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Blog / Admissions
Early Action A summary of this year's early action admissions process.
*Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... the applicants. A similar number of students were denied, while those ... to regular action for further consideration. I am often asked why MIT -
Blog / Blog Projects
i walk through campus and say stuff i cannot vlog to save my life
, or taking videos of myself, or talking to a camera, or finding good ... listed on Engage. 02:40 Kresge's roof used to just be supported on the ... . Alright, that’s it. I know it’s a lot of information just dumped on you, so -
Blog / MIT Life
Dear Mom, Vol. 1 If I told you my life was a circus, would you believe me?
ELEFANTES! Love you, Bryan Now back in the 90s, I used to have to rely on ... answer, so I resorted to sending her an email. I decided that I would ... would write back in the days of old at WJ Bryan. To: [email protected] From -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
The Lost Art of Hand-Lettering Lives at MIT hidden in plain sight
. A lot of doors. And a lot of them with letters on them, like this one ... letters on all of these doors have been hand-lettered by one man, Glenn ... Engineering just posted a short video about Glenn and his time and contributions -
Blog / Admissions
Creating the MIT-verse behind the scenes of this year’s pi day video!
for the fungal blob scene. Audrey: of course we also had to have a ... went back and forth for a bit trying to decide whether our bebe should be ... leave a lot of it to angela's editing magic. Angela: bless audrey -
Blog / Academics & Research
Cool Classes
a variety of departments, have been... 9.00 Intro to Psychology (Fall '04, Wolfe) - There are a lot of requirement-filling "perks" to this ... Course 9 majors, with a heavy systems neuroscience focus. You get to play -
Blog / Events
Engagement Party Salsa dancing with Benjamin Franklin and Optimus Prime
MIT, and at first I was going to spend the weekend in NYC, but then I noticed a funny question on the invitation and was so intrigued that I knew I had to attend. I put down "Jane Austen" for my favorite historical -
Blog / About Decisions
MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online
MIT. I have to tell you, this is one hell of a team. Every year I tell ... students to whom we do not offer admission today, we have placed a small number on our waitlist and informed the balance that we will not be able to -
Blog / Academics & Research
One wonderful day I might just make it, after all.
my laptop, taking it from wireless connection to wireless connection on ... . Please be patient a little bit longer. We hope to send you our acceptance ... First of all, good afternoon to any visitors I might have who are -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Neil Gaiman! The uncensored version =P
that Paul was too shy to blog (come on now. we're all adults) was that ... accidentally reviewed a book someone sent him. The book was about porn - and to ... ...er...girl): It's always dangerous, non-productive or you get lied to when you ask a -
Blog / Admissions
The Freshman Application Is Now Live for prospective members of the Class of 2020
-250 words each, depending on the question): We know you lead a busy ... tl;dr: Click here to apply to MIT. The freshman application is now live on MyMIT. Our online application -
Blog / MIT Life
(Not) Home for the Holidays a very late Thanksgiving post…
="108229" /] In honor of holiday meals at home, I want to share a holiday meal away ... ’ve decided to remedy that in as overzealous a fashion as possible. I ... I’ve been home for winter break since last Sunday, and it’s been a -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Top Blog Posts of 2015 widely viewed and capturing the essence of 2015
? by Ana V. '15 May 2015 A Hard MIT Class by Vincent A. '17 How to ... 2015 has had its ups and downs for pretty much everyone on planet earth. From little victories to large setbacks, everybody's gone through -
Blog / Events
Pumpkin Drop Trick-or-treating is not enough.
54, was built on stilts in 1964 to circumvent Cambridge’s height limit ... If a 5-kg pumpkin is tossed through a snowstorm such ... the airborne pumpkin have to come to terms with its identity* before -
FAQ / First-year application
Does MIT prefer public school or private school?
have different resources. It's our job as admissions officers to sift ... MIT. Matt McGann, former Director of Admissions, wrote a great blog about public/private schools years ago that's still relevant today: On -
Blog / MIT Life
we do some memeing around these parts memes i've made so far on campus
I love memes. I can't help it—I'm a Gen Z'er, so I grew up on the Internet with meme classics like Nyan Cat and Gangnam Style. Memes play a ... ="i don't actually use adobe photoshop. i taught myself how to edit images -
Blog / About Decisions
Eye Of The Storm Reflections in the brief moment between the last hours of selection committee and the release…
- I can't remember a time in which I was alone here. I hope that all of ... reflecting on the class we just admitted and feeling incredible about it. We ... every year.) Having said that, there are of course many of you to whom we -
Blog / Academics & Research
There’s antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium… ...and hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium...
!) just in time to help the 213 suite put together a study break. Every Thursday, some group of people on the floor puts together a late night snack ... 's honestly a rather pleasant way to spend an evening. Said the MIT student -
FAQ / QuestBridge
How do I apply to MIT if I am not selected as a QuestBridge Finalist?
If you applied for the QuestBridge Match but were not selected as a Finalist, you are still welcome to apply to MIT through our Regular Action cycle using our application portal. If you are not a Finalist, you must