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  A Lot Can Happen in 365 Days 8,760 hours of work, sleep, and play

  

  When I was a kid, I always imagined my future as a certain genius billionaire playboy philanthropist. But kid me didn’t worry too much about making any of that happen…

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  semester wrap-up snaps and snippets

  

  one year ago i was living in an apartment in seattle while on leave from mit. the apartment looked like this:   this past semester i was an mit student…

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 29, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Thanks Guys A thank you from a blogger to the best audience ever.

  

  This past weekend I was somewhere between flying and drowning. Finals were…… Finals. On the other hand I was about to be able to go home and see my family,…

  • by Ben O. '19
  • December 27, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Recap of the 2.009 Final Presentations rough, tough, messy!

  

  Hello! The 2.009 final presentations were two weeks ago, and it was AMAZING. If you haven’t seen the 2.009 intro video please do, it’s beautiful. If you want a summary…

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • December 26, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  RA deadline Q & A

  

  Hello, dear RA applicants! It’s almost winter break and you are trying to finish up all your applications when you’d rather be hanging out. We understand and want this process…

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • December 22, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Tips for the EA deferred send us your FUN form by February 15th

  

  On Thursday, December 15th, we released decisions for Early Action (EA) applicants. There was a definitive resolution for those students who were admitted or denied in EA. Deferred students, however,…

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 17, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  To Those with Dreams Deferred in which Selam of Pi Day Past rants about how things are arbitrary

  

  My freshman spring, I had planned to put up this post about pi day, but for a Set of Inexplicable Reasons it did not go up in time and has…

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 17, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  MIT Early Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2021 are now available at > > > decisions.mit.edu < < < You can log in using the same username and…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 15, 2016
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Admitted Early

  

  YOU GOT IN! Check your MyMIT account tomorrow morning (around 10AM ET) for next steps for admitted students. But for now, go celebrate!  

  • by Decisions
  • December 15, 2016
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  As you know, we had a very competitive applicant pool in Early Action, and unfortunately we could not accept all of them. If your decision was deferred, then we will…

  • by Decisions
  • December 15, 2016
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  There were many wonderful applicants for Early Action this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down a large number of incredible students. For those of you who…

  • by Decisions
  • December 15, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Psetting en route to North Carolina Sectionals vs. Midterms

  

  It’s been a stressful last few weeks. The weekend before Thanksgiving, though, was another one of those IHTFP, !!! IHTFP !!!, weeks. The same day I left for the 2017 Eastern Sectional…

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 13, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Watch the 2.009 webcast tonight at 7PM ET! the premier product design class at MIT

  

  2.009: Product Engineering Processes is a capstone course in Course 2 (Mechanical Engineering) and one of the most famous courses at MIT. For my fellow FIRST alumni out there, it's…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 12, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  to boldly go…

  

  our showerhead broke     happy last week of classes

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 11, 2016
• Blog / Events

  MIT is in Boston!!!!111!!!1! It's something to be excited about!!!!!

  

  One of my favorite things about MIT might also be the most obvious: it’s in Boston! (well technically Cambridge, but you know, still the “Greater Boston Area”) While at MIT,…

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 11, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for undocumented students and clarifying our policies for applicants as Regular Action approaches

  

  As many of you know, there has been a lot of uncertainty in the United States since the election last month, with many students sharing their hopes and fears regarding…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 9, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking in with EA Applicants because I just saw Chris' post, and you probably did, too

  

  Hey there, Early Action Applicant, I just saw Chris’ post about EA decisions being released next week. And I wanted to check in.  If you don’t read past this paragraph,…

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 8, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Thursday, 12/15/16, at 6:28PM ET

  

  I've stopped watching this sneezing puppy long enough to tell you, as the title says, we will be releasing Early Action decisions online next Thursday, 12/15/16, at Tau Time (i.e. 6:28PM ET).…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 7, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Trashion Show from rubbish to runway

  

  Reviews: “Eco-chic.” -a freshman critic from Maseeh “The prizes were awesome, and the designers worked super hard all semester, and the lighting was super cool, and I’m really glad it…

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • December 6, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Watch Ceri on SciShow! teenage mutant YOUTUBE NERDFIGHTERS

  

  Longtime readers (i.e., those of you who didn’t first tune into the blogs around the time the application went up) may recall Ceri, our prolific blogger/vlogger who graduated in June…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 4, 2016