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• Blog / Events

  Bumping Up Against—and Breaking Through—the Glass Ceiling Part 2 of my adventures at the National Conference for College Women Student Leaders

  

  Note: This entry is the second part of my blog last week, in which I ... science. Mine was the type of school in which women were encouraged to take ... answer, unfortunately, in 2010. While in a cab going to the airport from

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 20, 2010
• FAQ / First-year application

  How can I explain my special circumstances?

  ’t possibly cover every “what if” in an FAQ section. The MIT application allows ... feel may be helpful to us in evaluating your application. Every application is read in a holistic manner, within its proper context.
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  tote bag tour i have so many things to carry

  

  floppy rectangle of yellow there. I tried my best to retreat under the ... that one’s foldable enough to take on the go, I cried silently. I need ... short enough to swing from my grasp without scraping the ground. That one

  • by Gloria Z. '26 MEng '27
  • May 2, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finals! Finals are here!

  

  : A toughie, but I managed to answer most of the problems =) If you'd like to see what an MIT final exam is like, let me know, and I can post a ... 'll be studying for most of the time until Wednesday, I will take a break

  • by Bryan
  • May 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW time waits for no man, woman or beaver

  

  be tempted to break out the blink tag. CPW is an enormous event. It ... daunting (in a good way). Luckily the level of enthusiasm all over campus is ... 171 parent-friendly events in the schedule. If a visit to the site or a

  • by Dave McOwen
  • March 22, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Commencement Webcast MIT gives me a diploma in T-3 hours...

  

  Well, here it is- the big day. I have to report to the athletics center in about 20 minutes to get ready to line up for the procession into ... 're interested in watching Lulu, Kim and I graduate, you can watch the webcast

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 5, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  those that were admitted - we hope to see you in the fall. For those whom ... , but we do plan to admit 26 students from the waitlist. Today, around 3pm ... other school, but it is a standard practice to consider accepting a

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 10, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Q&A, Vol. II A sort-of guest post

  

  ... aren't you supposed to be in school?" which is totally a legitimate ... ' stuff I want to tell you guys about (including a video of the Simmons project in case you couldn't come to CPW and see it for yourself), but I

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 18, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Obama’s Visiting MIT! Does that mean he gets an advantage in the admissions process?

  

  a visit to campus from the President is pretty darn special. Of course ... "expressed interest" in the school, and they try to use that piece of data to ... , that is simply not true. Sure, we analyze the data to figure out whether

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 20, 2009
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What are GIRs?

  the School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. During your first semester, most of your program will involve the GIRs, which will lay the ... all of our students are broadly educated in the physical, natural and
• Blog / Blog Projects

  I Made the MIT Admissions Blog TCG and YOU can get your own cards at CPW!!🃏🎴💳

  

  color set. I also wanted to fix a major issue I identified in the first ... Blogger Trading cards and do YOU want to meet the bloggers in person???? Then come to MEET THE BLOGGERS, This FRIDAY at CPW, at 8pm in [annotation

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • April 13, 2026
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paths there are so many

  

  see in this moment, the door that didn’t open is just *one* door. It may seem like this door is *the* door. We want to tell you that it is ... heartbreaking it felt. We obsessed over MIT unhealthily to the point where going

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 19, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Hello! I would like to schedule a meeting with Senator Markey.” Exciting spring break plans

  

  the following announcement: I originally became a AAS member in order ... provide valuable access to new opportunities. In this case, I realized that ... solar astrophysicist at Harvard. The AAS has a whole website on how to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 7, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  The Abominable Snowman If you can't see the Yeti, make the Yeti.

  

  court we decided to make a giant snowman in front of the great dome ... entry in the works, for those of you who are sick of hearing about it ... grape throwing, running around the basements, playing in the secret ninja

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 16, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Photo Contest, Round 2 The Boston skyline at night.

  

  just prior to an annual event we call the Sodium Drop (I'll leave the details to your imagination, for now at least). The picture was taken from ... to the right, you'd see MIT and the Cambridge side of the river), and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 31, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tips for applying to UROPs

  

  of the process in obtaining a UROP[/caption] It's a great opportunity ... notice you in the first place can be a daunting task. But it doesn't have ... to go into detail about exactly how to go through the process, since

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 30, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow snow snow. I'm wearing bright colors so if I get caught in a snow drift someone will…

  

  Michigan, which gets some of the most snow in the US, right? Our standards ... going to drown in snow on my way to class. If I never post again, you now ... An email I just sent out to my sorority: from: Shannon to: Theta date

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • March 2, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Notes and Updates Form every applicant needs to do this

  

  admitted or deferred in Early Action), and is to be completed by you, the ... or progress reports. Do I still need to submit the form? Yes. There is ... coursework and grades. This is similar to the Self-Reported Coursework Form

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 13, 2014
• Blog / Summer

  i visit Cape Cod and discover the most beautiful beach on Earth

  

  to spend the day at the beach. it was a goddamn ride start to finish ... suggested that we spice up our orders by asking for four of what the person in the car in front of us ordered. while passing the menu, we noticed a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 24, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  We’re #1! What's the emoticon for oversize foam hand?

  

  MIT was named the most visited college/university web site by 4 ... few theories as to why we elbowed our way to the top of the list: OpenCourseWare: MIT courses for free on the web. What's not to love about

  • by Dave McOwen
  • January 29, 2010