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• Blog / About Decisions

  Themed Online Distractors (for EA Decision Day) to the 2020 MIT Protofrosh

  

  , they say that rejections are required for a successful career. Another ... publishing deal for Chronicles of Narnia after 2 years of trying and failing. Chicken Soup for the Soul authors received 140 rejections before selling their

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  This One is for the Families… ...but applicants can read it as well...

  

  September they reminded me to take a moment in my discussion each day for the families since this process is a tough one for them too. I took that to heart ... , or Waitlisted for the Class of 2013 and I know you all are waiting for

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 12, 2009
• Blog / Announcements

  An MIT Community Vigil for Black Lives

  

  virtual vigil. As the announcement for the vigil read: We gather in the wake ... Human Resources Ramona Allen Chief Diversity Inclusion Officer for MIT ... I think I speak for many members of the MIT community when I say that

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 4, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  For applicants affected by natural disasters

  

  want is for college applications to add to that stress. We know that some ... same criteria to evaluate applications for both EA and RA. Take the time you need to apply in the timeline that works best for you and don

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 25, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And now for the feature presentation… ...IN STEREO.Don't ask. It's an LSC thing. I don't really get it myself.

  

  feature length entry for your enjoyment. I (finally) got around to editing ... off. The drive fits, but it doesn't take much for it to slide around just enough for my computer to get angry with me for removing hardware

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW is for Parents too…really!! ...a helpful guide for parents (I hope

  

  For our newly admitted students, the time is rapidly approaching when we will welcome them to campus for the first time as members of the ... and this message is basically for those hardy souls who have spent the

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 1, 2011
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT select students for admission?

  The selection process at MIT is holistic and student centered: each application is evaluated within its unique context. No school, state, or regional quotas are applied; neither is preference given…
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Your college application motivation soundtrack for November Reflect, rewrite, repeat

  

  App essays, or gearing up for the MIT regular deadline. Wherever you are

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 2, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how i (kinda) studied for finals brought to you by "a PNR mindset"

  

  as either Pass (for what would be an [annotation note="yes, this means ... Record, implying that it isn't reported on your transcript at all (for what ... pass the exams Show up and do the psets but don't study at all for the

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 22, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  A Post For Parents, Part 2 A followup to "A Post For Parents, Part 1."

  

  the parents in the crowd. So if you are a student looking for info about ... child survive the process of choosing the right college for him/her. As ... philosophical issues and solutions for surviving the college decision process. In

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for international students

  

  for residents of certain countries. This past weekend, a group of ... reaffirm our support for international students (as we did before for our ... America safe. We embody the American passion for boldness, big ideas, hard

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 3, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introducing Amino: Desktop Bioengineering for Everyone an MIT alumna makes a counter-top sized biolab that enables anyone to grow living cells…

  

  for Rihanna and Imogen Heap, developed smart materials for Aston Martin ... group with a thesis titled "Amino: a domestic system for synthetic biology ... materials for designers, technologists, and artists to explore, and yet

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 13, 2015
• Blog / Best from staff

  Ten years at MIT for me 🎂 a few notes on the occasion of my 10th anniversary at MIT

  

  All dates are auspicious, but some more than others. For me, August ... wanted to put in this blog post for some time. The problem is that talking ... , which was for Admissions Counselor for Web Communications, to work on the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  There is no solving for x thoughts on moving to and away from Maine

  

  in with my parents. About a month ago I decided to go back home for the ... : Everything happens for a reason, (insert name here) is a bad person, I will ... fantasy novels and took advanced math class. Middle school was hard for me

  • by Powers '23
  • June 29, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I’m Still Here (for now) quick reflections on the last ten years

  

  , writing a blog post for the first time in almost four years. Since I started ... from me, taking the rest of my life with it. For some holidays, my mom ... , and for the first time in my life, I learned to fly alone. I’d grip my

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for undocumented students and clarifying our policies for applicants as Regular Action approaches

  

  , including (but not limited to) those who are registered for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Since 2012, when the program was launched ... profiled Jose G. '17, the current President of DreaMIT, the student group for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 9, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  For the love of 6.470, Montresor we stayed awake, we built, we conquered

  

  .k.a. Write Your Own A.I. For A Game Of Heavily Bytecode-Limited Starcraft 6 ... (paradoxically, we will do more to get a free T-shirt than we will for the amount of cash it took to buy the T-shirt) and recruiters itching for coders

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 5, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Useful items to bring for dorm room

  

  A couple people have asked about suggestions for useful items with ... shipping expense. Just bring enough stuff for a few days to hold you over ... for your usage, they seem to be easily procured if you know where to

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 1, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Set Your Alarm for CPW 2019 i'm entirely serious

  

  out if MIT is the right place for them. This amazing blog post by Yuliya ... took for me to punch it into place felt like several minutes. Feel bad. Fun fact: I had been the travel coordinator for my friend group (Kathryn Z

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • April 10, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 2 electric boogaloo

  

  around for two weeks swatting at mosquitoes and eating a lot of food ... : Collect 60 free t-shirts - ~40% complete. For whatever reason, the free t ... intend for this to happen this year; I applied to MISTI Japan with the full

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 3, 2019