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• Blog / Admissions

  Decision Day Eve Making your decision by May 1.

  

  're making the best choice for yourself), or to request a deferral/gap year(s) before enrolling at MIT (for a gap year, military service, or other reason). Whatever your decision is, please do reply through the online form as soon as

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  More Odds & Ends Concerts (on & off campus), doors (on campus), and lectures (also on campus).

  

  Medical School, he has made a career of doing what conventional wisdom held ... I'm a bit under the weather today, and I'm still working on the next ... will play a concert at MIT (for MIT students only, sorry) on Friday night

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Flashback A useless guide to MIT undergraduate housing.

  

  videos a few minutes in length about each of the dorms so that the incoming freshmen can make a more educated choice about where they want to live. Of ... a video camera running through the halls, someone with a video camera

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  CPW: ASA Midway, B1 B1athalon, and Cutting Crafts with Contour not to mention meet the bloggers

  

  beating me, but she hasn't written a blog about it so"]what do you eat ... last semester in [annotation note="a product development capstone class ... after a few years at MIT! I've become one of two co-leads on Contour, and

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 25, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Movie Marathon, Pt. I Watch ALL the things!

  

  Ah, readers, we meet again. I'm sorry it's been a while. Much as ... Simmons dining hall, I graduate in about a week...! ...But we will not ... never seen a movie involving time travel that I did not like. I can

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 30, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I chose my classes A graduating senior's perspective; results may vary

  

  out of 7 that I use as a quick benchmark.) Do the instructors care ... was a bittersweet moment; I was elated that I’d made it through not just ... found most of my classes fun (yes, really), rewarding, and memorable (in a

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 24, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  how to meet curious people

  

  My friend Eric recently wrote a blog post about isolation at Harvard ... passion. To be fair, MIT may have cultivated a different culture than these ... year here, I joined a business club because I was interested in

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 19, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for undocumented students and clarifying our policies for applicants as Regular Action approaches

  

  As many of you know, there has been a lot of uncertainty in the ... ) is essentially a practice of executive discretion, no one knows yet if ... the future of DACA and, as a result, understandable concern for our

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 9, 2016
• Blog / IAP

  IAP: It’s Amazing Pterodactyl I'm not good at acronyms

  

  management so much, but there are dozens of us. So what do I do with such a ... the horrifying discovery of what "windchill" is. This year however, is a ... having it's annual "Winter School". Winter School is a series of lectures

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 14, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hurricane Katrina Trying to help, to the extent that we can.

  

  charged with admitting a Class of 2010. And even for students who have had ... schools who email with the question: "What now? I don't know what to do." My ... applications to MIT. Please do not hesitate to contact our office if you have any

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  regrets about college and the pandemic

  

  (I’ll introduce myself properly later, but I think this post gives a ... ) one of my favorite quotes does not have a discernible origin. “dead ... than gratitude” is a refrain commonly attributed to anne frank, but

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 30, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Brain Dump News and updates for admitted students from the last few weeks, in no particular order...

  

  that, as an admissions committee we do believe strongly in admitting a ... is lots of fun with a variety of interesting threads (this is my ... group) confirm that you're actually a member of the class

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 28, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday A day in the life.

  

  :35 AM: Arrive at Stata Center. Order a sandwich and raspberry iced tea ... ". 12:23 PM: Group digresses to discuss whether a third nipple is considered a disease or not. 12:24 PM: Group is laughed at by recitation TA

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Birthday Boy Ben Birthday explosion inside.

  

  , come on..." Ben: "Do you want to set a date?" Me: "Okay, Ben, you want to ... story of how my friends and I unleashed a birthday explosion in his office ... 's around! He's a busy guy, after all), whether it's to chat, to get advice or

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  When Disaster Strikes About how we'll be flexible with applications, and a couple of benefit events.

  

  minds, and the early action deadline about a week away, I figure this is a ... things happen, like when your school is shut down by a hurricane, your home is destroyed by an earthquake, a close relative passes away, or other

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Thoughts from the Dungeon One night only

  

  every time I turn the game on, it’s a new enemy that sends me to my ... ’ve written a blog for MIT, and I really don’t have much to contribute.  But I saw everyone else doing it, and then there was an email from Ceri in my

  • by kellen manning
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Important Information about your Financial Aid Application Track your status on MyMIT

  

  applicants and the comments will be closed. But we did want you to know a few ... understand your financial situation more completely, please send a letter ... received by SFS. Please do not send documents multiple times! Here

  • by Kris Guay
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decision Day Eve Your questions as the May 1 deadline approaches.

  

  a deferral/gap year(s) before enrolling at MIT (for a gap year, military service, or other reason). Whatever your decision is, please do ... enroll at another school before May 1. If you're a transfer applicant: The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  My Life, As Physics Problem also The Tech said a thing

  

  / admissions wiki today. Amita Gupta, a freshman member of the inaugural Tech ... of MIT Undergraduate Women in Physics, and asked her to do some physics ... situation is the same as if you collided with a stationary car while biking at

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 26, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  For love of Baxter A story of love, loss, and catnapping on Burton 1, as documented by my cell…

  

  first: Prepare a double layer strawberry and dark chocolate cake, and ... Thursday, January 24th. Do as we say, or BAXTER DIES! Love, -Baxter Thieves ... your drawers a little bit harder. Maybe behind all the Ralph Lauren

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 27, 2008