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• Blog / About Decisions

  For EA Deferred Students FAQs for students deferred from Early Action.

  

  because your application was already strong enough to make you a contender ... your particular situation. They're more than welcome to give our office a ... MIT, a deferral isn't just a "polite rejection." Your application will

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

  Burton-Conner Floor Rush and Rooming How does it work?

  

  very outdated website here: It's almost exactly one year old! I get a ... works. In some respects that's tricky to answer, but I can give it a shot ... discussed over a dozen times by various bloggers, websites, and other people

  • by Snively '11
  • August 30, 2008
• FAQ / First-year application

  Where can I find info on Graduate Admissions/Masters/PhD?

  The Office of Undergraduate Admissions handles first-year and transfer admissions. To pursue graduate study at MIT, you need to apply to ... has its own application website and admissions requirements.
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I who have nothing Darling, 'tis I who loves you.

  

  them a pale appearance. History has not recorded what happened to these ... bajillionth time, I should make good on my promise to write something from Spain in my last entry. I wanted to title this entry "Now I'm a little boy

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 28, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  My advisor won $3 million Unraveling the mysteries of the universe, and helping Anna make life choices

  

  been my advisor for about a year. He told me to call him Alan. During ... meeting, he gave me a list of professors to get in touch with. One of them ... some point during the meeting ended up following a tangent to the world

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 10, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Meaning of August It's time for classes, moving, colorful dorm rooms, and new bloggers.

  

  of 2010 (which makes me a sophomore), and I'm Course VI (i ... , so I moved to Tetazoo, home of yet another blogger. I had a good time ... decided about a week ago to go ahead and do it. My decision process went

  • by Evan B. '10
  • August 15, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Behold, a day job! Still with ultra-short travel time!

  

  chemistry. I came across the lab's website last year when I was looking for a ... is what I thought would happen - it's hard to find a UROP if you start ... of E.coli - "Express my f***ing protein! EXPRESS! Don't make me have to

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Makes Taiwanese Talk Show! All the way across the world

  

  graduates when they're 16, and makes a million by 17." (me: umm...) 2:45 to 3 ... make a working elevator." Host: "So you think NTU is coming up to par ... ;_>) PART ONE: 1:00 to 1:30: That guy is a pretty famous internet comic

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 18, 2008
• Blog / Events

  1 Month, 0 Classes IAP tomorrow and an opportunity to mystery hunt!

  

  . During January, a lot of people do externships, some go to Zambia, some France, some stay at home ... and some go to lab. After a brief search on ... different dramatic aesthetics - crucial factors in a composer's approach to

  • by Bryan
  • January 7, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tales of a College Froshling Okay, so I'm not a frosh anymore. Meh, whatever.

  

  available to you (such as living group websites and the Guide to Residences in ... you submit this list to MIT, where a computer puts everyone in a dorm ... of desired roommates, likes and dislikes, et cetera - to put you in a

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 3, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  A CPW Entry for Parents Students shouldn't have all the fun.

  

  CPW website as a PDF. You can fax it to 617-253-4076. If you have ... Saturday morning, a panel of current MIT parents will be on hand to share ... 'd suggest making some new friends and going out to explore the city yourself

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP of Coding time to catch up

  

  web programming to make it a good site. Last IAP I took a one day ... inducted into the Best of the Blogs, a great honor and my second post to do ... to MIT and felt a quick jolt of sadness from leaving home after the

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

  Just Desserts No metaphors here...

  

  not THAT bad. This craving is just strong enough to make you go off in ... what it means to be a pie, and all pies are merely shadows of its perfect ... ’s a huge crowd of people bustling about—each one trying to catch the

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 13, 2014
• Blog / Events

  ROFLCON! ROFLMAO!

  

  to something called ROFLCON. ROFLCON? What's a ROFLCON? I read on: A ... registration I had to go take a math test. I should take this opportunity to say ... deserved an interview I went outside to get a better view and perhaps

  • by Snively '11
  • May 2, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  8.021 and my favorite moments the class that taught me to love physics

  

  class really fun. He's a really down to earth guy who has been really in ... California the day before his new job and swallowed a bee that proceeded to sting him. He then had to meet all his co-workers with a busted lip and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 17, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap Gap years are a good option for some students.

  

  .com/education, but it's been in newspapers and on websites from Kentucky.com to San ... point where a lot of us in admissions are talking about ways to get ... school to college transition less stressful and frenzied. If you are a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW time waits for no man, woman or beaver

  

  , March 25th? I feel there should be a dramatic chord (or small mammal) to ... with any last minute items. I'm sure you've been to the CPW website. Did ... 171 parent-friendly events in the schedule. If a visit to the site or a

  • by Dave McOwen
  • March 22, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Lectures I had two ideas for good blog posts, and both were stolen by other bloggers!

  

  an intermission during international night to make a pickle glow, and ... uncluttered to touch. That's how I feel about the new MIT admissions website. I ... switching back ends. I get to learn a whole new process for bringing my words

  • by Kate R. '14
  • July 14, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Hi, Applicant to the Class of 2021! here, i try to convince you that it's ok to be dazed and confused right…

  

  essays to an outside company? Probably not enough to make the competition ... American College Application Process. Most of my visits to college websites started and ended with the Net Price Calculator (a nice tool to remind you

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Day in the Life see what we're up to

  

  normal day, and post them on the website. To be honest, I'm not sure how ... later), and a cool thing is happening on campus. Technique, MIT's yearbook (and, relatedly, the photography/design club) is hosting A Day in

  • by Piper '13
  • September 22, 2011