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-Elizabeth (currently in Washington D.C. with Maita '13's family!)
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Blog / Events
Why no blogs!? I'm busy, ok?
Why no entries lately? Because MIT's Freshman Orientation is in full swing and everybody on campus is crazy busy. With what? Stuff like the East vs. West Water War from yesterday. Photos courtesy of our ever -
Blog / Decisions Day Threads
Not Admitted A forum for students who were not admitted.
With an 8% increase in applications, this year was again the most competitive ever for MIT admissions. Admitting less than 12% of applicants means that we had to turn away many, many incredible students. For those of you -
Blog / MIT Life
Don’t Dump I got stopped by the police.
Awesome title, right? In short, my Friday involved graffiti, press conferences, and getting stopped by the police. Just one photo to whet your pallet. A series of updates on Orientation and the start of Rush are long -
Blog / Admissions
MIT ‘10: Ervin Puskar Bosnia, Ohio, Cambridge. A video news report on Ervin Puskar '10.
full scholarship. 18-year-old Ervin Push-Kar has always been strong in ... full four-year scholarship to MIT. Ervin arrived in bowling green ten years ago from a refugee camp after being forced to flee his home in -
Blog / Admissions
Admitted From The Waitlist? If you were admitted from the waitlist, you should now be able to see the…
If you were admitted from the waitlist, you should now be able to see the Admitted Students Portlet in your MyMIT account. Go sign the MIT '10 guestbook! -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Year of the Dog Happy Lunar New Year!
Happy Lunar New Year from Evie* and the entire Office of Admissions! *Evie is the dog of Associate Director of Admissions Joanne Cummings, and is my favorite pooch in the world =) -
Blog / Admissions
Happy Holidays! The bloggers' holiday pic.
Just a quick note to say happy holidays from all of us to all of you. We hope your vacations are fun and safe, and that your 2006 is super. :-) P.S. All questions to date have been answered in the previous entry... -
Blog / MIT Life
So about those flip flops… snow part deux
See my last entry about No Flip Flops Looks like the snow has finally arrived for real. Woke up this morning to these sights in tree-lined Brookline. This week: look forward to entries on designing a wind -
Blog / Admissions
November Scores
To anyone who's been worrying about scores from November tests geting to us in time for EA selection, here's a bit of good news - we got 'em! They'll be loaded into the system tonight. Now stop worrying! ;-) -
Blog / Admissions
Quick update A short entry, a quick link, and I become Seth Cohen.
In honor of my trip to the OC, Ben made this for me: And the link of the day: The Art of Problem Solving (more on this next entry) A longer update soon... -
Blog / Admissions
Status Pic, As Promised Still bearded. 4 days to go.
Ask and ye shall receive! Here's a pic taken this morning that will demonstrate the beard in its full glory: 4 days until mail/shave day. :-) NICE -
FAQ / First-year application
Does MIT consider legacy?
MIT doesn't consider legacy or alumni relations in our admissions process. If you'd like to read more about this policy, check out the blog Just to Be Clear: We Don't Do Legacy. -
FAQ / Academics and research
What is the Singapore-MIT Alliance?
from universities, research institutes, and industries in Singapore and -
FAQ / Academics and research
What does the D-Lab do?
D-Lab is building a global network of innovators to design and disseminate technologies that meaningfully improve the lives of people living in poverty. The program’s mission is pursued through interdisciplinary courses -
FAQ / Life and culture
What’s the campus life and culture like?
It would be impossible to tell you about campus life and culture at MIT in just a few words, so we're going to have to send you to another page on our site—hopefully, you'll get a feel for the vibrancy of our -
FAQ / Afford
Does MIT have a Financial Aid Calculator?
We have two calculators. The MyinTuition Quick College Cost Estimator provides a quick estimate based on six questions. For a more in-depth review, the Net Price Calculator will help you learn your eligibility for -
FAQ / Afford
What is need-blind admissions?
MIT's need-blind admissions process ensures that you will not be disadvantaged in the admissions process because of your financial need. Our admissions process is need-blind for all students, foreign and domestic. -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Better than a Ryan Cabrera poster Want a Warhol in your dorm room?
Want a Warhol in your dorm room? Today is the final exhibition day ... of artwork from MIT's collection. Artists represented in the collection ... Andy Warhol Each piece in the collection is framed and signed by a -
Blog / Community Projects
Blown Back to Oz the close of the 2014 Design/Build/Fly competition: day 4.
had one more mission to fly and we wanted to re-fly a mission as well in ... forecasted heavy rain and a thunderstorm starting around noon, in which case ... ) for three laps around the course in as short a time as possible. We knew