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• Blog / Admissions

  So, you’re applying to college.

  

  wanted to live here and study here. Who wouldn't want to be in the center ... ." If only I were to get in, I thought, I'd be set. My life would be made. And I'd finally be the heck away from the desert. But it wasn

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 31, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers With today's next post, I'll begin a summer-long occasional series introducing you to the MIT…

  

  staff you know (Lorelle, Salvador, Denise) will be leaving MIT this summer. We'll be gaining four new Admissions Officers, though, over the next

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  In The Mail Well folks, the time has come. The letters are in the mail.

  

  ... Me being cheesy... The big envelopes... Me being cheesy again

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Planned Mail Date: March 11

  

  -wracking it can be to wait, but please give the mail a chance! If you don't get ... being put together in parallel with everything else going on. If the mail

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MyMIT is fixed! The deadline for EA has been extended to November 5 due to the recent MyMIT…

  

  ... it's almost over! This time next week you'll be celebrating the fact that they will be finished! Have a great weekend y'all...

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 29, 2004
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  What is Weekend Immersion in Science & Engineering?

  WISE (Weekend Immersion in Science and Engineering) is a three-day experience for rising seniors to learn what it is like to be an MIT student ... socioeconomic means, live in a rural area, or might be the first in their family
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What is MIT Code?

  MIT uses numbers for everything. You could be in 10-250 taking 18.06, which is 4-0-8, for 6-5. At MIT, all of your friends would understand exactly what you're saying. Translation: You could be in Room 10
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Flourish and Blogs how to be a professional harry potter fan

  

  , a few weeks ago Professor Uricchio told us we would be having a guest ... campus as a CMS alumna, MIT lecturer, and cofounder of what might be ... Internet has come to visit me!" Which might be my alltime favorite way to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 30, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Deadline Q & A Have a question about your MIT application? Read on...

  

  us know ASAP. Be sure to validate your Part 2 (on page 10) well ... view the preview PDF. There may be some small grace period for ... yet. They do not need to be in by midnight. We are processing thousands

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 22, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Next steps Relax, guys. I'm still going to be around.

  

  complications, I'll be graduating from MIT on June 9. (The ceremony will be ... -excited about our little apartment. So all of you who are fretting about me being gone -- don't! I'll be living on campus. You'll probably see me in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 26, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  How to Meet More People a guest post from Amy F. '20

  

  be a better person everyday, shows me why it is crucial to always be ... . They are my cheerleaders and my muses, and I can’t imagine who I’d be ... people, and I mean understanding others and being understood, is hard. And

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • June 18, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Keep in mind I try to be helpful sometimes.

  

  4 years now. I'll be honest, I used to know a whole lot more about it ... you the most good. Interpretations of each can be found on a page of ... awful chore that they're glad to be done with. Unfortunately, this can

  • by Snively '11
  • July 16, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions updates ...including the state of the mail and EA application tracking.

  

  Early Action updates Please continue to be patient with the ... may still be documents mailed in late October that have not yet been ... December 20 would be the likely dates, but it could be any day in December

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

  What to expect when you’re expecting CPW Some thoughts and advice in advance of Campus Preview Weekend.

  

  Preview Weekend (CPW), I figured it would be worthwhile to spend a little ... that they will be in touch with you, by phone or email, tonight or ... a host for you, and they'll be in touch soon. There's no one standard

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Applying Regular Action – Q&A

  

  be seen by the Admissions Committee (February will not be seen). If you will be taking the January test, you obviously don't have the scores yet to write down in your application. That's fine. Just be sure

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • December 20, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  on anger understanding and learning and navigating

  

  being in full view across all social media platforms and more and more instances of police brutality and just blatant racism being caught on camera nowadays. I will be the first to admit that I'm very vocal. And also very

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 12, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  miserable and magical oh, to feel moved

  

  easy to justify happiness for being happy but not sorrow for being sad. i would be feeling overwhelmingly sad and decide i am being ~cringe~ and ... choosing to be happy, even when things were going wrong. i didn’t want to be

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • April 3, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 1) I ask my friends and fraternity brothers the immortal question: "What are you doing this…

  

  MIT students (being, ourselves, awesome) do for the summer. So if you want to (a) be famous, (b) brag about your awesome summer, (c) help show ... , Paul Happily, it turns out that I have a lot of friends who like to be

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 22, 2008
• Blog / Blog Projects

  I Made MIT-ish ASMR you're welcome (i'm so sorry)

  

  https://youtu.be/Qi8BabLcjn0

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • November 24, 2025
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  on the waitlist. If you would like to be considered for the waitlist ... can be tough because it feels like there's nothing that you can do, but—if you look beyond the thing you're waiting for—it can also be full of

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2025