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The Grad Admissions Chair for AY25 is Luca Carlone.
The Graduate Program Staff includes Rachael Draper and Erinn Taylor Barroso.
(Completed) The early admissions process for the 5-year combined SB/SM program opens on June 1, 2024. Review will run through mid-August, with decisions being sent by September 1, 2024.
Have a look at our suggested Scoring Guidelines here. Feel free to use these guidelines if needed, when you are choosing the numerical score of an applicant you are reviewing.
Our current process flowchart can be found here. This is a detailed step-by-step explanation of the graduate admissions review process. Note that the threshold for a candidate to advance to Round 2 is currently set to 2.5, but an increase of this threshold is being discussed as a potential change for this year.
Starting Fall 2025, all faculty are member of the Graduate Admissions Committee (GAC).

The main application review site is here https://apply.mit.edu/manage/reader/ (SLATE)
- Navigate to "Queue" to view your unread assigned applications for review
- How to review
- Tips and tricks to use SLATE
Overview of the Grad Admissions process and information for new faculty
Intended meaning of review scores:
4: Definitely Admit
- 3.5: Admit
- 3: Admissible
- 2: Probably Admissible
- 1: Reject
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Admissions
Departmental Fellowships
USAF and USSF Applicant Data forthcoming
Council of Graduate Schools Publication Resource: April 15 Resolution
(The April 15 resolution is an agreement among the signatory graduate schools to provide applicants until April 15 to consider offers of admission that also include financial support.)
All official decisions from the department will not be sent until end of February
For any difficulties, please mail Luca Carlone (lcarlone@mit.edu) or Rachael Draper (rdraper@mit.edu)

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