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• Blog / About Decisions

  The Check Is In The Mail As you know from Matt/Ben's blogs, the decisions are in the mail, or as they…

  

  this year is 12% down from 14% last year. I know that many of you will ... selected during Regular Action. Nevertheless, The Nance Effect is a great place to discuss whatever is on your mind.

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 10, 2005
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  What is the MIT QuestBridge Supplement?

  Our MIT QuestBridge Supplement is a way for us to gather some additional information on our QuestBridge applicants. For QuestBridge Finalists, our supplement, along with their QuestBridge application, acts in place
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Bryan is alive and in Rome Day One In Rome

  

  We got here safely, and we’re having a blast. I’ll write a longer entry when I find free wireless, but right now it’s costing 3 euros an hour and I…

  • by Bryan
  • March 27, 2006
• FAQ / Interview

  What if my interview is waived?

  . The interview is not a required component of the application, and the
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Gerald Fink’s “What Is a Gene?” one of those cool talks that happen at MIT all the time

  

  advertising a guest lecture entitled "What is a gene?" I thought that was a stupid question, because I know what a gene is. It's a piece of DNA that is transcribed into RNA that is translated into a protein. This must be a Hail Mary

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 11, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  There is still no magic formula ...but there are a few key ingredients

  

  .   Conversation #2 (assuming there is an answer to my first question) Me: Does the ... .  How am I supposed to know what is most important? Me:  You decide what is important and what you would like for a reader to know. Student: Oh

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Early Action deadline is almost here The only thing scarier than October 31st is Nov 1st (just kidding, no need to…

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and international students.   Hi all, Happy Halloween! Tomorrow night is ... November 1. (There is a small amount of grace period for students having

  • by Kris Guay
  • October 31, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  What is the value of college? Food for thought in your college search

  

  country and around the world. Spending time in settings like these is ... salient revolved around the value of higher education, which frankly is only ... believe that their value is manifest or they are simply preoccupied catering

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 21, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  is leadership the same as management buzzword alert

  

  : how to delegate things. delegate is a fancy word meaning getting someone else to do it. in esp we have a saying, which is "your job is not to do ... reason. sometimes other people are doing the manage-y things, which is

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 7, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Navigating MIT is like flying a spacecraft* the most important things I've learned here so far

  

  your vehicle is pointing relative to the Sun, Earth, and other reference ... is one of the most crucial parts of flying a spacecraft, which is why ... over. What you do have control over is your attitude. Attitude is

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 16, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sometimes a whale is just a whale Humanities classes make me roll my eyes sometimes.

  

  -cultural medicine and issues of embodiment in post-traumatic stress disorder, is ... . "Sometimes a whale is just a whale," she said. Yup, science majors and ... of discrimination I have ever received as a woman in science is that

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 13, 2005
• 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 ... and this message is basically for those hardy souls who have spent the ... to college. But now the payoff has come, and it is time to make the

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 1, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Your credit history is too short and other adult things

  

  A credit card is something I, in theory, knew I needed eventually. Apparently a credit score is a thing that people care about here. The thing is ... ridiculous. The going advice is that you shouldn't go over 30% of your credit

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 23, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is This All I Ever Will Be? on friendships

  

  group was now smaller to about 6 of us and it felt solid. This is it, I ... year, I thought to myself now this is it. My best friend is talking to me ... . Which one is the real version? I think. The one that I knew? Or the one

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 20, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  who else is watching infinity train?!?! *a fangirling hub that we will update every day this week*

  

  !!! The concept of the show is oozing creativity! Tulip, the main character, is so cool and nerdy! One-One was so funny and such a unique character ... the internet is real!! Because... April 13, 2018 [embed

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • August 6, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  The Freshman Application Is Now Live for prospective members of the Class of 2020

  

  ; The freshman application is now live on MyMIT. Our online application ... supplemental portfolios, is here. Our essay questions this year are (100 ... early or regular action. The transfer application is not live yet but

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 18, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Sleep is (not) for the weak Myth: All engineers are insomniacs

  

  This post is brought to you by the 20 hours of sleep I got this ... holding the PVC pipe like a gun/cannon is THAT creative, but I thought it ... ’t think I’m too stupid. The point here is that engineers need sleep

  • by Stanley G.
  • October 24, 2012
• FAQ / International applicants

  What is the Secondary School Report?

  The Secondary School Report Form is designed for U.S. school systems but may be adapted for international school use. Many international schools do not calculate GPA, class rank, and other statistics, so your
• Blog / How to Human

  “There is No Place Like Home” ...especially when you are a long way from home

  

  This is the time of year where goodbye posts are pretty common on ... otherwise would just be untrue. But it truly is an experience I am very glad I ... the house safe. I complain, just like everyone else, when there is no

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • July 12, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One and one and one is three Haha, it tells me to write an excerpt. This whole entry is an excerpt.

  

  hope He hath not." Washing dishes... Mitra: "Did you know anorexia is ... ." Mitra: "Diarrhea is genetic, too." Sam: "What the...?" Mitra: "It runs in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 6, 2005