Graduate School Admission Results

TTPB: I would assume it's a rejection (I was one of the ones who got an interview) based on the email's wording. Looks like that's the pool who is offered admission. But 2 notes of consolation -- since I have been in your position for a few schools I really liked this cycle! (1) The acceptance rate at programs like this are very low so by definition many qualified people won't be accepted. This happens because (1a) MIT would rather risk a false negative than false positive and (1b) sometimes really idiosyncratic things come up, like who has funding for a particular project. But ofc none of this is necessarily a reflection of you as a candidate since you can't control MIT's risk tolerance or projects of faculty. (2) In general, I think this was a bad year to apply for PhD programs because so many people applied for PhD programs. So many people who would have been accepted last year will not be accepted this year simply based on numbers. And in that case, it's always worth it to shoot again next year. And your experience of applying this year will be helpful. Hopefully these comments are somewhat useful/consolatory. And ofc, best of luck with your other choices since there are many amazing programs out there :)

TTPB: Had an interview with POI last week, and received the waitlist notice from POI due to limited funding yesterday. Field: environmental fluid mechanics. Status may change if funding becomes available.

Heard from a friend at MIT AeroAstro that the admits will be out by Friday

Hey guys when can we expect a decision this year? is it bit late this year?

TTPB who had been waitlisted, did you have an interview? What's your subfield?

Ttpb: I mailed the ME grad office and they told that they will be making the decisions in the next few weeks and we will receive decisions soon by mail.

TTPB: I have not heard back from them too. I do not want to ruin your day, but this is basically a rejection. They are going to offer admissions to those who are interviewing. Congrats to all of them.

Am I the only one who didn't receive interview invite?! Is this a bad sign? Can someone please answer this question :(

TTPB: I'm the other poster with the interview invite, and I got a survey monkey link where we're asked to fill in 5 names of faculty we may want to interview with, though they also noted that we might get matched with other faculty that could potentially be good research fits.

Rejected after interview. Saddest day of my life, wish I was dead...

TTPB: I was the first poster who said I got an interview and I realize I made a mistake. Actually, the email was from the coordinator who CC'd the chair. I didn't realize the CC'd person was the chair (I assumed that was who I was interviewing with). So no, they did not tell me to communicate with whom I would like to speak to. Fwiw, I listed specific faculty in my statement and why we were a good fit. Maybe they are just getting those who I listed as POI?

TTPB: I also got an interview invite email today but was asked to tell them which faculty I want to interview with. Were you specifically told who you're interviewing with in the email itself?

to the posters below: I sent an email to the ME grad admissions office this morning. The fact that whether or not there is a blue line in the portal stating that the application is complete has no impact on the application (unless, of course, when the application is actually incomplete).

Invited to interview. Looks like faculty I am invited to interview with was not when I listed on SOP as POI

Have you submitted the application after the deadline? Or, Did you miss any application material? If not, did you contact the grad office and check on this?

My application portal had a blue tick around dec 15 itself

I have full access to gradapply.mit.edu/meche/apply/, and am able to read full contents. Since when do you observe blue lines and messages?\r\n

I have full access to https://gradapply.mit.edu/meche/apply/, and am able to read full contents. Since when do you observe blue lines and messages?