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  Home! I'm back in the US after three weeks in Asia.

  

  the new application season for the Class of 2010. My first Admissions ... continuing of the Meet the Admissions Officers series, a look forward to our upcoming nationwide tour, and an in-depth look at the application and its

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Today’s Mailing Day For me this is a huge thing. You guys are my first MIT class, which…

  

  Waited until midnight so I could post on the 11th officially (EST, anyway) - we'll be mailing in less than 24 hours. Wow. For me this is a ... emotional about it - overwhelmed for the admits and devastated for the denied

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Bachelor’s & Master’s in 5 Years An attractive option offered to undergraduates in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning.

  

  's not just for engineers. Undergraduates in the Dept. of Urban Studies and ... to complete the requirements for both degrees at the end of five years ... might do in Course 1, civil engineering (see the Center for Transportation

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Wahoo! MIT takes over Doonesbury! Alex Doonesbury is coming to a campus near you.

  

  #3 on it), Alex Doonesbury is officially going to MIT! Look out for ... For those of you who are closely following the Doonesbury comic strip ... the total votes, thanks to what the official Doonesbury Web site called

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  romanticize a quiet life i want to be okay

  

  guys?" they call you a week later for an assessment. the person on the ... nice," you say. "okay," they say. "it looks like the next in-person slot ... surprised, because the backlog for mental health help at this school is insane

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • December 28, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  I Get To Blog Today! Is this meta enough?

  

  .  From the letters I would write for my grandparents overseas in elementary ... "Afeefah, do you still write for the blogs?" I've gotten this ... 's good for your productivity. Eat your meals in the dining hall. A day

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 3, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  I’ve been reading applications And I'm still reading them

  

  not need to rely on a desktop for hefty exports and renders. Once the ... ’ve struggled in the past to establish a healthy routine for reading applications ... for the day were complete. That process of entering a super

  • by Jeremy W.
  • November 28, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A recipe for disaster Behind the scenes of the "giant pie" video

  

  could roll it out and press it into the pie tin on bake day. The official ... point, before baking, the pie still looked alright. It also took ... didn't lounge around and watch adventure time while waiting for the pie

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • March 11, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Two opportunities for high school students And you don't have to live near Cambridge, MA this time!

  

  the MIT Society of Women Engineers (SWE) is organizing for high school ... , but if you can't be there, the award will be mailed to you.) So for those of you near Cambridge, come check out the fair! And for those

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 28, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Want To Play Music @ MIT? (informally, that is.)

  

  looking to hook up with other musicians in contexts other than the "official" MIT offerings. Post what you play and what you're looking for. For example, Kiersten and her friend Juan are looking for bass and drums. I

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  suggestions for MIT merch but they're bad

  

  of year again for my favorite seasonal meme: The holiday season is a time for gift-giving. A couple of weeks back, I visited the MIT Coop to ... all ten toes. MIT Mech Suit – Officially issued by the Massachusetts

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • December 10, 2021
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can a QB Finalist that didn’t rank MIT still apply for RA?

  /school official already sent an official transcript through the QB application ... ’ve completed all of the MIT requirements. You will not be considered an official ... . In the email, please include your full name, date of birth, and the
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Livin’ la Vida Española (Pt. 2) Where the music is richer.

  

  dorm). I must admit, on the night of January 3 (I left for Spain on ... whim, I youtubed "Madrid" and started looking at the videos that came up ... respective houses), so we wandered in the airport reception hall for an hour or

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 4, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  For the Admitted Students Welcome, Class of 2013!

  

  your peers if you haven't already, and keep watching for things since the ... . Plan what to do with the Official Copy of the Admissions Letter that will ... 'll probably get more information about this in the package with your official

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / Personal Projects

  How to Build an LED Acrylic Sign Your Complete Beginners Guide

  

  jumped at the idea of creating a new sign for our wall.   For ... would look like using some pictures of the wall and created different 3D ... feasible since some of the brothers pointed out that the wiring for LEDs

  • by Richard O. '28
  • November 30, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Looking Backwards Sherman, set the WABAC machine to....

  

  backwards-looking of my own. Kim has a collection of old Techniques (the MIT ... be experiencing MIT for yourselves this spring, whether for the first ... for the admissions officers, that’s for sure... Of course, in 1918

  • by Alina G. '11
  • March 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tips for applying to UROPs

  

  application on the official UROP website, and send it to the UROP office for ... can filter through the options to search for the kind of program that you’re looking for. You don’t have to be “good enough” to do a UROP

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 30, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I painted a mural for Borderline! bird-erline mural

  

  . #1) Graduate. #2) Paint a mural for The Borderline @ MIT. I got to ... animations that students have also contributed. For the sake of brevity and giving credit where it's due, you should check out the official site and

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • May 5, 2024
• Blog / Travel

  [liveblog] morbing at the airport the flight is delayed for several hours because of toilet issues

  

  airport) for so long that blogging is the only thing that can keep me sane ... their business in for the entirety of the 6 hour flight.   8:30pm ... counter for our flight have been swarmed by concerned passengers for the

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • June 1, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Lament for CPW (Guest Entry) Of lanyards, Capture the Flag, and headwraps.

  

  class (for all those who have forgotten, an essay is the English version ... spot for the next four days. Along the way I meet someone I had spoken ... have now officially met the first real person from my class. Once my

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 16, 2008