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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 ... most diverse, talented, and invigorating communities in the world. -
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 -
FAQ / First-year application
Do I have to submit my final grades?
Most students apply to college at the beginning of their last year of high school, so final grades aren’t available. Only admitted students are required to submit their final grades.… -
FAQ / First-year application
Do I have to submit a school profile?
Your school counselor (or equivalent) should submit the Secondary School Report and transcript. Most counselors also attach a letter of recommendation and a School Profile, describing your school’s curriculum and… -
Blog / Decisions Day Threads
Open Thread: Waitlisted
This year well over 18,000 students applied to MIT, the most in our ... students in the coming weeks and months - about how our process works, what you need to do if you are still interested in MIT, and so forth. In the -
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Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Tattoo ideas No, I'm not getting a tattoo. But I do need your tattoo advice.
No, I'm not getting a tattoo. But I do need your tattoo advice. As a cheap yet fun giveaway, we are considering temporary tattoos. They would be small -- say, 2 inches square. What I need are your ideas for a -
Blog / MIT Life
A Conner 2 Trip to the North End Bother bother bother bother
A bunch of people from my floor decided to go to the North End to get pizza and pastries the other night. I didn't feel like writing about it so I decided to just film it instead. I present to you, what it would -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Wanna be on the Radio? (Update) CPW: T Minus 4 Days
time, I've got plenty of volunteers from a wide array of backgrounds, so I'm going to stop asking for volunteers. But, if you have a personal blog that you'll be documenting your CPW experience from, I'd be more -
Blog / Admissions
Stu Saves The Pact God bless Stu's hairy face.
Just when I thought I couldn't make it through another minute of the agony of yesterday's events, I walked into our weekly staff meeting to discover that Stu is HAIRY! Yes, friends, Stu Schmill '86, Admissions -
Blog / Personal Projects
a quarantine haiku generator purell and poetics
hello! hope everyone is doing well. I made a quarantine haiku generator: get yours here. -
Blog / MIT Life
Winter Break and New Year Resolutions In which I try to express how wonderful being home is
It's been a couple weeks, hasn't it? Now that I'm back on campus for ... from this past semester (the MITx supplemental video-making one), I ... too. This one's a bit rough around the edges, mostly made up of video I -
Blog / MIT Life
Thoughts on Snow quick notes from the journal.
-brother, hail. Things I'm now very glad I own: (a) hats. (b) scarf. (c). overcoat. (d). sweaters for layering. (e) boots. Things I now wish I own -
Blog / Decisions Day Threads
Open Thread: Admitted
Congratulations and welcome to the class of 2016! I found this picture of you on the Internet: Go ahead and introduce yourselves :) -
Blog / Academics & Research
Hello, strangers. A video, a song, and some doodles.
I... have not been blogging lately. It's too bad, right? Sorry folks, I was just swamped with April, also known as Hell Month®. Please don't hate me! Anyway, I also realized it's been a while since I -
Blog / Admissions
Thoughts on Removing the Long Essay from the Freshman Application So long, extraneous passages of florid prose.
Brevity is wise. ...but I'm not the one being affected here. What are your thoughts? -
Blog / Academics & Research
It’s Beautiful .
It's beautiful. My newest junior lab experiment. I want to share it with you. Hang on. -
Blog / Academics & Research
Heading back up Goodbye Maryland, hello Boston!
Helllo! Today's the day...I'm going back to good old Boston. Any last minute questions about classes or life??? Post away... -
Blog / Admissions
2006 MIT Admissions Statistics Summary statistics from the past year.
summer. I also hope to post an enrolling class profile and more statistics ... students: SAT I Verbal [670, 770] SAT I Math [730, 800] SAT I Writing [670
