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• Blog / Admissions

  What should I be doing now? Tips for regular and early applicants.

  

  to give bad news to so many students, but it's a reality that we all ... , and hope for the best. As the year draws to a close, start talking with ... If you are applying to MIT this year (early or regular), here's an

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 28, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Video games I’ve played this semester trimps, mother 3, hades, and vampire survivors

  

  overwhelming enough to require a guide. (Looking at you, The Prestige Tree.) My ... story. I'm a person who likes to enjoy the story, skip the game, and ... cheats to increase my level a little. This is no fault of Mother 3; this

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 30, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on the question “where are you from?” and the answer: neither here nor there. alternatively, about being a missourian.

  

  , my first response is to say Missouri with a somewhat sheepish ... '''s, [annotation note ="In fact, I never hear it when being introduced to a fellow ... , to a chorus of concerned “no, what?”'s."]microwaved pad thai

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • September 30, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  Advice I give others that I don’t follow myself (yet)

  

  mind don’t matter. It’s a cliche because it’s true, and we tend to ignore ... means that if you tell a friend you can’t talk to them right now, or can ... it. Take breaks. Take breaks, even if you have a lot of work to do

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 23, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Because one story just isn’t enough My tale of being admitted. Laugh. Cry. Both. Neither. All of the above?

  

  would be fun to read. Be warned - I may (read: will) overdramatize a good ... the phone over to my mom, because he didn't seem to know how to handle a ... that), what if I have a tube, and it's just too big to fit into the

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  On Supplemental Materials Further information about application supplements.

  

  music and would like to be a part of the music community at MIT, you may ... "undergraduate application materials" on the envelope. You do not need to be a ... or be a music major. Art. If you are an artist and would like to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m a Pirate Now just in case I don't get a real mit degree lmao

  

  prestigious MIT PE programs, you might be aware of something called a Pirate Certificate. It looks like this.   I'm showing it to you because you ... actually says GPRs.), but also I took a SCUBA class. I'm like an advanced

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 3, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Always Rooting for the Anti-Hero it's me! hi! i'm [the problem?], it's me

  

  . I've historically been known to be somewhat of a firecracker on campus ... to catch me on a bad day, my strong personality traits seemed to ... here." And I stood there for a minute, laughing to myself a little

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 29, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And now for the feature presentation… ...IN STEREO.Don't ask. It's an LSC thing. I don't really get it myself.

  

  to discover yesterday afternoon. You see, my laptop has a removable ... . Then, he proceeds to pop the cork of the wine bottle, pour himself a ... to do with phase diagrams. There was actually a pretty cool experiment

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s All Going To Be Okay I won The Game!

  

  you weren't already. Nonetheless, for those who don't know, here's a ... of the game is to forget that it exists. It's one of the most popular ... whom is about as obsessed with xkcd as I am, so he showed it to me on his

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 3, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Techfair technology, stickers and internships

  

  Jimmy (left) works on Groups, a great way to connect with other beginning ... companies like Bloomberg and Intuit were up to.. and we made a brief ... around your touch. We made sure to take a look at more MIT projects

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 4, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Awesome Robot Competition? LIVE?? Check out the 2.007 Final Robot Competition! LIVE May 12th/13th!

  

  class and plan to write a longer blog about our experiences, but we couldn ... Monday to earn as many points as possible, and a top 32-robot single-elimination tournament on Tuesday! Quote from an email: "Each head-to-head match is a

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • May 12, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Career Fair Thoughts In which I didn't try to acquire 50 different company shirts

  

  becoming a camp counselor or taking time off to spend with your friends and ... throughout the Z-Center. This year, I didn't succumb to the frenzy of: This is mostly because I've given away far too many company shirts to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 21, 2014
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  As you know, we had a very competitive Early Action applicant pool, and unfortunately we could not take all of them. If your decision was ... students shortly. In the meantime, please feel free to use this forum to chat

  • by Decisions
  • December 14, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  An MIT Adventure Life at the 'Tute

  

  : had never seen a taxi, had never been on a subway (except for the one at ... immediately sent to NYC to conduct some school visits. I was so nervous riding the subway for the first time, but getting to meet the students at the

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • August 20, 2012
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Early Action: Deferred A forum.

  

  We had a record number of Early Action applicants this year, and unfortunately we could not take all of them. If your decision was deferred, then ... shortly. In the meantime, please feel free to use this forum to chat.

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2010
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Forum for those Not Admitted

  With a record number of applications, this year was once again the ... applicants from our amazing applicant pool means that we had to turn away many ... category, this is an open forum for you to talk.

  • by Admin
  • March 14, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  This week in verse There's a song that describes exactly what I'm feeling right now.

  

  Rather than write a real blog entry, I instead urge you to consider the following: An MIT surveyor came upon the gates of Hell, He looked ... already 'cuz you went to MIT." That is all.

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 30, 2009
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Forum for those Not Admitted

  

  With a 17% increase in applications, this year was once again the ... applicants from our amazing applicant pool means that we had to turn away many ... category, this is an open forum for you to talk.

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  LOLZ CATS In which he creates one of his own to explain his extended absence.

  

  'll get to your questions soon - although most of them are about missing materials, and Matt already did a great job of addressing that topic.) (Thanks to Christina for finding the picture for me.)

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 27, 2007