Still waiting on MIT Mechanical Engineering

[morpheus]

There seem to be a few of us on the Results page who haven't received a response from MIT's Mechanical Engineering Department. No need to spam that list  

If anyone has any news about this program, keep us posted! 

[morpheus]

And to answer the last guy's question: nah, I'm not really still hoping. I mostly applied to Applied Math programs anyway 

[psychomugs]

I've been so anxious that I made a quick Python script to keep checking the results page and text me whenever a new result pops up.

It'd be great to get some closure sometime this week. Given that we've survived this long, I'd think we're on some sort of waitlist.

[morpheus]

18 minutes ago, psychomugs said:

I've been so anxious that I made a quick Python script to keep checking the results page and text me whenever a new result pops up.

It'd be great to get some closure sometime this week. Given that we've survived this long, I'd think we're on some sort of waitlist.

Haha I did that too, except it sends me an email. You're probably right about the waitlist... unless of course they're waiting for a Pi Day slaughter 

[ChampaignSupernova]

I am waiting as well butI am not sure about the "waitlist" thing. Because based past few years records, there should be much more posted rejections from MIT Mechanical. I think this year is just they slowed down the process and many people are on that "waitlist".

[Soooo]

I'm joining this boat. Just keep wait and wait and wait...

[RonS1994]

Just emailed the admission office. They told me my application is still with the admission committee and they haven't made a decision yet...Also I remember they said in an email that the review of applications is on a rolling basis ... I submitted my application two days before deadline, so... I guess I might have to wait longer lol

Edited March 11, 2016 by RonS1994

[morpheus]

6 hours ago, ChampaignSupernova said:

I am waiting as well butI am not sure about the "waitlist" thing. Because based past few years records, there should be much more posted rejections from MIT Mechanical. I think this year is just they slowed down the process and many people are on that "waitlist".

Agreed, there's likely a torrent of rejections coming soon.

1 hour ago, RonS1994 said:

Just emailed the admission office. They told me my application is still with the admission committee and they haven't made a decision yet...Also I remember they said in an email that the review of applications is on a rolling basis ... I submitted my application two days before deadline, so... I guess I might have to wait longer lol

Thanks for asking!

[Strangelove]

Submitted my application on 14 Dec. Haven't received anything from the department yet.

IMO it is highly unlikely to get an admission offer now. I believe most of the admits have already been communicated in Feb and first week of March. I have, therefore, accepted admission offer from UM, Ann Arbor for MSE in Mechanical Engg. 

 

[morpheus]

My "Pi Day Slaughter" prediction was off... but I guess the "Ides of March" is almost as good. Still waiting

[omid13]

So, now what? When should we expect the next wave of rejections?

[ChampaignSupernova]

Finally! I got my rejection !

[RonS1994]

Still waiting... I bought Inflight Wi-Fi just to check my emails lol

[morpheus]

I emailed for a status update this morning, but no luck: 

Dear [morpheus],

 

Your application is still with the admissions committee and no decision has been reached yet.  As soon as the committee makes a decision, we will notify you promptly by email.  We expect to have all decisions made by the end of March.

 

Regards,

 

ME Grad Office

[coffeeplz]

Anyone know if they have an internal waitlist? It seems as if a lot of people haven't heard back yet & I still haven't been notified. I assume the department doesn't send out a response until an official decision (acceptance or rejection) has been made. If in the case our applications are put on a "waitlist", are they just waiting to see which of the extended offers accept their spot in the program?

[psychomugs]

Finally got the reject!

[morpheus]

3 minutes ago, psychomugs said:

Finally got the reject!

Same! Haha oh well, I'm 1/2 for mechanical engineering  

[psychomugs]

8 hours ago, morpheus said:

Same! Haha oh well, I'm 1/2 for mechanical engineering  

Will you be going to grad school for engineering or math?

To be honest, I'm slightly more sad that the whole waiting process is over than the decision itself. I almost enjoyed looking forward to checking this site every hour haha.

[electrickimchiclub]

finally got the reject a few days ago as well.

haha took them long enough!

[morpheus]

11 hours ago, psychomugs said:

Will you be going to grad school for engineering or math?

To be honest, I'm slightly more sad that the whole waiting process is over than the decision itself. I almost enjoyed looking forward to checking this site every hour haha.

Good question! At the moment I'm leaning more towards the other mechanical engineering program, which is a great mix of both applied math and engineering. How about you, what do you want to research within mechE?

And yeah, it was fun overanalyzing!  

[psychomugs]

5 hours ago, morpheus said:

Good question! At the moment I'm leaning more towards the other mechanical engineering program, which is a great mix of both applied math and engineering. How about you, what do you want to research within mechE?

And yeah, it was fun overanalyzing!  

Going to Cornell to look into (space) robotics/dynamics/controls.

[morpheus]

9 minutes ago, psychomugs said:

Going to Cornell to look into (space) robotics/dynamics/controls.

That's awesome, congrats! Maybe we'll cross paths at some conference