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• Blog / About Decisions

  Being “qualified” for MIT Let me show you how it's done.

  

  trophies and science olympiad medals, none of which I have or have ever had ... On Thursday, I sat in front of a camera for an hour (along with ... international students. Near the end, someone asked: "Can you give an example of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 10, 2011
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Sneezes a deep and in-depth analysis of an everyday occurrence

  

  conform to the average pari-sneeze*** head tilt angle of 35.74 degrees, I ... .” Every sneeze is different. Degree of head or body tilt (before and during ... is around the time of winter break. I chose to spend my break at home

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • January 15, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First term freshman year A horror story, I guess... but one with a happy ending

  

  , it's not rocket science, and they of all people should know that ... because some of the new categories don't have enough stuff in them". Today, we have the privilege of dissecting the first term of my freshman year

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do you live in Zambia? Malawi? Ghana? If you could send me some African dirt, that would be amazing! (And illegal. But…

  

  throwing around all sorts of ideas to apply pressure right now; screws ... On the most excellent advice of my blog-readers, I have added D-Lab to my schedule. This involved dropping a few other activities of minor

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 11, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  sophomore spring in hindsight reviewing my journal

  

  I’ve kept an extensive weekly journal since early February as part of ... spring, I went through my journal and picked out some of the memories and experiences that stand out to me. I present to you a brief highlight of the

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • June 28, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2017 Transfer Decisions Will Be Released Today May the Fourth, and also your transfer decisions, be with you

  

  applied for admission for Fall 2017. Transfer applicants, unlike freshman ... 4th, and you should receive it seconds later through the magic of ... students applied to transfer, and we have admitted 24. And as usual, we are

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 4, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2015 Transfer Decisions Will Be Released Today May the Fourth, and also your transfer decisions, be with you

  

  applied for admission for Fall 2015. Transfer applicants, unlike freshman ... 4th, and you should receive it seconds later through the magic of ... students applied to transfer, and we have admitted 22. And as usual, we are

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 4, 2015
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT EA Decisions to be Posted Tuesday, 12/16/25, at 6:28 PM ET it's that time of year again...

  

  announce that Early Action decisions for the Class of 2030 will be released ... ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ImdlZtOU80 To check your decision on the 16th, visit apply.mitadmissions.org/apply ... issues next Tuesday. If you need to reset your password, just go to apply.mitadmissions.org/apply

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 9, 2025
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT use my test scores?

  evaluated alongside other components of the application such as curriculum ... applying to MIT and would like to see our testing requirements, please visit
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Deadline Tomorrow Questions? I've got answers.

  

  the ApplyWithUs site. Check your MyMIT account to follow the progress of ... you aren't alone! Lots of students have the same questions you do ... deadline. Please allow 10-14 days for the processing of all submitted

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 31, 2016
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does the MIT admissions process work?

  apply and when you receive your decision? We understand that not knowing the details can add a lot of stress to the waiting period, so we
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If I had a nickel for every class I was taking this semester… I’d have 4.5 nickels.

  

  /hoped MIT classes would be like before I applied. Several of my friends are ... because they contribute so much to my enjoyment of MIT, so here's what I ... workings of the black-box tools we took for granted in 6.2050. For example

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 12, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  BEST WEEK OF 2007 ...a self-rewarded happiness.

  

  dancing. Don't know when I'll stop. It's a different kind of excitement ... at. And generally, the programs that I'm applying to accept around

  • by Bryan
  • January 20, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The Story Of @MITStudents as told by the person behind it

  

  Kellen Manning, Communications Coordinator for MIT's Division of Student ... @MITStudents, which I myself follow and often interact with. He offered to send me an explanation of what DSL is trying to do with it (and, for that

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2014
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I apply to MIT if I am not selected as a QuestBridge Finalist?

  If you applied for the QuestBridge Match but were not selected as a Finalist, you are still welcome to apply to MIT through our Regular Action cycle using our application portal. If you are not a Finalist, you must
• Blog / Classes

  registration day! aka "registration day blues", but like, only in the good sense of blues

  

  classes. My friends going to university closer to home had all signed up in July and were comparing schedules; we, even with the combined power of ... . But now -- now I am an MIT student, and so I can enlighten any of you

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 7, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  what i talk about when i talk about running with apologies to murakami

  

  "At the core of many of his stories was a distinction between success ... never hit that kind of mileage before. In Chinese, we say "people beyond people, horizons beyond horizons" (人外有人，天外有天) - this kind of mileage is

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SO META Being an MIT admissions blogger

  

  's drinking water from a bottle of what was once "Cloudy Apple"* juice. *Yeah ... ." There are a bunch of different things I could (should) touch on. Why ... that the Maryland Institute of Technology? Sameer had moved to London

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 29, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Our mother shoulda just named you Laika! Come on Alex, you can do it.

  

  like to talk about it. (I am, of course, kidding. My sister and I love ... deleting this dud of a post because I had left it unpublished for a month ... of a harsh coughing noise) and "kamber" is really just a weird nickname

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 25, 2007
• Blog / Events

  DME SoccerBot Championships 2006 (Or, How Does Justin Timberlake Live With Himself?) All we are saying is give Pluto a chance.

  

  .   The whole thing took place at the Museum of Science, where we ...   It was an epic battle, a tournament to the death. Tens of ... rounds). If they lost this match, they would be out of the tournament and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 30, 2006