Ignore the waitlist status. Has anyone heard back from MIT architecture?

It's sucks hearing nothing back and that this site is so quiet for the IDSS program. If we haven't been invited to an interview do you even think we stand a chance at this stage? I see that two people posted on the 11th of Feb claiming to have been invited to interviews but did not provide any further comments when questions were posed to them. Does anyone have any ideas at all as to what the process is of getting admitted to IDSS and what to think of the silence?

Over the moon!

8.4/10 GPA in Aerospace Engineering (BSc) from TU Delft. Part of the TU Delft Honours programme (30 out of 440 selected per cohort). Publication in Aerospace Science

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General rejection via email. Thank you for your interest in the Aeronautics and Astronautics graduate program at MIT. You clearly have many strengths, but unfortunately we cannot offer you admission to our department at this time. Our committee selects from a large and talented pool of applicants each year (this year fewer than 8% of applicants were admitted), and we are truly sorry that we cannot extend to you, and many other strong students, the invitation to study with us for September 2022. We wish you much success as you take the next steps in your studies and your career.

Industry bro with 3.6 undergrad and MS GPA (top 3 BS/MS AE program), 2 first author conference pubs with 1 more in review. Strong research fit with POI. I think my letters of rec may have been a little meh and I didn't do enough research into the POI and attempting to make contact beforehand. If I were to apply again, I'd do that more. Generic email rejection on the last day (March 1st)

Rejected, undergrad at top 20 university - several NASA internships and awards associated with them/research internship at a UARC. Several years of research experience, but switching interests relatively late combined with covid meant no papers. It's tough out there!

4 years research experience, 1 first author paper, 2 conferences. GPA is UG, have a Masters in aero with GPA 3.6. It was a long shot anyway, congrats to the 8%!

Masters in Aerospace (grad Summer 2022), 3 engineering internships (2 robotics abroad, 1 in aerospace), founded and led 1st place cubesat team, 2 robotics software patents, 1 aero+ML publication with several conferences, multiple hackathon awards

Strong LOR's. Already have a Master's in Aerospace Engineering. +3 years working as professional

My respect and wishes to those who made the cut:-) My profile: Tier 2 college, 4 Publications (2 relevant), 1 Patent, 3 Research Internships, 5 Volunteer Internships, 2 Industry Internships, 8 projects, won 2 global competitions, experience as an entrepreneur