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• Blog / Admissions

  Get psyched, stay with it, do whatever it takes Adam's dad's advice is succint. Mine isn't.

  

  -in-law, yay!), who has three pieces of advice which he applies to every ... without a car. Isn't there a delivery-to-door option offered by some of the ... I have to admit that I don't have fifty pieces of advice for anybody

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 28, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Back to work

  

  CPW was a lot of fun, and it was great meeting so many of you in ... guys got to see some of the nice weather we have hidden around here ... grumbling for part of them because of having to wake up at 7am. ;-) April 21

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  High School Summer Research Programs And the science competitions that could potentially follow

  

  A cat ran on my keyboard So here is a link to MIT's list of summer programs at MIT and elsewhere, check it out! It really summarizes things well ... Brook University Intel Science Talent Search Intel International

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 21, 2014
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I defer my enrollment?

  of Admissions. Such requests are usually granted (indeed, often ... at MIT to enroll in courses at another college or university.
• Blog / Classes

  day one, six out of eight am i doing too much?

  

  09:35. i hobble out of bed and pour myself some milk. there's a ridiculous amount of snow outside. i pull out some leftover pizza and walk to the kitchen to reheat it. i see some friends from hall. "good morning

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Jupiter’s Moons, Doge, and a Tub of Icing how to CPW from Yuliya the Undecided HS Senior

  

  posts in the shower, dreaming of the day I could apply to be an admissions ... Last April, as part of a high school assignment, I was required to ... decisions (of which I will write soon) ensued, but one entry, written on a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2015
• Blog / Events

  The Third Side of Fraternities The way I see it...

  

  in a dorm because of the different community that it offers from my ... dorm. I joined a fraternity, but I live at iHouse, a specialized dorm of ... that live in a small dorm but is part of a fraternity, so I don't know

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 6, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Senior Bucket List, Pt. I Do ALL the things!

  

  . This is Professor Junot Diaz. This is a book that wrote, one of my all-time favorites. When I accepted my offer to come to MIT, one of the first thoughts that crossed my mind was Holy moly I am going to be in the vicinity of

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 18, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I may have been accepted to MIT, but I'm getting darned good at failing at other things!

  

  not know me at all because I wrote blogs back in the dark ages of 2008 ... 'm the author of such classics as That time we streamed a dance party from our floor lounge to the homepage of the admissions website and got

  • by Snively '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  See You Later

  

  the University of Massachusetts, where I wrote my senior thesis about ... a little while. Next week I will begin a leave of absence from MIT. I ... student and researcher. As some of you may remember, before MIT I was a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 6, 2012
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can anyone join the Experimental Study Group (ESG)?

  Experimental Study Group (ESG) offers instruction in the core first-year subjects of biology, chemistry, math, and physics through small, discussion ... floor of one of the central buildings on campus. Eleven staff members and
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  What is Splash?

  analysis, Splash offerings span a wide variety of areas. Want to take a class on origami? Lasers? Neuropharmacology? Over the course of 21 hours ... For one awesome weekend each November, thousands of high schoolers
• Blog / IAP

  Why I’m Baking Cookies Tonight. IAP is a beautiful time to do lots of something or lots of nothing. Or…

  

  live Mario Kart in the halls of Burton Conner, and why yes, that would be ... I am the type of person that occasionally gets carried away with what ... . Among other things.” “Sure, I’ll help you eat that whole pan of brownies

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 15, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Changes To Your MyMIT Account The no-online-notification thing may change in the future, but unfortunately not this year.

  

  A quick response to some of the questions we've been receiving: you ... - remember that you can call us after 3/18) - otherwise, we'd be offering "online notification" which as you know we don't offer. :-) MyMIT will only

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 14, 2005
• FAQ / Interview

  What is the interview process?

  . Interviews are not a required part of the MIT application. While we try to offer as many interviews as we can, we have limited availability and may not able to offer interviews to all applicants. If your interview is
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Our loving, our friends, and our labor This entry is based on Aaron Copland's opera "The Tender Land."

  

  DID YOU KNOW? "The Canticle of Freedom," written for the dedication of Kresge Auditorium at MIT, was the only piece Aaron Copland ever wrote that was commissioned by a university. I feel that I've posted too

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Parent’s Guide to CPW ...it's not just for Prefrosh!!

  

  're getting ready to welcome the prefrosh and their parents to four days of events on our campus and we're thrilled that so many of you will be here to enjoy the weekend with us. Each one of us in the Admissions Office has a

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 6, 2010
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The coolest spring break ever? Visit a College Campus!

  students apply to MIT because of its reputation, and I strongly believe a ... While I’m sure some of you have a good sense of what I do as an ... more agonizing) - that is all actually just a portion of my day

  • by DJ Rock
  • February 26, 2019
• Blog / Community Projects

  Guest Post: Simmons Hall Finishes 18,239 Piece Puzzle in 40 days and 5 hours

  

  puzzle in private dining. In all of the reviews that I saw while doing ... success that it was. To most of you, this puzzle probably ranged somewhere ... a reminder of why I had come to love Simmons so much over the last two

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 29, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life (2)… [Mathematics] Studying math at Cambridge and MIT.

  

  Exchange offers a wide range of experiences and can depend significantly on ... of individual motivation and tenacity to make it through the year ... , although the only evaluation for Cambridge occurs at the end of the year in

  • by Cambridge
  • May 4, 2008