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  MIT Regular Action Deadline

  

  ***EDIT, 12/31/12 1:49PM: Of course, no sooner than I post this, it ... above and beyond what we had originally anticipated). We're aware of the ... 't log in, don't worry; we'll be flexible with the Regular Action deadline

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • December 31, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Me again (but with flamethrowers this time) yup, it's a shameless ploy to catch your interest. But it's working, right?

  

  the MIT shuttles (cue the: when I was your age, we stood outside in the ... archives). I've got to imagine that this was a serious facepalm moment for ... . I'm a complete sucker for historical stuff like that, which is why I

  • by Alina G. '11
  • February 1, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Essay-M A representative collection of an MIT student's best writing samples.

  

  want to be happy Here's what I submitted in third grade. This one is in ... applications in cursive, I would probably be a starving artist right now. The ... the second grade; Sam's Mom has always been dazzled by a poem in which I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 27, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I track the progress of my application?

  MIT, and we'll check to see if it's been included in your application. ... You may track the progress of your application in the application ... days to be processed. Materials are not automatically loaded into a
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s First Annual Q&A Kidding about the annual part. Catching up with my blog comments... finally!

  

  ... finally! ------------------------ Shikhar wrote: "I am a bit confused regarding my essay to MIT. Basically I want to tell you how being in a small ... . How (or more appropriately where) should I put all this down in the

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  keeping interest a list of things i think are cool

  

  what methods I had to do in order to get a certain result. biomedical ... For the past week, I've been thinking a lot about what I want to do ... mindset. But as I've been home in quarantine, I've had a lot of time to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 4, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  rating underwear colors in my inbox *insert context here*

  

  's what they tell me). i walked past a booth in [annotation note="clubs and ... ---hence the few points in that category. but what exactly makes an app, blue? i ... future (exactly "four-days-away"). what does it mean for a color to be in

  • by Victor D. '27
  • February 18, 2026
• Blog / IAP

  The Space Between In which I attempt to explain IAP. (Hint: it's not a Dave Matthews Band song.)

  

  this entry: what is IAP? The one-sentence, in-a-nut-shell version that I ... innocent query of “What's...IAP?” Or, somewhat more likely, I'd receive a ... for quite a while now. And with any luck, I should have evenings open

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 7, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fall term is already a nightmare Today I went to my second day of classes.

  

  picked out of a hat to stay in his class. If I'd known it would come to this I'd have definitely had a freak-out or two before going to my only ... 'd only been 48 hours since I was just sleeping in a bed and feeling clean

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day of IAP 3 Classes and Soup

  

  first classroom is in a decently sized lecture hall, so I spend that time ... Lecture is now over, and I have a thirty-minute break before the recitation ... in a different way. I am really glad that I go to the lectures, so I

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • January 16, 2018
• Blog / MISTI

  Do Welsh Robots Dream of Electric Sheep? teaching kids robotics through GTL Wales!

  

  you in Europe?!” I rode the high of my “European” adventure for a few ... British landscape (no offense New Jersey). I was matched to a few schools in ... weeks I spent in Wales, I taught a group of thirteen Year 9 students how

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 6, 2023
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  you are ready to receive your decision online before logging in to ... reminded us that what we do is more than a job, but a privilege and an honor ... a better place. I know you can. I hope you will.  

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  some thoughts i have a few

  

  /hotseating our friends. Living in Random only meant that I had to work a bit harder ... restrictions and rules of being in a sorority. I don't know how much I can talk ... Greek life as I do, but they are actually in a sorority. They brought up

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 10, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every class I’ve taken at MIT RANKED!

  

  it oopsie). I ended up in a class of all freshmen, and every class was ... 've been interested in data analysis for a while, and I missed coding. It ... I'm doing exactly what the title says: ranking [annotation note

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 26, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Reading folders A little bit more on evaluating applications.

  

  thinking about your high school, I have a sense of what opportunities for ... it's a "Reading Day." I have already picked up a big stack of ... down to read my applications, one at a time. I start reading the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  How to Make Friends Disclaimer: Attempt at your own risk

  

  's helped me see things I couldn't see in myself, and helped me become a ... For whatever reason, I’ve been getting a lot of tumblr questions ... environment, and many other concerns. I’ve even received a few questions from

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 30, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  You Are Welcome Here (and at Elmhurst College too)

  

  in including these as well. I echo the sentiments of a commenter on the ... his mom, when he won second place in a local filmmaking competition for ... the 80’s? But I digress here. His film is actually about a topic I know

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 29, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Flourish and Blogs how to be a professional harry potter fan

  

  , and say: "Hey Flourish! I'm Chris. I work over in admissions. A decade ... convention to be held in Florida in June. What do you do at MIT? Like I said above, I'm a lecturer -- in the Comparative Media Studies department. That

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 30, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP: The Class Edition I'm back in class

  

  third day of class and I thought I'd show you a bit of what I've been up ... Well, my two weeks of no IAP agenda have come to a close and I ... in one direction, so the mechanics behind walking involve a solenoid

  • by Snively '11
  • January 22, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Final Projects Some examples of some projects you might see in MIT writing classes

  

  taken, and the projects I've done in them.   21W.750: Experimental ... strings to form odd or funny sentences, lined them up in a creative way, and ... in image form: And all of the titles ended up forming a poem of

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 13, 2015