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  What to expect when you’re expecting CPW Some thoughts and advice in advance of Campus Preview Weekend.

  

  it, and I hope I can give you a better sense of what to really expect ... weekend, but as long as you understand that coming in to the weekend, I ... Preview Weekend (CPW), I figured it would be worthwhile to spend a little

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  November 1 Updates The latest from the Admissions Office.

  

  [Editor's note in 2017: This post contains outdated contact ... applications in earnest. Here are some updates from the Admissions Office ... currently processing more than 10,000 documents which have all arrived in just

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action A summary of this year's early action admissions process.

  

  students in the middle, about three quarters of the applicants, were deferred to regular action for further consideration. I am often asked why MIT's admit rate for early action is so low in comparison to the admit

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  More quick answers Finaid questions, etc.

  

  . ------------------------------------- What if I don't meet today's deadline? All admitted students who apply ... bottom line is, get your financial aid materials in as soon as possible ... . ------------------------------------- When will decisions be posted online and sent out in the mail? When we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Scenes From Admissions, Round Two What's going on in this picture?! Another installment of our new little game.

  

  Occasionally I'll show you a picture and give you some clues to see if you can figure out what's going on in the scene. Welcome to Round ... 's taking with an upside-down pen So - what's going on in this picture? As

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Remember to Breathe Chicken Soup for the Applicant's Soul

  

  million extracurriculars I was involved in. A word of advice: Take a deep ... mom in a frenzy exclaiming that I'm not going to get into any of the schools I want to get into. I was in your spot once, and I'm there once

  • by Bryan
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Leonard Nimoy at the Boston Pops He told me to live long and prosper!

  

  enterprise… …and then Mr. Spock walked in, hair greyer and ears rounder than I ... Last week, I raised my right hand and exchanged a Vulcan salute with Leonard Nimoy. “That greeting originated in Boston,” Nimoy said, to cheers

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s like I go to class or something. Or whatever.

  

  In Situations Requiring Social Interaction - I foresee the situation ... , and Flows in Biological Systems. Mainly I am learning that I am not so ... cool class in that I'm just like "equations, equations, modeling (on the

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 2, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  DO YOU WANNA BUILD A SNOWMAN?? I KNOW YOU DO

  

  RAHHHH IT SNOWED AGAIN!!! As the blogs’ resident snow enthusiast, I consider it my sacred duty to announce the [annotation note="i.e. the first one where snow actually collected on the ground and that I was awake for

  • by Allison E. '27
  • December 13, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m A Famous Rockstar The title is misleading - I'm famous, and I'm a rockstar, but I'm not famous…

  

  studies was one of my two majors in college. I probably know more about ... who preach about the environment in an elitist or antagonistic manner. I ... info in future entries as I learn more, but for now I'll just say that

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Odds ‘n Ends There's a video. And a SONG. Your lucky day.

  

  blogger, the one who always makes you go "How'd she get hired?" I'M BACK! Yay! And I made a video for you guys. Double yay! And I pulled out ... , Spring 2010) for the feature I like to call "Obligatory Doodle": Okay

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 26, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Call For Bloggers As promised, here's an entry that will explain this year's application process for admissions bloggers.

  

  ? Just post 'em in the comments and I'll update this entry accordingly ... welcome to apply. In the interest of full disclosure, however, you should ... link to your "portfolio" - in other words, your current blog. This will

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 26, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Donate for Eric and Ann Whalley Please give to support the parents of a 2010 alumni, both victims of the bombing,…

  

  Hi everyone, The short version is this: please give anything you can ... bombing and are both in serious condition, at http://bit.ly/whalleyrecovery. My name is Jess Kim, and I'm a 2010 alum. I've tried to make sense of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 17, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  For applicants affected by natural disasters

  

  , and your safety. You will not be penalized in the application process ... possible in these situations. When you’re able to do so, reach out to us at ... email us. You can always apply Regular Action (RA), too. You don’t get

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 25, 2017
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Are the Arts active on campus?

  theater arts classes and performance groups. Students can participate in ... immersed in arts courses or the creative community. Students of any major can ... More than 50 percent of incoming first-years have prior training in
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: Parts 1 and 2 for Early and Regular Action applicants

  

  application finish line. After that, refer to 1. But for now, here is what I can ... like? What is this application question asking? When can I visit? What is ... only one. We’re here. Email, and I can blog about it. I may not get to it

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Laptop There should be a special place in hell for laptop thieves.

  

  has been thusfar unhelpful as usual in locating the perpetrators. These entries might take a lot longer than I thought. Gotta start over. Good thing I already turned in my thesis.

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 25, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Think YOUR research is crazy? Why doesn't spaghetti break in half? There is an answer, because someone has dedicated their…

  

  Ever find yourself sitting in lab, thinking "What in God's name am I ... ) ensure that nobody in a group photo will have their eyes closed. «Fragmentation of Rods by Cascading Cracks: Why Spaghetti Does Not Break in Half

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Doonesbury Follow-up on Alex Doonesbury's college choice.

  

  honored in the strip." The strip has not yet run, but as of 12:58am this ... folks at doonesbury.com shut down voting access for those in the mit.edu domain (and, I might guess, those on rpi.edu and cornell.edu). Relatedly

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Replay… Who says you can't go home again? Or at least go back to school...

  

  I arrived on the MIT campus in August of 1982 with all my "stuff ... Admissions Office. I had an office and my name was painted on the door but in ... didn’t live in a dormitory last year like the rest of the freshmen but I

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 11, 2008