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• Blog / Admissions

  Where’s My Stuff? Updates from the MyMIT Application Tracking System.

  

  last question first. No, you're not in trouble if your materials haven ... agencies. These will be directly uploaded into your file in plenty of time to ... so that they can be filed into your admissions folder. We have 15

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 10, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask Yourself Can you really LTFP?

  

  your dorm/FSILG make you feel at home? While these are all extremely ... study that's not even vaguely within your interests? I don't think it is ... . Ask yourself questions -- enough to make yourself see your own personal

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • November 2, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 2 The next installment of my saga...

  

  one piece of your folder that will cause us to admit or not admit you ... individual, and as a citizen of your world. You don’t make up for one part of ... your answer, the more fun the interview will be. They won’t ask you about

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 30, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Snow(y) Day The kind of day when tea or cocoa helps in reading applications.

  

  (bring your own mug and spoons, we provide the rest) for a few minutes ... accomplished, and by all that you aspire to do as your lives progress. For all of the problems that exist in American and global education, reading your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 3, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  An Atypical Saturday That followed an atypical week.

  

  certainly an unusual place. Case in point: no one really asks how your day is; they ask how your week is. That's because most MIT students take this ... be weeks where you feel like you're not good enough. Just remember to

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • September 30, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  50 (First) Dates You and your significant other -- where to meet on campus, where to go out,…

  

  -- spots on campus 18.03 recitation (but don't date your TA until after ... with MIT ID? Music practice rooms -- serenade your special someone in a ... turkey & havarti sandwich just might change your life Middle East

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 29, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Gravity Rides Everything We are gathered here today to allude to rapidly accelerating bouncy balls and The Moon…

  

  says sleep isn't on your list of things you did over CPW either. Am I ... your parents what to expect over the next year. (She's visiting for a ... having a life will apply wherever you go to school next year - but you're

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 17, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  A blog post about blog posts Superstar blogger emeritus Mollie gives us some of her favorite entries [now its own post!].

  

  board recently; it is such a good start to answering your question that I'm reposting it here: So as you're probably aware, MIT has a dedicated group of ... 've compiled a list of blog entries that may be particularly helpful as you're

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 9, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  I am Treasured :) Graduate school visit #1 (Updated)

  

  ," ... At the end of the meal, the waitress asks us, "What is your gift to ... the people are. Now to reconnect this to you and your college ... are a few things to think about as you visit colleges before making your

  • by Bryan
  • March 6, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Deprotonated I see the way you're split into your ions and you're fully dissociated.

  

  than having your feet cut off, but I really enjoy it thus far. We have ... . Monica requests: i was wondering if your parents were really strict on ... tell you how to raise your kids, parents, Korean or not. I'm here to tell

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 22, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Reischauer Scholars Program For those interested in Japan or international relations.

  

  Don't you hate it when your computer freezes and you lose a huge entry including the secrets of how to live your life, get into MIT and ... week's topic in a virtual conference (you're literally talking to about

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Who’s that new kid? ANOTHER one?? Are you KIDDING me?! She doesn't even fit on the page!

  

  to turn on the computer, change the height of your mom's office chair*, or tie your shoes. So every time one of the aforementioned tasks has to ... waffles of your life. I am a writer, a reader, an artist, a dreamer, a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Greetings from Switzerland

  

  ! YOU DON'T ACTUALLY CHOOSE YOUR PERMANENT LIVING GROUP UNTIL ORIENTATION! YOUR SUMMER ASSIGMENT IS SO THAT YOU HAVE A PLACE TO STAY UNTIL YOU ... ? *This statement is not true if your summer assignment is to a living group

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 23, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Toga, Toga, Toga On being in a fraternity (info for parents too)

  

  "You're joining a fraternity? What?!?!?!?" I think this is what a ... much top secret). - You can't live in your fraternity during your ... all of you 2010s on your way to MIT, stay openminded about not just

  • by Bryan
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Back From Vacation Tales of swing sets and answers to the various questions in my inbox.

  

  experienced bloggers, and therefore your current blog (i.e. your "portfolio") is ... frequency of your content (and how long you've been keeping your blog) will all affect your chances of being chosen. In other words - if you don

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  September Questions Omnibus 2 Questions Omnibus is the place to come for "official" answers!

  

  journey. We do our best to make it worth your while, including staying after ... extra recommendation from your boss would be great. That's exactly the ... seeing your application! Rushil wrote, "I am an international applicant

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 23, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Things to do before you graduate

  

  on it are rather boring ("Get your picture taken with Tim the Beaver"), touristy ("Have your parents take you to the North End"), or non ... 's apartment/house 20. Create a mailing list 21. Name your own Athena box 22

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  More on deferrals

  

  ." Your application will once again be considered by the committee during ... report. You can download one off of the website if you need one. Your ... report as soon as possible after your grades are available; by the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 15, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  BoA & Restricting

  

  will come up with the mad cash after you're admitted. Check them both out ... length of your essay. We do not have an auto-word-counter for the online application. Also, I am not going to count the words in your essay. I have never

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2004
• Blog / Athletics

  7 / Pressure is a privilege Training for my last hurrah, the US Championships

  

  freedom, skating fast, jumping high, spinning faster. On my own, I played

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 15, 2019