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• FAQ / Transfer

  Can I apply if I’ve completed more than 2.5 years of college?

  Students who at the time of entry to MIT will have completed more ... part-time, calculate your full-time term equivalency to estimate your eligibility. Eligibility will be assessed by the Admissions Committee in the
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Admitted Early

  

  hope you feel like you’re on top of the world, and we’ll have some ... YOU! GOT! IN! Come hang out with us in the comments, you all star ... made it, that mean I made it Everything I had was for the team, I

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Why no blogs!? I'm busy, ok?

  

  Why no entries lately? Because MIT's Freshman Orientation is in full swing and everybody on campus is crazy busy. With what? Stuff like the East vs. West Water War from yesterday. Photos courtesy of our ever

  • by Snively '11
  • August 25, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Learn from my Mistake Aesop's Fables forgot one.

  

  Rule #1: Write legibly. Background: I wrote on a pad of paper that I scheduled my GREs for October 27, or that's what I read. Turns out my 27 actually was a 21. That was my rockstar move for the day. See you Saturday!

  • by Bryan
  • October 18, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Love Math Snakes on a plane!

  

  Yes, I will be watching this at 10 pm Thursday night. This might be the end of Samuel Jackson's career, and I might as well be there for it. And stay tuned for an entry about my 21st birthday on Friday.

  • by Bryan
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy New Year! from post-blizzard New Jersey.

  

  , basking entirely in food and sleep. A few days after I got home, the “Snowpocalypse of (dec.) 2010" hit. New Jersey was smack dab in the middle of it. Where I live, we got 2 feet of snow overnight. The blizzard crippled

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 31, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Guessing game results MIT's student newspaper publishes the number of freshman applications.

  

  Today, MIT's student newspaper, The Tech, published a story with our ... last year's 11,373 applications. So, the results of the guessing game ... ,000 applications. The mean of all guesses was 12,323 (not bad!) and the median was 12

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 6, 2007
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does my transcript count as official?

  entity. Our Transcripts page has information on how to have your counselor submit your transcript to us. Please note: If you send us a copy of your ... school representative to fulfill our requirements for an official
• Blog / About Decisions

  Distractions Don't stress out!

  

  video game nerds. Order of the Stick D&D comes to life, basically ... ." Reading Not Stressing About MIT! Best of luck to all of you. As the ... could take your mind off of things for a while? Just in time, the blogs

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 15, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Your college application motivational soundtrack for January patience, young grasshoppers

  

  become a blogger, of course"]ever again[/annotation]! But, now comes the waiting. And we know - it's a ton of waiting. So to make the waiting ... College apps are done! You did it! You'll probably never have to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 10, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Happy Pi Day! 3.1415926535...

  

  Just a little humor to keep us all smiling. HAPPY PI DAY (the ... Pi We know that Pi's a tasty treat. (to the tune of "Oh Christmas Tree ... you want to impress your friends. Oh Number Pi Oh, number Pi Oh

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

  Admissions Videos Over the Years The 90s were, uh, different

  

  I was going through some of the Admissions archives last week and ... silent film that was almost an hour long! An HOUR! What was it even like to ... fun to see their evolution in one montage of clips:   What video

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 14, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hello, Layover I'm stuck in an airport. Ask me things.

  

  the last six hours, and have another eight to go. But this isn't about ... salad, and I'm rarin' to go. (Have you ever noticed how sometimes the ... To take a leaf out of Sam's book: DID YOU KNOW? Charlotte

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 25, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  5th of November, Remembered Bonfire Night celebrations in Cambridge.

  

  Just finished reading Paul's entry about the Guy Fawkes hacks at MIT and feel obligated to write about 5th of November/Guy Fawkes/Bonfire Night over here at the other Cambridge. I actually saw V for Vendetta

  • by Cambridge
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Reading Some final notes before decisions are posted.

  

  , due to an increased yield (the percentage of admitted students who ... : Bryan Nance A Post For Parents and It's All About the Process, Bryan Don ... Imagination, Laura The Moment of Truth And a few numbers: we received a record

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2006
• Blog / Events

  I saw fireworks from the freeway… Happy 4th!

  

  (Name that tune) Clearly today is July 4th, and thus the festivities ... really sounds like an oxymoron to me, but hey, don't knock it til you try ... the Baker BBQ Pits and then watching the show from the amazing roofdeck

  • by Bryan
  • July 4, 2006
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  , which unfortunately means that we had to turn down a large number of ... open forum for you to talk and shake it off together. We understand ... civilly and with the best of intentions, as that is the spirit of our

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

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  , which unfortunately means that we had to turn down a large number of ... open forum for you to talk and shake it off together. We understand ... civilly and with the best of intentions, as that is the spirit of our

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  , which unfortunately means that we had to turn down a large number of ... open forum for you to talk and shake it off together. We understand ... civilly and with the best of intentions, as that is the spirit of our

  • by Decisions
  • December 13, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Vicious Cycle Why MIT may not be for everyone and IHTFP

  

  EDIT: I encourage everyone who connects with this comic even a little bit to read some of the discussion in the comments; it's an outpouring ... lot more things to consider than I addressed in these few panels.

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • May 16, 2014