Why is it necessary for girls wanting to stay in all-girls dorms to ask for orientation?

Posted by: 0 on March 19, 2006

How many people on the waitlist actually get to go to MIT?

Posted by: 0 on March 19, 2006

What made you decide on MIT in the first place, and what are the major reasons you have stayed at MIT?

Posted by: Emily on March 19, 2006

Hi Jessie, I haven't followed your blog so I was just wondering what your major is and why you chose to come to MIT? o and...stressful does it get on an average day? thanks!

Posted by: Roli on March 19, 2006

^how stressful?

Posted by: Roli on March 19, 2006

One of my crazier relatives (who may have gone to MIT; I don't recall) insists that it's much easier to get in than stay in. Thoughts?

Posted by: Kith on March 20, 2006

Anonymous (re: waitlist), in the past two years they haven't had a chance to go to the waitlist due to overenrollment (i.e. they admitted more people than they thought would enroll, percentage-wise), but generally it ranges. I'm sure they would LOVE to go to the waitlist this year; they've been trying to. (As always, correct me if I'm wrong, Jessie)

Kith, I disagree. If you get in, you can handle staying in, for the most part. There are cases in which people have trouble doing the work here, but the majority is okay. And MIT does everything it can to try and help you and support you if you're having academic trouble. We have something like a 98% matriculation rate to sophomore year and a 97-98% graduation rate (I don't remember actual numbers), and that's for a reason. Admissions picks and chooses members of the class for that reason.

Mike.

Posted by: Michael Borohovski on March 20, 2006

What are all the cool free things MIT students get? Matt mentioned the free BSO tickets, anything else? Red Sox, tours, opera, Blue Man group?

Posted by: Olga on March 20, 2006

Can international students apply for Early Action?

Posted by: Sanja on March 21, 2006

Hi... I have a few questions:

If I decide to pay the $5500 self-help only from my earnings from my work, will this be possible considering the academic workload,
if I decide to go for a)single b) double major?

And one more... whatever my financial situation may be, MIT does not 'waive' the self-help of $5500 requirement, does it? I mean, the maximum possible financial aid that one can receive is (total costs) - $5500. Am I right?

When do accepted students receive their course catalog?

Regardless of major(s) chosen, does MIT award only 'Bachelor of Science' degree?

Thanks!

(I have been accepted as a freshman for '10)

Posted by: 0 on March 21, 2006

Our family has to start planning vacations for this year now - with that in mind, when is freshman orientation? Is there a family weekend sometime after the first semester begins? Thanks!

Posted by: Oakland mom on March 22, 2006

Oakland mom,

Orientation begins on Sunday August 27. There are also preorientation programs the week prior. Family weekend is October 13 - 15, 2006.

- Bryan

Posted by: Bryan on March 22, 2006

Anonymous,

The self-help + single/double major really depends on the person. It's been done, but kind of depends on the major(s) and particular avenue of employment. Some majors have more classes than others, and some jobs are more time consuming than others. And some people are just ridiculously good at time management. And while almost every freshmen wants to double major, a lot of them change their mind early on (not from time consumption, just for interest).

Check out the course catalouge online - http://web.mit.edu/catalogue/overv.welco.shtml. The class schedule is at http://student.mit.edu/@0291442.4177/catalog/index.cgi.

Yes, MIT only gives Bachelors of Science. That's why you're forced to take two years of physics and math, plus everything else. You could get a Bachelor of Theater Science! If you wanted to.

Posted by: Anonymous, too! on March 23, 2006

none of the links above work

Posted by: 0 on March 23, 2006

Remove the periods at the ends of the URLs when they hit your browser line and they work just fine.

Posted by: a visitor on March 23, 2006

I'm wondering about the Freshman year courses. By the time I start in the fall, it will have been 1 year since I studied physics and 2 years since I studied chemistry. How hard is it to jump into (what I expect to be) very rigorous courses? (Maybe even assuming you didn't learn very much to begin with?)

Posted by: Another Anonymous on March 23, 2006

If I can't make it to CPW, how out-of-the-loop will I be in the fall? I'm afraid I'm going to miss a great opportunity to meet my future classmates. :(

Posted by: 0 on March 25, 2006

No Question. I love the picture.
S

Posted by: Sarab on March 27, 2006

Hi there jessie I have a couple of questions for you, I hope you don't mind answering them:
First of all, I wanna know what the nightlife is like on the MIT
Second, is there any mexican or latin comunities??
I would also like to know what your opinion is about the school and how do you spend your free time
Thaks for reading my questions, I hope you could answer them.

Posted by: Ricardo on March 28, 2006