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• Blog / Admissions

  Upside-Down Letters We will get to the bottom of whatever caused this error, that much I can…

  

  can promise you. If you received such a letter, you have every right to ... understand that it was wholly unintentional. Some have remarked that it is a

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Branching out

  

  building a mini-Sukkah (MIT's is currently up on Kresge Oval, thanks to ... am I going to do? Steal it from a high school? Saturday afternoon

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 1, 2004
• FAQ / Testing

  How does MIT consider test scores? Does MIT Superscore?

  with an asterisk. They should not list practice results or enter a superscore as a single sitting. Students should self-report scores from all
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I track the progress of my application?

  days to be processed. Materials are not automatically loaded into a ... processing. Please send a detailed email to [email protected] describing the
• FAQ / Transfer

  Am I eligible to apply for transfer admission?

  MIT welcomes a small group of exceptional transfer students every year. Successful transfer students come to MIT from many backgrounds ... have completed more than two and a half years (i.e., five terms) of
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Saturday, 12/16/23, at 12:16 PM ET Your early action decisions, wrapped

  

  GDp?si=026e893c1793453a To check your Early Action decision on Saturday ... a button that says "View Update." Make sure that you are ready to ... fact, be like Boroton, who has never had a thought in his life. Go listen

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 11, 2023
• Blog / People & Identities

  requiem for the desert as temperatures rise higher

  

  Written early September after a presentation by Spencer Glendon from ... but now I am aware of the sameness of everywhere, the unique beauty of a ... unnerving. I went to a presentation yesterday. It was meant to shock CEOs

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 30, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  ignorance is a virtue

  

  . similarly, looking at my grades is a choice i can make. i don't have to look ... too much. or, when a deadline for a decision is coming, i don't have to ... here when you get back.) i had a list of distractions on hand, so i can

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 8, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Your college application motivation soundtrack for September imagine a movie montage, but for politely asking teachers to say nice things about you

  

  wanted to just sample a new song or album before you paid anything for it ... ."]hard music problems.[/annotation] Last week, a (non-blogger) friend of mine ... me thinking that it might be nice to create a collaborative playlist

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  5 / The final countdown A month of stress and relief

  

  th at 4:30p, I breathed a sigh of relief alongside my study buddies ... yourself into a panicked, hyper-focused cramming mindset (okay, maybe this is ... immediately after it's over. Once home, I ate a lot, slept a lot, relaxed a lot

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now (Actually) Available Online

  

  Update: the once-in-a-century alignment of Super Pi Day appears to have fired a cosmic EMP directly into the heart of our server farm ... ; together, they constitute an incredible community, each contributing a set of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions Released TODAY @ 6:28 p.m.

  

  click refresh 200 times in a minute. You might get carpal tunnel! And you ... year, the most in our history. (Again) As a result, our admit rate this ... hours and a couple minor things may change. (This is also why I gave you

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • March 14, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eric Lander, spring rolls, and the New York Times two of those three are related

  

  minutes early with a few friends, and also why our entire row was fangirling ... : What does a biochemist do? He stuffs the butterfly into a blender ... : a few hours after lecture, look what appeared!]: In other lecture

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 6, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Defying Gravity

  

  some retail therapy and watched a few episodes of Friends to distract ... kisses from across the pond. Ooh, and to serve as a source of distraction ... “Lookie! Museum shop!” Cool stuff I learnt? As a bio Major, I ran here

  • by Linh V. '13
  • March 12, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing documents! FAQ: What happens if part of my application isn't showing up yet?

  

  . If the tracking system isn't showing a document yet, relax and wait ... the applications have been read. So don't worry. A couple of requests: At this time, do not send a second copy of something that you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  SEPTEMBERRR Don't read this entry. Read the one under this one.

  

  exam schedule gets a bit more staggered, so it's better). For example ... night, and then I still had a project proposal due today that I haven ... about, so here's September (along with a bunch of quotes from life

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / How to Food

  Procrastination For Finals ...so I cooked dinner instead.

  

  'm too lazy when there's a lot of assignments and exams - i really only ... the heat to "simmer," and cover the saucepan with a lid. Cook until you ... garlic has developed. 7. Stir-fry the mushrooms. About a few minutes

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 13, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Lots of good and important stuff for both EA and RA admits.

  

  , check it out! Join the Facebook Group: Facebook is a great place to meet ... 'll find a bunch of stuff only available to admitted students, including ... guestbook, it's a good way to share your contact information securely with

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ben’s Final Farewell Thank you, Ben Jones.

  

  /Astro students playing volleyball with a net they had set up in the Building 33 ... remember most is how my friends and I used to play volleyball every week. A ... buddy Ben, you see, has had - for as long as I've known him - a slight

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 18, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  It’s not all happy I know, shocker!

  

  about is the part where I will sit in a library for 8 hours trying to do a ONE PSET. I don't blog about how overbearing things can feel (a test and ... it's all balanced by a fair amount of mental strangulation and rigorous

  • by Snively '11
  • February 26, 2008