Well, you guys did your part!

Nice to hear, I suppose I should look out for the "obvious" envelope then... or the regular *shudder*.

On another note, Memoirs isn't showing anywhere near Minneapolis. It's not fair... such an amazing book, me and my friends want to see it so bad.

WOW, number of EA admits went down ~150 over the past 3 years; THAT IS CRAZY. This makes me nervous, but yeah, I'll just relax and enjoy the weather in San Diego.

Hi again!

I need to ask if we can put down more than one activity for the "leisure" short answer question, i.e, Q12a) tell us about something that you do for the pleasure of it?

Thanks!

Since I'm in South Florida, it looks like I'll just have to wait.

Thanks for at least keeping us informed, even though I'm probably far more anxious now than I would be otherwise...

Wonder why the admission result is not made available through the MtMIT web page. It is afterall password protcted.

i know right, its kinda ironic that MIT doesn't have upto date technology. As long as I get in I'll forgive them.

I'm so happy it's over. No more waiting, no more anxiety. I just wanna thank all the admissions officers for guiding us through this process. You guys did a great job. All the other colleges make the process seem so impersal, MIT on the other hand really cares about each and every applicant.

I hope I got in!!!

I finished my application a few weeks ago with the exception of my AMC scores. I have had difficulties obtaining them from school. Is there any way I can submit my application now, and, as soon as I get the scores, send them?

You guys KNOW that getting a letter is so much more climactic than checking online. It wouldn't be nearly as exciting online. Getting the mail is somethink you'll remember, though.

But online is faster.

Hmm..."Memoirs" seems like a good movie

It's releasing limited on the 16th, and all over on the 23rd...luckily I'm in New York, so it's already been released here on a limited number of screens

This decision thing is nail-biting for me; I'm just glad the letter is about to arrive. You really should not make it that obvious envelope-wise, but then again, I guess that works.

Trying not to think about it...

I heard the acceptance letters come in tubes rather than envelopes...

I'm still awaiting my most probable small white envelope... A deferral if I'm lucky. I live in southern New Hampshire, but given small town mail I probably won't find out until Tuesday.

did any one of you have 2.1 GPA?

I am afraid that I will be rejected.

Still, I want to be accepted.

Waiting really is the hardest part....

I know its not going to come in the mail today... but I checked the mail anyway... and it seems the mail guy chose today to slack off... I checked the mail 3 times... and we haven't gotten our mail yet...

geezzz... and i thought applying was the most stressful part. waiting is sooo much worse. especially if i get the normal (non-exciting) envelope that i'm expecting. monday seems sooooooooooo far away... btw the fact that MIT's got blogs on their admin site is way cwel. prolly tops of the fact that it's the best admin site i've seen but then it is MIT, lol... monday... ...or tuesday...

Benefits of living in WI: I probly won't get rejected til Wednesday.

*checks mailbox*

no dibs

:| waiting is bad.

Such heart-pounding stress.

What a nightmare.

Waiting for that deferral.

OMG I looked in my mailbox just now and I found a big envelope. I was so excited I thought I got in. Then I looked at it and noticed it was from CUNY. All this waiting is getting to me. I just wanna know already.

faster is soo much better than climatic...

The suspense augments every single day. Every time I even think about the letter that I will receive from MIT, my heart begins to race and my breath becomes quicker. Oh why, Oh why, did you have to use snail mail, especially when it is snowing?? Why make us EA applicants suffer this agonizing pain of wait? I am so scared about what type of envelope I will receive; and if it be the tiny white envelope, what decision will be printed in those 12 font Times New Roman English characters...deny or defer? While I go about my daily almost mechanical routines of life, the knowledge that the decision letter will be getting ever more closer to Atlanta; and I hope, by the time the letter reaches my doorstep, that the ice will have melted off the white paper-like envelope because of the radiant glow of the word ACCEPTANCE.

mines gonna be small..i can feel it..

5 to 10 says that if they let us check online we'd either crash the whole system or some wiz-kid would hack it. We are applying to MIT after all. Small envelopes suck

Did anyone get their letter yet?

Just because they don't allow checking online doesn't mean they can't.

I personally would far rather open it and see. However, I'd prefer everything be the same envelope size and get an admit pack later, but that's just me.

but it takes too long!!!!! by the time i get it i'll be crazy and it won't matter whether i got in or not

actually it will...if i don't my brain will be permanentaly damaged

Don't be so negative, just remember there's a good chance the 1 out of every 10 of us will get in. Mabye even more. Personaly I think most of us on this blog will make it.

Anyone got any ideas on how to pass the time. Please don't do your other appps cus thats what I'm doing.

I'm watching the whole LOST season one over again so that my mind wont be thinking about the MIT deferral letter.

That's MY Lost Season One DVD, Yi!

I dont know which is worse... waiting for a letter or getting it online. I do know that calling for AP scores and checking online got my heart pumping pretty hard. For the IB scores, I noticed that the website was on atomic time (my watch gets signals for atomic time) so just waiting for the right second to hit refresh was pretty stressful. My heart felt like it was going to explode several minutes before they came out and just got worse until I finally got the scores. Either way, this whole mail thing is pretty stressful. I am going to be driving home from school like a mad man on Monday and Tuesday looking for my letter. Lets just hope I dont crash.

can everyone please calm down? you making me even more nervous. i really think i got denyed after the first rejection i might cry for a few weeks but i will get over it hopely. damn i saw a RPI enevelope the colors are like the MIT. my heart alwost jumped out my chest but it was just RPI.

I think someone else said this earlier, but getting the paper copy through snail mail is better than online notifcation.

Tearing up piece of paper: cheap.

Punching Computer Monitor: Expensive.

Tearing up piece of paper: Stress relieving.

Punching Computer Monitor: Hand hurting.

in fact, Im sure someone on one of the blogs said that already... oh well. I stole it.

I bet you the admissions officer are all laughing at us right now. Why can't they just tell if we got in or not. They know, they know all. LOL I'm going out of mind, I gotta go to sleep.

oh man...

i live in brookline ma (in other words, right across the river from MIT) and all of my friends got their acceptance tubes today! I got absolutely nothing in the mail... no small envelope and no tube.

this is probably the most nerve-wracking situation i've ever been in.

Oh my...the numbers are daunting...I was totally chill until I read the numbers--> the significant increase of applicants from 2002 to 2005 and the significant DECLINE from 2002 to 2005. Wow...! But then I feel better and I hope you do too knowing that this is just the beginning. It's EA. Not RA.

If it was RA, there are no more chances. But EA there is- think about the ppl that didn't apply early anywhere...they won't know anything until April, but atleast we get a glimpse of our potential early on.

So it's CHILL OUT time, so relax, and don't forget to watch the finale of APPRENTICE live this thursday! GO RANDALL!!!!!!!

Peace everyone. This is NOT the end of the world. It's just the beginning.

list of worries:

#1: big latin translation test-- covers 220 lines of the Aeneid.

#2: LinAlg final-- covers a whole semester.

#3: Christmas concert/ Christmas caroling-- losing my voice rapidly due to the cold weather, dehydration and general lack of sleep.

#4: MIT decision letter-- nuff said.

#5: figuring out what to get all my friends for christmas.

I'm chill. I'm so chill im FREEZING to death in my 20 degree home. I wish the MIT decision letter were my only source of anxiety. My life would be so much easier because I'm simply expecting a big red stamp on the letter that says "DENIED" and then I'll still be sick and sore and tired. And yes, I'll be studying hard for that exam.

Peace out!

do i know you Soccerchick?

Good luck to all of you, guys! Please wish the same thing for me next year.

I startled the mailman today when I rushed up to him asking for the mail.... when I saw all small envelopes, my heart sank, but then I saw there was nothing from MIT :). The waiting is terrible, though.

Wow, the waiting can be a killer. I'm applying RA but I can still imagine how bad it can be. Especially looking into the mailbox everyday, hoping for that big fat envelope. Come mid-March, that's what the rest of us will be doing.

WI will receive on Wednesday? (dang...)

Wow! I can't believe its been a year when I last posted the SAME kind of messages on the blog :)

goodluck everyone!!! =)

Ah, thanks for all the information guys. But I must agree with my pal nalin...the envelope information is just a tad bit too revealing for me.

....tries to breathe

I've heard how strenuous it can get when the time comes to wait for the acceptance letter, but words can't do the anxiety I'm feeling now any justice.

Well, here's to Friday! Good luck everyone.

its..a tube?

yay~

i luv MIT even more now

Will it help with the increased yield problem if I put "MIT is undoubtedly my first choice and I will surely attend if admitted" in my application?

Just wondering if it might aid with the monumental task of admission...

Remain strong guys! You've almost done it. Mental strenght is a quality of all of you, I guess ;)

A Question: do I have to set a title on top of my essay or does the "an app to Mit is much more than just a set of..." title suffice?? thank you so much if you could answer my question

just out of curiosty, why have so many colleges decided to no longer e-mail admissions decisions to applicants?

Pobably to screw the the applicants or mabye to bring back the feeliong of opening a letter.

bbwavefan: I don't think you know me cuz I don't know anyone else who's applying at MIT.

i'd rather have my decision online..

waiting is excruciating... haven't been able to think of anything else since saturday! pains to know that your fate is decided but you have to wait days to know!

My heart hurts ...

but stressed spelled backwards is desserts maybe i should get some

Watching the numbers on the clock change...I should be reading the Iliad

Let's list other things to worry about:

#1 My school doesn't have dances, we have banquets. So, for my date for our Christmas Banquet, she's ewaring a plum dress. Now, since guys are supposed to match the tie to the dress, I have ot find a plum tie. Problem is, I've never seen the dress (she won't let me see it, like it's a wedding dress or something) and I'm like any other guy who can't tell the difference between a lavender and a plum or any other arbitrary shade of purple.

#2 In a group for a school competition thing, my group has had a ton of drama going on. There are three people who do most of the work (I'm one of them) and the other 3 are pretty much unreliable. We had a meeting yesterday, one guy showed up an hour and a half late saying his alarm didn't go off. And then one of the 3 that does work wants to quit. It's quite worrisome.

#3 Said group's competition is in January and we have to have a ton of practices and whatnot, total time consumer. And it'll take a lot to get up to snuff.

#4 My computer monitor's dying. It's a sad, sad day.

#5 The whole college process beyond just waiting for admission decisions. There's still a lot to think about beyond just getting in or not.

Ahh... waiting for a letter or tube doesn't seem quite so bad now. I'll be out of the home all day tommorrow too when I'll most likely get my decision. It'll torment my poor parents more than it'll torment me. Heh. At least part of the reason I'll be gone is for a big band concert and I must say that music has healing qualities, though it's more fun to play.

Good luck to everyone and try not to stress too much! Everything has reason...

Time to chillax even though i'm wicked nervous

LEts all come down. We probably all got in. But lets say we didn't, is it reallt gonna be that bad. We're still gonna do what we do no matter where we are. Getting into MIT would be great, but would not getting in be so bad.

Don't get me wrong I want to get in just as much as any of you guys, but if I don't I'm not going to hang my head. I'm just gonna take the loss and move on with my life. Remeber there's still grad-school!

Wow I can't type. I need some sleep. Matter of fact lets all go to sleep and stop worrying about MIT. The decision is already made, us posting on MyMIT wont't change anything.

I hope everyone gets in.

Good luck to everyone applying this year. Wow, those EA numbers are kind of scary....

Next year is going to be suspenseful when applying, I believe so...

Wow, just to think if I ultimately choose to apply to MIT for EA... I'd probably become freakishly anxious all through November '06.

At least looking at the envelope would give one an idea if one has been accepted or not.

Yet again, good luck!

A TUBE!!!! now that is awesomeness in itself...

posting won't change anything...true...but it sure does help w/ the stress! besides it's fun

I'm a junior right now, and reading this is getting me really nervous for next year! When does the 2006 application come out? Pretty much I want to devout as much time as I can to it.

the 2005 app came out online in august

i think...thats wut i remember

If you really wanna work on it now (dunno why...) you might as well. It'll most likely be the exact same as this year's.

Hello Fellow Stressed Out Ppl:

My good friend applied to MIT EA just like me and since we live in NYC, we didnt get our letters yet. We were so bored and stressed out that my friend actually made a rejection letter he imagine that he might get. (hopefully and prolly not) Since we are all so stressed out, i think it would be a good to have a laugh.

Disclaimer: if you might suicide when you see the word rejection, do not go to the following link.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d158/Guy__Incognito/Rejectionblur.jpg

Waiting is awful.. but just think, if we are all applying to a school like MIT, then what are the chances that we won't get in anywhere else? If we don't get into MIT then at least we are still going to college!

But don't get me wrong, I'm still scared out of my mind.

Good luck to everyone!

On a different note, does anyone happen to know who discovered that the mass of a supermassive black holes at the center of a disk galaxy is proportional to the mass of the galaxy's bulge?

Probably there's more than one reason other colleges aren't e-mailing

admissions decisions. Common reasons are risk of fake e-mail, or the

college thinks online notification is too low class for such a

momentous occasion.

The reason that occurs to me is e-mail accounts shared with parents.

Some kids I know have a separate e-mail address they use only for

college apps. They let their parents read this e-mail so their parents

can nag them about stuff.

Oops! I really meant to say "so their parents can help them keep track

of deadlines" :)

So... notifying online might mean more cases where parents see it

first.

Oh, about mailing a tube for an acceptance: I think it's not fair. If

you live outside the city and have a mailbox on the street, the tube

will fit and you'll be all set. If you're in the city and have a slot

for your mail, or a little box for your apartment, the tube won't fit

and you'll get a PS Form 3849.

So how is MIT towards siemens finalists as far as admissions go, do you think many of them got in EA?

National finalists, you mean? I would imagine that most of them got in, especially since national finalists probably have a lot of other notable credentials anyway...

Semifinalist/regional finalist probably doesn't hold as much weight, because there are so many...

Good luck everyone!

What's the likelihood of getting in if you're deferred? Does anyone know? Is it absolutely awful?

:-/ I'm a nervous wreck.

matt,

i also have a question about deferrals. of last years deferred apps, how many (or what percent) were admitted in regular decision. of this year's deferred apps, how many (or what percent) do you think will be admitted?

I think ALL of us have that question.

...except those accepted already.

yi,

LOL! if i ever get that letter i will be happy...if i get rejected at least i will be able to hate MIT for a good reason...as if i could ever hate MIT!

Wow, Yi.

The guy who wrote that is a comedic genius.

Lol, you would no wouldnt u......

(Of course I am in No WAY hinting that you had made it, ganesh)

And i feel the same way April, if i get something like this, i'll frame it and post it up on my wall.

i'd post it in my college dorm room (where ever that would be)

did u write it ganesh? doooooooood..awesomeness

*GASP* My plot has been REVEALED.

...yeah, it was me.

i am impressed...no can u do an acceptance one? it'd make me happy to have a MIT acceptance letter (even if it is fake)

i'd frame it and make everyone bow to it

I'd make tons of copies of it. Laminate each one. Then when I die I'll put the letter on my grave right in between the 2 Nobel Prizes. LOL I have the same echance of winning 2 Nobel Prizes as I have of getting into MIT. Come one tube or deferal letter. Only one day away. Good luck everyone.

Well, I guess I could just have the same letter and make your t-value 2. ...and change the giant REJECTED stamp to ACCEPTED.

like 24 hrs now..

true..that'd work...and i want one...just to show all my relatives

and the pple in my church who won't leave me alone

Until they see that it's signed by

"Someguy at MIT,"

oh well..at least they'd shut up

well...2morrow is another day...for worrying..maybe it'll come 2morrow! AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

good luck pples

Last year, 267 of the deferred applicants (2240 were deferred) were eventually offered admission. This information (and much more) is available at the "Who's at MIT" button at the top of the myMIT screen.

Loved the sample rejection letter - I'll compare it to the real rejection letter when I get mine tommorrow.

Best of Luck!

this definately cheered me up, the irony that it was a rejection letter. Cant wait wats next from the Awesome Ganesh of Awesomeness.

I must admit, Ganesh, that is one rejection letter I'd actually feel (a little) good about getting.

But only because I did that thing where I stop reading the problem and try to solve it myself, and got it right.

Save for the part where I equal -5.

Heheh. Thanks.

If I had gotten the math wrong, that would've been REALLY embarassing.

Also, Yi was after me about making an acceptance letter. So...

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d158/Guy__Incognito/Acceptanceblur.jpg

If you want to inflate your ego, just replace my name with yours. It's just that simple.

Yay, bout time, Props to ganesh again and again and again....

this is actually taking my mind off of waiting for the letter

Nice Ganeesh, although I would have preferred another math themed one. ;)

Praise be to Ganesh Na-- oh wait too much info

So one of my dear MITES friends got in already!! I'm sooo excited for him! Go Phil in Boston and I know more of you MITES are going to be very very happy in the next two days so I congratulate you ahead of time! ...and I hope that I hear good news as well...but if not, I am still crazily happy for you MITES ppl! Whoot-whoot!

MUST MUST MUST READDDDDDD --HEY HOPE FOR SOME OF YOU OUT THERE:

~My older brother got deferred from THREE top schools including MIT during early action. (this is a few years back when you can do early to how ever many you want)-he wasn't upset at all either cuz he's an amazing optimist...which is what I strive to be

~and where is he now? He is at MIT majoring in Mech E with a 4.9/5.0 GPA and happy as ever can be.

SO Moral of the story: CHILL CHILL CHILL

p.s. IMPORTANT!!! if you got get a small envelope in the next few days and think your world and life is over...I will immediately hook you up with my doctor. Let me tell you what the end of the world literally means:------>

My friend last year died of brain cancer at the young ripe age of 18. She never got to experience college life or enjoy the end of senior year...she was in the hospital on graduation day. So Whenver I start freaking about getting into MIT and thinking my life is over if I don't get in...I think of my dear precious friend...She was so young, so optimistic, and even as she lay in bed during the last months of her life...she said she was very happy simply because the love of family and friends and support she was recieving.

I know you are nervous like no other...but don't forget about the big picture in life. This is but one little step in life in your big huge journey left to live. So LIVE STRONG...BE HAPPY...and don't forget about the precious things in life: love of family and friends and good health.

Peace. I will leave it to this. You guys are pretty quick so you understand me. But good luck anyways.

the reject and admit letters seem just fine, but for a defer I'd

like to see some reasons... for example:

MIT has reviewed your application, which you titled "Me: The First 17

Years, Volume 1." The selection subcommittee loved your academics,

loved your activities, but expressed some concern about Essay B. You

indeed attempted to convey how your world shaped your dreams and

aspirations; however, you didn't use the expected textual medium but

instead rendered your thoughts using Play-Doh. The E-3 card noted that

it was "bold, powerful, but a tad difficult to interpret."

Nance dug into the MyMIT archives and uncovered that on September 23

at 8:09 PM you saved draft text for Essay B, but later deleted it.

There was a heated discussion of whether it was proper for us to look

at the September version, ultimately reaching a conclusion of "yeah,

whatever." Nance then quickly read it and spotted that you had quoted

Holden Caulfield. "Not a good match," he concluded.

Matt pointed out your 740 SAT I Math score. He observed that your part

14 discussed how you spent your time that otherwise would've been

spent on an unnecessary SAT retake. He explained that, in lieu of

teacher evaluations, you submitted two eyewitness accounts documenting

that you watched Bollywood films during the testing period on both the

October 8 and November 5 SAT test dates. Matt strongly recommended an

admit. "It's all about the context," he added.

There was other discussion. Stu was dismayed that you didn't follow

the directions about contacting your EC, and you instead painstakingly

tracked down and spoke with all alumni within a forty-mile radius.

Jenny was impressed that MIT's English Department appealed to you. Amy

was intrigued that you spelled MIT four different ways, which she

believed was a new record.

Marilee, visibly annoyed at the deadlock, climbed up on the table and

began belting out the lyrics to her favorite Lovin' Spoonful song:

Did you ever have to make up your mind

Pick up on one and leave the other behind

It's not often easy and not often kind

Did you ever have to make up your mind

Did you ever have to finally decide

Say yes to one and let the other one ride

There's so many changes and tears you must hide

Did you ever have to finally decide

Within seconds, Ben was accompanying her on air guitar.

In short, we didn't get anywhere. Have a nice winter; we'll get back

to you on or around the vernal equinox.

That's hillarious!!!!!

lol ganesh, great acceptance letter!

WOW! doood AndersoN...i'd love to get a letter like that...if it was in an envolope and not The Tube...

Anonymous, so true...thank you for reminding us...sometimes we tend to forget the miracles of life, friends, and family and get wrapped up in our worry...thanks..

3 more hrs.....

Has anyone found out yet today (maybe homeschoolers)? How far have the letters traveled by Monday?

I know the person above me asked this too, but---how far have the letters traveled?

i'm in NJ and i didn't get mine 2day..darn...and the mail lady was early too

...and I'm still waiting in my little corner in Portugal...it's probably getting here on Friday, the last day of school!

Did not reach South-Western, Rural Ohio today..., and if anyone gets theirs can they take pictures or scans or something.... acceptence, deferral, or rejection please.

lol...mom gave me a lecture on being "wrapped up" in the MIT letters

Did not reach Suburban New York...Waiting Anxiously

O what a stressful weekend...I hugged the mail man when i saw the tube, now waiting for my daughter to come from school.

Thanks to those in the selection comittee who worked long hours and had to make the hard decision.

Accepted, deffered or rejected....I would like to wish all the applicants congratulations on reaching one mile stone in your life. Don't be distracted on a single out come, you are the future who can shape society, who you are is not shaped by a single application

"The apple fell down from a tree, every one asked how? but Newton ask Why?". ask yourself why do I want to go to MIT? Assuming you know why, then ask if I don't get into MIT, How can I meet my goals? look yourself in the mirror, be proud of what you have done until now and value the alternatives.

Wishing everyone a happy and safe holiday season. Life is short, take a break, and have fun with your friends and family.

"As for the admit letter, it is unlikely to be mistaken for anything else."

Is that what people are talking about when they say, "the tube"? tube = acceptance?

the acceptance letter comes in a tube...w/ confetti

Receiving a confetti-filled tube from MIT would make my life worthwhile.

It reached Bronx, NY 10470, but not 10463, today. Argh.

And it is a tube if you were accepted.

haha, that rejection/acceptance letter thing is great!

I just made a word file of the image.. will bring to school tomorrow~ great prank... ^_^

I'm still trying to figure out if I can go bother my local post office, asking them if they received an MIT tube... Well, hopefully the verdict will come tomorrow for 10463.

Reached Maine. :)

Two tubes made it to my neck of the woods -- northeastern PA -- today, and I am the proud owner of one. I am beyond euphoric at this point.

nothing in IL....

If they made it to northeastern PA today, hopefully they'll be in Pittsburgh tomorrow.

Ha, mail's reached PA and not little Rhode Island. Meh, everyone forgets about us anyway.

I ran out of my house in a t-shirt in the snow (it's 30 degrees) and found a TUBE in the mail box!

I'd like to run up to every single admissions person who even came near my application and kiss all of them. :) This means... my world. Honestly.

I am wicked wicked wicked excited! MIT = Love!

(Now I'm not going to care about Caltech's rejection letter which is probably coming tomorrow... MIT is better. They sent a tube!)

OMG THIS IS RIDICULOUS ;P ...hehe...i'm international applying from Kuwait and I just read the 100 or so posts above ;P I should be working on my college essays though, hehe :) .. MIT is and always will be number 1 for me, and I've said it a billion times. Applying RA is going to kill me, especially being international and the mail system inside Kuwait being so slow, it takes a month for the envelope/tube to get to my house from the post office, which is ridiculous :P this is why i'm probably going to have every tube they find sent to my house to check if it's an MIT one or not ;P there can't be many of those around :) .. God i'm stressed out too much already I gotta go finish my MIT Application before the rest so I can get my biggest burden out of the way!!!

Take care and good luck to everyone...please update us as to where the letters are...I'm very interested!

Abdulaziz (Aziz) Albahar

colin, where in nepa are you from, and how do you know there were two tubes delivered? was the other delivered to someone you know? i'm in the wilkes-barre area and i haven't yet received anything.

it didnt reach me in maine! :(

Err... it didn't reach me in the suburbs of massachusetts.... this must be some kind of a cruel trick

i agree!! its a very cruel trick

nothing in suburban cleveland. All day i was certain it would come 2day, but now i get to do it all again tomorrow. at least i now know im not alone

Second to nothing in Suburbia de New York.

: (.

I am waiting for that deferral.

Looking back, it seems I did a lot of exciting stuff after I submitted my app. : |

I got a tube! Woo hoo!

If only I hadn't had to go through so much for it. Check out my blog - it explains why I very nearly had to use a crowbar to get into the mailbox. ^_^

CONGRATS COLIN AND CAROLINE!!!!

Tubes made it to Miami, FL. Congrats to everyone who got in.

I have a feeling that only tubes were received today...so I am guessing tomorrow is deferral/rejection day for the rest of us

ARGH! I checked the mail just now and there wasn't a TUBE!!!!!! O.O

Luckily, there wasn't anything else from MIT...but...I'm in Maine. Why has the mail gotten to Florida and not Maine? I guess it's 'cause Maine mail sucks...

SO ANXIOUS!!!

Woah.....Hemal, I didn't think of that...woah...

Well...I guess I know what I'm getting...

how did miami get it and NJ didn't? cuz i didn't get a tube? guess so

omg...

please be a tube...

please be a tube...

*cries* (it won't be a tube...)

>.<

Hopefully, it's just that the people who didn't get it live in rural areas...

Hey, sorry if this might make anyone stand out but did anyone get a deferal or the-letter-that-must-not-be-named today? It would suck definately if what Hemal said was actually true......

Yea, I'm in NJ too (right across the river from NYC), and I didn't get anything either...I was considering going to the post office and asking about it, but I'm sure it'll come by tomorrow...

Congrats to those of you with tubes already!

seriously, anyone if you have gotten a letter other than acceptance please say so that the rest of us aren't freaking out that all acceptance letters were received today.

if so im gonna scream.

I don't think admissions decisions through the mail is a terrible thing. You can kiss an acceptance letter (or tube, hahaha); you can't kiss an e-mail (though, I guess you could kiss the computer screen, but that'd be icky).

i think it is true...other wise it wouldn't make sense for FL to get it before NJ...even central NJ

*depression kicking in*

clean the moniter first....then it wouldn't be that icky

please dont be true...

i really dont want to start other college apps...

went through WAY to much stress going through this one...

well..................... at least we can hope its a deferral and not a rejection...................... *Kicks and breaks the mailbox*

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darnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please be a deferral

well..there's always grad school! another chance!

*sobs*

please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please

let there be a second batch of tubes tomorrow!

that'd be FANTASTIC

Yes IT WILL!!!!! so did ppl get rejected? i guess if they were, they wouldnt be reading this blog anymore, huh?..... So did anyone get deferd?

actually, personally if noone else gets acceptance tubs tomorrow i think yi and ganesh should get them.

they made my stress-filled waiting just a little bit easier :)

good night, and good luck.

It makes no sense that a 2-foot tube should provide more problems for the postal service than a little envelope... so it should be a coincidence. Right?

PLEASE say someone did...it's make me feel better...not that they didn't get in...but that there's still a chance for the rest of us

typo...im good at those

*it'd

ummm...right! that makes perfect sense!

i'm grasping fro straws now..

yes...yi and ganesh have made this much easier..u guys deserve them

Hehe, thanks Anonymous, Too bad that wouldnt happen unless your name is actually Matt McGann.

my head hurts..and i still have a scholarship to fill out...i want to go to bed and sleep until tomorrow's mail

Too bad you'd prolly have to go to school like the rest of us before mail comes.

nope! i'm homeschooled!

I really hope that they're wrong about the tube thing!...I'm really scared, now. I know how Maine mail works, though..

Cambridge-Portland-Lewiston-Sumner, probably...So, I'll probably get it tomorrow...HOPEFULLY...

I just hope Hemal is WRONG.

Could we get somebody who did the MIT admissions to confirm that he's wrong? PLEEEEEASE?

i love being homeschooled...i'll get my mail the second it gets here...don't get me wrong..my mom won't let me sleep til then :(

He may be right. The past few days I checked shipping times on the USPS service website. From MIT to 43078, it would take a priority mail package envelope 3 days, and a tube only 2. Therefore, that is at least evidence for this conclusion. This was of course, when I measured the time for the larger envelope. The smaller one comes up for two. However, I had the idea of using google maps to create a live "map" for the Regular Action guys... That way every recieved tube, envelope, or whatever could be tracked. I may even try to put estimations of time and USPS shipping "lanes" on there. Also, that show probably delayed the planes taking off, so here's hoping to the rest of us!

well, i guess homeschool does rock when it comes to mailchecking.

anyway, how would the admissions ppl no about the mailing system? shouldn't we call like the post office or ask the mail man? just a suggestion.

i second Rose!

I wanna know if Zoogies got in.

Well.

I'm glad I live in CA. Nothing to worry about here (there's no way any mail would have reached all the way to the West Coast this early), though I'm fairly certain I got a deferral or rejection letter.

So.

Chill out. Go do something nice, or whatever. Eat a cookie. Play a video game (on a side note, the one I ordered hasn't been shipped yet, after 9 days. Argh). Whatever.

Spazzing's not gonna help any.

I want a cookie...I have orange juice!

Oh, by the way, congrats to those who got the TUBE! I wish I'd get one...Yarr! (Pirate)

I have neither. All I have is a project I've been working on for ages.

*chills out*

Once upon a time, there were a lot of people and they were all freaking out over a letter.

Yeah, homeschooling does rock’Ķ

I still say email is the way to go

i sincerely doubt mit would be that cruel with their mailing process.

im sure since they started these blogs that they would know that we would all be checking with eachother.

im convinced that the packages are going out in waves, considering that the other blog stated the LAST of the mail went out the 9th.

imho the first wave hit today, the second tomorrow, and the last on wednesday...

so here's to FAULTY SHIPPING!

the one time of the year i love the post office's inefficiencies :)

Y'know, I like the idea of mapping out the path, or at least making a chart of where they're going and all that. o.o Anyone wanna do that?

I haven't the time.

Email's no fun. I'd rather get a letter.

I think it’Äôs time for oreos and milk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

if you look up to the first postings about people getting acceptance tubes, some got them starting on the 10th. that means that there have been a couple of days of acceptance tubes arriving...

who's there to say that there still aren't a couple days left to recieve 'em?

*hint* *hint* *wink* *wink*

a tube came over here in little RI today!!!

i'm not liking Hemal's theory, but it makes sense, sadly... too bad for me!

I hope that I am wrong by finding a tube in my mailbox tomorrow, but the information that Chad provided is quite nerve-racking. I hope the packages are coming out in waves and many of us will find good fortune tomorrow. Good luck to everyone and be sure to go to bed tonight praying for a tube

at least email's fast

In suburban New York, nothing yet.

Kind of interesting to see the patterns of the USPS at work here. Is it totally by chance?

It might make sense that places closer to Cambridge haven't received them while Florida has - if the USPS was really on the ball Saturday morning, they could have bounced the shipment to Florida out of the airport really quickly, while things going to nearby states (the rest of MA as well as CT/NY/NJ) could have been delayed because they were driven in a truck instead of flown.

Theoretically, the USPS has three business days to deliver them. Counting from Friday, everything should be over with tomorrow.

i hope its all over by tomorrow

it is definetly time for oreos

*tears open package of double stuff oreos*

oreos anyone?

so true...today is the day...the day that will live in my heart forever

i meant tomorrow...wuteva

OK, so those are obscenely large tubes, so here's the updated shipping info:

Tubes, probably 2' by 3", weight per tube by http://www.papermart.com/templates/08-0-10.htm

is .4 Pounds per Tube

Assuming acceptance weighs twice as much as a paper application, contents weigh: three pounds perhaps.

So final dimensions (sorry for Imperial, but the USPS doesn't use SI) 2' by diameter 3", with estimated weight 3.5 lbs.

Since length plus circumference is 33.425 inches, it will qualify as a package under the USPS. Thusly, the time estimated is 2 days for Priority Mail, 4 Days for anything else to Mid OH... I couldn't find a label on thekeri's tube to confirm priority mail or not, but you may want to hide your address more, Ms. Garel.

Of course, then again there's the snow delay, which may add a day. (Hopefully for me!)

As more and more admits are getting their tubes, the probability of me getting one decreases :-(

277/3098... 276/3097... ... ...1/2822?

Gahhhhh!!!

/runs and hides.

Heh... add 100 to each of those numerators ;-)

I want my tube.

I want my TUBE.

I WANT MY TUBE ALREADY!!

If you haven't already noticed I really want my tube.

I WANT MY TUBE TOO!!!!!

*pounds table w/ fists*

as my friend tells me

" stop worrying, you'll get wrinkles and look old."

:P

My brother's friend got a tube, but nothing for me yet. How it can get to a city away from me but not where I live boggles me.

Did anyone so far NOT get in?

That should be all the experimental data we need.

maybe everyone in the cities got them first because thats where all the mail goes first, then it goes to the rural towns after that... hopefully

if u haven't noticed..i am OBSESSED w/ oreos...

oreos anyone?

i was wondering the same thing as BT

has anyone in rural towns got tubes?

not me! but you already knew that..

bad grammar

did anyone in rural towns get tubes?

lol..i am REALLY bad at english

i'm suburbs...*sigh*

hmm..if i got a rejection..i don't think i'd be here right now..so maybe some ppel did..their just not online

Aww...drats. :(

*negativity sets in*

._.

So much hope...ruined.

No mail here.

April, you make a good point..

Then again, anyone in the suburbs of NY get any yet?

That's all the proof I need.

*pple

* they're

there's hope!

i'm supposed to be writing a lab right now, how can they expect me to do that when i'm worrying about this?!?! GAH!

ybai,

i'm bout 45 mins from NYC..does that help?

ditto to jen.

:| except I happen to have some nice juicy tests waiting for me tomorrow.

This is not going to pan out very nicely :)

I actually live around...50-60 min from NYC. Hmmm...no word yet, then again, the postman loses stuff every now and then.

but, i wouldn't count on it..

*fluctuating moods*

as a function...right.

So, who among the untubed is going to get any sleep tonight?

ya isnt school tomorrow gonna be a blast?

goodluck with your tests ybai

i'm going to sleep so tomorrow comes faster

goodluck everyone!!

The thing about cities receiving them before rural areas and suburbs makes sense - but they weren't sent out in waves. Matt (or maybe it was Ben) said that he "held them ALL in [his] hands" right before mailing day - Friday.

probably not me but i'm going to try!

Thanks a lot :3

This is going to be a long night.

This has become a chat board.

*Paranoia settling in*

Well, we still have a slight modicum of hope.

No worries right?

Hypocrisy.

Even if they weren't sent out in waves, each small USPS center still processes different amounts of mail everyday. When they were sent out is generally unreliable for the commonplace exceptions to the rule.

We can only get a general window of opportunity...after all.

Its ironic how we all complain about it taking so long, when we are EARLY applicants.

CA > MA with sunshine

MA > CA with shorter postage time

damn california :)

Just wanted to quell the panic a little bit...

Way back about six years ago, my best friend and I both applied early action. She got her acceptance letter (they didn't do tubes back then) on the 14th of December. I got nothing, and since we live in the same zip code, I was sure this meant that I was deferred or rejected.

Except that it turns out that the mail is completely unpredictable and my acceptance letter came the next day.

So, try not to make any assumptions just yet. And in the meantime, if you didn't hear anything today, try to distract yourself until the mail comes tomorrow -- which I realize is easier said than done. If you have no ideas, then start with this:

http://www.stuffonmycat.com/

I'm seconding the theory that people with letters are probably not on the blogs or discussion boards.

If anyone out there has a letter... just let us have some data to work with? Please?

make its alphabetical, and the letters are sent in waves

Just to put my 2 cents in for the urban/rural thing... I got my tube Monday and I live in rural New Hampshire. I'm certainly giving my mailman extra chocolate and a nice note this year. :)

Awsome site, and yes, the acceptance tubes have been confirmed to arrive over a span of a couple of days.

Unofficially the last of the acceptance tubes will be recieved on the 15th of December. Some places, especially those receiving inclimate weather or in less-populated areas WILL get their packages (or lack thereof) later than those in the cities.

That is unfortunately a fact of life. The mail will arrive in a city across the country quicker than in a small town near the place of original sending.

So, stop worrying, everyone still has the same chance as those who received their response days ago.

Get some sleep, go to school tomorrow, and ace those tests. Because MIT is still looking at those grades...

Sincerely,

A Christmas Friend

^^^^Makes me feel a lot better. But I live in Brooklyn, NY. Anyone in NYC get their tube yet?

Yeah so an AP English prompt tomorrow first thing in the morning is going to be a blast. heres what I will write.

Wheres the tube

wheres the tube

Please I want my tube... and so on a so forth

Wonder how that will due???

In other words none in IL and I'm right outside Chicago.

did ANYONE ever bother to read the actual ARTICLE at the beginning of the blog??????

and i quote:

"...with most students receiving decisions on Monday and Tuesday..."

stop worrying. it'll come when it comes. deal with it.

Molly - get some sleep. Now. I'm in AP English too, and if my teacher ever saw "Wonder how that will due," I'd fail forever. ;)

Good luck

well, i didnt want to even look at the mit site after receieving my rejection letter today, but obviously some of you are freaking out way to much.

yes, rejection letters were sent out, i got mine today. it wasn't pleasant. but gl to all of you who still have hope.

peace out.

Molly - get some sleep. Now. I'm in AP English too, and if my teacher ever saw "Wonder how that will due," I'd fail forever. ;)

Good luck

George - sorry to hear about the rejection. Where do you live? Urban or rural?

Best of luck.

yea it's just definitely weird to not hear anyone say that they were deferred/rejected...and only hear acceptance cases. Very weird.

Of course, it may all be coincidence.

any1 else here get into MIT?

I'm sorry George. Don't put to much stock in the rejection. You'll probably get into one of the other sschools you really want to go to. Most of us will probably end up in the same pool as you. I admire your courage, personally if I got defered it would be really hard for me to post up on MyMIT. I probably would have trouble even looking at the site period. I'm sorry again. I wish you and the rest of the people who will ultimatly not make MIT(me) the best of luck in their college application process.

Yes, sorry to those who got rejected.

Still crossing my fingers here. Unfortunately, that makes it kinda hard to type.

A few of my friends got their tubes today...including one who said he wasn't gonna go. I'm still trying to understand that one.

Good luck to everyone.

;P

At least no one's applyin' where I'm at.

Well, none in the immediate vicinity at least...

I have a bit of hope.

Stress on the fourth word.

my bad. i was wrong.

we all got hope. :] thanks George for clarifying things up. And hopes for the best...

I just saw the comments that said Yi and I should get tubes.

That's so sweet, thank you.

I live in NJ, suburban NYC basically (like 20 mins away from the city). One person from my school got a tube, and no one else from my school got anything as far as I've heard.

And for the person who assumed that the stuff in the tube weighs as much as the deferral/rejection letter, it doesn't - I won't say what's in it here, cuz I don't want to spoil the surprise for the ppl getting theirs tomorrow, but it's a lot more than just the acceptance letter =)

Now that errhode said that she got her acceptance letter the day after her friend a few years ago, looks like the rest of us have some hope...

oh yeah, and Ganesh and Yi definitely deserve the tubes =)

It's nice to have fans.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d158/Guy__Incognito/Rejectionblur2.jpg

at least two tubes received in northern va suburbs. at least two people with no tube or letter.

DALE (there've been a lot of posts since yours, so I capitalized your name to make it perhaps a tiny bit more eye-catching) -- yes, the other was another girl from my school, not normally known for its academic prestige. Only one other person from our school has EVER gotten into MIT, and to have two this year is amazing. I'm very near Wilkes-Barre, in the Hazleton area, but don't worry too much if you haven't gotten yours yet -- I'm sure your tube is just late. ;)

someone should make a myspace group for mit hopefuls....

Yay!!!

anonymous2,

where in NJ do you live?

hope...what a blessed word

hahaha. that's cool Ganesh.

mit hopeful,

GREAT IDEA!

and My MIT needs a message boards

A set of forums sounds like a great idea.

http://groups.myspace.com/mit2010

JOIN!!!

I'M IN!

now i need to get into MIT...:(

You and me both.

...and a hundred other people.

April,

I'm in Tenafly - it's right next to Englewood, couple towns over from Hackensack, in Bergen County...where in NJ are you?

Stop worrying. Whats gonna happen's gonna happen. You shouldn't worry too much over it. Besides the decisions have been Made and Mailed. Its not like its gonna change magically in to the one you desire if you wish hard enough. Get some sleep so that you'll be ready to scream tomorrow if you get a tube. Good Luck to You All!

Yi - nice thought. I've been trying to sleep for the past hour, then came back here, like the bird returning home after the thaw. I keep thinking I'll find comfort and solace here, and instead just keep remembering that 12%. And somehow, I don't feel any better after looking at Colin's beautiful tube!

Hillsborough...somerset county..i know of hackensack

more than a couple hundred...

sleep? wuts that? i can't..i have an essay to write..but even if i didn't i'd be here as long as i could

tahat's it..bed time..good luck pples

You'd think I'd have better things to do with my time, but lo and behold, I don't! I just read all the posts from about Sunday to today, and hearing the acceptance stories leaves me optimistic.

Ganesh, awesome letters, especially the second rejection letter :D

Now, I just have to wait for the mail to reach my box over here in California. THE WAITING, IT BURNS!

Haha, same with us all.

Seriously, everyone here seems great, and I hope all of you made it. (I use past tense because, as said, they've already been mailed after all...)

Even if you don't, there's always RD, right?

Could everyone give a specific count of who has received tubes? That way we could try to figure out the odds of the rest of us getting in...

I think I'm going to take a mental holiday today for my nerves.

Did anyone get th tube in WA State?

WA state isn't getting one anytime soon. West Coast shouldn't expect anything at all until maybe Weds/Thurs, I think, or at least until after the people in the middle of nowhere *cough* I'm sorry, I mean, the midwest, get theirs. Mostly it's East Coast right now who's got them, and that general vicinity.

Y'know, for some reason I'm more excited about seeing Brokeback Mountain with my friends. ...Probably because that's guaranteed. =)

Dad is definitely gettin' the tube

The probability of you getting a tube or a letter is now 0 or 1. Knowing the number of tubes already out there only gives you the number of tubes left. It will only mean something if the tubes were randomly distrubuted... which I would hope/assume they are not. Lets just all hope the probability of tubes=1. I am

Bryan - yes, of course the odds are 0 or 1, but we don't know that, we only know the odds are quickly becoming less than 12%. Good luck!

Try waiting in Harlingen, TX!!! (10 minutes from Brownsville, TX)

Not necessarily. I have been seeing some deferred and denied posts here and elsewhere.

That's a fair point - although all of the experimental evidence suggests that tubes are more rampent than letters - and experimental evidence is all we have to go with. If our guess was based on a 1/377, the additional experimental data suggested above would bring our guesses down lower.

Alexandre.... did you just say 1337?

i think MIT has the coolest admissions package i've ever heard of. thank you MIT admissions officers!! :] i loved the confetti especially =P

btw, i'm near dallas, tx, and i received it yesterday afternoon..

congrats to everyone who made it and for the rest, don't let it ruin your holidays!

How near is near?

Whoa is that another Joanne? haha. umm i'm in plano. that's very close to dallas. (a little farther north)

Sorry, I typed in your name by accident.

Congratulations on the Tube!

TWO REACHED NORTHERN VA? How come i didn't get anything. me and my friend live near DC. I just today is judgment day for us.

Oh yeh congrats on ur acceptances guys!1

I live in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, so I hope my decision will be waiting for me when I get home... and hopefully it's in the form of a tube.

On a side note, I overheard the word "tube" being used in conversation today and nearly had a heart attack. I blame MIT.

mail comes in ~2.5 hrs...

*bites the skin on fingers since all the nail is gone*

We're going to have to do this again...

Since the homeschoolers and some others may already have heard:

How far have they traveled?

Are they in the suburbs yet (particularly the Pittsburgh suburbs)?

Are any tubes still being delivered, or is it mainly the dreaded letters?

...3 more hours

Today was a half day. Checked mail. No tube...nothing...

I'm going to get an N-gage!!!

Only Two Hours Left Till The Maillady comes to my house.

Oh good lord I know it won't be a tube :(

I really want a tube.

I went to the post office, and my mail goes to three different towns before it comes to mine...So...I'm not TOO worried...maybe I won't buy that N-gage...yet.

By the way, has anyone in Florida gotten any kind of MIT mail yet? I hope it comes today.......

Some people in urban Miami had heard yesterday. I live near Pittsburgh, so I can't say anything further. Good luck...

"That's a fair point - although all of the experimental evidence suggests that tubes are more rampent than letters - and experimental evidence is all we have to go with. If our guess was based on a 1/377, the additional experimental data suggested above would bring our guesses down lower."

This isn't experimental evidence. There's a strong bias in favor of self-reporting success and a very small, unverifiable sample.

That's true...but it's all the evidence we have.

I really hope we both get in so we can continue this argument in Cambridge!

I'VE GOT A TUBE!!!

http://www.futurebound.com/elfhats/graphics/cracker1.gif

Have any letters or tubes made it to West Michigan?

Rose-

Congrats!

Where do you live?

This is all CRAZY!!!!

AP English Prompt is over YES!!! and it went really well I was actaully able to concentrate.

is anyone out there from IL???

I now want to know, know, know whats going on in IL.

Haha...no, I didn't actually get one... it was a joke...that's a toilet paper tube...I figured people would realize...err...sorry. o.o

Oh, I wish I wasn't kidding...

My bad, Rose.

I didn't check out your link!

i'm near miami and i still have no mail from MIT

Thank you to all the admissions officers at MIT for keeping us posted and making the process so much easier. Your blogs have been a source of support and reassurance as my son awaits your decision. We're on the west coast so as of this morning, no word yet from MIT.

MIT should also send the decisions by email - atleast for those who opt in for that alternative. That way, people in the west coast do not have to stay on tender hooks while the east coat folks are rejoicing (or have moved on to plan B as the case may be).

The idea of getting a tube certainly sounds cool. But the punch is lost after the first person who got it has spilled it all out in the blog.

LOL! rose...that's not nice ^^

nothing in NJ today...absolutely nothing..no tube..no letter..NOTHING

I didn't mean to be not nice! I thought it was funny. e.e