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  What now suckas!? That's right. I have a brass rat. What.

  

  get started with this entry, let me dust the cobwebs out of your head ... have had to wait patiently, doing PSETS, taking tests, and generally ... night on May 8th. I think I speak for a lot of us when I say that was a

  • by Snively '11
  • May 9, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action A summary of this year's early action admissions process.

  

  to regular action for further consideration. I am often asked why MIT's admit rate for early action is so low in comparison to the admit ... by leaving only a very small number of spaces for regular action

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2006
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread for Waitlisted Students

  

  This year well over 17,000 students applied for admission to MIT in ... unable to offer admission to many, many incredible students whom we would love to have on campus. However, we did place some students on our

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ye Olde Career Fair An MIT tradition...and a great opportunity for a discussion on leadership!

  

  students go to learn about companies, some go to find internships for the ... company names). Now, I’m a junior, so the Career Fair is starting to get a ... whether I want to continue in school and get an advanced degree after my

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • September 28, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Halloween, Part 2 Sometimes it's fun to be somebody you're not.

  

  Costume Design for Theater class she took last semester, and I have to say ... plumes make everything cooler. This particular photo was taken by some of ... many murals on campus. :) I'd also like to give a quick shout out to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 8, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Christmas in February Shiny new toys MIT gave me this semester

  

  .2060 for answering a question in lecture. I've taped it to the inside of the ... never quite materialized, I still got to experience Christmas in February ... received all of this shiny new stuff in various classes today! ... okay, it

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 14, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Moving Forward I, and the outstanding staff in the admissions office, re-affirm our pledge to uphold the…

  

  We were all saddened by the news of Marilee Jones' resignation. In reacting, we must recognize and learn from two elements that may seem to be ... , came at an important time for our culture, and is one that resonated

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • May 4, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  camer-AHHHHH! redux

  

  about the door to my office. Stop by if you're ever in the area! ... Mitra always has snazzy photos on her blog (though I am sad to hear ... my last trip I took pictures of my Central Meetings and promised to put

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 23, 2004
• FAQ / First-year application

  What should I do if I’m deferred?

  includes an opportunity for you to update us on anything important that has ... to "improve" your application, or redo/edit/modify your application. The only thing you need to do is submit the February Updates & Notes
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fig. 4: Study with me! A semi-productive Sunday afternoon vlog (feat. an hour trying to find a printer)

  

  get a summer break -- or have the opportunity to do internships, MISTI ... final papers -- due in mid-June -- to count for the majority of our marks ... preponements, a fancy term for moving the exams to an earlier date. Preponements

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection begins Picking the Class of 2010.

  

  stack for another subcommittee to decide on. Then we take the next case ... This afternoon, we began early action selection for the Class of 2010. As is my custom, I wore a tie today, out of respect for the applicants

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  *Oink Oink* Nobody panic!

  

  isn't actually testing for H1N1, so there's no way to know if I have it ... can e-mail professors. So for now it's up to me to just hydrate, chill (literally and figuratively), and wait for this to go away. Awesome.

  • by Snively '11
  • September 23, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  .org to register. There is a randomized lottery to get in, but if you want ... undergraduate hackathons in the nation, is opening up its internet doors for ... from around the globe. Over a 24-hour period from September 17th to 18th

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

  And then Trogdor smote the Kerrek

  

  I almost forgot: for you regular action folks, the deadline to ... about this time for early action for things you might want to be doing ... , compared with 22% who choose to have an interview. The reason for this is a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 30, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  The DHL Fiasco I really want to thank those of you (you know who you are) who turned…

  

  DHL fiasco, but thanks to many of you, that was a lot better than it could have been. I really want to thank those of you (you know who you are ... , maturity, and common sense. For those who don't know what happened, someone

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  We will not be taking anyone from the wait list in 2020 closing out the wait list for the Class of 2024

  

  list are invariably awesome, and we hope to find a space for them in our ... space in the class for students who have remained on the wait list.   To those who learned this unhappy news today, I want to express my thanks for

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • July 30, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Stu Schmill ‘86 Name: Stu Schmill; Job title: Associate Director of Admissions and Director of the Educational Council;…

  

  yourself is going to lead to the right outcome for you. This is true in ... kid level for a long while, though.)Anything else? I was once quoted by ... important in this world. And for all this passionate pursuit of excellence

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  If You Wish To Receive Your Decision Online… ...please read this entry!

  

  to check your decision online, you will need to have registered for a ... decision online, you will need to register for one using your MIT ID, which ... will be asked to give some personal information for verification). If you

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 1, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  finding good what i look forward to

  

  , there was no possible way for me to pass 6.009 unless I did extremely well on the quiz -- for reference, I got a 0 on last quiz. I began to ... scares me, frankly. I don't want to get too excited and think that I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 4, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s like I go to class or something. Or whatever.

  

  . Manalis, I know you probably didn't mean for it to be so mean. He and Prof ... Contrary to popular belief, I actually do stuff outside of farting around and doodling. Stuff like going to class and paying attention to

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 2, 2012