Some notes for applicants

Some notes for applicants While reading applications, Ive thought of a number of things of interest to early and regular action applicants. For Regular Action Applicants Schedule your interview now.* The deadline (December 1) to schedule your interview is fast approaching! You can find the contact information for your interviewer (Educational Counselor) on the MyMIT website. *Even if you are applying elsewhere via an early decision or single choice early action program, you should still schedule your interview now, since the interview scheduling deadline falls before most schools notify. Having an interview with MIT does not violate early agreements. You do not need to have submitted your application Part 1 by the time you interview, but you must have registered for MyMIT. If you qualify for a fee waiver, please request one. Requesting a fee waiver does not negatively impact your application. And if you qualify for a fee waiver, your family needs the $65 more than we do. If you are interested in playing on a varsity sports team at MIT, please contact the appropriate coach or fill out the recruiting form. If you are interested in our music community, consider sending in a music recording. If you are interested in our art community, considering sending in some of your work. Be sure your standardized test scores have been sent to MIT. Our College Board Code (for SAT and TOEFL) is 3514 and our ACT Code is 1858. If you havent yet given your teachers their MIT recommendation forms, what are you waiting for? Teachers get very busy this time of year, respect their time! Try to get your application components to us in advance of the January 1 deadline, if you can. It will save you and us some angst in the long run. For EA Applicants I hope that if you havent already done so, youll begin working seriously on the applications for other schools on your list. Its an unfortunate fact of life that, in all likelihood, more than 6 of every 7 early action applicants will not be admitted when EA decisions go out in a few weeks. This includes many really fantastic students. Some applications will be outright turned down, and others will be deferred to regular action for further consideration (and some of those will be admitted during regular action). Its not easy or fun for us to have to give bad news to so many students, but its a reality that we all must live with. So, do yourselves a favor this weekend and work a bit on your regular action applications. As I like to say, plan for the worst, and hope for the best. As the year draws to a close, start talking with your parents about financial aid applications. For more information about this, check out the Financial Aid website and also Daniels blog. I hope youre having a great Thanksgiving weekend!