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Hi.

 

I've applied for an MS with possible fields of interest either in Transportation or Structures.

 

Good luck to everybody

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I have seen some admits last week and it has been silent since then, I assume there will be more admits.

 

Now since we know that the decisions will be made by march 1 does this mean that if we don't hear anything until this Friday then we are rejected?

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I seriously think that admits have been sent out already... What is remaining is rejects for Friday. But I really hope this is not the case... I know for sure that MIT never releases rejects and admits on the same day. The admits get to know 1-2 weeks before and then all the rejects here later. So i hope March 1st is an admit day not a reject day.. If that made any sense.

 

Anybody here specifically applying to the MST Program?

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I seriously think that admits have been sent out already... What is remaining is rejects for Friday. But I really hope this is not the case... I know for sure that MIT never releases rejects and admits on the same day. The admits get to know 1-2 weeks before and then all the rejects here later. So i hope March 1st is an admit day not a reject day.. If that made any sense.

 

Anybody here specifically applying to the MST Program?

 

I seriously dont want to be pessimistic but it is hard.

 

It seems last year people heard back different times (days even weeks between admissions) moreover the admits started late February and continued until the second half of March. Also it seems there are very few results which came the same day on the results page compared to last years.

 

I don't know maybe I just want to find a reason to wait. I applied for transportation (PhD) btw.

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I really hope that you are right TOApplicant. It would be great to hear from people who got accepted...

Yeah, best of luck to you too.

 

Btw I have seen a rejection on the results page. :(

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I seriously think that admits have been sent out already... What is remaining is rejects for Friday. But I really hope this is not the case... I know for sure that MIT never releases rejects and admits on the same day. The admits get to know 1-2 weeks before and then all the rejects here later. So i hope March 1st is an admit day not a reject day.. If that made any sense.

 

Anybody here specifically applying to the MST Program?

 

I think your assessment is probably right. I've heard that the majority of places admit in waves, so the people who are definitely in will get accepted first, then there's some discussion about the remaining pool of applicants while they wait to see who gets external fellowships and whatnot.

 

I'm also fearing that 3/1 will be "reject day." I didn't have really high hopes in the first place, but this waiting is killing me because MIT is my dream program*. I just want to get the rejection pain over with and move on with my life! 

 

There's a Civil thread on the Engineering board where somebody posted that they got a scanned MIT acceptance letter circa 2/20/13. They were in Mechanics of Materials and Structures. That's the only thing I've seen outside of the results page. 

 

 

 

* mine and everybody else's in the world, I know!

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I think your assessment is probably right. I've heard that the majority of places admit in waves, so the people who are definitely in will get accepted first, then there's some discussion about the remaining pool of applicants while they wait to see who gets external fellowships and whatnot.

 

I'm also fearing that 3/1 will be "reject day." I didn't have really high hopes in the first place, but this waiting is killing me because MIT is my dream program*. I just want to get the rejection pain over with and move on with my life! 

 

There's a Civil thread on the Engineering board where somebody posted that they got a scanned MIT acceptance letter circa 2/20/13. They were in Mechanics of Materials and Structures. That's the only thing I've seen outside of the results page. 

 

 

 

* mine and everybody else's in the world, I know!

 

The problem is you can not generalize this to the whole department. Different branches give acceptances on different days, there is also the waitlist process.

 

Moreover they don't really wait weeks to send a rejection email, it is usually one day after they gave the final acceptances, afterall waiting for weeks to send a confirmed rejection letter does not make sense.

 

Again I have only seen some admits on 20th of February and silence since then. 3/1 may be a rejection day but they might give some acceptances till Friday.

 

 

BTW it seems they started giving out rejections...

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I applid to the MENG-high performance structures program, and was expecting some result since last week...

Surprisingly received admission from Standford and UCB on Monday and Tuesday for my MS-structural...So I am much more relaxed even though still no response from MIT..ughh

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I heard back from the MST program (accepted) on Feb 20th....

 

Stats:

Undergrad gpa- 3.7

GRE- V:166, Q: 161, W: 5.0

 

No research experience, but 3 strong LoRs and SOP

 

I'm on a waitlist for an Research Assistant position. Hopefully will hear back about that before the deadline, as Maryland Civil Engineering has offered a full package....

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This is so stressful! I applied for environmental (PhD), and I don't think I've seen any acceptances for this emphasis on the results board. Please reply if you have though! As time goes on I'm afraid it will be mass rejections tomorrow...

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This is so stressful! I applied for environmental (PhD), and I don't think I've seen any acceptances for this emphasis on the results board. Please reply if you have though! As time goes on I'm afraid it will be mass rejections tomorrow...

 

I applied with an environmental focus and just got my rejection this morning. :( I posted in the results board, looks like someone else did too.

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@IMissCollege do you have any work experience? What is your bachelors degree?

I've been out for 3.5 years working in software consulting as a business analyst.

 My degree is in Industrial Engineering.

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I applied with an environmental focus and just got my rejection this morning. :( I posted in the results board, looks like someone else did too.

 

I am sorry to hear this. But I want to say you already have admits from great schools like CMU so you shouldn't be worrying about anything at all.

 

 

I on the other hand still heard absolutely nothing...

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I was going to say the same thing as TOApplicant. Wabisabi, you have some great choices! I've only heard back from 1 but with no info on funding. Still waiting on MIT though but it's not looking very promising. 

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Ok, haven't received anything yet nor there is any info on the application website. This is seriously depressing and I think I won't be hearing from them today since it is close to 6PM Eastern time.

 

On one hand there are only rejections on the other why would they leave it until the last moment (March 1) if it is a confirmed rejection, it shouldn't be hard to send all confirmed rejections in tow days. I couldn't sleep well for the last two days (a few hours of sleep, headaches etc...) and probably I won't be sleeping today.

 

I hope to see someone with a positive result ...

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