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Re: Calling all MIT Fall 2009 applicants! [#permalink]
 09 Dec 2008, 11:37
caleoptera wrote: Hi all!
I am currently deciding whether I should apply to MIT or not. Reall need ur help!
GMAT: 600
Extracurricular activities: fotography, charity orgs, debate club, fitness
Exchange student experience (Germany, 1 Semester)
Studied 1 semester at Medical University, then left for Finance.
Career goal: Consulting
One thing I recall from the MIT info session is that a GMAT below 650 leads them to "ask questions." Which means, I assume, that the rest of your app needs to be very solid. MIT claims to be a "recommendation heavy" school. Do you have really strong recs? If so, and if you feel very confident about the rest of your app, it might be worth a shot. Maybe try the Peer Review forum and see what other schools people suggest. Good luck!
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Re: Calling all MIT Fall 2009 applicants! [#permalink]
09 Dec 2008, 12:15
caleoptera wrote: Hi all! I am currently deciding whether I should apply to MIT or not. Reall need ur help! Age: 22 (23 at Matriculation) Gender: f Work exp: 2 years (FT in Global Markets Department, Kazakhstani Branch of an International Bank), 0.5 (PT) Citizenship: Kazakhstan GPA: 4.17 out of 4.33 (Kazakhstan Institute of Management, Economics and Strategic Research, BA in Business Adm and Accounting with major in Finance) GMAT: 600 Extracurricular activities: fotography, charity orgs, debate club, fitness Exchange student experience (Germany, 1 Semester) Studied 1 semester at Medical University, then left for Finance. Career goal: Consulting Is there chance of being accepted? Or shud I target some lower-ranked schools? Thanks a lot for any answer. And congrats on interview invites!!!  ))) Why do you need to go now? You seem fairly young. My advice is to raise your GMAT score and wait another year or two. As of right now, I don't see a really good shot at MIT. They are the most quant heavy school out there, and your gmat q score is in the 50th %ile. I have no doubt you will be able to raise your score, your gpa seems on target. If you need to go next year then figure out what your goals are and where you want to be. Then you can decide whether schools that you will be accepted to meet that.
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Re: Calling all MIT Fall 2009 applicants! [#permalink]
09 Dec 2008, 14:04
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Re: Calling all MIT Fall 2009 applicants! [#permalink]
09 Dec 2008, 14:07
rca215 wrote: No one else get a lucky email today? I sure didn't  Me neither 
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Re: Calling all MIT Fall 2009 applicants! [#permalink]
09 Dec 2008, 14:09
ac8706 wrote: rca215 wrote: No one else get a lucky email today? I sure didn't Me neither I liked this better when they hadn't started sending them!
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Re: Calling all MIT Fall 2009 applicants! [#permalink]
09 Dec 2008, 15:22
Me too ... heard nothing at all from Sloan ... 
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Re: Calling all MIT Fall 2009 applicants! [#permalink]
09 Dec 2008, 17:18
don't mean to ruin the anxiety you MBA guys are feeling, but is anyone out there applying for the new MFIN program at MIT?
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Re: Calling all MIT Fall 2009 applicants! [#permalink]
10 Dec 2008, 13:40
I have not received an interview yet however my status changed to "complete and being evaluated". not sure when but last week was not there for sure.
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Re: Calling all MIT Fall 2009 applicants! [#permalink]
10 Dec 2008, 14:30
Great, now I'm tempted to be paranoid because of the Kellogg frenzy with status changes.
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Re: Calling all MIT Fall 2009 applicants! [#permalink]
10 Dec 2008, 15:36
ndiaconu wrote: I have not received an interview yet however my status changed to "complete and being evaluated". not sure when but last week was not there for sure. Same here. And smile smkrn, your(and as a fake USA fan, my) boys are headed to the champs league knockout stage.
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Re: Calling all MIT Fall 2009 applicants! [#permalink]
10 Dec 2008, 15:39
ndiaconu wrote: I have not received an interview yet however my status changed to "complete and being evaluated". not sure when but last week was not there for sure. Mine too. Anyone have a clue what this means (other than the obvious)? Good, bad, what's next?
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Re: Calling all MIT Fall 2009 applicants! [#permalink]
10 Dec 2008, 18:15
Mine changed today as well. I'm trying not to read too much into it because I'd go crazy if I do! (Why did it take so long? Am I at the bottom? Which pool am I in?)
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Re: Calling all MIT Fall 2009 applicants! [#permalink]
10 Dec 2008, 19:34
ndiaconu wrote: I have not received an interview yet however my status changed to "complete and being evaluated". not sure when but last week was not there for sure. Got it too. I tend to think it doesn't mean a whole lot except they're continuing the process along. But then again what do I know.
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Re: Calling all MIT Fall 2009 applicants! [#permalink]
11 Dec 2008, 09:34
I don't see any reports on BW of people getting invites since that first day. So either they're going to take their time in distributing them or they pulled an HBS and sent virtually all of them in one day. *prays for the former*
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Re: Calling all MIT Fall 2009 applicants! [#permalink]
11 Dec 2008, 09:37
rca215 wrote: I don't see any reports on BW of people getting invites since that first day. So either they're going to take their time in distributing them or they pulled an HBS and sent virtually all of them in one day.
*prays for the former* maybe they're doing the regional rollout?
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Re: Calling all MIT Fall 2009 applicants! [#permalink]
11 Dec 2008, 09:39
I know from experience that all applications change to "complete and being evaluated" and will remain that way until an admit. Even when you're dinged, you won't see a change.
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11 Dec 2008, 09:44
ac8706 wrote: rca215 wrote: I don't see any reports on BW of people getting invites since that first day. So either they're going to take their time in distributing them or they pulled an HBS and sent virtually all of them in one day.
*prays for the former* maybe they're doing the regional rollout? That's just as bad.
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Re: Calling all MIT Fall 2009 applicants! [#permalink]
11 Dec 2008, 12:51
very quiet here, only one invite?
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11 Dec 2008, 12:53
terp26 wrote: very quiet here, only one invite? 411admissions reports 2 invites out of 52 as of Dec 9 2008
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Re: Calling all MIT Fall 2009 applicants! [#permalink]
11 Dec 2008, 14:00
I wonder if MIT applicants are just less active on the boards. I personally know 2 people with invites out of the 4 people I know that applied. Yet there are only ~4 reported on BW, here, and admissions411. Something seems odd.
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