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  Next Steps For the Deferred what to do next

  

  On Saturday 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, will have…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday Night at Random Beautiful people at a beautiful hour.

  

  For the past almost four and a half years, which is just under a fifth of my life so far, I have lived in Random Hall, MIT’s smallest and nerdiest…

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  RA deadline is approaching no need to panic

  

  Hi all, The office is closed for the holiday and there are only a small handful of people answering emails right now.   But for all of you trying to…

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 30, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Skipping Class and Failing Bio A practical guide to poor life choices

  

  Fall semester began as expected, with a shot of adrenaline and confidence. This translated into a flurry of calendar-marking, schedule-planning, promise-making, and more personal resolutions than all of my New…

  • by Joel G. '18
  • December 29, 2014
• Blog / Events

  HT@MIT: Department Lectures and Final Presentations MIT's Best Kept Secret

  

  Hello all, it’s been a while since I’ve done a Hidden Treasures at (and around) MIT so I thought I would bring it back with something I’ve taken full advantage…

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • December 28, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mondays and Tuesdays and the Spaces Between A few days in my words and a break in someone else’s.

  

  Right now I am in Florida, at a campground just outside Miami, where my family has migrated every winter for more than a decade. It’s raining gently, so I am…

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 27, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A White Christmas Escaping Boston to go to more snow

  

  My family isn’t really into traditions. We don’t celebrate many holidays because a lot of our extended family doesn’t live within a drivable distance. However, the one tradition that my…

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 25, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Painting with the Colors of the Wind reflections on the first MIT semester

  

  We need to sing with all the voices of the mountains. We need to paint with all the colors of the wind. — Pocahontas from Pocahontas I’m on a plane…

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 23, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adventure Coming full circle at MIT

  

  Now that it’s break, I finally have time to sit down and actually write about everything that’s happened to me this semester. As I mentioned from my last blog, I…

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 21, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  High School Summer Research Programs And the science competitions that could potentially follow

  

  A cat ran on my keyboard So here is a link to MIT’s list of summer programs at MIT and elsewhere, check it out! It really summarizes things well. Acronyms…

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 21, 2014
• Blog / Events

  A Castle, a Jack, and a Beanstalk hacking culture @ MIT

  

  Once upon a late October, MIT hosted its annual Family Weekend. Relatives flew in from everywhere, and were seen passing through East Campus halls with their hushed student-children. All over…

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 18, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Comics and Role Models I interviewed one of my favorite professors because she’s amazing

  

  Towards the end of any semester, emails start flooding into our inboxes advertising last-minute events, study breaks (the best of which have puppies), and classes that will be offered next…

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 18, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Making of the Women of the East Side 2015 Calendar The stresses and strains of organizing a giant project

  

  wotes.mit.edu @WOTES2015 facebook.com/womenoftheeastside So many social medias So much time In summary, an awesome model-pretty-maker/organizer, Annie L. ’15, a photographer, Raeez L. ’14, and I set out to accomplish the…

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 18, 2014
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Admitted Early

  

  IT HAPPENED! YOU GOT IN!   Go ahead and say hello :)

  • by Decisions
  • December 13, 2014
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

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

  • by Decisions
  • December 13, 2014
• 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 13, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and international students.   MIT Early Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2019 are now available at >…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 13, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  self-assessment, re: playwriting notes on taking playwrights' workshop this semester

  

  Though I’ve thought of myself as a writer for most of my life, I always struggled with fiction writing and long-form storytelling. Writing a news article for the school paper…

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The Importance of Wasting Time lessons learned over Thanksgiving break

  

  Note: this one is dedicated to the expectant EA applicants. Hope you can make your week fun to rid of all that anxiety! On Thanksgiving Eve, most of my First…

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 9, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Trashion 2014 are YOU trashionable?

  

  When people ask me what I do, the easy answer is that I’m an admissions officer. If they ask me what an admissions officer actually does, though, it can be…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 8, 2014