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• Blog / About Decisions

  hello applicants, i don’t know what to say but i can try

  

  have things settled for at least the next week, and i know i’ll spend a ... of you are doing amidst all the chaos. maybe some of you won’t be going to classes for a while. maybe some of you are far away from any

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 13, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The HackMIT 2016 Puzzle Just Launched and it'll (probably) take you all across the Internet

  

  from around the globe. Over a 24-hour period from September 17th to 18th ... .org to register. There is a randomized lottery to get in, but if you want ... . "Sounds good, how do I start the puzzle?" you might ask. Well, if you

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 16, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  More info for Admitted Students just a few more things to do

  

  still celebrating, but I also want to remind you of a few things to do now ... , admissions counselor Katie Kelley and a current undergraduate student will be on hand for an hour to answer all your CPW questions and give you a

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 15, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cats!! I love where I live!!

  

  own special culture - and ours is especially fantastic. Not only do the ... . We honor Squanches and eat a whole lot of pancakes. Perhaps one of ... all. Here is a story about Derp Cat's intelligence. One day, Derp Cat

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 29, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Hug Your History Teacher Because it's 9/11

  

  blogs I found, is to do it by NOT managing the bloggers. Might take a ... wondering - "is someone going to write a blog post about September 11th today ... controversy, we just had a blogger deftly navigate an analysis of the Penn State

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • September 11, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  NIGHTMARISH THOUGHTS fear of technology

  

  to deliver a semi-personal, semi-existential rant. I am THIS close to ... uniquely American institution.  At a time when budget cuts across the nation are slashing public libraries’ staff, programs, hours-of-operation, Do

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Life On Mars and by "Mars" I actually mean "3AB, Simmons Hall."

  

  live with other awesome ladies (provided you're a lady as well)? There ... 's got to be one that floats your boat. Us bloggers represent a nice ... there's Simmons. Every dorm has a good and bad reputation. Our good rep

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • February 15, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Waitlist, 2009 Within the next few days, we plan to make waitlist offers to complete the Class…

  

  school, but it is a standard practice to consider accepting a waitlist ... waitlist that we will not be able to offer them admission. We offered a spot ... very deep into our waitlist, as most schools must do from time to time

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 13, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Admissions Decisions Available Online MIT Regular Action admissions decisions are now available at https://decisions.mit.edu.

  

  or snail mail, as we do not plan to send out admissions decisions in ... year, we received 15,661 applications for admission, a record number for us and a 17% increase over last year. We admitted 1597 students for an

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Regular Action Decisions: Saturday 3/14 We will post RA decisions online on Saturday at 2pm... or probably a minute before.

  

  ... actually, we’ll probably have decisions posted a minute before 2pm ... students.) To ensure that you will receive a decision online, please visit ... locate you in our system and reset your password within a few days. What if

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 9, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist News Within the next week, we plan to admit approximately 35 students from the waitlist.

  

  school, but it is a standard practice to consider accepting a waitlist ... waitlist that we will not be able to offer them admission. We offered a spot ... very deep into our waitlist, as most schools must do from time to time

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Snapshot Statshot A quick look at some numbers from this year's admissions process.

  

  rate fell nearly a percentage point, from 12.5% to 11.6%. This year's rate, approximately 1 in 9, is a lot lower than when I applied in 1996 (1 ... waitlist, to 739 students. We do not know how many will accept their offer of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to Senior Haus, version 2.0 More pictures!

  

  stairwell opening into the third floor, there's a mural of our banner with our motto. Sport Death! Here's a view of another room, this time a double - that of Kel '10 and Thom '10. Many of us spend a lot of time taking up

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 20, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  By the numbers Who needs words to talk?

  

  else that I know of. They’re the kind of thing that serve as a dead ... immersed in the MIT culture. I am certainly a full-blooded MIT student, and ... rumors- at MIT, everything is given a number. Classes, buildings, trees

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Solicitation You've got questions. I'll have answers tomorrow night.

  

  , food -- whatever. Bonus points if you ask a question so blatantly ... . Anonymous wrote Awwww.... you were such a drama queen! Here I was thinking ... . In my defense, I'll say that I'm a lot less of a drama queen than I was

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 15, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2010 Roll Call It's May 1st -- welcome to MIT!

  

  comments. We're excited to have you as a member of the class! We've spent the ... and say hi to Ben, Nance and I!) It's going to be a wild ride -- fasten ... sometimes, you want to be a little subtle in your MIT pride, while still

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Antici A long time ago in a suburb far away...

  

  clothing (a la Gwen Stefani). Sorry, trying to find motivation to keep doing ... was too young and stupid to know what a postmark was. That's probably ... a few nights. Anyway, that was way more exciting than sitting at my

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Should I include my ethnicity on the MIT Application? As a minority, how many times have you heard some off-handed comment about someone of…

  

  As a minority, how many times have you heard some off-handed comment ... . So why then do we ask for this information? Simple - it helps us to understand who you are - in context. Remember, we don't get a chance to meet

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  On abnormality

  

  this entry to a small subset of the ways in which I am either unique (if ... keep my sleep statistics in a set of Excel files. Every morning when I ... analysis, I discovered that I sleep more on the weekends than I do on

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MITE2S, RSI, and more

  

  after a day of reviewing applications to MITE2S. As an admissions officer, I enjoy working to provide a group of young people with educational ... you and your lives. Because I do not work for the CEE or for MITE2S, I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 8, 2005