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• Blog / Admissions

  In the South for prospective students; in the mail for incoming students Travel & email.

  

  School Report. This report tells the Admissions Office your final ... Report from MIT Medical. Instructions for obtaining your MIT computing (Athena/Kerberos) account, including your email address (!). The last item

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Then and Now The two are remarkably similar.

  

  way back in early September (yeah, remember that?) Imagine you're working on your first 18.02 pset. Okay, say you're me, and you're working on your first 18.02 pset. And by "working," I mean "staring blankly at

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / How to MIT

  Buying books You shouldn't have to spend all your money on textbooks!

  

  ! That's CRAZY! If you're going to be taking the General Institute ... to sell books. Ask around your dorm, spam the email lists, and you ... bookstores in Kendall Square. The Coop is guaranteed to have your textbook and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 14, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  available in the application portal. To check your decision, login to the portal and visit your Application Status page. There, you will be able to see your decision by clicking View Update. There are no interim screens

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 17, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Admitted Early

  

  YOU! GOT! IN! Come hang out with us in the comments, you all star! And—more importantly—celebrate with your community and dear ones. We hope you feel like you’re on top of the world, and we’ll have some

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2024
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if I’m having a hard time completing the recommendation requirement?

  compellingly on your behalf, whether or not they have taught you the most ... curriculum. You should do your best and use your judgment in asking for letters ... so. We understand that unexpected circumstances arise and your
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tips for applying to UROPs

  

  you’re looking for. You don’t have to be “good enough” to do a UROP ... you're interested in anyway, even if you're worried that you're not ... or not unless you try. Prepping before you reach out Get your resume

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 30, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  If your decision was deferred, then we will reconsider your application anew and without prejudice in Regular Action. Many MIT students were initially deferred; you can read some of their experiences here, here, and

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2022
• FAQ / First-year application

  How can I explain the context of my grades/scores, and/or provide additional information?

  On the application, there are designated spaces to provide additional context on how the pandemic or other circumstances may have disrupted your ... would be helpful for us to know about your circumstances, you are welcome
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to Make a (Short) Movie in 15 Days give or take

  

  . Conceptualizing FIRST THINGS FIRST, YOU NEED TO HAVE AN IDEA. 1. Create your ... it feels more official. 3. Draw your storyboards. Get an idea of what you want your scenes to look like, from the location, angles, and

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 24, 2019
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Saturday, 12/14/19, at 12:14 PM ET

  

  .  To check your decision on the 14th, visit decisions.mit.edu and log in with your MyMIT username and password. In order to verify that you will ... to log in with your MyMIT username and password. I recommend you do

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 5, 2019
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  As you know, we had a very competitive applicant pool in Early Action, and unfortunately we could not accept all of them. If your decision was deferred, then we will reconsider your application anew in Regular Action

  • by Decisions
  • December 14, 2017
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  As you know, we had a very competitive applicant pool in Early Action, and unfortunately we could not accept all of them. If your decision was deferred, then we will reconsider your application anew in Regular Action

  • by Decisions
  • December 15, 2016
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  As you know, we had a very competitive applicant pool in Early Action, and unfortunately we could not accept all of them. If your decision was deferred, then we will reconsider your application anew in Regular Action

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear Prospective 2020s Passing on advice that good people have given me

  

  important thing: You're going to be okay. It may not feel like it right now, if you're a bundle of nerves and it feels like your future is riding on this EA decision. It may not feel like it if you get in, and you're not

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Forget These I forgot to bring them when I first came to MIT.

  

  . So when you're cutting down on the things you're bringing, make sure to ... that reminds you of home. Your dorm is your new home for the next eight months. So make it like your home. Declare it your second home, a treehouse

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 19, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Preparing for Pi Day MIT decisions come out this Friday: what to do between now and then...

  

  ...don't freak out. 1. Prepare Your Wifi I applied early to MIT ... !"). If you're always nervously unpatient about these sorts of things, like ... own. You might want to wait until nighttime and open your letter under

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 10, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  The Swim Test Saga Four laps (and zero displacement) closer to graduation

  

  You're a first-semester senior and this is what Section 2 of your ... the vast majority of your peers passed the swim test as fresh ... plausible, not because you didn't know how to swim but because your ankle was

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 22, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Early Action: Decisions Now Available An announcement.

  

  using the same username and password that you use to log into your My ... to receive your decision online before logging in to decisions

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Get It Done Keep On Keeping "On"

  

  hope you're enjoying it. The long weekend, that is (or normal ... time to relax, to enjoy your dwindling time with high school friends, to ... or whatever it is that you do. If you're busy doing things that you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 10, 2010