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Blog / Decisions Day Threads
Open Thread: Admitted in EA!
Congratulations on your acceptance to the class of 2017! This is what you look like right now - Go ahead and introduce yourselves. :-) -
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CPW LiveBlogging Project Followup Here's the link!
The CPW LiveBlogging project is up and running! You'll find it here: cpw2008.tumblr.com Enjoy! :-) -B -
Blog / Decisions Day Threads
Not Admitted A forum for students who were not admitted.
who fall into this category, this is an open forum for you to talk. -
Blog / Decisions Day Threads
Not Admitted A forum for students who were not admitted.
This year was the most competitive ever for MIT admissions. Admitting just 12% of applicants means that we had to turn away many, many incredible students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an -
Blog / Hacks
Best. Hack. Ever. The title says it all.
www.mitcannon.com Hats off, hacking community. Hats off. For the record, this is absolutely my favorite hack of all time... Amazing. -B P.S. I dedicate this to you. ;-) -
Blog / Admissions
Upcoming MIT Deadline January 1 is the Regular Action deadline.
Please remember that January 1 is the postmark deadline for students ... Application Tracking. Our records office is fully staffed over the holidays and is, even as I write, busily processing all of the application pieces -
Blog / Events
Mystery Hunt in progress
The Hunt is on! I'll be back to regular blogging, and application reading, and sleeping when it's over... -
FAQ / QuestBridge
Does the transcript submitted on my QuestBridge application count as official?
If the transcript on your QuestBridge application was sent by your counselor/school official, it fulfills our requirements for an official transcript and no further action is needed on your part. -
FAQ / Interview
Do alumni conduct interviews?
MIT's Alumni Association is involved with everything MIT—from providing admission interviews all over the world, to sharing in commencement exercises 50 years after their own graduation! They're members of one of the -
FAQ / Life and culture
What do you mean by “MIT Speak”?
MIT uses numbers for everything. You could be in 10-250 taking 18.03, which is 5-0-7, for 6-2. At MIT, all of your friends would understand exactly what you're saying. (You have to enter "MIT Code" in the ask field -
Blog / Challenges
“i’m not depressed!” haha
i had an awesome long weekend, where i went sailing with a friend and ate dinner with other friends on friday, and i got to play my first assassins guild games in a while on saturday, and i got a lot of work done on -
Blog / Decisions Day Threads
Open Thread: Waitlisted
A lot of students applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately, we just couldn't accept them all. We have placed a small number of students ... it time and have a little patience. -
Blog / About Decisions
Transfer Admissions Released Next Wednesday, 12/21
I wanted to post a quick update for our transfer applicants. We will be releasing decisions for transfer students next Wednesday, 12 ... admitting a small number of highly qualified applicants at a rate -
Blog / Admissions
College Fair! v2.0
's going on? At CollegeWeek Live! you all can participate in a real-time, 2 ... as a live version of the MIT blogs. I'm working the MIT booth tonight ... hello, ask some questions, and learn a little about MIT, you'll be glad -
Blog / Admissions
MIT ‘10s in the news A series of newspaper articles about incoming MIT freshmen.
2010 (if there was a newspaper article about you, feel free to send a ... a week's worth to follow. At the conclusion of this series, I plan to -
Blog / Admissions
RA Selection Day 3
friends, including one who was in town because he's coaching a team for the ... finished off the gaming with the classic Settlers of Catan. All in all, a great break from the selection committee. Even though it's a "three day -
Blog / Admissions
Everybody’s Reading Applications!
(hence the low post count this week... luckily Mitra has a couple new ... reading application files today at the Diesel Cafe, I realized that a woman ... turns out, she was reading applications, for a New England private high -
Blog / Admissions
EA Letters Are In The Mail You are an incredible group of people, both academically and personally.
room in the Institute for all of you, I really do. I'm off to enjoy a well-earned, relaxing weekend after working for 12 days in a row. New entries here next week, promise. Have a great weekend everybody. -B Edit -
FAQ / First-year application
Does MIT have any age limits?
We don't have any age limits or restrictions. If you've been away from high school for a while, we would expect to see the results of your ... courses at a community college or in a non-degree program prior to applying