Calling all MIT Fall 2009 applicants!

i submitted maybe 4 days before deadline...mit was my last app.

Are you DC as well or another location?

Congrats msday!

Out of curiosity, did you get the email near to when you posted (meaning, do they send them after normal business hours)?

no, i got it during business hours (in the afternoon). i'm in boston, not DC.

Good to know, thanks!

(*starts praying that MIT doesn't do regional invites like last year* - I'm a fellow Bostonian; well a Cantabrigian to be precise)

I am in boston too~ good luck to everyone~

congrats msday!!

Congrats msday! Here's hoping for more invites today. . .

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!!! )))

GMAT Q38 V34
If not MIT, what are the schools u wud recommend me to apply to?!

congrats! what were the date ranges for interviews ?

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!

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.

first of all congrats to those that received invites. I am an international applicant but located in the Boston Area, so I am not sure how that works, although I am not sure MIT is sending the interviews by location this time. I am just wondering, does the application status change online from submitted to invited to interview or smtg?

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!