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• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  This year well over 18,000 students applied to MIT, the most in our history.  Because of the incredible size and strength of the applicant pool we were unable to offer admission to many, many incredible

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  On schools & context

  

  chance of having been polished by expensive college counselors? I ... /character oriented, which I agree with, but why do so many of the kids at certain ... as a parent of a child who goes to a high school where no one has

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 23, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biological Engineering at MIT My thoughts, feelings, and opinions (and slight ranting) about biology both at MIT and in…

  

  few Universities that will offer a biological engineering degree. I have ... (Principle Investigator) at some University. A PI is the head of a lab at a ... will find there are two groups of people. There is group A that despises

  • by Ben O. '19
  • November 20, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Campos on Campus A True Westside Story

  

  classes and one of my middle school teachers encouraged me to apply to a ... of the program, and I was accepted. When I applied, I didn’t mention it ... IAP externship offer for the month of January and had the opportunity

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • June 20, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Class of 2023 Wait List Decisions Released

  

  , then those people decide whether to accept our offer of admission, and ... percentage of students who choose to accept our offer of admission. The wait ... halls, for example. This year, 78% of the students we admitted chose to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 10, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A follow-up

  

  all levels of preparation. I've known people whose schools didn't offer ... You've now had a chance to post lots of questions. Now it's my turn ... ? Primarily biology? Chemistry? Mathematics? A little bit of everything? It

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 18, 2007
• FAQ / Transfer

  Does MIT offer fee waivers for transfer applicants?

  international. You can request one in the Fee Waiver Request section of the application. MIT offers need-blind admissions, so requesting a fee waiver won't have any impact on your chances of admission.
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thoughts On Global Leadership Susan Hockfield + others quoted in Newsweek on the topic.

  

  than threats." To universally accept this concept, of course, would ... issue of Newsweek about the future of America's global leadership. It ... environment? Newsweek asked 15 leaders in the fields of science, technology

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do in four years?

  

  you take advantage of what MIT has to offer, there are going to be ... whether you'll be able to take advantage of everything MIT has to offer for ... Okay, now for the next post addressing one of your requested topics

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection-time Questions Omnibus

  

  vast majority of people who apply aren't admitted. See it as a great ... 're not. (This can be applied to all of the other crazy schools that also ... 's a snippet: ...while many universities offer management majors or

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions & Answers a daily blog prompt compilation

  

  very nice and made me much less scared of applying to MIT. I also ... freshman fall- many drawbacks A variety of other lecture halls and ... happened since; I'm sure I could write pages of excuses about why I haven

  • by Alex M. '21
  • May 14, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Decisions 2011 MIT Class of 2015 waitlist decisions will be released today, via email, at approximately 3pm…

  

  offer (it is an understood part of admissions that some people will ... waitlist. This year, a high number of admitted students have chosen to enroll ... applied for aid, the Financial Aid Office will follow up shortly thereafter

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 10, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two answers on a Saturday night Because SNL's a rerun and we just finished our movie from Netflix

  

  daughter applied to MIT was at the recommendation of our physician, who was ... . About 75% of the MIT kids who apply to medical school are accepted each ... school. Two of her close friends from MIT and a number of other students

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Valentine’s Day Special Featuring calculus, people who hate me, and a picture puzzle

  

  's student dining program. Thanks to the proximity of Random Hall to a grocery ... students would rather do calculus than succumb to the byproducts of rampant ... to talk about things that they write at the bottom of lists. In

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 14, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  Sophomore Slump Last semester was not so great

  

  on hall who get injured and have better judgement of when people need ... our last problem set of the year. I laughed, and felt my heart sink as I ... about what I am capable of. I pre-registered for six classes at the

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 12, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Introduction To ARTalk An introduction to the ARTalk guest author blog by Kerry Powell, Assistant to the Director…

  

  [by Kerry Powell, Assistant to the Director of Arts Initiatives, and Ken Haggerty '11] MIT is at the center of one of the most original and ... making, performing, looking at, and understanding the multitudes of formats

  • by ARTalk
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I’m a Muslim Woman and… on this #MuslimWomensDay, meet some p cool ppl

  

  attending one of the most advanced universities in the world. I can’t tell you ... back to the very first week of college. One of my friends offered me a ... idea of blogging about the Muslim community at MIT for a while now. To be

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 27, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Visual Arts @ MIT part 2 our experience trying to prepare for the animation industry at MIT

  

  /animatics of Steven Universe episodes. It was SO cool to see how such simple and ... , very rigorous, there are tons of really cool classes they offer, and we ... that one of our friends took, but these classes are not offered

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 22, 2020
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I apply to MIT through QuestBridge?

  offer made up of grants and scholarships that will meet 100% of your ... If you’re applying to MIT through QuestBridge College Match, simply ... Bridge Supplement will act in place of the MIT first-year application. Please note
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Choosing a Major I hope this is helpful to you at some point

  

  most things but I'd be careful when applying this to choice of major. I ... sake of adding the name of a second subject to their diploma. I'm really ... I've been reading a lot of comments lately about which majors are

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 18, 2007