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• Blog / About Decisions

  More Information on the Waitlist Further details for waitlisted applicants.

  

  aiming for a class of about 1,075 students this year. Based on our ... uncertainties, we also keep a waitlist of students. Is the waitlist ranked? No ... -- approximately 2.9% of applicants -- a spot on the waitlist. Not all of those

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  I’m still here (and MIT’s still hard) The little comment that wasn't. (This isn't edited. It sounds awkward at times. Deal.)

  

  I started writing a brief response to some of the comments on Chris ... .) In response to all of these comments, I'd like to deliver a poorly ... Mr. Antunez, a new teacher who had grown up in Spain and Argentina and

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Otra Vez, Como Siempre Some J-Pop to cheer you up. =p

  

  (included at the bottom), I'm going to post a Japanese song this year. This is the theme from Dragon Zakura, a famous Japanese drama from 2005. The drama is about a radical teacher that sets out to train a group of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 12, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  We Treat You Nicely VOTE VOTE VOTE!

  

  you live, a visit to MIT can be expensive and a little time consuming ... . Normally visits only last for about a day so you will have to cram as much ... , right? Cramming a ton of stuff into a really short time period? I have

  • by Snively '11
  • November 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tale of the Midnight Tool! Simulcast in 1337 for our viewers at home!

  

  figured 18.01 would be a walk in the park, I took one look at the p-set and ... betting against it really.....kind of a lose lose...) so I sat down and started the pset at 9:30p.m. What follows, friends is what is known as a

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Graduation Some commencement pictures.

  

  ominous dark skies today and what was forecasted to be a partly cloudy to overcast day began with a light drizzle. Though simple rain is never enough ... the landscaping, man), it does put a little more pressure on the staff

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Supplemental Materials Answering questions about extras beyond the formal application.

  

  I've been getting a lot of questions about supplemental material ... music activity at MIT in the music community are encouraged to submit a ... be solo or with accompaniment but not in an enemble; 2) a one

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Interview Deadline Approaching! It's time for applicants to contact their local MIT representative.

  

  are conducted in your home area (not on MIT's campus) by an MIT alum, a ... wear a suit or ball gown or anything like that. The interviewers won ... like that. It's meant to be more of a conversation, a give and take. What

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 11, 2007
• Blog / MISTI

  MIT-France: To The Observatory of Paris and Beyond The MISTI experience of Anjali T. '09.

  

  , Cassini created a map of the moon that was the best available until ... Observatory built. The Observatory of Paris was a great place to work, not only ... summer working with a really dedicated mentor and a great team of other top

  • by MISTI Program
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Recent Questions! Fun for parents @ CPW, enrolling questions, etc...

  

  activities for the parents other than a reception and some financial aid ... to Housing and Dining. This will be a great overview of the variety of ... interfacing with Current MIT Parents. Always a huge success every year. 8:30pm

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 4, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Browser Wars Hee. The title makes me think of Super Mario Bros. Oh how I miss my…

  

  more and more of my life. =) There's only a week left in IAP, which is a ... totally love that I started a web browser war in the comments thread of my ... for the Mac, I have come to love later versions of Safari in a way I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 27, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh, sweet freedom? One girl's tale of how to (try and) fend for herself in college. Tire swing…

  

  . (Actually, I’d still get a full(ish) night of sleep every night even if I did ... getting really old. Or they could have said "becoming an adult" – as a ... months has had me missing the security of home a bit, though. (Let’s ignore

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lit Analytics How humanities classes can be analytically rigorous, courtesy of a Shakespeare scholar

  

  place in 2005), a parent asked me if/how MIT humanities classes were ... September 13, 2006 The works of William Shakespeare have a timeless quality, but it would be a mistake to imagine these "classics" have retained

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  International conference followup A post especially for international students: casting a wide net to find a good college…

  

  applications. As always, it was quite fascinating; I learned a lot, met some good people, and came away with a few new ideas. One of the most interesting ... 's good to apply to a variety of schools at varying levels of selectivity to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Yes, I am still alive My fourth of July in America's hometown

  

  family, and we had a lovely time. I made snickerdoodle cookies and ... .) After the giant food extravaganza (and after a somewhat violent game of ... fireworks. Usually we sit up on a hill in the middle of an 18th

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All About the MCATs All about the MCATs and what you need to take to prepare for it!

  

  Hello all! I've been a horrible blogger, please forgive, but I have amassed a boatload of excuses so feel free to complain and I'll send you one ... challenging, it was just a matter of learning the tricks and being consistent

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 25, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Happy Holidays, and some advice

  

  general. A lot of you talk about getting into MIT as though it is your goal ... made, right? And it's a perfectly understandable attitude. Many of you have been brought up to think that getting into a good school is one of

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 23, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  NACAC Conference Wrap-up from the national admissions conference.

  

  once a year they gather for a conference. This year's conference was in ... of the University of Miami. At right, Donna Shalala addresses a ... , Executive Director of the Education Conservancy. Lloyd Thacker leads a panel

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  GRE, Boston love, and loose ends from last time Wandering around Boston lost is one of my favorite things to do.

  

  , since I hadn't had to do a lot of the stuff on the test since 10th grade... the good part is that it's like riding a bike and you can pick it up ... around the city for a while. Wandering around Boston is one of my favorite

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  positive and negative energy revisiting midnight gospel

  

  two years ago i watched the midnight gospel, a tv show where the dialogue for each episode is taken from a series of real-life podcast ... traditions are a way of transferring spiritual energy from the speaker to the

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 5, 2023