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• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Passing along some e-mails, and my responses to them.

  

  adversely affect your chance of getting in; don't worry about it. A ... at really getting to know somebody. And you're right that there isn't a ... , but people have been telling me that in order to get in you MUST take

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livin’ la Vida Española (Pt. 1) De Madrid, ¡saludos!

  

  student in the program is required to write 3 short entries for the blog ... how many students from Spain apply to MIT each year, but just in case ... on at MIT): 6. I'm in Europe because of 21F.782, which is a Spanish II

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels More on the evolution of the MIT class ring.

  

  lucrative ring contract: 90% of all students will purchase the ring in a ... design a ring to be used as the Standard Technology Ring. The committee ... a beaver? Another interesting story. In 1914, Lester Gardner of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  3 Lessons Learned While Hiking and what they'll teach me here

  

  , and necessary, to get away for short breaks. But four months is a long ... been in a position to take the semester off, to have supportive family ... longer aspire to drive a Porsche Carrera or live in a multimillion dollar

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • July 26, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Flashback 1.0 What was I like as freshman? Wouldn't you like to know.

  

  request a transfer to EC? I even trudged across Mass Ave in a torrential ... told me in so many words, "You're a big kid now. You know if you can ... short, and they've gotten a lot longer over time. In any case, this still

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Waitlist, 2009 Within the next few days, we plan to make waitlist offers to complete the Class…

  

  school, but it is a standard practice to consider accepting a waitlist ... waitlist that we will not be able to offer them admission. We offered a spot on the waitlist to 454 people, in the possibility that we needed to go

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 13, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist News Within the next week, we plan to admit approximately 35 students from the waitlist.

  

  school, but it is a standard practice to consider accepting a waitlist ... waitlist that we will not be able to offer them admission. We offered a spot on the waitlist to 739 people, in the possibility that we needed to go

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW: Tips and Tricks Hitchhikers Guide to Campus Preview Weekend

  

  Here are a few tips to making the best of your CPW experience. Rule ... . So keep the cash in your wallet for your MIT sweatshirt. Rule #2: If ... part of CPW for me was talking to other prefrosh getting to know the

  • by Bryan
  • April 10, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  To the 2024s: Wishing You the Most don't be scared of growth

  

  be. We recognize your unique place in our collective transition to ... how to handle fucking up in a more real-world sense than I ever could ... you try to find your place at MIT. It's normal for it to take a while

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • September 1, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Holidays with the Huangs a nondenominational celebration of capitalism and duck

  

  meaning to get around to. Here's one to try if you have a DSLR. If you don ... refuse to wear anything else.) I've slowly been getting myself back to good ... holiday lights, a chandelier, or even streetlights. Create Your Own Bokeh

  • by Connie H. '15
  • December 26, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  can’t stop smiling a time capsule for freshman fall

  

  I started writing a blog about freshman fall four months ago, in ... ate a breakfast of cheese & crackers. I walked to my first class of ... entrance to Baker. I couldn’t stop smiling as I waited in line for food. I

  • by Allison E. '27
  • February 12, 2024
• Blog / MISTI

  visual depictions of my summer i've been a busy, busy bee.

  

  halfway around the world to start my internship, and was housed at a really ... Gardens in Bangalore was used to host flower shows in the 19th century ... -up;   We got up at 3 am to get to Nandi Hills for this view-- And this

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • September 3, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Happy Cinco De Mayo!!! Admissions counselors make the sexiest models. Oh, and a probability question.

  

  -shirts, which were made by the good folks in LUChA. Awesome. Math question: if ... gets two reads, what is the probability that both of them read your ... Salvador read a given application before Amy? First person to answer

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Southern California Fires Our thoughts go out to those affected by the wildfires.

  

  with your individual circumstances, whatever they may be. Get in touch ... . I was happy to be able to help out. Now, as I watch from a hotel in ... , or even months, before things get back to normal. Please know that for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  dance dance dance! a weekend of trying to try everything

  

  that I missed dancing contemporary a lot! I love getting to be dramatic ... hey! PNR exists for a reason, and now seems like the best time to try ... I love to dance. I’m a Minecraft parrot—put any kind of music near me

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 17, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Days Without a Laptop… i need laptop-rehab

  

  + humanities major in a school full of engineers, so I never had to sit down in a ... pine (to check email), zephyr (to IM, once in a blue moon), tellme combo ... , it's a great program, apply to it!!!!) But in all seriousness, I

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 22, 2010
• Blog / Events

  The end, my friend Pictures from my graduation :(

  

  to get good seats, but we just waltzed right in. A view from my seat ... a well-organized system where we reported to a station in order to be ... about to fight with a tiger (though sometimes getting through MIT felt

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 7, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A for EA Deferred and Regular Action students your last minute questions

  

  only need to send in your February Updates and Notes report, which will ... deferred because your application was already strong enough to make you a ... resting up in preparation for all of your RA applications! We will be back

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 20, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt 2006 announced

  

  exciting activities. In short, the Hunt is a weekend long competition at MIT ... us. If your team wants to reserve a room (or more) through the official ... ultimate goal of finding a coin hidden somewhere on campus. For a more in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  how to become a morning person a matter of willpower

  

  steps. Get up. Grab a change of clothes. Wait for the shower to ... shower. Wait for it to warm up. Get in the shower. Shower. Get out ... awake in the mornings is so nice. My routine is to wash my face, eat a cup

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 12, 2020