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  An actual day in the life It's not the most exciting day... but it's a day!

  

  'll be sad.) Since the stated purpose of the blogs is to introduce ... smack Adam and ask when he wants me to get him up (he can't get up by ... best part of waking up is 92 mg. of caffeine in your bloodstream! (I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 27, 2005
• Discover / The MIT education

  Undergraduate research

   credit. How to UROP You may apply for advertised UROP positions or propose your ... you that maybe get your feet under you first. First-year UROPs are often ... [intro]One of the earliest programs of its kind in the United States
• Help / Contact

  Via mail

  find our mailing address below. We'll get back to you much faster via email. Plus it is green and doesn't kill trees! 🌲🌳🌴 ... sent online via the application itself. If you must mail application
• Apply / Understanding the process

  First-year class profile

  , but is higher than zero, which is indicated by <1%."]rounded to the ... according to the [annotation note='The IPEDS methodology is a federal standard ... composition of the Class of 2029 according to the [annotation note='The IPEDS
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  the blogs at twenty some reflections, plus an index of posts

  

  ways—which, as I get older, I think is the key to changing The World in ... intergenerational in a way that the day-to-day blogs can never be, by the very nature ... Barkowitz Other ways I’ve been rejected over the past fifteen years by

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 29, 2025
• Apply / Understanding the process

  Admissions statistics

  beyond the stats already contributed to the MIT's standard Common Data Set. Holistic admissions It is important to understand that these numbers do not ... included in the tables below, despite their centrality to our process. The
• Apply / First-year applicants

  First-year eligibility

  The first-year application is intended for students who have ... they have [annotation note="Exceptions may be granted to students in the ... pursuing a different field of study from the bachelor’s degree you hold. By
• Discover / Life and culture

  Hacks, tomfoolery & pranks

  experience the hack.[/intro] At MIT, hacking refers to more than breaking into ... force is the last resort of the incompetent. Never hack alone. Above ... [intro]At MIT, "hacks" are performed by students who safely and
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Took A Gap Year some things you just can't predict

  

  cat, I ran quickly to the office and seconds later, was tearing off DHL ... shaky it took two tries to get the password right. And text suddenly ... important difference in the way I was attached to UW-Madison and the way I had

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • March 12, 2014
• Help / Contact

  Via phone

  Our phone number is 1.617.253.3400. That's it. That's the number you'd call, and we'll pick up as long as it's between 9AM and 4PM ET, Monday through Friday. This probably didn't need to be its own page, but now that

• MIT visits you

  [intro]Not everyone can take the time to come to MIT, so we do our best to come to you. We crisscross the U.S. as often as we can, so that ... . Below you will find a list of where we have been over the past couple of
• Blog / About Decisions

  25 Stories of Getting Accepted to MIT told by students and alums

  

  minutes before I could get the page to load. Oh yeah, my mother screamed. I ... a lot of fun. In the car on the way home I pulled out my phone to ... about a minute to get the words together to tell them the good news. My

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 21, 2018
• Discover / Learn more

  Admissions videos

  by faculty of the need to work ethically in the production of science ... the country to be shown at meetings for prospective students for a ... , from music groups to hobby clubs, the traditional Field Day competitions
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Thong I Should Be Wearing [UPDATE] Sexy sexy undies.

  

  the leaderboard earlier. This is right at the onset of MIT's attempt to ... , by the way, if you aren't at MIT, you can still vote for us, so head ... in the comic strip, Alex, had to decide which college to go to. She was

  • by Snively '11
  • November 1, 2008
• Discover / Learn more

  Other videos

  people. It's hard to narrow down thousands of videos, but here are a few of our favorite videos produced by other offices that highlight the humans ... , and Centers, the basic organizational entities that constitute MIT
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to decide which classes to take amazing classes and how to pick them

  

  best way to know if you'll like a class is to take it. "Shopping" is the ... in the first semester is good. First, you're in P/NR; second, you get a ... , but look into classes that aren't on this list too. The best way to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 22, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Praise Of Holistic Admissions not an admissions machine

  

  office, is emphatically not to admit the "best students" to MIT, but rather ... Booker T. Washington wrote: "Success is to be measured not so much by the ... trying to succeed."  The idea is best understood with a metaphor drawn

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Life is Improv say yes

  

  the core principle is correct. When you get to college - or, for the class of 2011, when you get to the rest of your life - there will be so ... you're a member of the class of 2011 or 2015, your life is about to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 3, 2011
• Apply / Parents and educators

  For home educators

   Stanford OHS. Transcripts of these courses, in addition to an evaluation of the ... .[/intro] Over the past decade, we have seen a surge in homeschooled applicants ... , based on successful applicants we have admitted in the past. Initiative
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to Make Money at MIT for all of us who don't know how to make a startup :(

  

  because there's not a lot to learn? You know you're way around, so the hard ... universities might continue to work off-campus jobs, this is very much not the culture at MIT. Considering that the workload here is commonly referred to

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 4, 2025