Valedictorian of a top 50 university. International applicant, native English speaker. One year work experience with a large Silicon Valley firm. Three years experience in commercial R&D. Very strong LOR by a faculty Dean. No publications. No patents... yet. Now I will have more time to work on my inventions. :-P

my fourth rejection ... im sensing a theme here ! :(

5 Publications, 3 Research Internships, Won Many National Level Robotics Competitions

It hurts, but life needs to move on.

3 research internships, MIT GSL fellow, decent multiple self projects, breaks my heart :(

From Sharif University of Technology

Thank you very much for your application to our graduate program in EECS at MIT. Admission into our graduate program is extremely competitive as the number of applications greatly exceeds the number of positions available. We are unable to extend to you an offer of admission for the 2015 admission season.  As you continue to pursue your educational goals, we wish you continued accomplishments and great success.

Generic email

I was in touch with three profs before applying. I hate their email! They are so proud of themselves. To the poster below: dude! I love your self confidence!

Well. I can go back to living normally now.

I feel extremely regretful for MIT of losing such a great opportunity cooperating with such a great talent

Bah! Nevermind. hopefully for the best.

4 strong LORs one from MIT alumni. It was my dream school for 6 years. Maybe it's for the best. Good luck to everyone.

Top student with decent LoRs but not from well know professors. 1 year of research. :(

Tall, blue-eyed male with a top-tier sense of humor. What do they want?!

Just received the email right now....Seems that they dun have lunch today.

To all mit applicants who have not received their results yet: go and take a break! It is lunch time at Cambridge! Stop refreshing!