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New Info for Fall 2015 Application Cycle
  • We are piloting a new process where the applicant will upload the required transcripts electronically to their application file. They will no longer be required to fill out the Subjects Taken Form and send in hard copy transcripts to complete their application. This change was made in order to stay on the same page as the rest of MIT - most departments have done away with requiring hard copy transcripts (at this point in the process), and the STF. Students will be required to submit an official hard copy of all required transcripts once they have been admitted to MIT.
  • GE Fellows: Please take extra care in reviewing applicants who are working full time for GE - we currently have 3 cases where students from GE are performing poorly mostly due to the time constraints imposed by GE, and HQ asks for careful review before they can be admitted to our program, going forward.
Useful information for All Reviewers
GAC-specific information
  • You can send mail to the entire GAC via aagac@mit.edu.
  • Any difficulties, please mail Brian Wardle (wardle@mit.edu) or Beth Marois (bethamar@mit.edu)
  • The 2014-2015 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: Definite Admit
    • 3: Admissible
    • 2: Possibly admissible (unlikely to be admitted – probably shouldn't be read by sector)
    • 1: Probable 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" and mark as "Probable Reject" via "Add tag"
GAC 2014-2015 Schedule
  • November 5, 2014: GAC Kick-off Meeting, slides here
  • December 15, 2014: Grad applications website closes
  • January 12thish, 2015: All folders have two reads
  • January 15, 2015: 1st GAC Review Meeting, agenda here
  • January 23, 2015: All folders completed
  • First Week of February, 2015: Final review meeting, TBD
  • Sector Admissions Meetings: TBD, week of February 9-13
  • February 27, 2015: Students notified of admissions decisions
  • March 13, 2015: Open house
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