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  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  deferred, take solace in knowing that we will reconsider your application anew, and without prejudice, in Regular Action.  Also, remember that this ... may feel happy to be deferred. Some of you may feel sad. Some of you may

  • by Decisions
  • December 19, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  As you know, we had a very competitive applicant pool in Early Action ... in Regular Action. Many MIT students were initially deferred; you can ... feel happy to be deferred. Some of you may feel sad. Some of you may have

  • by Decisions
  • December 14, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  As you know, we had a very competitive applicant pool in Early Action ... in Regular Action. Many MIT students were initially deferred; you can ... feel happy to be deferred. Some of you may feel sad. Some of you may have

  • by Decisions
  • December 15, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Don’t Panic! MyMIT will be inaccessible on Saturday, October 31 from 6:00am until 10:00am EDT for essential…

  

  coming from me the day before instead of in the morning when you fired up the browser to finally submit your EA application. Rest assured there ... completed. Go ahead and sleep in, read a book, watch some cartoons, finish

  • by Dave McOwen
  • October 30, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The Match Our thoughts, and a request for current MIT students to weigh in.

  

  the better part of the fall. I apologize for this, and thanks to all of ... MIT students (and alums, if any feel like weighing in!) will comment in ... think make good matches to the undergraduate culture of MIT - academic

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 5, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Happy 4th of July! Glorious red, white, and blue

  

  doesn't look like this: Well I may not go to see the fireworks today, but in a few minutes I will watch the Germany vs. Italy semifinal match ... 've got my money on Germany. Good thing the weather conditions are better in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Dewey Love Libraries? Yes we dew!

  

  oftentimes embark on library crawls, during which I visit up to 3 libraries in ... minutes sitting, slouching, kneeling, and wiggling around in various chairs for the Dewey furniture survey. (Clearly, I don't have enough work to do

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 10, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  4 8 15 16 23 42 If you already know what those numbers mean, this entry is for you.

  

  are my two favorite shows, but Lost is positioning itself to take the ... peeps come up with. In the meantime, do you think the numbers are ... the Red Sox will never win.) Are you obsessed too? Argh. Go to the

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  A thousand million questions An evening with Gaelic quesadillas and Farrokh Bulsara.

  

  be on the other side of me, but then I realized that in order to that I ... replied, with a laugh, "I actually told him to put that in the speech! I ... Alton Brown in the picture identification round. Overall, a great way to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 6, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What’s the Infinite Corridor?

  , classrooms, and labs radiate from here. Whatever you do, stay to the right when ... when classes let out. In mid-November and in late January every year ... , a reference to Stonehenge.
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What is Concourse?

  Concourse is a unique community of first-year students committed to learning in a small interactive group environment with dedicated teachers. Concourse offers small classes in the math and science GIRs as well as small
• FAQ / First-year application

  What are the deadlines for first-year applicants?

  the application, you are still able to add them by following the “Add new test scores” link in the application portal. The deadline for ... exam results after you submit your application, you are still able to add
• Blog / MIT Life

  Retreat! Retreat! 24 wonderful hours of sister-time in the MIT mansion!

  

  spent the past 24 hours at the Endicott House , an MIT owned mansion in a Boston suburb used for conferences. It was amazing to hang out with my sisters in such a beautiful setting, surrounded by antiques and eating meals

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Tech is Hell we are happy, tech is hell

  

  down in a few moments toward the lower world whence he will have to push ... The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the ... , and his passion for life won him that unspeakable penalty in which the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 13, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  So we’re actually *identical* twins which is surprising to absolutely ... no one

  

  ! And then she sent this to the blogger group chat, and our nicknames in ... mistake! We are in fact identical twins. Over winter break we ordered ... to our surprise (and probably most people’s lack thereof) this was the

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • January 27, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  MITE2S, RSI, and more

  

  Today, I'm in northern Virginia, assisting with the selection for the ... after a day of reviewing applications to MITE2S. As an admissions officer, I enjoy working to provide a group of young people with educational

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Avoiding moonlight on an empty stomach Late-night snack cravings lead me underground on meandering routes to Massachusetts Avenue.

  

  basement in the middle of the night, I moved to the side and acted like I was ... accessible and become quite useful when you want to avoid various above ... forgot dinner and are in fact pining for a cold drink, hot sandwich, or

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 11, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  Laser Graffiti I found something cool on the way home.

  

  leapt onto a bench for a better view, trying to figure out which room in ... laser pointer to draw graffiti on the tallest building in Cambridge. He ... building in Cambridge, and/or the live Tetris game, and/or the building that

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 28, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Little Snails SciFi movie marathons rock my socks!

  

  to do all the classic MIT things before graduating. Accordingly, LSC's movie marathon was one such event I had to attend. Slated for viewing for a whooping $6 in 26-100 were: Fantastic Planet Courtest of

  • by Bryan
  • January 28, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Thoughts on Snow quick notes from the journal.

  

  waterproof to it as you thought. Silly: how grass looks like a bad shave when

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 10, 2013