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• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ: Waitlist answers to your questions

  

  many people are on the waitlist? We offered approximately 3% of ... other colleges? You should accept the offer of admission from another ... choosing the best fit college of those who have offered you admission

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 15, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist FAQ Some answers for students offered a place on the waitlist.

  

  1 reply date for other colleges? You should accept the offer of ... I know that folks on the waitlist have lots of questions; hopefully ... for a class of about 1,130 students this year. Based on our estimates of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I would like to find an astronomer to talk to No admissions. Just good writing.

  

  two of the entire outrushing universe of gas and matter and darkness ... . Okay? And universal history since has seen a kind of evolution of star ... property of the universe, is what blasted out along with everything in it

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 15, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Makes Taiwanese Talk Show! All the way across the world

  

  basically they invite a bunch of college students from different universities ... artist in Taiwan who's at NTU (National Taiwan University). Impressions of ... So Matt McGann, who's actually a fan of Taiwanese TV shows in secret

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 18, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Wonder what an Amtrak station in the middle o’nowhere looks like? Pulling an Anthony on you: pictures of train stations, followed by my IAP so far.

  

  , University of Michigan, Duke, the Naval Academy, or UF, we still had what we ... This was the title of an email I sent to Neha '10 a couple of weeks ago containing, well, pictures of an Amtrak station in the middle o

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 17, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I can tell that we are gonna be friends (part 1) I'm talking to you, Alan Guth.

  

  the father of the inflationary theory of the universe - and figured, in ... So...remember that time, way back at the end of first semester, when I went to take my 8.012 final exam and had a sort-of-awkward encounter

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 2, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Blogs Featured in NY Times "[N]one of the [other colleges'] blogs match the interactivity and creativity of M.I.T.'s, where they…

  

  From The New York Times (check out the awesome photo of Paul, Jess, and Chris M.!): M.I.T. Taking Student Blogs to Nth Degree By TAMAR LEWIN ... fell asleep during a Star Wars marathon. It wasn't a result of sleep

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 1, 2009
• Blog / Events

  I Survived Week 1 and All I Got Was 10 Lousy T-Shirts a pack rat’s post-orientation reflections on miscellany

  

  completely new place full of strangers and challenges and legends and horror ... little New England town that you probably haven’t heard of. Enter freshman ... ’s worth of orientation events that you really should go to. Why? To enhance

  • by Abby H. '20
  • September 13, 2016
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: It’s Coming Home (by it, I mean me) guest post by Rukia. H '21

  

  *written by Rukia H. '21 as a part of the 8,726,400 Seconds of Summer ... past month, which is strange considering none of the teams I support ... knows that if you sit me in front of a TV and give me a game to watch, I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 18, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  100% Completion It’s pretty hard to do, but I’m going to try.

  

  HELLO WORLD and welcome to my playthrough of a new game - college! I ... own adventure, and there are an infinity of options to choose from ... to get your hands on the prized diploma, but it’s way more fun to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Commencement 2017 it's never too early to start reminiscing

  

  came to claim their diplomas, I lost track of my friends as I was taking ... front while both my friends met Tim Cook outside of the bathroom."   ... MIT folks and wherever else MIT folks. I bet one of you is in space

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 9, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Self Help I

  

  stronger voice inside myself to tell me what to do. The book offered a way of ... them out of hand. She believed that the authors had something to offer ... I raised my young self on a steady diet of self-help literature. I

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 6, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Getting a Physics Major – Part I I split this up because i need to start studying for finals.

  

  Juniors in physics tend to complain a lot. The more of them there are ... of foreign affairs, the overpopulation problem in the world. Mostly ... junior physics lab with a bit of preparation. By the end of the first 2

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 14, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Library Battle: Harvard vs. MIT Harvard and MIT Libraries are given a theme topic and each an afternoon to compile…

  

  that the University of Texas, his alma mater, has its very own Gutenberg ... Hey again world, it's me, Ruth, friend of Sam. Regardless of Sam's recent entry, Sam is in fact an engineer, and I am queen of the humanities

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 10, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Happy 375, Boston! Turning 375 years old is no easy task.

  

  This year the city of Boston turns 375 years old (that makes Boston how many years older than me?) And of course, who has a 375th ... when I hit 20). To kick off part of the festivities, free hot air

  • by Bryan
  • July 1, 2005
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can I take a summer session?

  During the regular Summer Session, MIT offers a limited selection of the subjects available in the academic year, as well as a few subjects designed for special interests and needs of MIT students. All classes are for
• FAQ / First-year application

  Where can my school counselor find helpful information?

  Thank you for all of the good work you do for our awesome applicants ... all of the different requirements for so many students and schools. We offer specific advice for educators here. We hope it helps!
• FAQ / Transfer

  How much does the transfer application cost?

  Fee Waiver Request section of the application. MIT offers need-blind admissions, so requesting a fee waiver won’t have any impact on your chances of
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Steve and Me remembering steve jobs

  

  was stored on top of a tall cabinet out of harm's way. The very first ... . I've always been a Mac guy. I don't fall into the stereotype of the ... of this was because I grew up on Macs, and so I've always thought in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Revolution Some really cool things are happening in Boston

  

  being offered to meet the caloric intake of every student on campus. Plus ... check to take advantage of any of the opportunities offered to the fullest ... I got my first taste of MIT even before orientation, when I showed up

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 12, 2015