"... The decision in your case was reached only after extensive review in a highly competitive process. " LOL a nice way of saying they took 5 second to read my file because everyone getting accepted probably learned analysis in middle school or IMO or Putnam

Applied for mathematical physics and reached out to faculty in September last year; still a long shot for me with an engineering background

Ayyeeee Im finally part of the MIT rejection club. Glad to be a part of such a fun group of individuals. (Chemical Engineering Undergraduate, 4.0, Applied to PSFC, no publications, 2.5 years of research experience)

Generic rejection email

A bit sad, engineering undergrad background so not too surprised either. Dream school dream program :(((

Seems like today they sent out lots of rejects.

My background mainly focuses on TCS, but I applied for applied mathematics as well.

my first rejection lol!

Of course hahahahaha

Thank you for allowing us to consider your application to the graduate program in the Department of Mathematics at MIT. We regret to inform you that it was not among those recommended for acceptance to our graduate program this year. We hope you will understand that there were many excellent candidates we could not admit due to limited resources. The decision in your case was reached only after extensive review in a highly competitive process. We wish you success in your future endeavors. Too bad.

South American, ranked first in my class

Sad but not surprised