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• Blog / Community Projects

  Activate Party Mode! Auctomated dorm controls at East Campus.

  

  In-Dorm Automation System (MIDAS)! MIDAS is an elaborate automation system that roommates Zack Anderson '09 and RJ Ryan '09 developed for their dorm room in East Campus. The room is now 199 square feet of customized

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 15, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does MIT have required classes or language requirements?

  We're often asked to recommend specific classes for high school ... classes but consider an ideal preparation to include calculus, physics ... and IB coursework as college level and the highest level of rigor in
• Blog / Admissions

  The Final Countdown

  

  deadline!), and complete it before Halloween, assuming you're in an area where we have interviewers (if you're living in, for example, Crescent ... ). Having an interview is an important part of our process. Check in with

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 20, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  On Supplemental Materials Further information about application supplements.

  

  of you not already covered, you may send in an additional letter of recommendation. This in general would not need to be on an MIT recommendation form ... ("about something that you have created") or in an extra recommendation from

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Value added You are not the same person you'll be at the end of undergrad, and your…

  

  MIT. I had my name on an abstract/poster at the Society for Neuroscience conference and on a paper in Cell. I'd worked on an independent project for a ... . Interview 2001: None. I was too shy to sign up for an optional interview. 2005

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 25, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Underneath All That Polish… ...lies a few things you wouldn't want to miss

  

  to look for it. ... have a lot of work to do (as has been the case for, quite honestly, the ... 'd park myself and do some hardcore, pomodoro-style studying for 7.05. I

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 7, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finals Week It's the final countdown.

  

  This is going to be an interesting week. For early action applicants ... .01; Physics I)! 3 excruciating hours in an indoor track field - can't say I did ... make breakfast for the girls in the house before they went off to finals

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 15, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Yet Another MIT 2010? Alex Doonesbury needs to choose a college.

  

  nanofabrication start-up" in Bangalore, or "following around an influential Seattle ... In the comic Doonesbury by Gary Trudeau, the character Alex ... college decision is up for a vote (aren't you glad all college decisions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Standing Out [by C/3C Christopher Benson, '10] Before AFROTC, this abstract concept of "leadership" seemed very generic...

  

  excited to commission as an Officer in the United States Air Force, to have ... simply as an avenue to become a pilot and to pay for school. I wasn ... ." This quote came from an F-15 pilot who stopped by to speak to the AFROTC

  • by ROTC
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  I am an MIT Admissions Officer, AMA you know the drill

  

  comments and answer them in the blogs. That was pre-Disqus, and I think ... else, or just talk amongst yourselves in the open thread below. I've got to drive up to a meeting in a few hours, and I've got a sprint

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 10, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  i saw twenty one pilots at td garden in boston live music is very much alive and here to stay

  

  comfortable enough in Boston to buy tickets for Rex Orange County for February ... this concert would show me that my love for concerts had, in fact ... as you jumped up and down in that crowd, holding on for dear life and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 28, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  Over Spring Break A flattering video of MIT Women's Tennis derping around California

  

  two years, which is doubly as nice for me because my family lives in ... -ranked team put us in a better position for NCAA qualification. I think that ... for having the chance to get to know all these weird (in the best

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 11, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  #9 Dream Ah, bowakawa, pousse pousse! Ah, bowakawa, pousse pousse!

  

  -out entry in the midst of studying for finals. Go read Mollie's blog; she's a ... for it! So much for taking only four classes in my senior year. All ... taste: "Free As A Bird" -- The Beatles (1995) "For the Widows in Paradise

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Welcome 2014s!! :) See you in the fall!

  

  So we're almost an hour past May 3, which means you SHOULD have finally made the decision on matriculation! For all of those that replied in the affirmative, congratulations! You're in for one heck of a ride

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 4, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  Sunrise If a picture is worth a thousand words (minus inflation), that makes this post much…

  

  IAP, for those who are just tuning in, is one of the greatest times ... have a test over in 5 hours". IAP in fact stands for "It's Awesome ... sunrise is sort of an unpleasant experience, it means you're running out of

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 22, 2010
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What’s MIT’s mission statement?

  The mission of MIT is to advance knowledge and educate students in ... nation and the world in the 21st century. The Institute is committed to ... dedicated to providing its students with an education that combines rigorous
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Forum for Admitted Students

  your future classmates. FYI, the reply form and CPW portlet in MyMIT will live in a day or two.

  • by Admin
  • March 14, 2010
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Forum for Waitlisted Students

  In the near future, we'll have some advice and information here on the blogs about being waitlisted. In the meantime, feel free to use this forum to discuss anything waitlist-related.

  • by Admin
  • March 14, 2010
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Forum for Waitlisted Students

  

  In the near future, we'll have some advice and information here on the blogs about being waitlisted. In the meantime, feel free to use this forum to discuss anything waitlist-related.

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every class I’ve taken at MIT RANKED!

  

  community for students with an interest in the blend of STEM and humanities ... 'll explain the reasoning for these rankings below in my four-year class roadmap ... or lathe to winning the MacGyver Prize for creativity in that class

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 26, 2025