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• FAQ / First-year application

  Do I have to submit a February Updates & Notes Form (FUN)?

  completion of the second quarter. Your school does not need to mail your ... , students who have graduated, and international applicants. The form will be available in your application portal in late January and should be completed
• Blog / Admissions

  Where’s My Stuff? Updates from the MyMIT Application Tracking System.

  

  agencies. These will be directly uploaded into your file in plenty of time to ... so that they can be filed into your admissions folder. We have 15 ... ready for review. It takes a lot of time to do all of these steps -- think

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 10, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  an absolutely non-comprehensive guide to email sign-offs or, how to inject some fun into an otherwise boring routine

  

  them; if you're asking for something or have something to genuinely thank ... 've gotten pretty good at it over time. Most importantly, however, to break the ... have included in an email to Next House, ranked in tiers from most to

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • March 9, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Some recommendations about recommendations Some things to think about as you look for letters from teachers.

  

  write your letter, and to have a conversation about it. This is a much ... also a good time to tell them about why you're applying to each school ... not need to constantly hound them. As long as you have given your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Residence-Based Advising Residence-Based Advising WILL NOT allow you to change dorms during your freshman year.

  

  ), not the summer, to be the time when you're truly making your living ... could have a great one." First off, Jessie, you're brilliant, and we ... NOT ALLOW YOU TO CHANGE DORMS DURING YOUR FRESHMAN YEAR. I'm sorry, I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 9, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Worms, Revisited a reflection on decisions from here

  

  time soon. The piece of yourself that you put into your application to ... comes to Decisions, both yours and… y’know… not yours. See with this ... . I applied to be a blogger for MITAdmissions two times before I was

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 18, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Tracking update All EA application mail has been processed; check your MyMIT Tracking.

  

  for EA applicants. This is a good time for you to check your application ... application component at this time. We will wait a while longer before having it evaluated to give you time to send along another copy. There are still more

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  New Year Resolutions in Fall An ambitious list of things I wanna do that probably won't get done

  

  story Take the time to learn how to solve a Rubik's Cube Take part in ... With the school year coming back around, it only feels necessary to pretend it’s December 31st and start making a list of things I want to

  • by Richard O. '28
  • August 31, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  talk to people! from the person least qualified to give this advice

  

  made a lot of memories together. But I know if they hadn't have tried to talk to me, none of that would have happened. I never was good at ... pretty tan! How was your summer? me: Good. I went to the beach. pgf: Oh

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 11, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: The Power of Intuition when making important choices

  

  would have time to write, read, play music, be with myself, and be with a ... Speech at Stanford, Steve Jobs said, “Have the courage to follow your heart ... 't follow your heart and you have to go against it. I wanted really badly to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My New Hobby…. It's Giga-cool.

  

  to indicate your level of understanding. For example, I'd say I have a ... to make many many more come CPW next week! Up your excitement a few ... them leaves quite a bit to be desired. On a tangential note, I've been

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 4, 2010
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Thoughts from the Other Side MIT through a different lens

  

  , I have been making time to do some awesome things at night :) I ... bike and having time to bake tons of delcious things. I do like how I have more time for myself here- which I think is really important to

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • May 30, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Looking ahead to IAP One more week left to go! Feel the burn!

  

  per week with your supervisor, giving them a lot of time to train you ... us and promises to be a grand ole time. I'm especially excited about ... opinion, one of the coolest times to be at MIT. By browsing the IAP

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 12, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Freshman App Questions We're happy to help.

  

  Application section of the site. I am happy to answer your questions (that ... Ahoy! I hope you arrr having a great September. As you know, the ... 's on your mind?

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 19, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  I’m so ill. like, in the bad way

  

  this time to get sick not only at the beginning of the semester, but at the most convenient possible time. Parents, I know you're thinking, "Are you crazy? There's no good time to get sick!" But there really is. Allow

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • September 20, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  ode to grocery stores the loneliest sweet potato

  

  's like, "Nice! I have all this free time. I might as well start feeding ... . When I watch them, I like to daydream about having my own cozy little ... less intimidating, and having the audio-visual element to guide me while

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • April 15, 2022
• Blog / Events

  DATA FOR BLACK LIVES this weekend at the media lab

  

  witness to human rights abuses and give voice to people who have ... regimes have the power to fight bias and racism, but as we are witnessing ... this algorithm is a reality we have yet to confront -- the brutal

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 18, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Thursday, 12/15/16, at 6:28PM ET

  

  decisions online next Thursday, 12/15/16, at Tau Time (i.e. 6:28PM ET). To ... your MyMIT username and password.   In order to verify that you ... ;ve forgotten your MyMIT password, you may use our automated system to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 7, 2016
• Blog / Advice

  Exploring Classes a guide

  

  your "want to take" list, and make sure you have at least a few classes ... ![/caption] Now, it's time to rerank your categories, and rerank the classes within ... your top-ranked category and add it to your schedule. If you still have

  • by Alex M. '21
  • August 29, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  How to Choose a Laptop for College your companion for all four years

  

  more memory to work with. But if you have 4GB and your program only uses ... plans from your store to see if they're right for you. I say get a ... if you're going to be carrying your laptop around campus. Some stores

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 10, 2015