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• Blog / Admissions

  Decision letters mailed

  

  envelope sizes, since I've received a number of questions about this, I can ... letters each come in a standard #10 window envelope (4.125" x 9.5"). The ... to further contribute to that by leaving only a very small number of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 10, 2004
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  If a QB applicant is admitted EA/RA, will they receive full financial aid?

  MIT practices need-blind admissions for all students, regardless of citizenship. If you're admitted through Early Action or Regular Action, MIT will assemble a financial aid offer that will meet 100% of your demonstrated need
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if I don’t have a class rank or GPA?

  school doesn't calculate GPA, please don't convert your grades to a U
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT, Medicine, and Success from Any School thirteen years in a thousand words

  

  -2012) have any tangible bearing on my trajectory as I time travel at a rate of ... my cohort not making straight A's, suggesting that it was possible ... [annotation note="Not a joke. I earned a B in 5.12 with difficulty. The

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • January 22, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  Misconceptions initial thoughts from a first-gen college student

  

  said, I went into MIT without a concrete idea of what exactly I was getting into. I had a few ideas about how I thought college would go—in some ways, I was right, but in a lot, lot, lot more ways, I was wrong about

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 30, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Tech is Hell we are happy, tech is hell

  

  The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a mountain, whence the stone would fall back of its own weight ... down in a few moments toward the lower world whence he will have to push

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 13, 2021
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  Many students applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately, we couldn't accept all of them. We have placed a small number of students on the ... just ask that you have a little patience.

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  I went to the Arnold Arboretum!!! i become one with nature

  

  in me was hyped to hear that. The arboretum is a good ~5 miles away ... , the people I went there with had a car, so the commute was very doable ... spent a couple of blissful hours there. The area is HUGE—281 acres, to be

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 25, 2020
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  Many people applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately we could not accept all of them. We have placed a small number of students on the ... just ask that you have a little patience.

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  the view from my window and netflix's view of my window through another window

  

  o m i n g  s h a d o w and weather-dirtied window[/caption] And here's a screenshot from the Neri Oxman episode of "Abstract: The Art of

  • by Abby H. '20
  • January 21, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  I Picked My First Apple apples, part 1

  

  called "rusty delicious"[/caption] With admission, each person got a bag to pick half a peck of apples, a hayride, a bottle of cold apple cider, an apple cider donut, and a [annotation note="the source material for

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 16, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Off six months of things being just a little weird

  

  I'm approaching the end of the first month of my internship at a ... 's the deep dive into [annotation note="I feel like a South Park goth kid ... the mechanical routine of a [annotation note="closer to a 9:45ish-to-5

  • by Abby H. '20
  • June 23, 2019
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  Many people applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately we could not accept all of them. We have placed a small number of students on the ... just ask that you have a little patience.      

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2019
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  Many people applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately we could not accept all of them. We have placed a small number of students on the ... just ask that you have a little patience.      

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2018
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  Many people applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately we could not accept all of them. We have placed a small number of students on the ... just ask that you have a little patience.      

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2017
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  There were many wonderful applicants for Early Action this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down a large number of ... that this may be a difficult time for you, but we ask that you converse

  • by Decisions
  • December 15, 2016
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  There were many wonderful applicants to MIT this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down a large number of incredible students ... understand that this may be a difficult time for you, but we ask that you

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2016
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  There were many wonderful applicants for Early Action this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down a large number of ... that this may be a difficult time for you, but we ask that you converse

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  There were many wonderful applicants for Early Action this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down a large number of ... that this may be a difficult time for you, but we ask that you converse

  • by Decisions
  • December 13, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  (My Third) First Day In which I attempt (and fail) to do a timelapse vlog

  

  reason, I assumed that holding a camera and walking around campus would ... you try to speed up an already-wobbly video to 800%, it becomes a blurry ... -processing software couldn't save me; I spent a couple hours trying to stabilize the

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 7, 2014