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FAQ / First-year application
How do I fill out the self-reported coursework?
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FAQ / Interview
What if my interview is waived?
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Blog / How to Human
3 Lessons Learned While Hiking and what they'll teach me here
celebrations and fireworks. I kept a blog (which you can read at gabehikestheat ... been in a position to take the semester off, to have supportive family ... money do not equal happiness So long as you have a certain amount of each -
Blog / Admissions
Questions Omnibus, Part 1
Part 2 of today's Q&A... Possible future MIT Mom asked in regard ... in session, but MIT is not?" This is a good question. It's certainly ... example, my friend Jake got a terrific room his freshman year at the East -
Blog / How to Human
Mine hands are broken reflections on many a year of carpal tunnel syndrome
In cross country, you hear a lot about running through the pain, but ... anyway, so I took a day off and hoped it would go away. But it didn't, and ... 't remember what it felt like anymore, just that I felt a bit of real fear at -
Blog / Announcements
We have extended the Regular Action deadline to January 6th, 2021 in order to give our applicants (and our staff) some extra time around the holidays
I am popping my head out of committee for a moment to [annotation ... applying to us for Regular Action, but we presume you're getting a lot of ... have all the information we need about your case before we make a -
Blog / Announcements
To our prospective students and their families on taking care of ourselves and the people we love
have been redirected as well. I know that this may be a frustrating ... in college, and my younger daughter is a high school senior who is ... evaluate each application. In a blog post on COVID from early March, we -
Blog / Academics & Research
An Experiment in Independence all by myself for IAP
after being patted down by a very kind TSA agent while one of his ... Caltech"). We landed in Baltimore close to 7 AM Saturday morning, after a ... . After orienting ourselves and collecting my luggage, we hopped on a -
Blog / Academics & Research
Nobody’s Got No Class! I was browsing through the MIT Course Catalog, and thought these classes looked pretty thought-provoking.
" as a catalyst for discussion, seminar participants will examine gender ... complete a final written project. No prior knowledge of "Sex and the City" is ... . Eagar, A. Kadak, J. Freidberg, B. S. Johnston 4.605 Introduction to the -
Blog / Announcements
Welcoming you to the new MIT Welcome Center a new home for admissions, and all the institute's visitors
For many years I have written these blog posts from a cubicle in room ... ="Overlooking...Chipotle."]new office,[/annotation] on the second floor of a new building, E38, which is ... least 2015, as part of a broader Kendall Square Initiative along MIT -
Blog / Athletics
90-something days of summer (Part 1) MIT people around the world
:)). Anyway, as you can tell from my post tittle, I wanna talk a little bit ... Cambridge.) SIGH. I will look like a zombie for 2 months ☹ But it’s okay ... , munching on macarons. The following summer I obtained a PSC Fellowship to -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Behind the Scenes of MIT Gala liveblog - how a fashion show is made!
out into something much larger, including a student arts showcase, live music, and of course the titular runway show. Planning MIT Gala is a ... the scenes to see how a fashion show is made. [caption id -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
welding 1000 digits of pi nom nom buzz buzz
On pi day, campus was buzzing with events. That morning, I even planned out all my pie stops: a Project Manus makerspace mentor social ... event where makerspace mentors welded on digits of pi to a steel apparatus -
Blog / Residential Life
All the 2023 i3 videos megapost
As a part of MIT’s unconventional housing assignment process, rising first years typically consult MIT guide to residences while choosing where ... like a glimpse into how MIT students describe their own communities to -
Blog / Advice
No Snow, and on singing badly me? singing? and posting it online?!
first mentioned this song in a blog post two years ago, and it's always ... 'm listening it right now and I don't like it. Do yourself a favor and listen to ... 't have to listen to how embarrassing I sound? Well, I'm trying to make a -
Blog / Academics & Research
Landing Your Aircraft Has Arrived at Gate '21
The very first blog post I published on the blogs was a play on the ... was a witty combination of orientation information and MIT ... the weather outside is a chilling 2021. For your safety and comfort -
Blog / Blog Projects
Senior Week On The Blogs!!! oh no, we’re all so old
Well would you look at that, it’s finals week at MIT. Which means that for a few of your friendly neighborhood bloggers, it’s also our last ... all has been a true honor. But alas, all good things must come to an end -
Blog / How to Human
Take Care of Us asking for change
having such a wide platform to share my ideas on. Which is also why it ... this removal has had is burning out their students. Spring break was a ... their spring semester, before receiving a week of relief to recharge. Now -
Blog / Announcements
Fall 2020 Transfer Decisions Are Now Live may the 4th be with you
we could not. As a former transfer student myself, I know that this process can be a difficult experience. For those of you who were admitted