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  Meet the Admissions Officers: Alia Burton ‘05 Name: Alia Burton; Job title: Admissions Counselor; Hometown: Philadelphia, PA

  

  things about Boston: Museum of Fine Arts; the T (subway) is cheap and clean ... character: Garfield Advice about applying to college/MIT: Let your personality ... 30 minutes - and I landed it too.

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

  MIT Commencement On Friday, the MIT Class of 2005 graduated! It was a beautiful day on Killian…

  

  On Friday, the MIT Class of 2005 graduated! It was a beautiful day on ... . Killian Court opens to parents at 7:30am, but the Commencements ceremonies ... Admissions Marilee Jones! Above, Marilee is preparing for an interview with a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 6, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Follow Me: A Video Tour of Campus in which you get to hang out with my friends and walk around MIT through…

  

  of MIT's campus for people who want to know what it's like to be at MIT ... they were at the time. It's not meant to be a professional tour of MIT ... though we would love it if you did!), feel free to watch it on 2x speed for

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 23, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  The Early Applications… Things are getting busy here at MIT Admissions!

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... pink) There are many, many applications to be reviewed. I know some of ... lots) of mail. (The Wall Street Journal today is reporting that our early

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 14, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MITES, RSI and WTP applications due next week The three high school summer programs hosted by MIT have their application deadlines next week.

  

  open exclusively to high school juniors. MITES and RSI are free; WTP is ... Introduction to Engineering and Science (MITES) is a rigorous six ... ), sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Education and MIT, is a rigorous

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 25, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer’s End To everything there is a season.

  

  maxima culpa! You might say I've been living life too thoroughly to blog it ... Charles River. And I can't help but think that it's a beautiful day to bid ... -checked all my saved strains of yeast, handed my notebook to my post-doc, had a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Humans 101 @ MIT introductory SHASS classes this fall and recapping the lightning talks

  

  ) publishes a list of introductory subjects offered across its departments. The purpose of the list is to provide admitted students with a basic roadmap to ... the most exciting/interesting topic in the world to them is at that

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 26, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing… Maker Portfolios! Making the world better, one portfolio at a time

  

  Please note that, as  Hello World! I'd like to introduce you to a project that we've been working on for a while. It's a Maker Portfolio, and it's one of several options that MIT applicants have to send us

  • by Dr. Dawn '04, MS '06, PhD '11
  • August 22, 2013
• Blog / Community Projects

  Activate Party Mode! Auctomated dorm controls at East Campus.

  

  From the same file as the Disco Dance Floor... it's the Multifunction In-Dorm Automation System (MIDAS)! MIDAS is an elaborate automation ... dorm room in East Campus. The room is now 199 square feet of customized

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 15, 2006
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  on the waitlist. If you would like to be considered for the waitlist, or you want to learn more about it, you can read more here. https ... A lot of students applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately, we

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Home! I'm back in the US after three weeks in Asia.

  

  the swing of things tomorrow. It will be a little strange to be back (and for so many people to be speaking English), but I'm excited to begin ... trip to Florida starts in less than a month! Forthcoming blog entries

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Senior Week: Mollie Burgoon A look at some of MIT's graduating students.

  

  literature, which is way more fun than doing problem sets and taking tests ... , who's going to be a Nobel laureate, taught 7.31. Favorite professor at ... life anytime, and he even listens! He was really helpful when it came

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Wait List Confirmation Form If you're on the wait list, we sent you an email last week.

  

  to enroll in another college/university by May 1 (even if it means ... instructions, check to make sure it's not in your spam folder. Otherwise, send an ... Form. Whether you wish to remain on MIT's wait list or not, please

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • April 7, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Quarrying Around Ice skating in an underground tunnel

  

  adventure with the MIT Caving Club. I really enjoyed it, and I wanted to ... Skating place at a Vermont quarry, I immediately responded that I wanted to go and signed up for the trip. It was an annual trip that the Boston

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 21, 2013
• Blog / Hacks

  Invasion MIT! the long war of general jack

  

  As I walked up the steps to 77 Mass Ave this morning I was ready to ... our ruthless enemy known as term. But rest assured, victory is at hand. We will fight to brighten up MIT. Please accept this portrait made

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 14, 2011
• Blog / Events

  World AIDS Day 2008 Spread the word.

  

  Today, December 1st, is World AIDS day, the day when individuals and organizations from around the world come together to bring attention to the global ... around campus people are wearing little red ribbons and the Internet is

  • by Snively '11
  • December 1, 2008
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do students apply to a specific major?

  Here's one less thing to worry about when applying to MIT: Students apply to MIT for general admission and select a major at the end of the ... asks students to list their "course of interest" only, and the choice
• Blog / Events

  Can you patch me through to the blimp? "Can you patch me through to the blimp?"

  

  will applaud it's shear awesomeness. So this weekend my friends Diana, Yonas, Chris, Tom, Christi, and other Bakerites made this huge sign to hang from Baker to celebrate the Red Sox. We wanted news coverage, and

  • by Bryan
  • October 2, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A suite surprise My suitemates find out I'm a blogger

  

  , “Wait, it gets even better!” and pointed to my bed. So I walked over and saw my blogger photo taped to my pillow.   IT'S A FULL 8.5”x11 ... started laughing so hard it hurt. Then my other suitemates came back to

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • September 19, 2015
• FAQ / First-year application

  Who will have access to my application information?

  At MIT, we hope to get to know you better through the application process and want you to be able to express yourself authentically. We understand that some information you may choose to share with us is information