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• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap Gap years are a good option for some students.

  

  students plan gap years. Adds Lee Stetson, dean of admissions at the ... picked up by news organizations across the country. I first saw it at cnn ... [of deferring admission for a year or two]. While cautioning that a "gap

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Where is the banana… ...and why is that man chartreuse?

  

  Ave shortly after, traveling southwest at a trajectory of 42.6 degrees ... as I have no other use for this absolutely ridiculous piece of literature (at least, until the motion picture starring Johnny Depp as the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  halfway there musings about currently being an MIT student

  

  through half of my time at MIT. It's strange, and scary, and...viscerally uncomfortable. Is time real?? I've already lived at my current house for longer ... 's a weird experience. I can compartmentalize the last 14-ish months of

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  VI-A Course 6? Work experience and a Masters degree all at once!

  

  in 34-401 (A room at MIT where a lot of EECS events take place) talking ... experience and a Master's degree. (Me and Kat '09 at a Company Picnic) I ... "Mankind has always had a yen to travel. Millions of years ago

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 3, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  If you were offered a place on our wait list in March, you should ... students we will be able to admit to the Class of 2018. If you have any ... email to admissions [at] mit [dot] edu with your name and Application ID

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • April 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  . Greene GSL offers language instruction courses at a variety of levels to ... ) publishes a list of introductory subjects offered across its departments. The ... like CMS/STS are rarely offered at high schools. So this list can help

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

  It’s All About The Process Take a moment, then get back in the game.

  

  received other great offers of admissions from very good colleges. So you too ... As you probably know by now, MIT has completed the process of admitting the class of 2010. I am very proud of the Admissions professionals

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Graduation Some commencement pictures.

  

  , helpful things to guests. As I walked by the security tent at the foot of ... commencement staff weren't the only people who'd gotten up at the butt-crack of ... handing out of the degrees. Otherwise, check the commencement web page for

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 6, 2008
• Blog / CPW

  the two sides of CPW CPW as told by a prefrosh and an upperclassman

  

  ] I committed to MIT a couple of weeks ago, so my main goal at CPW was ... variety of events at each dorm was completely overwhelming, so I started ... grills at 8 in the morning? East Campus has a tradition of grilling almost

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 24, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  New Portlets? Just throwin' some ideas around.

  

  manage to sequester a few minutes of Quinton's schedule, you'll see them in ... Portlet OCW, or Open Courseware, has cataloged its offerings by subject. We ... Portlet This portlet will display a thumbnail of a poster, which can be

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 8, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Term time again

  

  classes, and some of you are probably curious about the classes offered at ... 'm doing a bad job at this regular updating thing. I promise that within the ... .05 (Biochemistry) Contributions of biochemistry toward an understanding of the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  See You Later

  

  began working in MIT Admissions. It will also mark my last. At least, for 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
• Blog / Events

  “Where art thou, O Higgs?” *insert shimmering transition into the past here*

  

  some extra time at the end of class. Farhi sat on the desk with his hands ... accelerator, where tiny bits of matter smash into each other at terrifying ... actually created. The question at the end of 2011 was whether one particular

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 7, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  HT@MIT: Cantab Lounge Poetry Slam An Amazing Show For A 10 Minute Walk And $3

  

  Hidden Treasures At MIT: Cantab Lounge Poetry Slam Every Wednesday ... and a potential spot on the Boston Poetry Slam Team that will compete at ... campus during the week due to the general hustle and bussle of psets, I

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • May 4, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Beard, The Name, The Response, and EC Why does it say E.Jones on my door when I am B.Jones, and why is…

  

  questions. How To Respond To Your Offer Of Admission. I hear from the folks ... can officially accept MIT's offer of admission (i.e. let us know they ... 'm getting kindof hairy, much to the chagrin of my wife. There's a story behind

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Pi(e) Day: The Baking Of created with love (and pies) by the bloggers

  

  . For those of you with the stomach to watch, I offer you this video ... treasury of comedic novelty photoshoot experience to pieing the bloggers in ... on the harsh overhead lights of an interrogation room, illuminating a

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 10, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  date for other colleges? You should accept the offer of admission from ... from the waitlist. Students who accept this offer will "unenroll" at the ... I know that folks on the waitlist have lots of questions; hopefully

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adam makes a guest appearance Adam's motto: Step one, get it done. Step two, there's always more to do.

  

  MIT's campus complete with video clips and 360-degree panoramas of ... .) In other news: "Adam Woodworth woke up at the crack of dawn this ... ...so bear with me. Me working on one of my planes There are a few constants

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Falling in Love with a Language at MIT interviews with two of my inspirations

  

  psetting at Next House during spring semester of freshman year when Will ... version of Facebook really helps). How did your time at MIT contribute to ... year here at MIT, I plan on taking advantage of MISTI-China's internship

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 10, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  MIT Early Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2030 are now ... Action to the MIT Class of 2030, and as of *checks watch* right now, we have offered admission to 655. Consistent with MIT’s educational

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 16, 2025