going to visit this week.

I can already tell this is going to be the slowest process of them all. Patience everyone...

Very disappointed in how they operate. didnt hear back by april 15 so requested a decision letter-- twice. never got anything. then was notified via email on 5/11 that the waitlist was being closed-- despite never having been informed i was on a waitlist. asked which group i was waitlisted for and if they had actually (re)sent the notification letters, as they had promised. said the letters may have gotten lost and--heres my fav part--" I am sorry that I cannot inform you of which group you were waitlisted on, but wish you luck in future endeavors." sure, that makes sense.

Finally. I thought I was going to graduate before they told me anything. Guess I'll go with plan B.

That officially ends my 2009 grad school application process. Good luck, everyone :)

Rejected after getting waitlisted

You have been on our waitlist, and we are about to confirm and announce our final decisions for the candidates on our waitlist. A letter will be put into the mail later today or early next week, and I will let you know of our decision via email as well. best of luck

MIT why doest thou ignore me?

Had to send them an inquiry regarding my status

Had to send them an inquiry regarding my status at http ://www.media.mit.edu/contact

Had to send them an inquiry regarding my status at http://www.media.mit.edu/contact

Had to email them to inquire, very annoying. Kinda knew but was hoping for a miracle. Oh well, at least 50% of my incentives was the full scholarship so I guess I deserved that.

for $80 they could have taken 5 minutes from their corporate sponsored, drone-propelled, Wall street recycled mindset and earned the fee that was paid to their overstuffed pockets. I vow to take my work (and particularlly my outstanding website) to the highest places and ears on the globe. Best of luck to everyone!

graduated from top schools, holder of a few undergrad degrees, excellent grades, perfect & relevant work experience and the groups I applied for said the online portfolio was the most important factor. Jerks couldn't even be bothered with accessing my site not even once (& yes, I monitor ALL traffic my site generates)

Letter said that 600 people applied (a record) and they took less than 40.