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• Blog / Admissions

  Passions (No, not that kind)

  

  are purchasing one, why haven't you offered me rides yet? The college ... college essay process! Huzzah! Three Saturdays ago, I was walking through ... procrastinating and skip ahead to the college-relevant material, you slacker.) (Did

  • by Cam T. '13
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  MIT, and we have offered early admission to 687. These students hail ... informed 1,622 students that we will not be able to offer them admission this ... your college applications this cycle. The balance of the applicants

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 14, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  offered early admission to 707. These students hail from more than 486 high ... informed 2,483 students that we will not be able to offer them admission this ... your college applications this cycle. The balance of the applicants

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 15, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2022 Wait List An update for students who accepted a place on our wait list

  

  upon date by which students reply to offers of admission. Following May 1 ... be able to make plans for their college enrollment with as little ... . It is our loss that we will not be able to offer you admission. We hope

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 8, 2018
• FAQ / Transfer

  Does MIT offer fee waivers for transfer applicants?

  Fee waivers are available for all applicants, domestic and 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
• Blog / Academics & Research

  academic struggles zig-zagging in a world of straight lines

  

  saturated and shouldn’t I use my college degree to get one of those well ... famous college dropout who started a billion-dollar tech company or became a chart-topping rap star, there are hundreds of college dropouts who

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  More Information on the Waitlist Some answers for those offered a place on MIT's waitlist.

  

  colleges? You should accept the offer of admission from another college ... waitlist. Students who accept this offer will "unenroll" at the first college ... . How many people are on the waitlist? We offered 722 applicants

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  More Information on the Waitlist Further details for waitlisted applicants.

  

  offer of admission from another college before May 1, even if it means ... . How many people are on the waitlist? We offered 454 applicants ... grades drop. Not choose another college to attend by May 1. What should I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A for the Waitlisted Some (hopefully) helpful questions and answers for waitlisted students.

  

  another college to attend by May 1. What should I do about the May 1 reply date for other colleges? You should accept the offer of admission from ... . How many people are on the waitlist? We offered 739 applicants

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Role You Play in the Admissions Process by Jenny Rifken, Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions @ MIT.

  I often hear students say that colleges control their destinies and that the admissions process is all about whom the colleges admit and not ... disagree. There are three major decisions in the college admissions process

  • by mitblogs
  • October 26, 2005
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can I apply as a QB Finalist even if I did not rank any colleges?

  colleges, you are welcome to apply to MIT using your QuestBridge application ... aid offer made up of grants and scholarships that will meet 100% of your ... to the College Match Scholarship.
• Blog / Admissions

  On APs Trying to clarify the role of AP courses in the MIT admissions process.

  

  role of Advanced Placement (AP) courses in college admissions turned out ... time, because parents think that's what they need to get into college, and we in college admissions officers reinforce that, they don't get

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 14, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reflections Some thoughts on the admissions process, both to those who were admitted and those who…

  

  process the decisions, I thought I'd offer some thoughts on the process ... Illimani. This is certainly one of the exciting things about college that you ... you most treasure about your college days. Reading through your

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  SHE CAMPUS ON MY PREVIEW TIL I WEEKEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my freshman cpw post turned east campus love letter

  

  prefrosh who were being led to believe that Boston was always 70 degrees and ... upperclassmen friends who freely offered up solid advice and told us about their ... for some of the ones I attended at college too. Which makes sense, I

  • by Angie F. '28
  • May 6, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  close your eyes and put your finger on the map and other ways to make grad school decisions

  

  engineer in my company had a master’s degree or was studying for one. This ... ."]abroad.[/annotation] Some of the international scholarships in the UK would offer 2 years of ... side, I was often choosing between schools/programs that offer “Mech

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 22, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sleepless Nights And how I've been spending them

  

  fourteen days minus a Saturday, restaurants all over Boston offer special discounted Dine-Out Boston menus, so that even cash-pinched college students ... write an algorithm finding the number of degrees of separation between

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 26, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  StartMIT: IAP for Entrepreneurs Like with anything else, it helps to learn from the best

  

  archetypal startup founder is a college dropout with some coding skills and a ... -educated engineering or business experts with advanced degrees and significant research ... Center for MIT Entrepreneurship offers classes on entrepreneurship

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 26, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  Money! Money! Money! Life is like monopoly, except you're not a pewter Tophat and it costs WAY more…

  

  become more important to you very fast, maybe to different degrees but it ... up for the first credit card you get an offer for, slow down. You ... that offered 9% interest, 5% rewards on purchases for restaurants, gas

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 22, 2009
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] STARS@MIT: A Year in Review By Claire S. '25

  

  college. You can find this event, along with all our upcoming offerings, at ... We’ve been busy at the STARS College Network at MIT! This past year ... applying to college, I sometimes felt like I didn’t have people to turn to

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • April 23, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  I made an AI write most of this post because I forgot I needed to post this week

  

  Consider Becoming a Pony in College! Reason #1: You will have a much better ... other college kids will be envious of your majestic beauty and cool style ... ! Reason #6: School cafeterias now offer a variety of hay options to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • December 2, 2022