Hello All. New here! Got here after seeing the post from Chris Peterson (before creating an account) & then found that the post was 5 yrs old.
So, wanted to ask others who might have had experience with MIT. My son is deferred from MIT and has done a lot since his EA application (commended student for 2 awards, organized fundraiser raised $4K, got his chess team to stateâs final and is working on a robotics project for a public profile client etc). His client who is an author and a friend wants to write a letter of recommendation for him but I wasnât sure if FUN form would accept another letter of recommendation.
Any help in the matter would be greatly appreciated. If FUN form doesnât accept the letter, is there a way to send it to MIT without annoying them?
Call someone in admissions and be polite and kind. You are in a negotiation at this point â express a strong and continuing interest and ask if they can give you somewhere to send additional materials. If this doesnât seem to be going anywhere, thank the person for their time, wait a couple of days and try again â you may get a different person or call on a better day. At some point, you will have tried and may have to accept that things are not going to work out. But itâs worth trying.
Also, itâs worth trying to find people with different perspectives and speak with them. Someone else here may have different advice, and thatâs fine. The more you ask around, the more likely it is you will come up with all of the options and ideas you may be able to pursue.
Iâm surprised the username âMomâ has been open this whole time.
My uncle worked admissions at a somewhat popular local university known for itâs arboreal mascot. My advice, based on what he has said - leave things to the powers that be. Reaching out further can be annoying to admissions people. It doesnât show commitment, itâs just bothersome, because youâre one of many people who are reaching out asking for a different outcome because they donât like the answer they got. Itâs the equivalent of trying to get a job in 2023 by walking into the business with a paper copy of your resume and demanding to see the CEO so you can ask for a job in person. As I like to remind my dad, that thing worked when you were one of ten applicants in your local town for the job, not when youâre one of ten thousand from applicants all across the world.
Your son seems smart and accomplished, Iâm sure youâre very proud of him. He sounds like the kind of kid who will be successful regardless of where he ends up. With how many applicants there are these days, a large part of the admissions process is luck and random chance. Itâs not the answer anyone wants to hear, but I tell it to my students all the time: accept the deferral, hope for the best, and know that even if it doesnât work out, thereâs still nothing stopping you from achieving your dreams somewhere else. Your college doesnât define who you are as a person, thatâs entirely up to you.
And one thing that Andrew didnât cover: it should be your son doing any reaching out. I hear having the parents do all the advocacy for the students has a tendency to backfire.
Yes, my son is a good kid. He has a kind heart and spends a lot of his time with coding or non profit and helps many local communities through donation and support. Thanks! The questions are his and I am sending to you so yes, every connect is through him and I am just here for supporting him.
We will wait for the FUN form and submit whatâs being asked. I read somewhere that you can include another recommendation letter with FUN form but have to wait to see the format.
