Generic email from Director of Graduate Studies and Academic Administrator (STS): "We are sorry to inform you that we will not be able to offer you admission to the doctoral program in History, Anthropology, and Science, Technology and Society (HASTS) at MIT. This year we received 147 applications and we only could only grant interviews to 12% of the applicants for an even smaller number of slots. Please note that the committee is unable to provide feedback on individual applications. Your application was given careful consideration and although we are not able to offer you admission, the committee would like to thank you for your interest in the program and wish you the very best in your future endeavors. "

Generic reply: less than 12%... (exactly the same as last year!)

It is expectd but I still wanna cry

Top 5 undergrad, 2 start-ups, 1 published conference paper, won numerous engineering and entrepreneurship awards. Hope this is the only reject and best of all to all admitted! 3a/1r/0w/5p

Confirming that the acceptances to MIT for DUSP Masters are not trolls. At least I am not. I got a call from a faculty member from the concentration within the dept to which I indicated interest in my application. I first got a call on 2-28 but missed it. The faculty called back on 3-1.

Unique military background, 3 years of research, co-founder of 2 successful student aerospace groups, but no publications. ME Major, CSE minor, AE concentration from a mid-ranked major state university.

Can confirm these posts are not trolls. Unless the call with a decision was not a professor, but in fact someone trolling us.

Less than 12% admit rate. Sad, but congrats to all who were admitted!

@comments below - yeah, it also seems like they send acceptances (phone call) the same day as rejections? Haven't received anything Do we have some trolls claiming acceptance? Awfully cruel to the folks waiting

I haven’t heard anything from MIT yet. The posts from last year made it seem like MIT released closer to March 8

Congrats to those who were accepted!

Generic rejection letter. Second time applying. Emailed POIs back and forth in two labs all autumn. Met with two POIs personally.

Fingers crossed I get off the waitlist! (For others, I also applied last year and found that they accepted/waitlisted people on Friday and sent rejections on Tuesday - was rejected last year)

2nd time in a row. Should I take a hint already? :(

Had an MS from one of top 10 US schools. Two excellent recommendations from Top profs in my field. Maybe will try again while I do research at my current university for a year.