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• Blog / Admissions

  State of the Mail We're processing a lot of mail.

  

  largest volume of mail you've ever seen. There is a lot of mail to be opened ... is to please be patient as you watch the application tracking system on ... is more than 40,000 application pieces to be processed in a very brief

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 6, 2006
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What does the Office of the First Year do?

  The Office of the First Year supports a number of programs that ... year headquarters as well as a resource during your undergraduate years. The mission of the office is to provide excellent services and programs
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does MIT recruit athletes?

  your sport by completing a recruitment form. Depending on your potential contribution to MIT's varsity athletics, they may choose to advocate for you in ... undergraduates play at least one varsity sport. If you're a prospective student
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Go Forth and Measure Casey at the Bat: Science Edition

  

  skills would come in handy until about a week ago when I scrambled to get a ... question, and then use a measurement device to validate our hypothesis. But ... on different gear settings Basically, I used my old roomate as a

  • by Bryan
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Reek Week Updated 8/3 to include pictures of Gilroy garlic ice cream.

  

  't be able to do. The bales of hay outlined a picture of a clove ... horses (nope, whew) + MIT Send-off Here are a gazillion pictures from Gilroy Garlic Festival 2005: The entrance is flanked by two port-a

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ

  

  that we need to make a decision on your case. I get the sense that some ... , we will make a decision on the case; when the midyear grades later come ... anything you send in as a supplement. I think it is important to remember

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 17, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  Most delicious deliverables ever Also, I'm not having a bad hair day. I'm having a bad hair fortnight.

  

  (hang on, I’ll get to that), I decided that was a perfect time to make ... it. There were a few nights where I went to our student center ... carbs after a tough run and I’m not in any mood to assemble it myself

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 12, 2011
• Blog / Announcements

  For those impacted by Hurricane Michael (and other disasters) clarifying our policies for applications affected by catastrophic events

  

  @mit.edu. We’ll be here to talk to you and figure out a way to make sure we get ... order first. On behalf of everyone at MIT Admissions, I want to reassure ... Southeast. Meanwhile, according to ReliefWeb, there is flooding across Latin

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 22, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  How I got mugged in the frozen foods section. So, MIT is kind of like a turkey and provolone Subway sandwich.

  

  I ran into a group of friends the Sunday before finals on my way to ... Potter, and I had to get Dumbledore’s help because I was hiding in a broom ... the blue paint on our walls wasn’t magic enough. And then I had to blog

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 5, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Thursday, 12/14/17, at 6:28PM ET

  

  a decision on the 14th, you should visit decisions.mit.edu and log in ... system to reset it. Simply visit MyMIT and click on the lost password link ... I've stopped watching this baby lion trying to roar long enough to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 7, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Exploring the newest innovations in dessert technology A trip filled with enough desserts to satisfy anyone's sweet tooth!

  

  decided to find out, while celebrating a 21st birthday. We had three stops on our journey, one which would take us across Boston and involve the ... -injected pastry on a little conveyor belt. The result: a perfectly chocolate covered

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 12, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  what i’m doing this fall leadership tingz

  

  't be running from activity to activity anymore, but I do have a few ... 't have the chance to dance together anymore, but we still have a few things ... semester was a bit rough on our team since we didn't get the revenue we

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 2, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Happy Birthday, ‘Murica! (Even though Boston celebrated Independence Day Eve)

  

  is the edge of the Tropical Storm/Hurricane Arthur (now lowered to a ... West Side Story to swing to a celebration of the Roaring 20s. Other ... have to design and execute such a beautiful display. My friend Jamal E

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 4, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Discovering Yourself A bit more mushy than normal. . . deal.

  

  You may think you have a pretty good grip on what type of person you ... allow me to tell you something exciting and maybe a little concerning. As ... writing for me, I can't force myself to write something within a given

  • by Snively '11
  • June 13, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Are you sure you don’t want to cancel? Double whammy.

  

  Airport. Fly to Houston, TX for a day long interview. Now keep in mind, I have the GRE on Saturday. So I intended to study the entire flight ... sign that reads: "Mr. Bryan O." I wanted to take a picture of him and

  • by Bryan
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Into the Unknown with bravery

  

  rejected from the last company we thought we still had a chance to work at ... take a gap year, or scramble to find a job. We didn’t get to participate ... building up to Idina Menzel's huge belts gave us a greater than life feeling

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 17, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Robots, Space, and the Stories In-Between Using Sci-Fi to Procrastinate

  

  show follows a family on a ship on course to a planet in the Alpha ... . Anyways: a great story about a dad who goes up into space to get data on ... basically, some aliens leave an artifact on earth so a crew is put together to

  • by Richard O. '28
  • July 30, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ask me (an mit alum, maybe) anything! aka, am(amam)a

  

  something along the lines of "I think you're asking this to get a gauge of ... 'll check in on this post every so often to try and answer your questions ... Hi blog readers! It's been a few months since I've graduated, a time

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • August 12, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mechanical Sense of Humor My Course 2 lab instructor is amazing.

  

  Europe for the summer before going to grad school. You start talking to a ... use a tachometer to measure the motor rotational speed as a function of ... Underground was running on time, and you all made it to the competition just in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 29, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  My How Times Change… ...and yet, they are much the same.

  

  quite a few years ago. Seeing the MITLeaks announcement on Monday reminded ... had five on my list, he nearly fainted...that meant he would need to ... purposes). That...gulp...rejection (yes, it was a very difficult word to say

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 9, 2011