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• Blog / Admissions

  Answering Your Questions: EA Deadline Week How can we be helpful?

  

  in advance of the deadline.  If one of your essays is too long, or ... ;re here to answer your questions.  How can we help?  Answers below in the comments.  I will try to update this post with FAQs

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 29, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Jeux sans frontieres Who knows how to have fun better than I do? Oh, nobody.

  

  to get somebody to guess "stick pickles into your nose and ears?" The ... , the other team chooses a player to get up and convey as many phrases as ... . The inevitable question is "should people be allowed to guess their own

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 2, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Just 5 Days Left! Mystery Hunt begins in 5 days.

  

  cannibals and put to the following challenge: Each shall get one hat of either ... Until Mystery Hunt 2006!!! Here's a little puzzle to get you ... succession what color they believe is on their head. If they get it wrong, they

  • by Bryan
  • January 8, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting How about 'em EA decisions?

  

  or brush it aside, it’s easy to get bogged down in the details from ... , sigh, and shut the fridge. Two minutes later, I return to the fridge ... ago, I was counting down the hours to the release of the Regular Action

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 13, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The land of the free and the home of the internet Back to life, back to the internet

  

  . See, I'm starting to get interview invites from some of the graduate ... rate, they need to get to me soon -- I just checked the Boston-LA flight ... . True story. It is possible to succeed at MIT even if your high school

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] Small-Town and Rural Students take on MIT and Boston By Vaneeza R. 25'

  

  was a fun way for us to break the ice and learn a little about each ... from home. The way they embraced the new experiences with excitement to ... rural communities in their applications. Our goal for the program is to

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • March 20, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Power of suggestion This entry will tell you whether you'll get into MIT or not in two minutes.

  

  to say something like, "Oh, the campus is incredibly diverse but all ... awards, one of the sisters announced: "Okay, and the next winner is number ... from these blogs, the MIT student population is remarkably diverse and it

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Mustaches in the airport, Daleks in the library, and Food in many stomachs French House winter traditions

  

  , you're wondering WHO COULD POSSIBLY EAT THAT MUCH FOOD??? The answer is ... festivities, tradition is to take lots of pictures and sing carols. We took the ... goes to Xiaoyue Xie '15) Because many MIT undergrads live in the same

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 27, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels More on the evolution of the MIT class ring.

  

  To go along with Chris' entry about excitement for the unveiling of ... Technology Class Ring dates back to the spring of 1929. C. Brigham Allen ... members from the classes of 1930, 1931, and 1932. Their mission was to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Hogwarts Institute of Technology Except we have 11 houses instead of 4.

  

  the details on the Back to the Future hack and the MIT Zoo hack by ... . I was dripping with nostalgia by the end of it--Harry Potter was very much my childhood! I went to all the book premiers and dressed up as a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 1, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  preserving student community what does it take?

  

  might not be able to exist in the way we want to once we move back in, the ... of branding that signifies the community to others? Is it traditions ... people passing by. Suite culture is a significant contributor to how social

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 20, 2020
• FAQ / First-year application

  What should I do if I’m deferred?

  to "improve" your application, or redo/edit/modify your application. The only thing you need to do is submit the February Updates & Notes ... your application was already strong enough to make you a contender in the
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT, Medicine, and Success from Any School thirteen years in a thousand words

  

  getting into the weeds, this decision is a longstanding dilemma in devising ... famous HM case, which is what spurred my interest in neuroscience in the ... moments free from anxiety about posting slices of my life to the public

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • January 22, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finally Finished (for now) Saying goodbye and good riddance to a few things

  

  ’ve been spoiled by the vast array of options available to me in California and by the home cooking that I’ve come to miss exponentially so, but for ... the thought that by being forced to write or fail, we would inevitably

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • June 2, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  i dropped os 🎉 i'm a hass boi this semester

  

  'd done perhaps 70% of the lab at this point, but due to the way this lab ... note="well, switch it to listener, which is functionally the same ... last thursday night was pretty stressful, trying to finish the

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 18, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Career Fair Thoughts In which I didn't try to acquire 50 different company shirts

  

  throughout the Z-Center. This year, I didn't succumb to the frenzy of: This is mostly because I've given away far too many company shirts to ... tried to approach the career fair with hesitant optimism and figuring out

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 21, 2014
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Comfort and College Scared of applying to colleges far from home? Then read this!

  

  and familiar, but college is a chance to pave your own way and make your ... I knew my way around. Why rock the boat? Needless to say, I have been ... ’s become familiar and comfortable. The point is: take a chance to forget the

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • November 21, 2011
• Blog / Advice

  a small moment in time on failing...*very long sigh*

  

  sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain. Is not the cup ... ? And is not the lute that soothes your spirit, the very wood that was ... times the end result is totally out of your hands and you don’t figure

  • by kellen manning
  • October 20, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  living having the time of my life

  

  to me like being parented by upperclassmen. The freshmen here don’t get hazed because everyone understands how rough it is to get thrown in this ... like cat piss, but either way you’re getting a balanced meal. [caption

  • by Anika H. '26
  • May 10, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Images of Rush preparation

  

  Every year, the campus is engulfed by frenetic activity in the week ... the day by the music being blasted to entertain the working residents. ... , back to the point of this entry. Every year on 5th East, we repaint Black

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 25, 2005