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New Info for Fall 2022 Application Cycle
  • The Grad Admissions Chair for AY22 is Jaime Peraire.
  • Have a look at our current Scoring Guidelines here.
  • Our current process flowchart can be found here.
  • The early admissions process for the 5-year combined SB/SM program is underway. Review will run through mid-August, with decisions being sent by September 1.
  • Slides from the GAC Kick Off Meeting on Nov 8, 2021 can be found here.
  • When recommending readers, please avoid the following faculty who will be on leave and not reviewing this cycle: Kerri Cahoy, Dave Darmofal, Carmen Guerra Garcia, and of course Dave Miller.
Useful information for All Reviewers
GAC-specific information
  • You can send mail to the entire GAC via aa-gac@mit.edu.
  • Any difficulties, please mail Jaime Peraire (peraire@mit.edu) or Beata Shuster (bshuster@mit.edu)
  • For GAC Chair/Grad Admin: To give new faculty members or AA admissions staff access to this wiki please add them to aa-reviewers in WebMoira.
  • The 2022-2023 GAC members are here: AeroAstro Grad Admissions Committee Members 
  • Dec 2011 Faculty News Letter article on Institute Grad Admissions by Christine Ortiz
  • There is 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
    • T = transcript
  • Intended meaning of review scores:
    • 4: Definitely Admit
    • 3.5. Admit
    • 3: Admissible
    • 2: Probably Admissible
    • 1: Reject

  • Scoring Guidelines - please use these guidelines if needed, when you are choosing the numerical score of an applicant you are reviewing.
  • Process Flowchart - this is a detailed step-by-step explanation of the graduate admissions review process, implemented December 2020
  • GAC will only ask sector for review if it receives an average score of >2.5
  • "Score of 1 Triaging" 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"
  • DI&I reviewer will be assigned as an additional read for self-identified women and URM candidates.

GAC 2021-2022 Schedule 
    • December 15, 2021: Grad applications website closes
    • December 1, 2021 - January 14, 2022 - GAC Folder Reading begins (faculty review begins as soon as possible after this, as GAC reads are completed and I’m able to assign and pass along folders)
    • January 14, 2022: All folders have two GAC reads (plus additional DI&I reading where necessary)
    • January 18th, 2022, 12:00-1:30pm: GAC Review Meeting
    • February 1, 2022: All faculty reviews completed
    • February 3-11, 2022: Sector Admissions Meetings
    • Beginning week of Feb 21, 2022: Students notified of admissions decisions - all decisions sent by March 1, 2022
    • March 11, 2022: Open house
    • April 15, 2022: Graduate Reply Deadline
    • May 27, 2022: Wait List is released
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