originally posted march 18, 1999

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Office of Admissions
Room 3-108
77 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307

March 16, 1999

Dear Jason:

The Admissions Committee has completed its review of our applicants, and I am sorry to tell you that we are unable to offer you admission to MIT.

Please understand that this is in no way a judgment of you as a student or person since our decision has more to do with the applicant pool than anything else. This year we had over 8,700 candidates - a record high - for just 1,700 offers of admission from which will come our 1,040 freshmen. Our applicant pool is more self-selected than most with a very high percentage of top students, virtually all of whom have distinction in demanding academic programs as well as outstanding achievement in their lives outside the classroom. Despite what you might think, the admissions process is not an exact science. We evaluate each applicant's materials carefully and select those we judge to be best matched for our community. Remember that most of our applicants, who like you are among the best in the world, are not admitted because we simply do not have enough space in our entering class. Since all of our decisions are made at one time and all available spaces have been committed, all decisions are final.

I am very sorry to bring you such disappointing news when you have worked so hard. You are a terrific student, and I do wish you the very best as you continue your education.

Sincerely,

Marilee Jones

Dean of Admissions

the college search ends.

The Admissions Game
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	Early Action: Deferred	Rejected
Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	School of Computer Science	Accepted 03/13
	Humanities & Social Sciences	Accepted 03/13
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY		Accepted 03/15
Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY		Accepted 02/25
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA		Pending

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Where am I?

This is Weill Aspects, the official news archive of Jason Weill Web Productions. All articles posted to the front page end up here. This page was generated automatically by a series of Perl scripts.

Articles in Weill Aspects are organized solely by date. You may find the Google search in the left column to be useful if you are looking for an article but do not know the date on which it was posted.

Weill Aspects is composed of static web pages generated as appropriate when a new article is posted. It was developed in May 2001 as a way of managing the content on this site. I also used it extensively while in Japan, during which time I did not have continuous access to the Internet. I was able to write daily updates during July and August 2002, pack the files onto a CD-R or memory device, and upload them from the Internet-connected computers at school.

These scripts are all hacked together in less than elegant fashion, and I don't plan to release them. Some of the design that went into Aspects also was used to develop Livestat, a suite of Perl scripts to process statistics for academic competition tournaments. Livestat is available freely.