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• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  On election day Practicing an applied civic education

  

  also wrote:  In the coming weeks, I hope we will remember this feeling of ... personal consequences in their daily lives.  Whatever the outcome, I very much hope that in our interactions with one another, we can hold

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 3, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW at Random Hall! While the science gets done, you can build a neat fort with the Settlers drinking…

  

  Freshly minted prefrosh! Three years ago I was in your comparatively ... without my future dark green double-canopy umbrella. I got lost in the ... . I even did my differential equations homework in close proximity to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 11, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Your college application motivation soundtrack for September imagine a movie montage, but for politely asking teachers to say nice things about you

  

  . You can go back to 2012 to Qiaochu's post about his life in the cloud; back to 2014 for my post on how I read applications; Nisha's post in 2018 ... with some of the current bloggers in our messenger chat, I emailed the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Being First is Important There can be many firsts

  

  in an entry. We work hard to find pictures for you guys, and then we have to resize, upload, and link them in. I know I would appreciate it a lot if you would write the names of what's in these pictures down and

  • by Snively '11
  • May 14, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Soothing Words About Deadlines From Joanne Cummings She's both the director of the freshman admissions process *and* Evie's mom, so you know…

  

  testing date might be able to reach us in time, but I've been told recently ... This is the time of year in which people start worrying a great deal about deadlines. Rather than give you my own "don't panic" advice, I

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Big MIT Career Fair Lots of companies are on campus today recruiting MIT students.

  

  As I write this, droves of MIT students, sharply dressed in suits ... Agency (CIA) iRobot Biogen Idec Bose Goldman Sachs Veolia Water ... Kinsey & Company Microsoft ...and that's just a sampling. When I was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 21, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  available in the application portal. To check your decision, login to the ... offered early admission to 721. Though they are all different in their own ... , and the useful arts to make the world a better place. We can’t wait to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 17, 2024
• FAQ / International applicants

  Do application materials have to be in English?

  All application materials must be in English. You may have a professional service or a teacher in your school complete the translation, but you can't translate the material yourself. If your teacher translates
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Guests on The Colbert Report All the MIT guests Stephen Colbert has had on his show.

  

  Resource Development."   Gotta go, I'm in the Student Center and I can ... chain of links and tweets that eventually ended up in my inbox which I ... featured in the blog post "Stephen, I'm Putting You On Notice!"   Jeff

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 17, 2014
• Blog / Announcements

  We are suspending our SAT/ACT requirement for the 2021–2022 application cycle as well

  

  I am writing to announce that, due to the ongoing pandemic, our ... year's application cycle. In simple terms, here's what this means for ... -year applicants applying in fall 2021, or transfer applicants applying in either

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 6, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  amongst the stars a comic

  

  and am currently languishing in isolation. While I suddenly have so much free time, I don't feel like doing anything other than admire the art in ... Over spring break, I crashed at my recently graduated friend's place

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • April 15, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  I watched the sunrise this morning

  

    that doesn't mean I don't matter I'm no insignificant blip in the universe it means I am part of something much bigger than myself   ... one of the reasons I love dawn is it reminds me that the sun will

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • November 7, 2024
• Blog / Residential Life

  who started the fire? (not clickbait) playing detective

  

  For the last few years, I've been living off-campus in a house full ... this was some kind of chemical fire in room 408. But I hadn't heard about ... ="aligncenter" width="1000"] a news headline about what happened[/caption] I wasn

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 28, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline MIT's regular action deadline is January 1.

  

  action results will be released in mid-March. I hope this is helpful. Best ... not accepting emails or answering phone calls (and I am on vacation ... deadline fast approaching, I'd like to use this entry to answer some of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline Some answers to frequently asked questions about regular action and the MIT application process. Our…

  

  report. Regular action results will be released in mid-March. I hope this ... answering phone calls (and I am on vacation!). The office will reopen on Monday, January 4th. However, with the RA deadline fast approaching, I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT gave my pod free art supplies!! and despite being hosed, we used them

  

  In January, I heard about an Arts at MIT initiative that provides ... long as they were an MIT student. I'm a casual artist who paints once in ... first. I wanted to try painting in gouache since it was an unfamiliar

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 7, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Summer Reading What’s in your beach bag?

  

  that I find left out for the taking on a table in lobby 10. Emperor of ... was stopped in traffic on the Mass Pike. (I don’t recommend this) But I ... what books are in your beach bag? I’d love to know. Happy Summer!

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 4, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Doonesbury and MIT Meet Alex Doonesbury, MIT '10.

  

  I skipped 4 days of school to go to Seattle and Vancouver to learn ... people ever tell you how pretty your cities are?!?!) I have about 200 pages of reading to catch up on. The last thing I should be doing is blogging

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 8, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Decision letters mailed

  

  envelope sizes, since I've received a number of questions about this, I can ... letters each come in a standard #10 window envelope (4.125" x 9.5"). The other FAQ I've been getting is, why so few EA admits? 200220032004 EA

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 10, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Randomness

  

  life in the city, and my friends. I should get on that. At least I got my fifth stack of homework in today on time. Yeah. I'm going to sleep ... Well, as Laura said in her latest entry, tonight was the "telethon

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 27, 2006