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  MIT Regular Action Deadline MIT's regular action deadline is January 1.

  

  application should be sufficient to answer the questions. You may have noted ... usually should be sufficient. If your essay is greater than the word limit ... (February will not be seen). If you will be taking the January test, you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline Some answers to frequently asked questions about regular action and the MIT application process. Our…

  

  application should be sufficient to answer the questions. You may have noted ... usually should be sufficient. If your essay is greater than the word limit ... (February will not be seen). If you will be taking the January test, you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  RA deadline is approaching

  

  Committee (February will not be seen). If you will be taking the January test, just be sure to designate MIT to receive the scores. Please do not rush ... the deadline, but do not expect that your request will be granted. If

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 27, 2015
• FAQ / First-year application

  How much is the application fee?

  The first-year application fee is $75, payable online with a credit ... one in the Fee Waiver Request section of the application. MIT practices ... application fees presents a hardship for some families. Fee waivers are
• Blog / Admissions

  RA deadline is approaching no need to panic

  

  Committee (February will not be seen). If you will be taking the January test, just be sure to designate MIT to receive the scores. Please do not rush ... the deadline, but do not expect that your request will be granted. If

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 30, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Rejects, I feel your pain! I've never been stung by a bee, but I imagine it felt sort of like…

  

  on? Which means that, well, you have to handle the waiting ... linked to the following letter: Dear Ms. C: I am truly sorry to inform you that we are not offering you admission to MIT in the Department of Urban

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • March 19, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advice for the Incoming Froshies You've accepted your offer to MIT! Now what?

  

  graduate to take the swim test - don't do that! If you fail, you don't get to ... those classes be?  I'm going to highlight the technical class options you ... am going to be honest - you will have the option to take one of the

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 13, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Ask me anything about portfolios Go ahead—don’t be shy!

  

  MIT? If the answer to these questions is yes, then your work [annotation note="And even if the answers to these questions is yes, remember ... deadline of the cycle to which you are applying. If you’re applying through

  • by Jeremy W.
  • October 26, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  a conversation with my mom at 1 am about cacti, writing, meche, and chess

  

  tried not to stop and ask myself, “is this what i really want?” If the ... fulfilling work, if I ever get a handle on it myself. I said this to my mom ... , “No, that's a different one. The pieces are too small, they’d be hard to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 11, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Applying Regular Action – Q&A

  

  be seen by the Admissions Committee (February will not be seen). If you ... 02139; USA. Be sure to include the appropriate cover sheet. It need not ... -687-9184. Be sure to include the appropriate cover sheet.   Please

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • December 20, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  deferred? If you call in, we will not be able to tell you "the reason ... ). If you will be taking the January test, just be sure to designate MIT ... , but try not to wait until the last minute! What happens if some of my

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 20, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Love Lucy: Continued This time, the title even makes sense.

  

  tickets in Cambridge are handled by the city and can be paid over the phone ... handled by the *state*. If you get towed on a state road, then after you pay ... Ouija board. Your only hope is to call the office and get the exact number

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 22, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  On Being the “Dumb” Friend and the freedom from comparison

  

  extracurriculars, or always seemed to have some interesting trivia on hand. Being the ... niche. The “smart” friend. Then we came to MIT, and met all the other ... ways to be “smart”--street smarts and people smarts and intuitive smarts

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 2, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  coronavirus, one year later recounting the craziest ten days of my life

  

  -style classes. What would happen if students can’t come to campus, or even in the ... potentially be a bad place for the spread of germs. I talk to the current chairs ... gotten the chance to relax fully, with my last few weekends being taken up

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • March 6, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  i wish we’d grown up on the same advice alternate paths

  

  end so i took the chance to ask my interviewer (let’s call them p) a few ... , and i agree that they seem to be doing fine. but the question i would ... ever exercising the authority to decide on which future it shall be spent

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 18, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  To-Do List for Regular Action Applicants With the deadline a month away, there are things you need to be doing now.

  

  might want to be thinking about: If you haven't yet done so, set up a My ... . And if you qualify for a fee waiver, your family needs the $65 more than ... is the last acceptable testing date for MIT. Be sure to designate MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 1, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I came to MIT A few reasons I chose MIT, and I few reasons that would have made me…

  

  (supposed to be) studying for a 9.24 (Diseases of the Nervous System) test ... to lab tonight at 7:30 to change the media on my COS cells... and if ... had given lip service to the idea that you could get a research job, if

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  The Coop What's a coop? You'll find out!

  

  into the bookstore, getting a refund at the end of the year equal to 7 ... . If you ever need anything MIT related, The Coop is the place to go. The ... I go to college. Yay! Here's the thing about college, every single

  • by Snively '11
  • January 13, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Go, ninja, go. A four hour tour of Boston, with Gilligan, and the Skipper too.

  

  around the woods in Hopkinton at 6 AM trying to sneak by cops. If you ... there are really going to be people lined up the ENITRE ROUTE cheering you ... popsicles). If you ever feel down or lonely, just run over to the side of the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 24, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  The Lessons I’ve Learned and it only took three full semesters and a summer

  

  intended to keep them that way. As the first exam week came, I failed the ... because the model I had formed in my mind wasn't robust enough to handle it ... nighttime when I went back to the station, praying that there'll be an extra

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2014