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• Blog / Admissions

  Newly Admitted Student Events… ...coming to your neighborhood.

  

  Hi! I’m Katie Kelley, one of the Admissions Counselors here at MIT, and now that I have emerged from my first season of reading MIT ... guest post on her blog to let you know about some exciting opportunities

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Mari McQuaid Name: Mari McQuaid; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Verona, NJ

  

  on campus too! Just the general gestalt of the place is very cool--down-to-earth and yet on the cutting-edge with a hint of a retro sensibility. Favorite ... of a small town--one of the best places to live on this planet, really

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  How to (Im)properly Get an Independent Study another step by step guide of our mistakes

  

  in mind, as opposed to emailing all three at once. And on top of that ... Email a third professor because you are starting to lose hope of getting ... get it approved because you haven't really heard of anyone else doing

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline

  

  ***EDIT, 12/31/12 1:49PM: Of course, no sooner than I post this, it ... above and beyond what we had originally anticipated). We're aware of the ... , most MIT staff are out of the office today and tomorrow for the holiday

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • December 31, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  From across the Web… Recent happenings across the Web.

  

  Some random links I've been accumulating: The New York Times asks Professors Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo of MIT's Poverty Action Lab about ... , Dean of the MIT Sloan School of Management, by the Seattle Post

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Spotlight: MIT stands with the people of all nations we are one MIT

  

  post on the early history of international students at MIT, particularly ... at the homepage Spotlight as of Friday and continuing through the weekend.     The purpose of this homepage is to reaffirm MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 13, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  puzzled again? a little puzzle for the class of '09

  

  So this week, each day of Orientation, the students have been getting a group of scavenger hunt questions to solve, and today they get to solve mine. This blog is supposed to have a question on it, so I'll make

  • by Bryan
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist

  

  higher than we had expected. More news on the yield and makeup of the class ... I'm currently out of the office, but back in Cambridge, it has been announced that unfortunately, for the third consecutive year, and despite all

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 10, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties

  

  Have any of you attended one of the Admitted Students Parties that our MIT alumni have thrown in various cities around the country (and ... , if anyone took any pictures, I may be able to post a few here on the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 28, 2005
• FAQ / Afford

  Does MIT provide CSS Profile waivers?

  Some students of certain incomes are able to have the their CSS ... waiver directly. If the cost of the CSS Profile poses financial difficulty ... on waivers is available from the College Board.    
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can my school use Naviance?

  our Letters of recommendation page; however, we also accept electronic documents submitted through Naviance, SCOIR, or other methods. Regardless of ... -specific recommendation form. On the form, recommenders can indicate if they would like to
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I request a fee waiver?

  section of the application. MIT practices need-blind admissions, so requesting a fee waiver will not have any negative impact on your chances of
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Great Glass Pumpkin Patch and a bonus video of a cat chasing a spider.

  

  video on the glass lab, featuring glass instruments, a few of my friends ... The Great Glass Pumpkin Patch is one of my favorite events at MIT. It is annual, put on by the MIT Glass Lab (the people who make the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 5, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  I like romantic things like music and art ...so why don't I have a boyfriend?

  

  and putting fire engines on the top of buildings, and although all of ... of the oven) I had to jump on my bike and race halfway across campus to a practice room so I could work on a performance of Bach's Ricercare a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Pi Day, Tau Time As the admissions decisions approach...

  

  on Pi Day, at Tau Time (that is tomorrow, March 14, at 6:28pm EDT). Some of you, though, may be wondering -- what's the deal with Tau? Well ... Academy's newest employee? And did you see the story about Sal Khan '98 on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 13, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... Class of 2016 are now available at decisions.mit.edu You can log in ... of the shifting admissions landscape, our applicant pool was slightly

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Linkdump: Smart Leaves, Burritos, and Shaq cool things on the Internet

  

  childhood was a festival of notes. I'd wake up to a note on my bedside ... lists of todos, instructions to myself, things to check up on, and so ... set to play on after students’ efforts for Kendall Station" - a bunch of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 10, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m just curious as to why you keep invoking William Faulkner. "MIT is so charmingly nerdy" entries #12 and 35.

  

  of graffiti on a chalkboard as I was walking through building 56. Get ... destroy the organic unity of this entry. Anyway, in the midst of this not the greatest week, I was thinking about limericks, which of course led

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  ZOMG CPW and other acronyms C.Y.G.W.T.S.F? I.F.C,I.B.Y.C!

  

  be setting foot on campus, many of you for the first time, to experience what a little bit of MIT is like. Can't sleep? Curious about what to ... HOLY COW GUYS! CPW IS ALMOST HERE (42 minutes as of right now) You

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 16, 2009
• Blog / Events

  A Sweet Deal An offer I will not refuse.

  

  I just got this email, and I'm excited. Any recommendations on who ... Professor Virk teaches 10.301 and I hear he's a fan of Nelly. ------------------------------------------------------- Since you are a member of the MIT Class of 2007, You get to ask a

  • by Bryan
  • February 28, 2006