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  Does MIT Offer Application Fee Waivers? In a word, yes. Click through for the extended answer.

  

  of philosophy, MIT is committed to the idea of equal access to higher ... request a fee waiver? Your decision to request a fee waiver is not unlike ... pay the application fee. It is safe to say that you should apply for an

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 16, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Blast from the Past

  

  students teach local high schoolers a huge array of topics. Splash! is a ... classes that last an hour or two, and the idea is that you should teach ... ESP has been renovating their website and now I can't seem to find it

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 15, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Last train to Koblenz If I get back by 7:30, I don't need a reservation.

  

  than Boston, is serviced by a vast network of streetcars and subways ... sixth level detailing how the city is going to be redesigned over the next ... Sistine Chapel is this stunning. The second of these landmarks, the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 12, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Visit to the Museum of Fine Arts There's nothing like a trip to the Museum of Fine Arts to make you realize…

  

  . Another perk is that MIT students have free admission! The first exhibit I ... . According to MFA website: "From the late works of Degas, Gauguin, Munch, and ... knowledgeable, right? Another artist worthy of noting is Robert Johan Gustav

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap Gap years are a good option for some students.

  

  .com/education, but it's been in newspapers and on websites from Kentucky.com to San ... submit a proposal beyond "lying on the beach," but often little more is ... -4307 "Gap Year" is a bit of a loaded term, I think, with images of British

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Flashback A useless guide to MIT undergraduate housing.

  

  boring ones? Today's topic is housing, because it's raining out and housing is the most fun topic. I was so, so excited to get the i3 video. i3 ... ! (And here is example number 1 of me doing dumb things. I'm here all year

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 1

  

  .2 [note: Course 6 is MIT-speak for Electrical Engineering & Computer Science] (or 6.3, not sure yet), and Musical Theater. The question is, is ... 've essentially chosen Harvard because I've missed the deadline for MIT! Is this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Class of 2020 Ring Delivery we got our brass rats!..time to drop out? (also many photos)

  

  ’t believe that 3 whole semesters have come and gone and the fourth is almost ... . Ring Delivery is essentially this really fancy event where the sophomores ... below). Side Note: Allan is not in the first few (because we don't like

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 27, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  Observations of an MIT Sophomore Advice and insight.

  

  . Pass/No Record is not an excuse to slack off and not learn the basics ... . Caffeine is not a substitute for sleep. Try and get 8 hours a night - your ... currently is. Sic transit gloria mundi. Running into people you haven

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / Class Projects

  Final Project Demo Roll if only they were more helpful to the world at large

  

  with real kids, which is super exciting! We have a half populated website ... these. But this retroactive brainstorming is a fruitless exercise, and I ... "] look how *aesthetic* it is[/caption] We were both pretty happy with how

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 1, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  incoming how i’ve been spending my iap yes get ready for like 8 of these in a row

  

  hellhole that is Massachusetts. In this time, I've been trying to keep ... cooking and practically anyone else who is willing to give me pitiful scraps ... is false. 6.145 is singlehandedly destroying my self esteem, and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 16, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Labor Day, literally Moving back into my dorm room

  

  and back into my dorm room. Moving-in day is my second ... stuff. I'm not entirely sure why. I always think that moving is going to ... regardless, moving is a perennial part of my back-to-school experience, so this

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 3, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livescribe’s Pulse Pen AKA, the "Magic Pen"

  

  semester! AHHHHHH!" No, this IAP I'm very much not busy, and it is wonderful. A flashback to a previous entry is probably a good way to begin this ... ! $100! One of my charms is that I have absolutely no responsibility when

  • by Snively '11
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Interview Tips from an MIT Educational Counselor Thoughts on how to prepare for your alumni interview

  

  interviewers remain helpful). A description of the current interview process is ... that every interview will be unique, and that is what MIT wants, but ... of where, when, and with whom your interview is with. 1. Don’t wait

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  ILGs at MIT They're independent! (Guest post by Sondy '07/G/awesome.)

  

  cold with nothing to read about, though. (Speaking of, why is it so ... remarks that, Epsilon Theta is a small and close-knit co-ed fraternity. We ... Brookline. Epsilon Theta is more than just a residence; it is a community of

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 5, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Read This! All those questions you needed answeredvar gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript…

  

  That title is just a lazy excuse for not being able to come up with a ... large part of our job is knowing all the ins and outs of admissions so ... comments on an entry the comment is e-mailed to us, this way we get to see

  • by Snively '11
  • June 4, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  books I’ve read this year slowly but surely completing my 2020 resolutions

  

  expanded it. It was longer and more detailed. The book is also in both ... this is a niche subject, but they’re good books to read if you happen to ... Peter Singer: I think this quote cuts to the core of the book: “if it is

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • November 19, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  happy singles awareness day

  

  chill. Today is the first February 14th in years that I haven’t spent ... website for WILG, and it occurred to me that this almost certainly wouldn ... family. (It is so unfair that women are expected to choose between career

  • by Rona W. '23
  • February 21, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  Bright IAP a post in two, kind of unrelated, parts

  

  [annotation note="To be explicitly clear, the point of this line is not that it ... 've told that story before. What I want to talk about, is a tiny detail on ... MIT was one of the few who (on their acceptance website) congratulated

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 14, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PSA: new HASS concentration in Computing and Society studying humans? studying computers? porque no los dos?

  

  the MIT education is the GIRs (our core curriculum), atop which you ... . However, an MIT convention that spans the two is the HASS concentration, a ... rise to the level of a [annotation note="Although, if a minor is offered

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 29, 2019