RAAAAAAAAAAGE

whoop!

So excited! Congrats to everyone!

Tubes!!!!

Congrats to everyone who got accepted. If MIT is where you end up going I wish you all the best. Hopefully I'll be able to join you.

Hmmm...not too many happy celebrants here. Odd.

Congrats Guys!! We did it! :)

I'll freak out for you! OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG hahahaa!!! This is amazing.. congratulations to everyone! :D

Awesome job everyone! I can't wait for CPW!

Ahhhhh! I'm so happy I'm in shock!

AAAHHHH!!!! YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!

I got in!!! Congrats everyone!

Congratulations to all the EA admits. Kiss your brains, do the happy dance and go hug your family! I know you feel life is great. MIT is your opportunity to make it even better. I am a mom of an EA for the class of '09. It was a long, wonderfully torturous four years. My son is thriving post graduation from Course 16 (Aero/Astro). Space is the place where he has challenged himself to improve the world. As you drink from the firehose remember to giveback. You will be experiencing one of the most humbling times of your life but it will be so worth it. Good luck to all.

Congrats to everyone admitted!!!!!!!

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

"You will be experiencing one of the most humbling times of your life but it will be so worth it."

humbling indeed.

haha, sorry im in the middle of studying for finals :(

AAAHHHHH!!! I got in!!

AHHHHHHHH I CANT EVEN BELIEVE IT!!!!!

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS OMGOMGOMG

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

ACCEPTED! YEAHHH!!

I was actually scared that I'd read the letter wrong, haha. :P

Congrats to everyone!! MIT 2014!

I got in :)!!!
congrats to everyone else who got in!

OMG OMGOMG OMG OMGOMGOMGOMG AHHH!

WELCOME!

SO EXCITED.

I am so happy right now and I still cannot believe that I have gotten in!
Congratulations to everyone!

Dear future classmates (I hope),

Congrats!

:D

For the current MIT students who are procrastinating studying for finals, the excitement of our juniors is somehow uplifting in a way. Celebrate on, '14s, and congrats =)

Congrats Everyone! MIT will definitely push you, but you'll love it even when classes suck because the people here are so awesome and supportive ! :)

YAY!!!!

Ahhhhhh!!!! I got accepted!!!!! I'm so happy right now! FUTURE CLASSMATES- CAN'T WAIT TO MEET YOU!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!

(Insert incoherent shouts of joy.) MIT! This is amazing!

yay i got in! so happy.

SO EXCITED! I want to meet you all so add me on facebook if you have one!

Got in. Pretty psyched :0

Hala Madrid!!! woohoooo viva PR in MIT!!!

Just looking at the comments across three sections.. we can obviously see how much smarter the admitted sound.. I mean

CONGRATS EVERYONE YAYYYYY!!!!

I got TUBED!!! I can't wait to meet all of you!

Yes!!

We pwn A- nubs.
GG

Deferred.
Congratulations, guys!

Gahhhh I'm rather disappointed that I can't make all of CPW. I hope they let me come on Friday or Saturday cause I really wanna meet you all :D

Anyone joining Swim Team? ;)

So, all of you lucky admits...first of all congratulations, of course ;). Second of all, does anyone want to drop some info on how their application went to put it in perspective for some of deferees? It would be helpful to know what separated me from the EA admits.

Im'a be freshman goalie for v. soccer (i hope ... i wish)

I cannot beleive it...i actually cried a little...well congrats to ervery one that got in!!!! YAY US!!!!

@El Puertorro '14: Yay! ¡Un compatriota mío! :)

I am so happy! I am excited to meet you guys!

So exciting!!!

Congrats prefrosh. Go do a happy dance and prepare for the wildest ride of your life.

Congrats to all the EA admits... we deserve it!!! Please add me on facebook (if you have one), I want to get to know you all before CPW

OMG, I never thought this would happen to me!

BTW: I just got the best Captcha ever, "Leonine the."

O MY GOD!!! YAY!!! CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE!!!

Natalia de donde eres, de Perpetuo o Notre, yo soy Fernando de Adianez

Hey guys guess what:

WE ARE AWESOMEEE!!!

wooot!

I forgot to take out the "?" above! XD

I'M STILL SHAKING! SO PROUD OF EVERYONE! WE WORKED SO HARD AND WE DESERVE IT! CONGRATS!

Congratulations everyone!!!!! I can't wait to meet you guys!! I'm still in ohmygoshicanttbelieveitiamsohappymode, ahhhh!!!! :D

CONGRATTSSSS EVERYONNNE!!!!

You are right VAL and congratulations to all of you!

So when do we get our tubes?!? I cannot wait!

I got in!!!!!

Congrats guys!! You can breathe now ^__^. Hope to see you all here at CPW! Also, your tubes will probably either have shipped already, or will ship in the next day or two, so you should get them soon. Have fun celebrating ^__^

CARLO I am joining the swim team. Where are you from?

At MIT when I got the good news :]

Congrats to everyone, see you next year!

A very articulate 'WOW' kinda sums it up :)

Wow. I still can't really believe that this is real...I got in! I'm going to get a tube! The wait is finally over! Time to start making plans for CPW. :D

Ahh!!! Guys! Best day ever! Easily.
Congrats to everyone!!! :]

congratulations everyone! can't wait until the fall...

call me Joey, only made my account name Joseph to impress admissions (cats outta the bag)

Hello!
My name is Lindsay and I'm from Arizona. I was accepted as well. I will be joining the gymnastics team and will hopefully be a course 10. Congrats to everyone!

@ Val '14

I guess your "tubed" reCAPTCHA was accurate. I read the blogs a million times in the last few days. Haha.

So, anyone looking to join Theater Groups or A Capella Groups?

I did a 10 second countdown, clicked the button and read the first sentence. I flipped out! Congrats to everyone! I still haven't finished reading the letter...maybe I will do that now because I really can't sleep.

Hey, does anyone know when the tubes are coming???

OHHHH MYYYY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODDDDDD YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So this is euphoria. I don't think I've ever screamed so much in my life. Thank you MIT admissions!! Hello other future students! Pat yourselves on the back for all your accomplishments...congratulations class of 2014!

Almost forgot to check.
I'm really happy!
This makes up for being deferred last week.
Congratulations, everyone!

Great job guys, I think you really deserve it. =) I won't be able to see you even if I get accepted like 5 years ahead. You may resume screaming now. =)

Yay!! Congratulations everybody!!

I was deferred. You who were accepted must be really amazing! Congratulations! Can someone who was accepted describe their application? I want to know how close I was.

MIT! MADE IT THERE! w00t!

you guys should state what states you're from so we (the deferred) could figure out the 4 states that's not represented in the EA admits
=)
Congrats to all!

Congratulations! I'm overwhelmed just to be among you all!

ACCEPTED! and i have a great story with it too.

I had a basketball game at 7:30 MT time, so that meant i either had to wait until after the game to check, or bring my laptop into the locker room and check right at 7:00.

I brought my laptop into the locker room.

My whole team was watching over my shoulder as i signed in, and then we went out and won the game.

I HAD A GREAT NIGHT!

Congrats to everyone else as well! I look forward to meeting you all!

@El Puertorro: Jajaja, ¡de ninguno de los dos! ¡Soy de María Reina! Te voy a buscar en Feisbuk. :)

@Louis '14 -- I'm dying to be in the Logarhythms! =)
I'm also a big theater person...

And am totally ready to be tubed =)
Congratulations everyone!!!
I'm so pumped.

Funny story: I was gonna record some songs to send Harvard, Yale, Stanford, and Columbia tomorrow, but...
#1) I blew out my voice screaming about how excited I was
#2) I just really don't care about those schools anymore. MIT baby!!! =)

Congratulations everyone! This is soooooooo exciting!! :)

Congrats guys!!!

The four years I spent at MIT were so wonderful... I signed on for grad school. I met my best friends and accomplished things I never thought possible!!! :)

Get ready to start drinking from that water hose because you are about to start on a journey you'll never ever forget.

Congrats again!

Hello MIT class of 2014!!!!!!!!
Soo glad i got in.
Congrats to you all.
:)

^ Rhys '14:

That was a great story. Congrats! :)

Hey everyone! Congratulations! Here's the link to the MIT Class of 2014 Facebook Group, created by a current student for all of you~

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=286456620522&ref=ts

All the upperclassmen will be happy to answer any questions you have until you get here! ^_^

Thank you, MIT!!!

CONGRATS EVERYONE! I fell down and cried when I saw my acceptance! I am BEYOND excited to meet you all and start my journey at MIT!

I'm from the gloriously warm San Francisco Bay Area...so I hope I don't turn into a popsicle by this time next winter! :P

Dear Prefrosh,
Remember that your coolness level doubles if you break the November rule.

November rule?

Dude, I still don't believe this! I need to print off a copy of the letter or I'll start second-guessing myself at school today!

And, yes, CAPTCHA knows all. ;)

All of the stress from yesterday morning and the excitement from last night is washing over me...it's still incredibly surreal. I hope to meet you guys during CPW! And congrats once again!

Congratulations Everyone who get accepted and also deferred!You can't know how hard to be denied.No I'm not denied.I'm international and waiting for March.

I hope I'll join you few months later.I won't be able to be tubed:( but meeting all of you will still be great :D...

@Anon [most recent one]

On top of our cute prefroshies not knowing what the november rule *is*, I think YOU'RE a little off on its actual definition.

The rule is, "Don't date the prefrosh/frosh until at least November 1 of their freshman year." It only applies to upperclassmen. The prefrosh can still have relationships with each other without anyone minding, and if they get into relationships with upperclassmen, it's the upperclassman's fault, not theirs. There's no way for prefrosh to "break the November rule".

@anonymous that replied to me
I'm from Ohio and swim for Countryside YMCA. You? Our team is gonna kick ass this year.

eeeeeeeeeeee!
IM SO HAPPY!!
CONGRATULATIONS, EVERYONE! :)

Hey "VAL'14"
You finally removed the question sign beside your name and 14!
congrats every one!
I'm an Int student hope to see all of you!
BEST WISHES

Gosh... I'm still riding the acceptance wave. I recieved so many hugs today. It's crazy.

Bringing it up again, does anyone know when tubes will be sent?

Look ma, no "?"!

Any other football players get in?

Congrats everyone. Get ready for FPOP. Do not even think about going to other college!! We are the champion!!!

Congrats to all of you who got in! May God Bless You All And Be With You All Always!!! :)

Congratulations everyone!!! Can't wait for the tube to come!

Congrats!

I'm excited to meet everyone!

Hah. I just read all the other comments!

I'm joining the swim team, Carlo. Add me on facebook. (Look up Anne Yu).

And I'm from Alaska......

Its minus 15 outside right now. WOOHOO!
I'm still in shock and can't stop smiling.

@ Carlo: I'm from Ohio too! Cincinnati, we're practically neighbors.

When do the tubes go out?

Congrats Everyone!
I can't wait to meet the other soccer recruits!

I think I might try out for crew... it looks fun. I was really involved in sports in middle school, but in high school, they just became too much of a commitment.

Congrats Val! I always read all your coments and I love them!
Congrats another guys!!!! It must be a pleasure got in MIT...

Wow I can't imagine what it feels to know you got in, congratulations everyone! I can't wait until March-April :S

@Leilani: Wow, thanks! :3 Maybe I'll see you around next year. ;)

@Pato: It's insane. I can't even believe it sometimes. I carried a printout of my admission letter just so I could check it every once in a while to make sure it was real. I did reality checks (http://www.dreamviews.com/induction.php) quite often too. I got more hugs today than I usually get in a month or two. It's an incredible feeling.

Anne and Carlo-
I'm joining the swim team too- look me up on facebook!
I'm from southeastern Michigan (YMCA BBD swimming)

-Calley Murphy

Congrats to everyone! And welcome!

carlo
I'm from ma bluefish swim club. I'm colby dunn. Ya man it def will; there are a lot of fast guys on it. I swim sprint free/im u?

this is gonna sound so cliche, but:
SOMEBODY PINCH ME!
Any art nerds out there?
ooh, and I'm from New York.

ps does anybody know where we're supposed to mail the deposit to?

Congratulations to each one of you.

Can anyone tell me the criteria? let me know what is required?

@Morgan: I'm a football player. RB/DB from Idaho.

What position do you play? Where are you from?

Congrats to all!
I'm Jacqueline from Taiwan
can't wait to meet you guys :)

Are there anyone who is curious about Chinese/Asian culture?
I’ve received some emails from my future classmates asking me about Kpop or Japanese dramas lol

@ Jacqueline...

I'm half Taiwanese. :]

Can't wait to meet everyone.

AHhhhhhhhhh I still can't believe I got in!

Men's volleyball anyone?

As a side note, it feels so nice to remove the parentheses from around "'14"

@Rhys: I played center and d-end, but I think I'll end up being more of a d-end/linebacker in college. I'm from Santa Barbara, near LA

Anne, Carlo, Calley and Colby,
I'll be on the swim team too! I'm from New York.
This is sooo exciting, congrats to everyone!

Deferred....ah well, hopefully I'll be joining you all in the accepted group in April.

Congrats to all of you!

I'M SO HAPPY FOR YOU GUYS WHO GOT ADMITTED!!=D

i'm an international student who's applying regular action and I really hope I can get in.

CONGRATULATIONS again!!!=DDDD

Just wondering, how old are you guys? Some people said that I was deferred because of my age, and I'm just wondering if that's true or they were just trying to make me feel better.

I'm 16 by the way, turning 17 in March.

@deferred
... well... I'm deferred and also 16, turning 17 in January... so...
But I really don't think age is a factor in decisions
@Annie from Alaska
Really?! thats pretty cool! which school?

sooo excited. If only CPW would come sooner!!!

congrats everyone!!

Wow...Acceptance into MIT...I thought I'd never see the day.
What really made my day was 1) the acceptance of course, and 2) all my friends and family calling me up to congratulate me. I'm definitely coming here next year!
Ironically, I couldn't really party it up when I got the decision; I had a calc test to study for o_O lol

Hey guys! I'm so excited I was admitted, and I can't even believe it! Neither could my parents...
Is anyone else concerned about paying for MIT? The FAFSA calculator told us we're getting no aid, and I've applied to 20+ essay scholarships from the various scholarship websites out there, but because math and science are my strong subject areas and english definitely is not, I have not won a single one of these. $52,000 per year is definitely not a reasonable amount for us to pay however, so I am kind of stressing about this now. I got into my dream school, but the cost is not within reach. I'm sure I'm not the only one in this situation...

@ Up North...

Thanks. :)

I go to West Valley High School in Fairbanks. Or at least I did, today was my last day of high school.

and...

@ Anonymous.

Yeah, my parents are making me apply to other schools because they don't want to pay for MIT. I'm trying to get scholarships too. But its definitely not easy. Hopefully MIT has better financial aid then they advertise. :)

Hey guys! Congratulations to everyone!! I'm so excited to meet you all. My dad's friend is buying me MIT hoodie :) can't wait to get it! And I'm also waiting for the tube to come! When is it coming?? like... next week???

I think this is the only place (except home) I can celebrate myself ... Sadly, none of my friends got into their dream schools (Yale, Duke, Stanford, etc) in the early admissions... I'm scared of going to school now that everyone is so depressed and dying to finish up their essays. Anyone here in the same situation?

@ Anonymous Dec.19 12:55 AM & @Annie '14
I'm just a parent of a child who is inerested in going to MIT in the future. I have been doing a lot of research on this site and it is my understanding that if you are accepted at MIT MIT will make sure you can afford to go. They will give you the money and you don't have to pay it back. Go to the MIT financial aid calculator and get an estimate of what portion they would expect your parents to pay. By all means call or write the admissions office and ask about this before you decide to go to another school just because of cost. It could cost you the same as attending a state school since top tier schools often have more funding. Don't give up your dream yet. Get advice from MIT first.

Hey guys! Congrats to you all! I am from New Jersey and cannot wait to meet you all in the spring!

Has anyone gotten their tube yet? I keep waiting every day for it to show up.

@Anonymous '14 (no question mark!!)

I definitely understand your situation. It's been difficult to celebrate when some of your best and well-deserving friends have been getting deferred and rejected from their early schools. But like I keep telling them, we're all going to end up going to great schools!

To those deferred from MIT- good luck!

Does anyone know when the TUBES will come?!?!?!?!?! :)

Congratulations to all of you. I would give anything to be one of you three years from now.

Son accepted. Any home-schoolers?

I'm a homeschooler! I was accepted EA last year, but I deferred enrollment a year.

@Annie
half Taiwanese? cool
do you have FB? plz add me as your friend
(jacqueline hung on FB)

Congrats to all who were selected. Thank the good lord for the best Christmas gift that you got for ever. MIT has so much to offer. Make full use of it. You may be swimming in turbulent waters but MIT will take you to unknown islands for you to explore. Good Luck to all of you.

what's the mid-year school report, and when do we need to send it?

Congratulations to all who made it!!!
I am an international student and hoping that i will make it too!

Oh, the much-discussed tubes. I'm hoping to come home tomorrow from school and be greeted with a cardboard cylinder poking out of the mailbox.

@Annie and Jacqueline
Half-Taiwanese as well :)

Congratulations everyone! Can't wait to meet you at CPW!

If you have questions about financial aid, I very much recommend getting in touch with Student Financial Services. Final aid determinations won't go out until March, but SFS can help make sure you understand the process, point you to other sources of finaid, and generally take away some of the stress and confusion.

@ Dave McOwen - MIT Admissions
I am also concerned about money because I didn't indicate that I would apply for financial aid in the application. (I thought the chances were rare without applying for financial aid alone) But now that I am admitted... I realize that I can't go to MIT without money :(

Can I still apply for financial aid? If not... I should reconsider going to MIT next fall.

WOOOOT!!!! YEAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!! I am glad you guys got into mit and are enjoin it. I did not get in my self (I applied like 2 years ago). But it puts a smile on my face reading some of your posts. Its going to be awesome to live in Boston. Say hi to the city for me. If your a runner, go do the Boston marathon.

Hey guys! i'm so happy for all pf you who've been accepted!! i'm applying to MIT regular decision and have my fingers crossed!!! hope all works out! good job guys!

I am so excited about the acceptance! I waited for the mail today, but no tube came. Hopefully it arrives tomorrow! :D

@ Klaudia

Where do you live, cause mine hasn't come yet either?

How many of you have been tubed already?

My tube came!

I live in Chicago, and seeing as people have started receiving their tubes already, I think the rest will arrive tomorrow. :D

I want to put my tube under the christmas tree on 25th! But I guess it won't work out because I live abroad... I might get them before next year :( Anyone else got tubes?

hey this is a pretty important question:
do admitted students who live abroad also receive their letters+materials+poster in a tube?

Yet another day of mail and no tube :(

YESS!!!! I GOT MY TUBE!!!!!!!!!!!!! It didn't come in the normal mail, it was sent priority mail but it was in my mail box. It's really big!!!!!!!! :))))

YESS!!!! I GOT MY TUBE!!!!!!!!!!!!! It didn't come in the normal mail, it was sent priority mail but it was in my mail box. It's really big!!!!!!!! :))))

@ Nic and Allie:
Where do you guys live?

I live in Tampa, FL

The other two kids here haven't received theirs, either.

Yay tube!!!!!!!

Wish I would be able to join you next year!!!
Congrats to all who got in ;)

I live in Massachusetts, only like 40 minutes from MIT

No tube in the mail today, either.

Hey all, sign the guestbook on my.mit.edu. Tell us all a little about yourselves

Officially tubed on Dec. 23, 2009, approximately 12:15 PM. Best Christmas present ever. Happy Holidays to every one of my future classmates!

@Nate:
Yes! I haven't gotten mine yet, though.......

Hey all, I got my tube yesterday!!!!!! does anyone know what the beaver is saying in the poster??

I HAVENT GOTTEN TUBED YET =[
I think it's 'cuz i live in the Boonies in upstate NY =P
I'm rather bummed though =/

Jess, the message is in braille. The beaver is saying "IHTFP".

Jess, the message is in braille. The beaver is saying "IHTFP".

Katinka, I live in the middle of nowhere North Dakota!!! I have no idea how i was tubed before someone.

omg i am so happy for you guys... i am international so gotta apply regular... anyhow i hope to join ya guys soon :D

@ Valart.

Its not that my parents can't afford it (not matter how spoiled that sounds, its true.)
Its that they don't want to pay it.

And @ everyone else.....
I'm super excited to get mine!!!

I know it's a little early to be thinking about school supply shopping for college, but what type of calculator should we have as incoming freshmen? My TI-84 has served me well, but it might be time to upgrade.

Yay!! Tubes and Christmas cards!! These are the best gifts I've ever gotten from Santa. I'm in California and I'm definitely opening my tube on Christmas day. What a magical season this is!!

Yay!! Tubes and Christmas cards!! These are the best gifts I've ever gotten from Santa. I'm in California and I'm definitely opening my tube on Christmas day. What a magical season this is!!

@Josh:
Nope...I just got mine yesterday but it wasn't in a tube :'( Just a normal envelope...but oh well. It was still a kickass christmas present!

@Nate:
You didn't get a tube? So sad... maybe it's because you live abroad. I live outside of US too. I am so excited to get a tube, but I guess I won't be getting it either :(

Does anyone know if you can do the 5 year masters program with Chemical Engineering? I've only heard of it for Electrical Engineering and Computer Science so far, but I'm looking into Chemical Engineering.

I live in NY, and I still didn't get my tube.
I was so sad today. =( hopefully it'll come by tomorrow? *fingers crossed*