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Freshman Applicants Archives
A Letter to CPW Prefrosh
let the onslaught of CPW-related posts continue
Freshman FAQs
and a cliffhanger or two.
If you’re scared of decision day
Here's an exercise
Admissions Decisions and Mystery Hunt
A few thoughts and a lot of puzzles.
BREAKING NEWS!
Find out about your life of pi
Early Action this year
I'm so impressed with our applicants
On Tortillas and Community
An update from a year and a half ago.
EA, RA, and Transfer Updates
Including the status of MyMIT tracking and the latest for those impacted by Sandy.
Info for MIT QuestBridge Finalists
Don’t know what QuestBridge is? You can skip this entry.
Early Action Updates
Some helpful tips for those working on their EA apps.
College Interviews
a survival guide for the high school senior
The Unlikely Candidate
Finding the unexpected “right fit”
Stealing from the Class of 2016
And you'll have to work to get it back
A Protocol for MIT Admissions Essays
Chemical SOP: Pen, paper: irritant if digested; Brains: gateway to thinking
Real, live MIT students * IN HD*
A look inside the world of MIT Admissions Interns
MyMIT is live
we're ready for you to begin
A FAPulous Start
On how I’ve spent 0.0016% of my life at MIT so far.
Be yourself or create yourself?
The biggest question in freshman year.
Talk to Strangers
you might want to keep what they have to say forever