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• Blog / About Decisions

  Transfer Admissions Released Next Wednesday, 12/21

  

  I wanted to post a quick update for our transfer applicants. We will be releasing decisions for transfer students next Wednesday, 12/21. Emily Sheldon, who coordinates transfer admissions for our office, will be

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 15, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Long Road to Happiness Stuff no one likes to talk about...

  

  sophomore fall, and not really had the courage to do it or the time to think ... the difficulty of adjusting to MIT called How to Fail. Since then, I ... not true) and I just don’t even really remember what it feels like to be

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 22, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions advice from someone who’s been there

  

  education the most, and will bring the most benefit to the MIT community ... and the Internet. One of the things I was doing to fill the time was ... , which is why I'm going to reprint my first-ever College Confidential post

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 17, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Really Just Cannot Write Anymore of My Thesis I wish I can bang out essays like blog entries.

  

  Harvard, or why you should not go to Caltech. The simple answer is just that ... phenomenons, to defend their rationale and explanations. You will not be asked ... will). I am not going to pretend that there are not going to be those who

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 23, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to date at an American college Things we never talk about

  

  , on the blogs. I am not used to being open about this kind of ... will be able to find one. While the other things I've written may seem ... this is the only person that will be interested in you. That is not true

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 21, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Does MIT Offer Application Fee Waivers? In a word, yes. Click through for the extended answer.

  

  have no real interest in MIT from applying (the ones who do not wish to ... request a fee waiver? Your decision to request a fee waiver is not unlike ... held to the highest of ethical standards. Just as we expect you to not

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pre-Med @ MIT The title says it all.

  

  I thought it'd be worth it to add my own thoughts into the mix ... program (where I wouldn't have to take the MCAT and would be guaranteed a ... was the right place for me to be pre-med...despite the fact that I would

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 28, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  here comes a thought on decisions

  

  will usually be four years. you have so much to do afterwards. regardless of what your decision may be, you have not failed nor succeeded in life ... second. and we, the bloggers, will be here with you, talking with you, and

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 13, 2019
• FAQ / Transfer

  How much does the transfer application cost?

  The transfer application costs $75. Fee waivers are available for all applicants, domestic and international. You can request one in the Fee Waiver Request section of the application. MIT offers need
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Penny for Your Thoughts pennies

  

  , someone else will be failing at the same task. Every time you fail, someone ... , and you took enough joy in learning and struggling to be willing to go ... ending--it's the beginning of a path you might not have meant to take at

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Mark Zuckerberg Visits MIT NBD.

  

  repercussions to the way Facebook has handled their privacy policies, yet he ... this technology is going to go in the future? Alls I know is, being at ... pass through the 'tute - Obama, Bill Gates, will.i.am, and Lady Gaga

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 14, 2011
• Blog / Advice

  Words of Advice for the Incoming Class you did it! now what?

  

  be kind to yourself and others. MIT is probably going to be one of the ... take the time to be kind to yourself in these times and as you prepare for MIT. It will be hard. You will fail, you will struggle, you may run

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Fake it ‘til you make it It worked for me!

  

  usually no.) This is not the story you were expecting to hear, was it? I ... MIT utterly failed to prepare me for the real world.  I wish there had ... that I was a fraud; that I was not remotely good enough at my job to be

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  22 Tales from tEp strange sights and stranger delights

  

  "]fall,[/annotation] MIT FSILGs will not be able to do traditional ... to the bottom for my concerns about how COVID-19 will affect FSILGs and ... twelve, because there was no space – not because the supports would fail

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 31, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  My Product Design Internship in Austin how to build things: both externally and internally

  

  will be able to handle this much force on it. Go back to your ... the springs: you’re gonna be starving. Good thing Austin knows how to ... enough that I have to hype myself up to jump in. The initial plunge is an

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • July 26, 2024
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I request a fee waiver?

  requesting a fee waiver will not have any negative impact on your chances of ... international applicants, and you can request one in the Fee Waiver Request ... We understand that paying college application fees presents a
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “I am, and ever will be, a white socks, pocket protector, nerdy engineer…” wherein Neil Armstrong's legacy kicks off a year of Unified Engineering, and I reflect on…

  

  The quote, in full: "I am, and ever will be, a white socks, pocket ... see, to be quite honest, Course 16 is not designed like many other ... of specializing to the extent that I would only be able to do one thing

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 9, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Confusion, by the Numbers my high school experience, via a google doc and some python

  

  failures are gifts that will lead to successes down the road. [caption id ... MIT has brought its own set of failures. It's hard not to get hung up on ... and the process of making new friends. I hated being confused over

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • November 24, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  The College Essay: Yogurt Edition! You like froyo? I like froyo! ^___^V

  

  or may not be interested in what you have to say. With the college ... going to be different than the myriad of other competing essays? Too ... college essay. Many feel that there always needs to be a "moral to the story

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 11, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21 Firsts highlight reels from the last few years, as I prepare to say goodbye

  

  , scrubbed diligently, transferred to the rinse bucket, then pegged to a ... career I will have to the kind of place I will live. Ten years from now ... It’s been 3.5 years since I came to the United States from Nigeria

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 8, 2017