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• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Update Stories from the parties today; more stories, and questions answered, tomorrow.

  

  's Admitted Students Parties. Tomorrow, I hope to answer questions. So, in the ... question! First up is Fangfei, who went to the Long Island Party: MIT has ... color and appeal of MIT got through to me. We, the admitted students

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Room Tour 2017 edition

  

  , into the wider world. Intriguing, eh? We're all beyond excited to meet ... 2021s, can't wait to meet y'all this week! To give you guys a sneak peek of what is to come, I (finally!) got around to learning how to film

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 6, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  Beat It, Bump It, Spike It MIT + NCAA: Two acronyms people don't normally expect in the same sentence.

  

  I always wondered what it would be like to go to one of those really hardcore sports universities, then I had the chance to get it at MIT. Last ... to advance to the semifinal of the NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball

  • by Bryan
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Decisions Are Not In The Mail Bad language on MyMIT.

  

  Hi folks, I see in the comments from my last entry that MyMIT is telling people that decisions have been mailed. I've asked the tech folks to ... from finalizing any decisions, let alone mailing them. Looks like the

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  What do you want to know? Tell me something.

  

  interest to you. So if you don't mind, post some topics you'd like to hear about and I'll try my best to write about them over the next few entries. ... I could say a million things about MIT and what it's like to be here

  • by Bryan
  • October 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Retreat, RETREAT!! A weekend vacation.

  

  miles in the snow to get away from MIT and plan for our upcoming semester. They often say that "getting there is half the fun" and I would tend to ... to this place. 2. I'd never driven in the snow. 3. It was dark. Thank

  • by Bryan
  • February 8, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Happy Thanksgiving Gobble gobble!

  

  (From 6.00 lecture on Tuesday - clearly, my mind was on the lecture...) Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Hope you all are enjoying the holiday weekend - spend some good, relaxing time with your family and friends

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 25, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.009 Recap: wearables, games, and other SUPER products

  

  . You can watch the full video here:     If you would like to ... timestamp links to skip ahead to that point in the video: Silver team: fire ... : Rhino, a device for masons to help speed up, and clean up, the repair of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 19, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  The Latest Updates Updates about MyMIT and the EA interview deadline.

  

  Counselors (ECs). The deadline to contact your EC is now this Monday, October ... , I encourage you not to wait until the last minute to finish and submit ... your application in advance of the deadline. Now is also a good time to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  first week madness memes does anyone relate? lol

  

  [annotation note="The reason we have to take an entrance exam is because we do not have the prerequisite, which is understandable, but alas :^("]note[/annotation][annotation note="These memes were brought to you by us

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 8, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  Red Sox *wwooooossshhhh!*

  

  to offer: front row seats to fly-overs. [Update] Yeah, I think there has to be a game, because I just heard the last little bit of the ... Hey, did a Red Sox game just start? The dorm just shook and it

  • by Snively '11
  • April 7, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Please Stop You're hurting the wrong people.

  

  To the person who keeps posting hurtful things to my blog and to Matt's, pretending to be "YJ" and others, please stop. It's one thing to mess with me ... - they've done nothing to you. Thanks.

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Stress

  

  's own Dean of Admissions, Marilee Jones) Speaking of parents: to the ... Two pieces that stressed out parents and students may want to check out... Boston Globe article: College applications add to holiday stress

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 16, 2004
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I take a gap year?

  We encourage students to take a gap year to explore and grow. Every year we have a number of students apply to MIT after a gap year and more students who request a gap year after being admitted to MIT. Taking a gap
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Lost in other people’s stories My brand of escapism

  

  school, but I never really started thinking about the habit until coming to MIT. Why do I listen to so many audiobooks? I think part of the reason ... else’s head. You get to experience what they experience–the fear during a

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 28, 2025
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What’s the MIT motto?

  MIT's motto, mens et manus, translates from Latin to mind and hand. This motto reflects the educational ideals of MIT's founders who were promoting, above all, education for practical application.
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m the new 8.012 tutor! blah blah blah

  

  Come to my "office hours"! LOL  

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 14, 2008
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Admitted

  

  YOU GOT IN! Feel free to drop a note yelling in the comments below, but also, and more importantly, to go celebrate and be happy with your loved ones.

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2021
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Admitted

  

  YOU GOT IN! Feel free to drop a note yelling in the comments below, but also, and more importantly, to go celebrate with your loved ones.

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2020
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Deferred A forum

  

  We'll have some advice and instructions for Deferred students shortly. In the meantime, please feel free to use this forum to chat.

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2009