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• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Pieces Check your application tracking.

  

  . This is a good time for you to check your application tracking on My ... ) 258-8304. If we are missing an evaluation, the teacher may fax a copy to ... As you may have read on the front page of mitadmissions.org, our

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 24, 2007
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  A lot of students applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately, we just couldn’t accept them all. We have placed a small number of students on the waitlist. If you would like to be considered for the waitlist

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Devoid of Content Well, mostly.

  

  This post is almost entirely devoid of content except to point out a particularly funny exchange in the comments of a recent post. It's a constant struggle between bloggers and prefrosh over whether the "FIRST!" approach to

  • by Snively '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Building, building, building, building This one goes out to the one I've left behind.

  

  're going to forget that it's a Frank O. Gehry building." I actually really ... under the Great Sail on my way to class every morning, because I think it ... DID YOU KNOW? According to Wikipedia, "An article from The Onion

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  International Admissions Conference My review of the annual OACAC conference.

  

  independent college admissions counselors. It was a great opportunity for me to ... collegial idea-sharing, I've returned with some thoughts on how to improve our ... fortunate that MIT has the financial resources to be a need blind institution

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting always waiting

  

  decisions, to get an email back about a potential UROP, waiting for something ... my team can get back on the water again, and waiting to see if my ... safely do so. [annotation note="me? oh, I'm still w a i t i n g to launch

  • by Alex M. '21
  • November 12, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Class of 2021 Wait List Today, we have closed out the wait list for the Class of 2021.

  

  , we had a record-high percentage of admitted students choosing to enroll ... very best in college and beyond. We know you will make a huge impact on ... 've been waiting for all our admitted students to submit their final

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 10, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Love is Blinds A short, fairly irrelevent entry, as told from the perspective of the 7+ people who…

  

  last night, in the hallway ANGELA MONSTER: Allin and I are going to Economy Hardware tomorrow morning. ME: Oh, can I come? I need to buy blinds ... the dorm ANGELA MONSTER: (on the phone with Economy Hardware) Hi, I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 31, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Visiting MIT & Boston colleges Some tips for checking out MIT and Boston this summer.

  

  are on subway lines, so renting a car (and trying to navigate Boston ... Summer is a great time to visit colleges in Boston. There are more ... and tour, we hope you'll explore MIT a bit on your own, visiting

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  B1ner Cribs come see 10+ rooms on Burton 1

  

  , these are all pictures just from my life :) I’m so happy to have a room ... , which was a group room purchase to create more soft light. Also: the lamp on her desk, which she found in an antique shop while on a family road

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 24, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Real, live MIT students * IN HD* A look inside the world of MIT Admissions Interns

  

  you like to have a glimpse into the life of current, MIT students and ... , check out the page. They work on a lot of great projects in the office, such as outreach, conducting information sessions, how to be ninjas and

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • September 21, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Language classes over IAP

  

  semester -- numerous for-credit classes are on offer. The full first semester ... a day, five days a week, but the benefit is that you get an intensive immersion that allows you to take the second level during the spring semester

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 7, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Trick or Treat! Smashing pumpkins, and no I don't mean the band.

  

  I begin this entry with a photo of the aftermath of one Saturday evening. Here, try this physics problem on for size. If I have a pumpkin ... chunks go in the radial direction when it crashes to the ground? Answer

  • by Bryan
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Very, Very Important News That title is written to tantalize your RSS readers.

  

  Hi folks, Today was the 8th day in a row of selection committee. Everyone is super tired, but we'll all get a bit of a break soon and we ... in the next few days; in the meantime I really need to say something

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 24, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What’s the Infinite Corridor?

  . (As viewed from a stationary point on the earth, the path of the sun ... , a reference to Stonehenge. ... , classrooms, and labs radiate from here. Whatever you do, stay to the right when
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Filling an Empty Nest my parents tried to replace me with literal birds

  

  In April of 2018, I left home for a few days to attend [annotation ... weekend. My parents and my [annotation note="She's now about to be a first ... Long Island while I took the train to Boston with a friend from my high

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 10, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Don’t feed the squirrels In which I work with gifted children.

  

  Pain for a post-On The Air engineer training (me)/post-radio show (her ... was a counselor at this one camp and I was supposed to do it again this ... point, any summer job will do, but I'm not sure if I want to be a camp

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 5, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ides of March No longer MIA.

  

  This entry brings to a close one of the longest periods of blog ... honored to be a part of the selection committee for the Research Science ... ? Domestic selection (final stages). It's been a long season of Regular Action

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do dual enrollment students apply as a first-year or transfer applicant?

  apply to MIT while you're still in high school, you're considered a first ... university level. Information on transfer credit is available at the Office of
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Cake-offs, chariot races, and salsa dancing

  

  As you may know, MIT has a strong and vibrant Greek community, made up of 27 fraternities and 5 sororities (with one more coming to campus ... together is during “Greek Week,’ which was held this year from April 27 to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 12, 2008