Advice for MIT Applicants from MIT Students
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ส.ค. 2024
- By Ceri R. '16 for the blog post Waiting for Decision Day: mitadmissions.o...
The ZeFrank video I reference: • Dealing with Rejection
For anyone who has ever/will ever apply to MIT.
Special thanks to Courtney D. '17, Elliot O. '18, Michael J. '18, Marayna M. '18, Fejiro O. '18, Andrea H. '18, Hannah C. '17, Sade N. '17, Joey V. '17, Rachel R. '16, Jamal E. '14., and Diana L. '17.
This is the most soothing video I've seen on the topic of college admissions. Thank you for it. Goodness knows I need it right now with a few weeks left til EA decisions.
How'd that go?
I keep coming here time to time to listen and comfort myself. And yes today the decision dates are out...so :)
how'd it go?
Yeah how’d it go
duuuudeee telll me what happened
I am a 15 y/o student who has had MIT as his dream university, his goal for longer than he can even remember, and I am striving, doing my best even right now (9th Grade, High School). If I may give an advice to anyone who'd be reading this comment, start getting ready early on. MIT is really, really hard to get in to, it's the best of the best in its field after all. But never, ever lose hope, never stop working for your dream. Hopes and dreams are what keeps us going, what keeps us enjoying life. No one except my parents and my girlfriend think I can get into MIT, they're always like "Yeah bud I'll see you in Massachusetts lol", always joking around. I even have a nickname now, they call me "Massachusetts" or "MIT". People will always make fun of this dream, but that's only their own weakness. I am guaranteeing anyone who's reading this comment and is in a similar situation as me, that in the future, if they don't lose hope and work hard, they'll be looking at those people who made fun of them from the stairs of MIT.
Shortly, I am a high-schooler who has set his heart at MIT and I am advising anyone who wants to go to MIT to never lose hope and just keep on grinding!
Well mit is my dream university now but i dont thinl i can get in cause aside from dome ecs and stuff like that my rank is really bad cause im a first gen and my parents or grandparents never went to college, so frshman year i had no idea what to do, and like half of this year in sophomore year, only like 2 months ago i started researching universitys and foujd out how hard they are to get into and i just feel hopeless csuse i dont think ill be able to get in, cause ill have to basically score perfect in all my classes to even break thr top 10%
did you get in
I have watched this video more than 14 times over the span of 5 days, and it just keeps giving me a little hope and strength every time to keep going
Do you please tell me the deadline for submitting application for 1st year students 2022-2023 ?
I got in, with 1130 on SAT. :) they look for talent not grades. am so fucking happy. work for your passion, be yourself, you'll get in.
Omg really? Tell us about it!!!
DUDE I️ AM SO HAPPY FOR YOU! CONGRATS! Would you mind sharing how you did it?
No they also look for grades
But good job man, keep working hard
Imma look for you next year i cant believe some youtube comment lmao
Its the best one I have ever seen yet. Thank you for this,yeah being at MIT is my dream as well since 2 years. I am now 15 and I am trying more and more to bring the best out of me. My mother always supports me when she hears this and I am damn sure that her blessings would surely lead me to MIT one day. Once again,thank you for this inspiration.
"Take chances! Make mistakes! Get messy!!!" - Ms. Frizzle
Well, maybe not actually get messy, but the point's still the same.
Ceri, no truer words have every been said, Im absolutely terrified! ... but also exited, thanks for the encouraging words!
Wow, I am a 14 year old that dreams of getting into MIT this somehow made me cry
well now that you have 17 i think, i hope that you did it!
Vasco Carvalho ho shit
I don’t live in USA
It’s kinda impossible
@@ternietorrinque6348 i don't live to 😥 but you know 27% of mit students are internationals! But yeah Basically! Lol
Nice video, thanks a lot. I'm still a Sophomore but I'm looking forward to apply to MIT. I'm from Guatemala and my parents don't support me a lot, they say they don't want me to go far away and leave them alone, mostly my mother, but MIT is my dream and hopefully I'll apply some day
Did you get in?
Same here
Soo?
Any updates?
How's it going? Did you get in or if not what university did you get in and what are you studying?
Okay so honestly I realized I'm pretty stuffed. 5% is a joke, 2% is even worse. Like think about it. She said you are putting your name in the goblet of fire, but I'd rather do that (did the math it's more likely being picked for the goblet of fire than getting in to MIT with a 4.0 GPA) but quality is only valuable cause it's rare and that makes the admissions process worth it... I guess, haven't been to college yet. But if I do get into MIT I guess I'm the tri wizard champion? 😂
MIT is my *dream* school, and all I can think about is imaging my self at MIT, I’m only 12 a right now, but all I ever want to do with my life is go to MIT. MIT is my dream
Send prayers for me to get in cause I don’t think I will 😭
Nat Smith honestly same
Yeah I've wanted to go there since 8th grade
U guys wanted to go since 8th grade. But I’ve wanted to go there by the AGE of 8. I’m not kidding. I’m 13 too btw.
@@someguy4601 lmao so funny to see this now, commented this around 2 years ago, funny to see people still see my comments ahhaha, anyways best of luck 🥰
@@nataliew-s7019 Thanks.
This is so heartwarming
This makes me feel so much better. Thank you so much.
I applied early somewhere else but the anxiety is the same! This video is so amazing. Thank you for the soothing words! Appreciated! :-)
Nazifa N. that wasn't soothing at all...it just made me more restless coz i can't keep thinking what if I fail as it's the thing which might never happen.
"unless it's salty water" HAHAH
Thank you for keeping me motivated and surely I will be there at MIT :)
such a great video! thanks everyone for the advice!
My dream to join MIT began last year while i was 14 and my first step towards it was joining the School with more MIT admissions in my country (im brazilian). I did this and now my aim is to do a great high school.
Vini Andreossi well with that grammar you can't go. fix your English fam😙
Qual escola que você foi, é no Rio ou em Sp?
@@charlieshin9868 Your comment was completely unnecessary. I hope you've became a good guy in the last 3 years. Oh and btw there's no problem with my English anymore according to toefl :)
@@atilafernandes5053 eu era do Colégio Etapa, hoje me formei e tô estudando na Unicamp 😂
@@ViniciusVA1 Qual curso? Sou de brasília e pretendo aplicar para o MIT ou, se nqo conseguir, para USP ou UniCamp. (Física)
It must be awesome to have the skill or possibility to enter MIT. I live in Mexico and my family doesn't have very much money, plus I'd doubt MIT would accept some random kid from a Mexican high school:/ maybe I'll atleast visit the campus someday to see how the school actually is! must be an awesome place to study...
+hiimacrazyguy You should apply, where you come from or how much money you have shouldn't limit you. Also Mexico is as random as any place on earth, don't underestimate where you come from
Actually American colleges love foreigners/minorities. Get the grades. Get the student loans if needed, having an MIT degree will let you do anything.
hiimacrazyguy Just find this video, I'm mexican too, this year I'm trying to enter, hope you do the same too! :)
Hola soy colombiano, si lo puedes hacer de hecho yo voy a aplicar el otro año
Flash También soy colombiana, suerte, pero e tenido la pregunta de, si te preparas para el SAT te irá bien en las ICFES, no? Aún tengo dos años para terminar , pero quiero prepararme académicamente y mentalmente, suerte cuando apliques !!
the way you explained this was really awesome, thank you so much, I hope u r doing great in life
what did u do , i see u are the most updated comment
Ahhh man this girl is so reassuring...Thank you... Feel much better now !
NIce advice for everyone. Getting the chance to be accepted at MIT would be marvellous. But if you are denied, you can still study with MIT's free courses online.
This helped me with my rejection from another school. Thank you.
Years of waiting for the chance to apply to this wonder of an institution have lead me to have my Early Action decision released in somewhat exactly 2 weeks from now; I was and still am to some extent unnervingly scared, this has made me feel somewhat calmer. Thank you.
Currently I am 12 years old. MIT is my dream school, I want to pursue my studies and my passions to really emphasize my goals in life, one of which is to get into MIT :). In 5 years it will be time to apply, I hope that I can push through and be able to be admitted into MIT. My biggest congratulations to anyone who had been admitted into MIT. Wish me luck.. even though that luck will apply in 5 years.
How’d it go
I’m 13 and my dream is to get into MIT or Harvard
Ceri, you wonderful person , thanks for the encouraging words!
I am a student from Malaysia, which is the otherside of world where mit is. I have always been dreaming to become an aerospace engineer, but for a foreigner. I know it will be hard to get in to mit and even harder to get into the course because of America's law that a foreigner cannot work on rockets. But I will try my best to fulfil my dream although the road may be tough. Thank you for your video it makes me feel more motivated than ever despite getting laugh at all my friends and family.
Hi! I also have that dream! The drean to become an aerospace engineer, and i am sad about it too, but i've been doing some research and esa(european space agency) acepts internationals, at least countries from europe union but i think that they actually accept international from another countries!
Edit: sorry!! I went to their site and they don't accept malasya, but they actually have a long list of countries, but Anyway, if you want it so much you change to multi-national!
Im not even in highschool yet and looking at these lol. I want to go to Yale then Harvard Law
@Tishara Aaron were you selected?
my college is about to end.my friends are much concerned about the entry tests of universities but when I tell them hey bro!i am taking this as plan-B and my first priority is MIT. they glance at me with expressions of disbelieving and that makes me feel so bad..everyone thinks ts impossible to get even in america and then into MIT.but even if the 7 BILLION are gonna say i cant go,my believe and my faith is never gonna go less.
Good luck to everyone who has applied for MIT's Early Action 2016!!!
Thank you. this was calming
thankyou so much!!.. u changed my mind.. i feel braver.. thank you onve again.. i wish to meet and thank you when i will join mit
Thanks for all the motivation! 😊
This made me calm and a lot more nervous about MIT, and I would like to apply within the next 2 years...
Here we go! ❤
I hope that I will meet you all some day
Im only 13 but i already know that MIT is definitely the school i want. Kinda silly huh.
Hopefully i will!....
Gaby Altamore still your dream school?
I SEE THAT 12 FLAG!
Hello, my name is Piero I am peruvian thank you for this words I would like a study in MIT (Chemical engineering) and this year I will apply to MIT
I feel afraid, but your words reassured me thanks.
Hope you can do it!!!🇵🇹
Love❤ you MITblogger! For buckets of love
Yeah it is my dream to go to MIT since I was 5 I litrally think about it every day trying and hoping to come even tho I’m 12 and I started hoping and inspire to go to MIT
i needed this, thank you
awesome video. you are a motivational person.
I will be in mit
dont need mit ir cal tech i just do it my way and make it an adventure.
dont need school if ur smart enough just make it an adventure not just a job
Admissions come up next PI DAY! #Excited #Anxious
I'm not from USA and I want to apply for MIT but I'm afreid of not being accepted. It would be wasting of money to pass SAT and TOEF( each test is about 200$) plus all takses for the university. Also my parents can't pay me all that so I need full fee. Plus there are avion cards... I don't know if I should try... Some experiances?
Hristina Nikolic toefls are easy man. you just have to memorize the templates. also you can take as many toefls as you want only the biggest score will be looked at. sats are diff you must nail it the first or second try
Hristina Nikolic Also sats and toefl can help you with other colleges and not only MIT
ThatOne youtubeguy Can you recommend some universities and collages for maths, phicycs and that kind of stuff?
Hristina Nikolic the best in the world is mit and caltech and stanford . this is the dream college man. at least 2200 on the sat A lot of ap scores. 4.0 gpa at least.
ive heard NUS is a good college right now its in singapore but its asias top 1 and global top 12. meh you have to decide that on your own fam
Hristina Nikolic MIT currently is no 1 and Stanford is no 2 and harvard is no 3 the top 2 are great for engineering. Although i would recommend going to MIT if you can but mit is very old. they still use a chalkboard and it may be hard to see or understand. bht mit has great labs and one of the best professors. you should look up what university best suits you. take into consideration your score, your location, your tuition fee and your own opinions about the university dont just want to go to a university because its famous and well known. if you dont have good credits not a lot of jobs will hire you regardless of the college you went to
I am literally 12 but I am still worried about getting like even 1% less than a A because I want to get in so muccccchhhhh
Samee! I’m currently 14, and I’m sure you are too by this point, but the minute I start high school (only a few months from now) I’m going to try my absolute hardest to get nothing short of an A because MIT is my dream school and has been since 7th grade. I wish you best of luck in your high school years.
My dream of going to MIT started when I was seven I’m still only ten but I really hope to get in when I’m older
Wow that's really a dream!!!
What the hell is going on here🤣 There are so many comments like: I dreamed about getting into MIT since I was 1 year old
How do you pay for mit tuition
Nice Twelve! Seahawks baby! I'm in Seattle and that's cool to see!
Nice video, I love Link in Zelda! haha just saw your poster behide
Can I still go to MIT as a transfer student even if did AWFUL at High school?
I'm currently a sophomore at my country's best university and had gotten perfect grades(4.0 GPA) since my first year here. (I'm also a Taekwondo World Champion if that helps in some way, idk). Plus I'd love to do research proyects at MIT.
What are my chances? Please help
she is so nice and sweet!
i think my dream is already broken, i want to take Master Degree in MIT but i am getting bad remarks or F, but hey i retake and get a good grade .... :(
Great vid
at 3:00 "That's depressing".......
Thank you.
I wonder . is that possible me to get in MIT as my second undergraduate university ? is age a criteria . because i would be 24 years old
Pursue your dreams
What is the advantage of applying EA? cuz I heard that the acceptance rate isn't so different from regular decision.
what up harry potter reference
I thought of going abroad to study when I graduated from high school (that is this year). However, I can handle the SAT and toefl scores but don't know what to do about the extra curricular activities? I can start joining classes or workshop related to my passion and hobbies from December 5th 2016, but would I be selected if I got above 1400 on SAT and my extra curricular activities are work in progress. Also I'll be applying for fall 2017.
So, if I'm 22 and apply for MIT at 31 ... I absolutely don't stand a chance right?
Is that a poster of the fault in our stars on your door?
Nice vid
It was amazing. But i would like to know how to begin these application procedures? Where to begin from? Would you please help me?
yea. i tried. it seems like it's a long journey for me.
i like it. i hear more information help me.
I’m a freshmen, and I do science fair. I got 3rd place at state in Environmental Sciences, and I got 2nd place at regionals. I also have art at VASE State competitions (aiming for nationals next year), and I got Gold Key in my scholastic art awards. I also have a science internship this summer, and I got accepted to a science program scholarship ($2,000) at some governors academy thing. I’m also doing 300-400 hours of volunteer work this summer. I have all As (a few A minuses), do you need to get into AMC or Math olympiads to even have a chance?
As someone who got accepted to MIT less than a week ago and hasn't done anything nearly as amazing as those, I can confidently say no. I will say that your asking that question means you're looking at college admissions the wrong way.
Don't do something you don't want to do just for the sake of making your application look better. In a way, it could actually make your application look worse. Based on what you've said, you're interests lie mostly in the environmental sciences/arts. Doing a math olympiad would seem slightly out-of-place. Do what interests you, and do it with a passion. As Stu Schmill, the Dean of Admissions, said in a blog post, you're a high school student first and an applicant second.
You're already off to a great start. Keep it up and in 3 years maybe you will receive that coveted acceptance letter, too. PM me if you want to talk more.
Those who "dream" to be in a prestige college are ones who are close-minded about colleges out there. Know why you want to be in a college, know what you are paying for, know your own ability. Don't just go off the street screaming "I want to be in MIT!!!" like a idiot. Fact that she copied Steve Jobs and so did most MIT students is uh...lack of originality? Maybe that is a similar reason why literally no big innovators came from MIT.
(My point is, don't judge a book by its cover, find the college that suits your need, be realistic and be creative to make your option as wide as those in MIT.)
*an idiot
FoxyMoron hahahahha that is literally so funny . if you had the choice dont go to the best engineering school in the whole solar system. ahhahahahahaha funny
I 'm still young and am just starting to look at college stuff seriously, but I do think people should keep an open mind because there's good things about every college, and at all colleges you will meet new people, and most colleges will have people who are also interested in and passionate about what you are interested in and passionate about. And I agree partially, in that people shouldn't necessarily just want to go to a college for it's prestige, I think people should choose their college based off of what they want to learn there, how challenged you want to be, the kind of people they want to meet there, and other things like that, everyone has a reason, and I think that's part of why so many people want to go to MIT. For me, I know I have a lot to learn before I decide college stuff, but part of why I sort of "dream" of going to MIT is all the wonderful people I feel like I would meet there, and I feel like I sort of belong with people like that, and I want people around me who will inspire me and challenge me. I want to be in that environment with so much passion for these sort of things, and that challenges me constantly. But I also know that at other colleges there will be incredible people, and you can inspire the people around you and learn from and contribute to any community. I think even if you don't go to a particularly challenging college, but still really want to challenge yourself, stay passionate!, and challenge yourself in your own time, there's so many resources nowadays and still so many opportunities to learn and do things, so continue follow your passion no matter what school you go to and you will find yourself will you want to be, I think.. But yep!
FoxyMoron I want to major in computer engineering so MIT is the perfect place to do this because it is the number 1 in the country for that major
Tons of astronauts have come from mit, stop trying to put mit students down to raise others up. Raise people up without putting others down.
i have some problems......
i am going to apply.
please can u help me?
Mit 100 /sat got admission. Am I right
thanks 4 this video ....
I have a crush on you
What is the early action deadline for fall 2020??
The app is gonna be out sometime early-mid August on My MIT. I'm pretty sure the deadline for EA is November 1 and the test scores should be from the November test date at the latest. Nonetheless, double check on the MIT website, I haven't read the deadline page in months.
What are the requirements for a transfer student to get in to MIT? I heard that if I were a transfer student I need to transfer within 1.5 years, however, I think I missed the summer classes so that means I can’t do it 🥺😞
I don't really know all the process!! Because Basically america is affrraid of internationals, probably because they are smarter lol, but i think tht you really should contact them by email and take all those questions!
She said something about emailing her....anyone know the email?
Today is December 19th, 2021 aka Early Action Decision Day. Whatever happens today, it will be ok. This video was healing and assuring! The decision won’t defined me. I know my worth is better than whatever outcome MIT has for me! Good luck out there, future applicants and I hope I’m a future beaver 🦫 🤞
you are very lucky.
I want to apply for Music majors at MIT..... What Are my pre requisites and How do I select it as my major?
Nick OZ music no mit isnt your college then mit is more of a science math kind of university
How do I get your email address?’cause I really wanna know some things as an mit aspirant!
I'm about to sound like an idiot but do you have to go to Massachusetts to apply
nope!
No, It's completely online, so don't worry.
Is there any age restriction for admission
Depends if you're young or old. Younger people can apply and there's precedent as well. Not sure about mature admission policies.
Hello from 2020 😂
healpme y wanna get inn
is there any age limit to enter in MIT, please help me ,
WINNERS V LOSERS no actually!
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I am Ritesh
what I do to join MIT my age is 16 and I am from INDIA
learn how to speak english properly!!!!!
@@aryansholapure7744 fuck off, they’re from India
haha i'm about to find out after 2 days
haha, i got rejected. it was expected tho.
I have a 165 iq and I failed high school
Wht?
Whats MIT accepted SAT score?
minimum i mean
Olanrewaju Bakare there is no minimum but according to the statistics it should be above 700 in each subject
I'm mexican by the way so I don't completely understand the process, but that's what i've read :)
have a nice day
Average is 1520 But it's not what you expect. You'd think it was 760 in both sections but the average is actually 800 math 720 reading 😂
HARRY POTTER REFERENCE
Aww..
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U liked ut video cuz ur beautiphull