding for the past couple of years and admits very small numbers of people as a result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csApplicant Posted February 12, 2009 Author Share Posted February 12, 2009 tedjj, was unable to locate the computer science student profiles. do you know where i might go to find this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tedjj Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 They don't do it - but if you go on website of professors they usually put their phd students there somewhere. If you then go to the student's website - he/she often has a link to his/her CV there - you can see when they started grad school and then look what they achieved by that time:) I don't want to post specific links since that person may not want it but it's not hard to find Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csApplicant Posted February 12, 2009 Author Share Posted February 12, 2009 Is it too late for me to contact the professors I said that I wanted to review my application? I have nothing to lose at this point, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csApplicant Posted February 12, 2009 Author Share Posted February 12, 2009 ok seriously. i just checked those people's resumes and i'm now ready for my reject letter. those people are seriously qualified and there's no way they would look at me. mit seems to be very by the book and seems to only accept one type of student. others might disagree with me. seriously depressing. i'm now very happy and grateful for the accepts that i have received. mcaleste 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tedjj Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 hehe I didn't apply to MIT because of that reason:P I saw a student of the prof in my area and he had several pubs in undergrad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csApplicant Posted February 12, 2009 Author Share Posted February 12, 2009 j still want to write to the professor i want to work with and state my case. what do you think??? bad form? what do i have to lose at this point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michigantrumpet Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 j still want to write to the professor i want to work with and state my case. what do you think??? bad form? what do i have to lose at this point? It's a small world, so you definitely don't want to burn any bridges. If you do e-mail the professor, I would keep it professional and avoid appearing desperate. Best of luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCP Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Sigh, no word from MIT yet. I guess I was due a rejection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csApplicant Posted February 12, 2009 Author Share Posted February 12, 2009 actually, i'm kind of glad. i wouldn't want to work with those people because they are way too intense for me. i'd rather be somewhere more laid back and about the intellect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michigantrumpet Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 I just got a congratulatory e-mail from CSAIL that made it sound like I should have already received an e-mail from the department. Maybe some of their area II e-mails haven't gone out or got lost. Weird... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longhorn Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 @michigantrumpet, congrats! You are on a roll man I wish I had at least one admit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csApplicant Posted February 12, 2009 Author Share Posted February 12, 2009 longhorn, your signature says you were rejected from cmu. i wasn't aware they were sending rejections out already? could you tell me what your specialty is and when you received your reject email/letter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longhorn Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 @csApplicant, I did not receive an official email from CMU, but I know from many of my friends that CMU only has a single round of admits. So I'm assuming it's a reject. My specialization is networked systems. You can find my profile in the 'CS applicants where are you' thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csApplicant Posted February 13, 2009 Author Share Posted February 13, 2009 looks like MIT is starting to send out rejection notifications. i'm really freaking out - no news from many of the schools i applied to is seeming to be bad news. no news yet from jhu, penn, mit, berkeley, michigan... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tedjj Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 ahh seems UNC also sent acceptances already :\\ seems I will have to choose between CUNY and masters programs ;pp that sucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csApplicant Posted February 13, 2009 Author Share Posted February 13, 2009 how can you say this already??? don't throw in the towel yet. you haven't heard, it seems, from at least five programs. stay optimistic, you never know!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaphod_beeblebrox Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 So do they send out rejections before they send out admits? What about the whole online admission/rejection thing? Is that a rumour? Does anyone have any idea what MIT's usual policy of announcing admissions/rejections are?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alice Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 leogk: Did you receive an official rejection email? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tedjj Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 So do they send out rejections before they send out admits? What about the whole online admission/rejection thing? Is that a rumour? Does anyone have any idea what MIT's usual policy of announcing admissions/rejections are?? I think some schools send acceptances before rejections since they first consider ppl for PhD and then masters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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