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Blog / Summer
feelings from the summer I wish I could describe more accurately partially inspired by ducks, newburyport
to the singer, which is somehow impossible despite your best efforts ... different things on your research and having none of them work a surprisingly ... know, not fun unless you're into that kind of thing; an increasing sense -
Blog / Admissions
November Questions Omnibus 1 As usual, Q & A.
-US grading systems. In fact, your system (O/A Levels) is probably the grading ... HST, and they seem to think it's great. As for your second question, yes, it would be okay for you to submit your alternate response as an -
Blog / Challenges
I am lethally bored in the airport boooooo
can actually be too early to check your bags (boo) Sit at the entrance ... hit 12:50 so you can check your bags for your 6:50 flight Play Tetris while waiting Get mad you're not that good at Tetris Check to see if -
Blog / How to Human
Surviving Self-Quarantine 101 tldr; memes (haha jk...unless)
....chances are that you're bored out of your mind. you probably miss your friends a ... drop your own techniques in the comments :) Reading oh man, i ... you're diligent and able to prioritize it over hanging out with your -
Blog / Announcements
Our 2019-20 Application Essay Questions
your community, whether in your family, the classroom, your neighborhood ... , your family, clubs, school, community, city, or town. How has that world shaped your dreams and aspirations? (200-250 words) Tell us about the -
Blog / Admissions
Our 2018-19 Application Essay Questions
way in which you have contributed to your community, whether in your family, the classroom, your neighborhood, etc. (200-250 words) Describe the world you come from; for example, your family, clubs, school -
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Fall 2018 Transfer Decisions Are Now Live may the 4th be with you
applicants who applied for entry during Fall 2018. You may access your decision at apply.mitadmissions.org—the same site where you submitted your ... your application account. Our transfer admissions process was quite -
Blog / About Decisions
Next Steps for EA Deferred what to do next
us your midyear grades and anything new that has happened or will ... to your application. You may not rewrite your essays, redo your interview, redo your entire application...anything like that. We deferred you -
Blog / About Decisions
Next Steps For the Deferred what to do next
and Notes form. You'll use the FUN form to tell us your midyear grades ... recipient and we'll add them to your application. You may not rewrite your essays, redo your interview, redo your entire application...anything like -
Blog / Admissions
9 things I wish I had known before freshman year lessons from an almost-sophomore (see: law of conservation of freshmen)
-year-old Michael tell 18-year-old Michael? Do your psets, and stop ... …" Those percents add up - not just in the homework component of your grade ... ways of thinking. Your desire to skip classes increases exponentially -
Blog / Admissions
MIT Regular Action Deadline
looks like the site is back up again! Thanks again for your patience ... news from our friends in IS&T. In the meantime, thanks for your patience, and check out this post for some answers to your frequently asked -
Blog / Events
Curiosity, Part 2 How your laptop screen works
false. Believe at your own risk. The Question: A couple of weeks ago ... color. *If you're not familiar with this color opponency thing, an ... say that red "inverted" to become cyan. How your visual system -
Blog / Admissions
So How Does It Feel? Now all you have to do is wait.
your EA apps: what thoughts are racing through your minds? Do you feel exactly as I did? Let me know Just below Because that's where Your comments -
Blog / MIT Life
You should live in EAsT camPUS A few of the basic things to know.
can look down the entire length of your hall and see EVERYTHING.. 7 ... maintained, and you can even knock first if you're so inclined. 8. You can leave your mark. With pens, markers, paint and such. -
Blog / Admissions
HS Juniors/Sophomores: Upcoming MIT Events MIT will have events with Yale and Brown Universities in Southern California and the Mid-Atlantic…
brownmityale.org. In addition, we will also host breakfast meetings for your guidance counselors. We're excited to have these conversations with your ... /dates TBA), so if we're not in your area now, hopefully we'll be nearby in -
Blog / Admissions
Admissions updates ...including the state of the mail and EA application tracking.
. Please do not harass your teachers or counselors if you don't yet see a ... -Year Grade Report until January, unless you're on a trimester system. I don ... updates The deadline to schedule your interview if you are applying for -
Blog / Admissions
Does MIT Offer Application Fee Waivers? In a word, yes. Click through for the extended answer.
your application. The application fee also discourages those students who ... request a fee waiver? Your decision to request a fee waiver is not unlike ... plagiarize your essay, we expect that you will not misrepresent your ability to -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Everybody LOVES a math joke Math jokes for a Monday chuckle!
Judging by the facebook group "I Wish I Were Your Derivative So I Could Lie Tangent To Your Curves!" with 42,000 members, everybody loves a ... mathematician concluded." If you're interested, check out this article in the -
Blog / Academics & Research
Passing Out ...of classes. Or in class. We'll see.
when you were in kindergarten, and the first day of class your mother came with you and held your hand? Eventually she left, like when she ... your security blanket there. So I became a legal adult a few months ago