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• Blog / Admissions

  Countdown To Mail Drop I'll update this post over the course of the day as we get closer to…

  

  and then call the post office for pickup. So to summarize, we're on ... close to last year (383). We had 3098 applications for EA. Our admit rate ... Today is mail day. I'll save my emotional post on this topic for a

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Caring for the body health, am i right?

  

  from time-to-time—sometimes I get buildup that lasts for days and affects ... for an hour or so after a shower. To be honest, I'm also bad with ... Content warning: overt sexual content, reference to suicide. Last

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 19, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cooking for Myself I haven't set off the fire alarms yet!

  

  make a salad or some pan-fried vegetables to go with it. For the second ... ’t know about you, but I like to eat. I grew up in a family where food is ... are practically sporting events, with grown men jockeying for position

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 17, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To ASE Or Not To ASE preparing academically for freshman year

  

  college-level class -- Go for it! You have nothing to lose on PNR, you like ... --the majors are designed to be that way. For me, I'm going to MIT so I can go ... already for two reasons: 1) Most people don't have access to/don't spend the

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • June 26, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Why didn’t MIT have a logo until 2003? tracing the history of MIT's logo and graphic identity

  

  research for this post, I decided to look into the graphic identities of ... that time. Below, we can compare the covers for the Reports to the ... for use. Enhancements to the site this year include the addition of La

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 22, 2021
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Dive: a cultural app take a look at my team's microsoft project!

  

  tackle specific issues. In order to do this, we created empathy maps for ... wanted to see if there was an actual audience for our app, so we asked ... plans for the rest of the day. I found these check-ins to be incredibly

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 8, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Robots, Space, and the Stories In-Between Using Sci-Fi to Procrastinate

  

  -fi is part of where I get my inspiration for wanting to be a part of the ... that the entire galaxy is about to enter into a state of chaos for ... some viable alternatives for humanity to replace Earth with after their

  • by Richard O. '28
  • July 30, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Recent Questions! Fun for parents @ CPW, enrolling questions, etc...

  

  . ------------------------------------- The schedule looks fantastic - for the kids. There don't seem to be many ... more important things to show up for. ;-) Friday 9:00am-10:30am ... for. :-) Also, true story: more of you have registered to attend CPW

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 4, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Studying For Finals Study study study study study

  

  experience for you today so that you can get a sense of what you may get to go ... average final grade of 17%) and am about to be thrown into another. Finals ... . How does one go about studying? The general recipe is to just lock

  • by Snively '11
  • May 17, 2008
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread for Waitlisted Students

  

  This year well over 17,000 students applied for admission to MIT in ... unable to offer admission to many, many incredible students whom we would love to have on campus. However, we did place some students on our

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  art things #1 illustration, graphic design, ceramics, and photography

  

  ! There are a ton of resources on campus for making and enjoying artwork ... sad to me now that for the past year, I’ve been making very slow ... again in order for the glaze to melt and solidify into glass. I just got

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • December 1, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Free-For-All Week! Movies, Music, and Baby Names.

  

  to my neck in applications (I just want to save my wrist watch!) For this entry do you mind if we don't discuss applications? I need to switch ... It is clear to me that I COULD NEVER WRITE ENOUGH ABOUT THE

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  From Cambridge to You On the road again...

  

  you! And for the rest of you, say hello to my colleague who comes to ... interview and give you some advice. This is also a good chance for students to meet their interviewer face-to-face and to set up a time for their

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 4, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT: REGRESSIONS a documentary on MIT, and why it's so important

  

  , who immediately wanted to write a script for it. They added narration ... committee for three years, this is extremely foreign to me. Nowadays, there ... 't been able to live with my community for the majority of my time at MIT

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 12, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Decisions Beginning To Arrive How are you guys doing?

  

  't seem to get anything done. I'm working on the big Q&A thread that I've been promising you for weeks. I also owe you my post-EA thoughts. Both will come this week. I know there are already many outlets for admitted

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Preparing for the real world An alum's perspective!

  

  are a vital and consistent support network for me: I have reached out to ... said that she wanted to write up a little entry about how GEL prepared her for life outside of the MIT bubble. I love hearing other students

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 18, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Conditioner For My Face "The dot product is the solution to all the problems of the universe. Even the…

  

  you leave for college, you kind of forget that life continues to happen ... concentration cell. It sounds like a good place to study for an exam. That's not ... -pinching and eating more than enough Korean food to compensate for several months

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 18, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I would like to find an astronomer to talk to No admissions. Just good writing.

  

  the introduction to E.L. Doctorow's novel City of God. I quote it for ... certainly not forgotten. I've got a blog post in the works about how to write ... so this subject is both fresh in my mind and timely for yours as the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 15, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Updates for the Admitted There's good stuff on your MyMIT portal.

  

  you've made up your mind for sure about whether or not to attend MIT ... 're making the best choice for yourself), or to request a deferral/gap year ... for CPW on March 31 or when your travel plans are solidified, whichever

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

  wait for it for those awaiting decisions

  

  's over a week for you to flail, refresh College Confidential repeatedly ... , it doesn't hurt to prepare essays for other universities just in case ... schools around this time, and it can be super stressful to see everybody

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 6, 2019