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• Blog / About Decisions

  Your Early Action Deadline Questions The deadline is this Monday, November 1.

  

  your Part 2 (thank you for doing this in advance of the deadline ... of your opportunities, not just in math/science but also in the rest of life. So we will evaluate you within the context of your opportunities

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 29, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  If strangers meet life begins you shall above all things be glad and young

  

  had a perfect view of Cambridge and Boston out my window. The plane was ... saw the entire campus, from west to east, east to west, and all the ... , one of the speakers during my Orientation challenged my classmates and

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 23, 2008
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  What MIT Is Like for Non-Technology Majors a quirk of the institvte

  

  price of the same amount that MITechnology students pay for their degrees ... here follow the path of least resistance and attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the most normal and infamous school under the MIT

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 1, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m a physics major (for now) feeling scholarly, part 2/2

  

  classes that I took – those weren’t spur of the moment decisions – but I ... , or any of the problems of [annotation note="the possible exception ... 's not exactly a field of physics in the traditional sense

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • June 26, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  I like to do the jumble sometimes

  

  MIT just before the onset of World War II, and his MIT, while having the ... helped me quite a bit. At MIT, the interview is an important part of the admissions process. The interview report is often one of the most helpful

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 9, 2004
• FAQ / Interview

  What is the interview process?

  . Interviews are not a required part of the MIT application. While we try to offer as many interviews as we can, we have limited availability and may ... available. ECs typically use the email address you provided on your
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Below 48, Part 2 Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do…

  

  of classes I gave in my last post, we're left with the question ... existentialist crisis at the end of sophomore year, when I realized that I hadn' ... with friends or with activities I enjoy. In spring of 2013, the questions

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 27, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist post Answers to waitlist FAQs.

  

  accept our offer of admission. Some years, we overpredict (as in the past ... the offer of admission from another college before May 1. After May 1 ... I know that folks on the waitlist have lots of questions; hopefully

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Touring an IS&T Datacenter, and How My Dad Crashed the Internet I promise they're related.

  

  panicked at the submission of their Early Action applications during the last ... story of how my father became one of the few people in the world who has ... enough already, but seriously: What the heck happened on far West Campus

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • November 2, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pictures from a Month into Classes and I'm thrivi... surviving?

  

  hallway to climbing a rock wall on the side of a student-built wooden fort next to a 360-degree student-built gyroscope ride in the middle of one of ... time we were in the elevator) - but this sense of unseriousness while

  • by Richard O. '28
  • October 14, 2024
• Blog / Events

  REX at Simmons Hall 2015 water balloon wars, pancakes, roofdeck parties, and a trojan duck

  

  As Vincent mentioned, the MIT Class of 2019 freshmen are currently ... , like the East vs West Water War on Tuesday or East Campus' yearly ... Water War and for the Top of the Sponge roofdeck party. It's funny to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 31, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 1

  

  the MIT Museum. Not at MIT, you could take a tour of Fenway Park, walk ... says: 'Because of the late date of our Visiting Program those who wish to ... by May 1st because of the ongoing admitted students weekend, I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  REXachusetts Institute of Technology your guide to the daily confusion

  

  classes begin next week. But over the last week, the Class of 2026 arrived ... . For the rest of you, REX is a great opportunity to find out about the ... what the MIT culture is like, at least as reflected by the kinds of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Taste of the Real World an adventure in life

  

  on in the world, only able to scan the New York Times every couple of ... earthquake in Japan or election signs popping up outside of Kresge. The world ... regattas. This summer is the first I’ve spent outside of academia. Although

  • by Becca H. '12
  • June 22, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I love musicals! Wicked just dropped and I am LOSING MY MIND

  

  , I dressed up as the Wicked Witch of the West. I even painted myself ... film for [annotation note='The film was announced in December of 2012 ... .[/annotation]    I HAVE BEEN SIMMERING. BUZZING. WAITING ON THE EDGE OF MY SEAT

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 29, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Admissions Valentine's Day Cards! Welcome to your moments of fame, 13's.

  

  fame on the MIT Admissions Blogs- send me a picture of you and your card, and I'll add you to the post. :) It's kind of a fun way to meet your ... with his card. Le sigh. I suppose it happens even to the best of us. But

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 14, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Senior Bucket List, Pt. I Do ALL the things!

  

  -time favorites. When I accepted my offer to come to MIT, one of the first thoughts that crossed my mind was Holy moly I am going to be in the vicinity of ... (and beyond!) to hear this incredible man speak. I got one of the last

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 18, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  At What Cost A summary of my fall semester

  

  more than most people take here. Especially on top of being the ... many of you are in the same boat. It’s quite a humbling feeling; one I ... ’t do the work (any of my team members will tell you I could). I just didn

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • December 21, 2007
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  Because of the incredible size and strength of the applicant pool we were unable to offer admission to many, many incredible students whom we ... interested in MIT, and so forth. In the meantime, you may talk amongst

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  Because of the incredible size and strength of the applicant pool we were unable to offer admission to many, many incredible students whom we ... interested in MIT, and so forth. In the meantime, you may talk amongst

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2014