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Calling All Fall 2010 MIT Sloan Applicants

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Re: Calling All Fall 2010 MIT Sloan Applicants [#permalink] New post   19 Dec 2009, 01:46
optiquezt wrote:
I just got an email from MIT informing me to check my online application for my status (not a good sign it seems like). But I was totally infuriated by ApplyYourself because I could not get on with my username and when I went to reset my password, they gave me a TOTALLY new application with nothing in it!

1. I came to the website and tried to login with my previous username.
2. When I enter in my password, I was unable to login. I kept returning to the login screen. There was no red error message.
3. I clicked on the "Forgot your User Name or Password" link.
4. Entered in my name and email address into the "Forgot/Reset Password" field.
5. I was sent an email with a completely DIFFERENT username.
6. I was asked to reset my password. I did that.
7. When I logged in using the new username and the new password, the entire application was blank with nothing in it.

Has anyone had a similar experience? I really dislike ApplyYourself and Hobson. The quality of their software is so awful.


I had the same problem, contacted Tech support and they added my application to a new user. Its a shame that I got dinged a couple of days after that!!!
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Re: Calling All Fall 2010 MIT Sloan Applicants [#permalink] New post   19 Dec 2009, 03:21
Deffered to R2 no interview

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Re: Calling All Fall 2010 MIT Sloan Applicants [#permalink] New post   19 Dec 2009, 04:01
Ding :( from Italy... everybody thought my application was very strong... i prepared for it for 2 years. Very disappointed...
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Re: Calling All Fall 2010 MIT Sloan Applicants [#permalink] New post   19 Dec 2009, 08:08
I gotted dinged as well
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Re: Calling All Fall 2010 MIT Sloan Applicants [#permalink] New post   19 Dec 2009, 08:17
A perhaps self-aggrandizing theory: the massive round 1 deferrals, are, in part, a yield management strategy. MIT is picking off the people they suspect would go somewhere else (the H/S/W of the word) and trying to smoke them out. MIT, like most of the schools ranked 5-10, is freaked out about having their yield take a hit, which would drop them in the rankings). My guess is the chances are pretty good if you're deferred, equally as good as any other round 2 applicant, and perhaps better (particularly if you make a tangible commitment by agreeing to stay on the list/send a commitment letter, etc). They even specifically ask you to withdraw if you accept a place somewhere else, which is a completely incoherent request if MIT is your top choice. Hey Rod, if you're begging for more time because you couldn't get to making a decision on my application--are you going to refund me my $250 if I pull out now? Didn't think so.
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Re: Calling All Fall 2010 MIT Sloan Applicants [#permalink] New post   19 Dec 2009, 08:23
Sorry for the dings. Yesterday was the worst day for me as well in the last 1 year.
Anyone who has not heard yet from MIT (I have not yet). From SJ area.
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Re: Calling All Fall 2010 MIT Sloan Applicants [#permalink] New post   19 Dec 2009, 09:24
redrobot wrote:
A perhaps self-aggrandizing theory: the massive round 1 deferrals, are, in part, a yield management strategy. MIT is picking off the people they suspect would go somewhere else (the H/S/W of the word) and trying to smoke them out. MIT, like most of the schools ranked 5-10, is freaked out about having their yield take a hit, which would drop them in the rankings). My guess is the chances are pretty good if you're deferred, equally as good as any other round 2 applicant, and perhaps better (particularly if you make a tangible commitment by agreeing to stay on the list/send a commitment letter, etc). They even specifically ask you to withdraw if you accept a place somewhere else, which is a completely incoherent request if MIT is your top choice. Hey Rod, if you're begging for more time because you couldn't get to making a decision on my application--are you going to refund me my $250 if I pull out now? Didn't think so.

I think the reason for the deferrals is more obvious/less conspiracy theory. I think the unemployment rate is probably a good proxy for "job opportunities." I know MIT has had more applicants this year than last, something they were not expecting. However, even though I think unemployment rate is a good proxy, it is a lagging indicator, so I think it's possible that R2 will be less competitive than R1 as the economy appears to be at a turning point. I think they wanted to save some good candidates for R2 rather than ding them to ensure they get the best out of the total applicant pool.

As for the choice to opt out of deferral, any way they can shrink the number of applications they have to re-review is probably worth trying.
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Re: Calling All Fall 2010 MIT Sloan Applicants [#permalink] New post   19 Dec 2009, 09:39
Hi !

Would you please let me know if candidates without a US work permit are at a disadvantage during the selection process of the LGO program. How does it affect if I am applying after a work experience from India and not in the US?
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Re: Calling All Fall 2010 MIT Sloan Applicants [#permalink] New post   19 Dec 2009, 10:46
Count me in with the dings...bummer
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Re: Calling All Fall 2010 MIT Sloan Applicants [#permalink] New post   19 Dec 2009, 12:23
Deferred to Round 2.

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Re: Calling All Fall 2010 MIT Sloan Applicants [#permalink] New post   19 Dec 2009, 14:42
^^^mts - whereabouts are you stationed in Germany. Did you do your undergrad in that sweet place north of NYC?

And to the guy who asked about why people were applying to the LGO program (I know the post was lost in all the bad news as of late) - I personally want to build on my undergrad of Nuclear Engineering and work in the energy field. Although they do not offer Nuke as one of the Engineering disciplines, they do offer a Sustainability and Energy Track within the Engineering Systems department. I hope to keep my skills up to par engineer-wise, however since I am not 100% sure what I want to do, LGO will give me a lot of options after I graduate - from management in the Nuclear Industry, to maybe starting up an alternate energy consulting or development business.
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Re: Calling All Fall 2010 MIT Sloan Applicants [#permalink] New post   19 Dec 2009, 18:17
Hmm maybe I will not apply.... kind of discouraging
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Re: Calling All Fall 2010 MIT Sloan Applicants [#permalink] New post   19 Dec 2009, 19:24
i was deferred.

extremely discouraging.

this year seems unusually competitive, given the amount of waitlist from wharton, and the deferred process from mit.
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Re: Calling All Fall 2010 MIT Sloan Applicants [#permalink] New post   19 Dec 2009, 19:38
Good luck to everyone that got an interview, and also to those who will submit for R2.

I can't really offer much advice, as the more I know about this whole process, it seems, the less I know.
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Re: Calling All Fall 2010 MIT Sloan Applicants [#permalink] New post   20 Dec 2009, 03:31
I received an invitation to to interview on Friday 12/18, however I heard from S on the 15th and will be matriculating there. Will decline the interview and hopefully free up a spot for a deserving applicant.
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Re: Calling All Fall 2010 MIT Sloan Applicants [#permalink] New post   20 Dec 2009, 19:21
Got interview invite on Dec 16.

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Re: Calling All Fall 2010 MIT Sloan Applicants [#permalink] New post   20 Dec 2009, 20:57
I also got an interview invite on Dec 18th - HUB interview in Seoul Korea
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Re: Calling All Fall 2010 MIT Sloan Applicants [#permalink] New post   21 Dec 2009, 17:38
Did anyone attend the online chat today? Anybody has the transcript?
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Re: Calling All Fall 2010 MIT Sloan Applicants [#permalink] New post   21 Dec 2009, 17:50
I attended the chat today, and one interesting tidbit is that the number of R1 deferred candidates (like me) is typical. That is a bit odd since I don't recall seeing anyone on here last year that was deferred, but there are several this year.
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Re: Calling All Fall 2010 MIT Sloan Applicants [#permalink] New post   21 Dec 2009, 18:14
boogs wrote:
I attended the chat today, and one interesting tidbit is that the number of R1 deferred candidates (like me) is typical. That is a bit odd since I don't recall seeing anyone on here last year that was deferred, but there are several this year.

Did they shed anymore light on the deferral process? Thanks.
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