hank 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 roughly 12% 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 2018. I wish you much success as you take the next steps in your studies and your career.

Does anyone have updates

Mail thanking me for applying to the PhD and Masters (although I just applied for the PhD, I already have a Masters degree) and that the committee requires more time to make the final decision. Does this mean a waitlist?

Applied to both, still haven't heard anything from IDSS even though I know rejections came out yesterday...

Have anyone heard back from MIT CSE programme with Mechanical engineering as host department?

If they didn't contact you in Feb, then you are rejected.

Waiting to receive rejection email.Can any of the successful applicants share their profile? Actually, how did you guys write your statement of objectives? I tried to follow what is on the department website. For me I had to explain my somewhat messy background, discuss goals/objectives, and general research interests since I don't have a very specific one such as "studying boundary layer flows". But i didn't touch on my research experiences, which I left inside the CV/resume section of the application. The forums might be a better avenue for these MIT-AeroAstro specific questions but few go there. Hope some of the successful/wait-listed applicants would be willing to share their experiences.

This is a hair-raising experience, like teetering on the edge of a cliff!

Just have a try. when I found out I was not invited to an interview, I knew I was going to be rejected, since their website says every candidate will have an interview before they are accepted.

Had interview in Paris on 01/29

No decision yet, but the related IDSS PhD decisions have come out

Has anyone been rejected yet? It seems like a longer gap than in the past between early admission (presumably PIs with funding) and rejection letters.

Many years of work experience, Academic background in engineering + social science,1 publication, Ivy education

:(

Womp womp. 5a/2i/2r/4p

@ MIT accepted PhD student. Who is your POI and did you have an interview prior to the call about the possible project?