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New Info for Fall 2018 Application Cycle
  • The new USAFA Contact is Helen Meisenhelder. We should contact her for USAFA cadet stats for use in the admissions process. She has replaced Arlene Messer.
  • The Grad Admissions Chair for AY18 is Nick Roy.
  • Per several requests from faculty over the past few years, a ranking of "3.5" has been added to differentiate the top ranked applicants.
Useful information for All Reviewers
GAC-specific information
  • You can send mail to the entire GAC via aagac@mit.edu.
  • Any difficulties, please mail Nick Roy (nickroy@mit.edu) or Beth Marois (bethamar@mit.edu)
  • The 2017-2018 GAC members are here: Aero Astro Grad Admissions Committee Members
  • Dec 2011 Faculty News Letter article on Institute Grad Admissions by Christine Ortiz
  • There is now a "My Unread Files" button on the left of your review interface in the Query menu, to show you your unread folders only.
  • Letter templates (admissions, waitlist, rejections, etc.) are here
  • Tag meaning: They are tagged as such when these items are missing. Complete with Tag in () means the unofficial copy is here so we're going forward with the review, but a favorable decision would be held until receipt of the actual document. They are all cleaned up before we send out decisions.
    • E = IELTS or TOEFL
    • G = GRE
    • T = transcript
  • Intended meaning of scores for GAC:
    • 4: Definitely Admit
    • 3.5. Admit
    • 3: Admissible
    • 2: Possibly admissible (unlikely to be admitted – probably shouldn't be read by sector)
    • 1: Probably reject (not worth sending to sector)
    • 0: Definite reject (consider summary rejection by GAC chair)
      (The parenthetical interpretation of the scores above is at the GAC level only. The scores at the sector level are purely for ranking candidates.)
  • As of 2011, we no longer fast-track students.
  • Send to sector criterion:
    • A folder will be sent to the sectors for additional reviews if it receives no more than one score of 2 or lower.
    • Under-represented groups will be sent to the sector for additional reviews if it receives two scores of 2 or higher. If a woman or URM gets a 3+ as their first review, they will immediately be sent for faculty review.
    • A tiebreaker application will only be sent to the 2nd round with a 3 or better as the tie review
  • Reject criterion:
    • GAC will usually not ask sector for review if it receives 2 or more scores of 2 or lower. 
    • "0 & 1 policing" will be done by GAC Chair to facilitate efficient review of applications. Chair Note: via Action pulldown, unassign GAC Reader via "Remove assignment". Beth officially marks later as "Probable Reject" via "Add tag"
GAC 2017-2018 Schedule
  • November 21, 2017, 2:00pm, 33-206: Kickoff Meeting
  • December 15, 2017: Grad applications website closes
  • December 11, 2017 - January 8, 2018 - GAC Folder Reading
  • January 15, 2018: All folders have two GAC reads
  • Jan 2018, TBD: 1st GAC Review Meeting
  • January 22, 2018: All folders completed
  • February 5-14, 2018: Sector Admissions Meetings
  • Week of Feb 19, 2018: Students notified of admissions decisions - all decisions sent by March 1, 2018
  • March 16, 2018: Open house
  • April 15, 2018: Graduate Reply Deadline
  • May 31, 2018: Wait List is released.
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