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• Blog / Admissions

  Sunday night is the deadline for Early Action (EA) Here are some things we want you to know

  

  understanding with teachers and schools. Your recommendations do not need to be in ... . We will wait for the results; please do not rush reports. When ... . You do not need to list an E+W score. When listing your writing score

  • by Kris Guay
  • October 27, 2015
• Blog / Hacks

  Hack to the Future all futures have a past, and all pasts have alternative futures

  

  remembered that we can. All futures have a past; indeed, one reason we do ... thing you do when you study history is to realize that while the past

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 21, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: Who You Vote for May Not Matter that you vote most certainly does!

  

  of voting lies not in who wins, but how they treat you once they do? A ... to run for office less than two years previous; his desire to try to do ... group that doesn’t seem to want to have anything to do with the decision

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 13, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Updates & Notes Form some things you should know

  

  sent my midyear grades. Do I still need to submit the form? Yes. You are ... does not provide midyear grades or progress reports. Do I still need to ... am homeschooled. Do I still need to submit the form? Yes. You should

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 22, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP of Coding time to catch up

  

  inducted into the Best of the Blogs, a great honor and my second post to do ... myself whether I should do more quirky elaborate posts or continue with ... relaxed period of learning where you can take month long classes, do

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 5, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Next Steps For the Deferred what to do next

  

  supplemental portfolio, but you do not need to; I would only consider this if you were planning to do so during EA but ran out of time. If you are retaking ... . As Lydia commented in the deferred open thread: "I actually do agree

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Notes and Updates Form every applicant needs to do this

  

  ’re available. My counselor/school already sent my midyear grades. Do I still ... or progress reports. Do I still need to submit the form? Yes. There is an option where you can indicate this. I am homeschooled. Do I still

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 13, 2014
• Blog / Events

  twerking, MIT style need more be said?

  

  Welcome to another edition of MIT Students Can Be Artsy™, aka We Do More Than Psets! Really!™, aka Things to Do On Saturday Nights at MIT™! Aside from a cappella, dance is another big thing at MIT.  And the largest

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 8, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  4 Years advice from a freshly minted alum

  

  do you think about x global issue" or "what is your goal here at MIT ... as an introduction. What I do remember is thinking, "Wow, this ... freshman-- How are you doing in your intro classes? How much sleep are you

  • by Ana V. '15
  • June 8, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Stephen, I’m Putting You On Notice!

  

  Believe it or not, admissions officers occasionally try to do things besides reading applications to MIT. One of the things I enjoy doing in my downtime (besides playing with Legos) is watching the Colbert Report, which

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 30, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Cloud i live there now

  

  taskbar. Here's what I had to back up before doing this: My ... backgrounds) Here's what I didn't have to back up before doing this

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • February 8, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  An Awesome Autobiography in rage comic form

  

  rage comic form. I don't actually read reddit, but most of my friends do ... does this have to do with MIT Admissions? Nothing really. Then again

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 14, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Decisions 2011 MIT Class of 2015 waitlist decisions will be released today, via email, at approximately 3pm…

  

  , but we do plan to admit 26 students from the waitlist. Today, around 3pm ... will consider our waitlist "closed" and do not expect to admit any

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 10, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Get excited for CPW! CPW= Campus Prefrosh? WHOA!

  

  has a group, and many will be there to talk to you about what they do ... primary concerns I get from students: 0) How can I do all of this? There ... go out and do as much of the fun social things as you can (even if you

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 6, 2011
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread talk amongst yourselves

  

  can talk about stuff you do that you might have included in your application of course, or what you want to do with your life, and so forth - but

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

  MIA No More Why I haven't blogged in 23 days.

  

  bloggers are doing an amazing job of keeping the MIT Admissions page updated ... else seems to be posting screenshots of their calendars, I'm going to do ... November Service Project for Student Leaders in Service (SLiS) - Doing

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  On the Road Again Adventures in Texas!

  

  Just a quick post here - I'm actually on the road right now, doing some recruitment travel through Southern Texas! Thought I'd do some "live tweeting" (although isn't all tweeting sort of live by nature?) of my

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 4, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  More Information on the Waitlist Some answers for those offered a place on MIT's waitlist.

  

  . Who do you admit from the waitlist? For example, if someone from state X ... over international students on the waitlist? No, but we do consider ... . What should I do if I hope to be admitted from the waitlist? Certainly

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Beginning of the End & the end of some beginnings

  

  Do you know what it's like to only have two classes left to graduate? There's a feeling that goes something like "ugh, if only I'd taken more ... a second semester senior in high school. What on earth do you guys

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • February 1, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s a puzzlement… ...or why I really love reading your applications!

  

  reading applications because they are a lot like doing jigsaw puzzles. When I was very young my family started a tradition of doing jigsaw puzzles ... holidays as it brings back wonderful memories of times gone by. So why do

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • January 16, 2010