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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Poetry and Physics You don’t have to get theoretical physics to get Frank Wilczek.

  

  can do anything" or the world is open to you, and then be told that there are dues to be paid, you must accumulate a certain number and type of "tickets" to be able to do the thing you want to do, you have to

  • by Laurie Everett
  • January 24, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Deep Breaths Perhaps wisdom, perhaps not. See for yourself.

  

  / : -verb to calm down; to release oneself from inhibition, worry, tension ... as you right now. I'm about to submit the application to my top choice ... means as much as I'm afraid to press the submit button, in order to have

  • by Bryan
  • December 31, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Campus Visits… Bring Em’ On! This entry will focus on the dos and don'ts of a fall visit to a…

  

  earnest to think about where to apply for college. For some of you it means ... gracious to send you. I know that most of you will put it all in a big box glance at the material once, then place it all by the curb to be recycled

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 5, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds It's crunch time for college decisions.

  

  With 10 days to go until the May 1st postmark deadline for your college decision, I figure now is as good a time as any to the students who ... would you like to know about MIT? What are your lingering concerns? Etc.

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions & Coca-Cola Check-in Last-minute questions, and Coca-Cola Scholars check-in.

  

  With CPW less than a day away, I'd like to use the comments for this ... do this in Mollie's latest entry). Students who have to miss CPW for ... there get a chance to connect!).

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Spring Break! A little guessing game.

  

  At approximately 9.30 pm on Thursday night, Spring Break will begin. I leave for (blank) on Saturday. Anyone want to guess where I'm going ... I have to travel east from Boston to get there.

  • by Bryan
  • March 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Peace Out, 2005 Saying goodbye to a great year!

  

  2005 in Review Being in college manages to teach you a lot of life lessons. Some you would prefer not to learn, but in the long run, I'm sure I ... has managed to teach me in the past year. I ran for UA Vice President

  • by Bryan
  • December 31, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection notes A brief update from selection.

  

  deferred to regular action, and which students will be denied during this stage.In parallel, we are preparing to mail out decisions. All decisions ... . (including blogging, questions omnibus, replying to comments, et al.). I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Thanksgiving! Happy Thanksgiving!

  

  So I'm about to cook a turkey for the first time in my life, but before I foray out into the world of basting and boiling, I wanted to wish a Happy Thanksgiving to you all. And just remember had it been for

  • by Bryan
  • November 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  New Portlets? Just throwin' some ideas around.

  

  manage to sequester a few minutes of Quinton's schedule, you'll see them in ... making adjustments and enhancements to the application that generates MyMIT. His to-do list is a mile long.) Anyway, new portlets. Here are the

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 8, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Application Reading Season Kickoff We are indeed looking for human beings in every sense, not just looking for numbers.

  

  preparation for the meeting, we were all assigned the same three applications to ... was pleased to find that I wasn't too far off in any of my ratings and ... also pleased to find that everything we say about our admissions process

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 25, 2004
• FAQ / First-year application

  May I include supplementary materials with my application?

  Our admissions process is designed to be completed online. Creative ... , visual artists, and makers to submit supplemental materials. If you must mail materials to MIT, please use this address: Massachusetts Institute
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Is there an MIT Flying Club?

  -scale flying for the MIT community. Open to pilots and non-pilots, the club ... -ins to the MIT campus, organizes fly-outs to New England airports and
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Is there really a Game Lab?

  scholars, creators, and technologists to teach, conduct research, and develop ... is to explore, educate, and engage the public by creating groundbreaking games, interactive online courses, and new applications to real
• FAQ / International applicants

  What if my country has a different academic calendar?

  hemisphere. Students from these countries may apply to MIT before completing high school or wait until they graduate. We suggest students apply to university in their home country and begin studies while they wait to learn their
• FAQ / Interview

  How am I assigned an interviewer?

  an Educational Counselor (EC) available to conduct an interview. If an EC is available, they will reach out via email to schedule an interview ... frequently. Details about our interview process and what to expect are
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  swaddled long enough to tell you, as the title says, we will be releasing ... .  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

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 5, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Hello! I would like to schedule a meeting with Senator Markey.” Exciting spring break plans

  

  to present my research at AAS conferences, and membership turns out to provide valuable access to new opportunities. In this case, I realized that ... to know your group Schedule meetings with your senators and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 7, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Things You Won’t Have to Buy (or spend *that* much on) This one's especially for the incoming freshmen.

  

  There are some big things coming to a close as my summer begins to ... to get a little more bang for your MIT buck, based on things that I learned back when I was first on my way to MIT, as well as things that I

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 18, 2012
• Blog / Classes

  18.S190 that's .0093 more than 18.S097!

  

  ) real analysis seeks to, in addition to other pedagogical goals, teach how one proves that calculus works, and ii) P and Q are meant to just be ... . One might ask, why are there so many? To which the indirect answer would

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 27, 2022