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What should I do if I’m deferred?
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FAQ / International applicants
Am I domestic or international if I hold dual citizenship?
international in our application process. We don't have any preference as to which -
Blog / MISTI
Publishing abroad A taste of an MIT-Russia student's blog
English that I wrote it in to the typical Russian they publish in, but the ... thinking about an article about foreigners living in St. Petersburg. So I ... first published on http://dfactorial.tumblr.com I wrote an article about -
Blog / Academics & Research
LOOK AT THIS. LOOK AT IT.
I logged into WebSIS to check my term grades and saw the following at the bottom of the page: SUCCESS AT LAST. (Well, I still have one grade that isn't in. Whatever. I'M DONE, Y'ALL.) -
Blog / Admissions
Match Game
applications. Unfortunately, I missed another classic IAP event last night: the ... .70/2.007 robotics competition, 6.270 throws in an interesting twist: the robots must be autonomous. The competition is so popular, they hold it in the 1200 -
Blog / Announcements
The First-Year Application for the MIT Class of 2025 is now live
can describe, in 250 words or fewer, any extenuating circumstances that ... I'm writing to announce that the application for first-year undergraduate admission to MIT for the aspiring Class of 2025 is now live. You can -
Blog / Personal Travel
Leaving home…
years to prepare for that. But I suppose you could say that in all of the ... resilient. I snapped out of pondering in a couple of minutes and quickly ... [I'm at MIT now, but wrote this entry earlier today while still -
Blog / MIT Life
Swiss Miss "The archangel Michael descends riding a triceratops."
to #2, and it only went to #94 in Japan. And I am SO SICK OF HEARING IT ... a train in Switzerland. I was worried about finding a replacement ... that in mind, I looked up the word for "umbrella" in Google translator -
Blog / Admissions
Doogie Howser, et al.
successful college/MIT student? I'll be happy to answer any questions left in ... blindfolded? Can they go a whole night speaking only in palindromes? These ... "special case" questions I get is about younger students looking to apply -
Blog / MIT Life
Expedition New England Travel That is Good for the Soul.
simply enjoy life. For those who don’t l know, I come from a town in ... personal book challenge that I’ll blog about in a few weeks!) snacks, my ... Portland, and I exited the train in a nervous hurry thinking I was going to -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Temporary Band Entry Title And we hope we passed the audition.
Center, countless Biology graduate students in buildings 56 and 68, the campus police, both parallels of East Campus, and somebody in a chicken ... know is interested in joining, let us know at marching underscore band at -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
INT to the INT to the IN(s)T i3 Videos! woo!
Interactive Introduction to the Institute (i3) (n.) - a DVD you will ... House as 6 different dorms - New House, iHouse, and 4 cultural houses). The DVD comes in a nifty little graphic-intensive booklet with all the -
Blog / Miscellaneous
World Cup Final in Boston An MIT- and Boston-centric look at the Italian victory.
was huge here in Boston, home to a large Italian-American population ... Street, the North End's main drag, had to be closed to traffic. You can see ... an Italian victory in World Cup soccer. It would be hard to imagine -
Blog / IAP
a postcard from GTL Spain finding myself or something like that
the escalators in Catalonia to be down. Certainly— I decided as I rode ... . Not 30 minutes later, I found myself stuck (yes, stuck.) in the bathroom ... in the upstairs restroom.” Suddenly, I heard a storm of footsteps up -
Blog / Admissions
The Other CPW CPW guest entry by Sam Range '13
, I'll instead attempt to demonstrate the part of MIT that can't be ... few hours blurred, but I'm fairly certain I toured East Campus in that ... conclusion to a CPW entry, it's not something I'm capable of writing, so in its -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Prof. Junot Diaz on The Colbert Report! MIT Writing professor Junot Diaz, winner of this year's Pulitzer Prize for fiction, appeared last…
with the field"]. I finished Oscar Wao on vacation in Germany a few ... modeled after commentators like Bill O'Reilly. And, to help with context in ... ,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive If you're interested in -
Blog / Personal Travel
Day 2: Hiking up a volcano at 15,000 ft (~4.5 km) Altitude sickness and Embarrassing Spanish Attempt #3
January 12 Hostel Colonial House, Quito In retrospect, I do not ... with his head in his hands. Alarmed, I stopped some French backpackers ... lung capacities can hike to the Pichincha volcano summit, which is at -
Blog / Uncategorized
Boston Pops John Williams and a bottle of wine -- on a school night!
engineer, I went to the Boston Pops last Thursday night. Happy 125th anniversary to the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO)! This is how lovely Symphony ... January? That tall man in the middle is none other than John Williams! He -
Blog / Events
The Places You’ll Go Places I've recently gone.
I went to 9-to-5 life in downtown Manhattan. Some of you might have ... while everyone else was frolicking in the snow or relaxing at home, I was ... !) and busting my butt off at my JOB. I chose to get an internship in -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Something is coming, part 3… And the anticipation builds!
To begin, add to Next, mix in a little of this (slightly nsfw for about 3 seconds) Now, put Jess and I in charge, give us a couple of months to stir, and what do you get? Wait and see! (no spoilers in the