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  Why I Took A Gap Year some things you just can't predict

  

  cat, I ran quickly to the office and seconds later, was tearing off DHL ... shaky it took two tries to get the password right. And text suddenly ... important difference in the way I was attached to UW-Madison and the way I had

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • March 12, 2014

• Student life at MIT

  likely get 4,500 unique answers from each of our undergrads as to what a “day in the life of an MIT student” looks like for them—and that's part ... (and often do) speak at length about our students, but why not get to
• Discover / About MIT

  Basic facts

  relevance to the practical world and transforming society for the better. To that end, we seek the best possible community of scholars (and humans) who will contribute to MIT and the world.[/intro] These basic facts are
• Apply / Understanding the process

  Our mission

  Our work at MIT Admissions is both bound and inspired by MIT's longstanding commitment to the public interest, a theory we put into practice ... enroll add to a vibrant campus community and will become the leaders and
• Discover / The MIT education

  Undergraduate research

   credit. How to UROP You may apply for advertised UROP positions or propose your ... you that maybe get your feet under you first. First-year UROPs are often ... [intro]One of the earliest programs of its kind in the United States
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  Via mail

  find our mailing address below. We'll get back to you much faster via email. Plus it is green and doesn't kill trees! 🌲🌳🌴 ... sent online via the application itself. If you must mail application
• Blog / About Decisions

  25 Stories of Getting Accepted to MIT told by students and alums

  

  minutes before I could get the page to load. Oh yeah, my mother screamed. I ... a lot of fun. In the car on the way home I pulled out my phone to ... about a minute to get the words together to tell them the good news. My

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 21, 2018
• Apply / First-year applicants

  First-year eligibility

  The first-year application is intended for students who have ... they have [annotation note="Exceptions may be granted to students in the ... pursuing a different field of study from the bachelor’s degree you hold. By
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  The Thong I Should Be Wearing [UPDATE] Sexy sexy undies.

  

  the leaderboard earlier. This is right at the onset of MIT's attempt to ... , by the way, if you aren't at MIT, you can still vote for us, so head ... in the comic strip, Alex, had to decide which college to go to. She was

  • by Snively '11
  • November 1, 2008
• Discover / Life and culture

  Hacks, tomfoolery & pranks

  experience the hack.[/intro] At MIT, hacking refers to more than breaking into ... force is the last resort of the incompetent. Never hack alone. Above ... [intro]At MIT, "hacks" are performed by students who safely and
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  Via phone

  Our phone number is 1.617.253.3400. That's it. That's the number you'd call, and we'll pick up as long as it's between 9AM and 4PM ET, Monday through Friday. This probably didn't need to be its own page, but now that
• Apply / Understanding the process

  Admissions statistics

  beyond the stats already contributed to the MIT's standard Common Data Set. Holistic admissions It is important to understand that these numbers do not ... included in the tables below, despite their centrality to our process. The
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to decide which classes to take amazing classes and how to pick them

  

  best way to know if you'll like a class is to take it. "Shopping" is the ... in the first semester is good. First, you're in P/NR; second, you get a ... , but look into classes that aren't on this list too. The best way to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 22, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Praise Of Holistic Admissions not an admissions machine

  

  office, is emphatically not to admit the "best students" to MIT, but rather ... Booker T. Washington wrote: "Success is to be measured not so much by the ... trying to succeed."  The idea is best understood with a metaphor drawn

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2011
• Discover / Learn more

  Admissions videos

  by faculty of the need to work ethically in the production of science ... the country to be shown at meetings for prospective students for a ... , from music groups to hobby clubs, the traditional Field Day competitions
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Life is Improv say yes

  

  the core principle is correct. When you get to college - or, for the class of 2011, when you get to the rest of your life - there will be so ... you're a member of the class of 2011 or 2015, your life is about to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 3, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to Make Money at MIT for all of us who don't know how to make a startup :(

  

  because there's not a lot to learn? You know you're way around, so the hard ... universities might continue to work off-campus jobs, this is very much not the culture at MIT. Considering that the workload here is commonly referred to

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 4, 2025
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [joint post] we visited every station on the MBTA and the Logan Airport Rental Car Center

  

  least, the train came pretty quickly, and then we were on our way! CJ ... onto the Mattapan High-Speed Trolley, which gets credit for going to ... : Mattapan, 0735. Along the way, we passed by a cemetery that I took pictures

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 29, 2020
• Discover / Learn more

  Other videos

  people. It's hard to narrow down thousands of videos, but here are a few of our favorite videos produced by other offices that highlight the humans ... , and Centers, the basic organizational entities that constitute MIT
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Staying sane and strong during a pandemic with help from some engineer friends

  

  to continuously register the [annotation note="Cartesian dualism is a ... room. However, there is a narrow, uneven, paved parking spot next to the ... ambition. I began by Googling homemade power racks and quickly discerned that

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 22, 2020