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  Essays, activities & academics

  consists of several short response questions and essays designed to help us ... too much—spending a lot of time stressing or strategizing about what ... 're asking these short answer essay questions: What field of study appeals
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  section of their application. Our preference is for counselors to use our ... line of the email for easier processing. Please note: If you send us a copy of your transcript while we are waiting for your official transcript
• Apply / Understanding the process

  Our selection process

  committee, where multiple groups of different admissions staff and faculty ... decision is correct in the context of the overall applicant pool, and that no ... has any chance of swaying a decision unfairly. Our process is a student
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  Extracurricular activities

  about who you are and how you spend your time outside of schoolwork ... outside of the classroom, choose your activities because they delight

• Next steps

  [intro]You made it to the end of our virtual visit experience! We hope it helped you get to know MIT and the students that make this place ... advantage of.[/intro] Tour campus, virtually Follow blogger CJ Q. ’23 as he
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  QuestBridge

  -achieving, high-school seniors, regardless of citizenship, to apply to QB partner ... -year Match Scholarship that covers the full cost of attendance, with no parent ... apply. Recommendations: If neither of your QuestBridge recommendations
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  resources on campus. Citizenship Please select the country of your primary ... bit of information about the people you consider to be your parents in ... or guardians, as well as other members of your household like siblings.

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  [intro]Find out what it will cost to attend MIT with one of our cost calculators.[/intro] MyinTuition Quick College Cost Estimator The Quick College Cost Estimator provides a quick estimate based on six simple
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  Early vs Regular

  MIT has two application cycles: Early Action (EA) and Regular Action (RA). What's the difference? Only the dates of the deadlines! It is fine to apply during either cycle. We do not have a preference, and there
• Blog / About Decisions

  continuing to those not admitted, waitlisted, or still waiting

  

  applications. And to connect our lives to the life of you, the reader. The ... will continue to grow and become yourself, that this is not the end of a road, but the start of a new journey. I know that those words can be

  • by Phi A. '21
  • March 16, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Random Hall ‘13s Life plans, advice, and stories from last year’s Random Hall graduates.

  

  those opportunities unfold in different directions to varying degrees of ... . What sort of depth does this place offer in those academic areas? Think ... year ago, and it was bizarre again this past summer, to see some of my

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 20, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  All I Ever Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (and at MIT)

  

  of an undergraduate college degree. My friend, who I love very dearly ... difficult to enjoy a higher quality of life without a diploma), and MIT is not ... this one. :)] The other day I was hanging out with one of my best

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • June 24, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  the blogs at twenty some reflections, plus an index of posts

  

  week, we (belatedly) celebrated by asking a bunch of former bloggers to ... like a whale lunge feeding']missed them,[/annotation] here’s an index of ... Anthony R. '09 A Whiff of Nostalgia Amidst the Scent of Youth by Daniel

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  ten reflections on mit

  

  feels stronger than my ties to Nevada. I’ve witnessed a lot of change at ... place. A very special place with so much to offer; but also, the parts of ... fun of the architecture a lot here, but sometimes, MIT really does look

  • by Phi A. '21
  • February 15, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  50 Reflections on 50 Things thinking back on The Blogfather's wisdom in my senior year

  

  Dear Class of 2022, 12 years ago, Ben Jones, aka The Blogfather, shared 50 pieces of wisdom with the Class of 2010, which became 50 Things, the most-read blog on MIT Admissions. As a member of the Class of 2018

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 20, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Admitted Student Gatherings

  

  Hi! I’m Brenna Heintz, one of the Admissions Counselors here at MIT. Now that I’ve finally emerged from my first season of reading applications, I’m excited to start meeting all of you! Kim was kind enough to let

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 19, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Go to one in a town near you, and send in your pictures/reviews.

  

  list is just a subset of the many parties going on) Saturday Reno, Nevada ... admitted to the Class of 2011. If there's one in your area, you should check ... happen later. See your MyMIT portal for a list of locations and times for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 24, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Axes of Confusion ????

  

  , one for the minimum amount of classes we need to finish the 21E degree ... a double major because, well, it equates to the units of one major ... offered in it). And our Engineering field is Course 6, or Computer Science

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 21, 2018