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  EA Deadline: Your Questions [Updated] With the Early Action deadline fast approaching, I'll try to answer some last minute questions.

  

  the time of submission for the online application. Must the application ... look at the best section scores for both the SAT and the ACT. Sam asked ... really look for the answer here on the site -- there's no need to ask basic

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 31, 2009
• Blog / How to MIT

  Gallivanting with Gilles or, how I learned to stop worrying and love the MIT Mailing Lists.

  

  best-kept secret about being part of the MIT community. For this reason ... CONSTRUCT ADDITIONAL COMPUTERS, or, Cheaply Destroying My Life For Fun And ... got a graphics card off of Reuse for around $50, but Newegg was having a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 4, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  On the Road Again Adventures in Texas!

  

  along the way. (As for the other stops in Texas - Dallas/Ft Worth, Houston ... some recruitment travel through Southern Texas! Thought I'd do some "live ... adventures, so if you're interested, I'll make another plug for my Twitter

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 4, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  notes from a week of new classes the prettiest peril of higher education

  

  sitting across MIT's campus struggling to write for more than 30 minutes ... notes and posting them after, leaving three (3) different files for notes for every lecture, all with different amounts of material. On top of

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 15, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  There is still no magic formula ...but there are a few key ingredients

  

  documents completed and/or transmitted online) to recent COVID ... time, for each of the last several years while I was away from MIT ... determine if you are a good fit for the community? Student: I don't know

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Top Blog Posts of 2015 widely viewed and capturing the essence of 2015

  

  Themed Online Distractors (for EA Decision Day) by Yuliya K. '18 Tips and ... 2015 has had its ups and downs for pretty much everyone on planet ... Together by Neerja A. '16015 A Penny for Your Thoughts by Erick P. '17

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions Released TODAY @ 6:28 p.m.

  

  MIT Regular Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2017 will be ... to receive your decision online before logging in to decisions.mit.edu Other facts: Almost 19,000 students applied for admission to MIT this

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • March 14, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  I am Treasured :) Graduate school visit #1 (Updated)

  

  , and stroll down the stairs and ask myself the second big question for the day. Subway or Taxi? Realizing I'd filled out a survey online that ... hoo, I'm "early". Yay for airlines padding flight times so we're always

  • by Bryan
  • March 6, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Former MIT Students on TV Two in a flattering way, one in a potentially embarassing way.

  

  up for a full run. One of the shows, WIRED Science, is co-hosted by an MIT alumna, Aomawa Shields '97. You can watch the pilot episode online ... and pair them with eight beautiful women in a competition for $250

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist Questions The waitlist seems to be a hot topic so I'll try to answer the most…

  

  require a deposit to secure your spot. If you get into MIT later in May, and choose to come, you will likely forfeit your deposit at the other school ... can I do to help my chances? The best thing you can do is simply to stay

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is This All? how do i live without regret?

  

  playing on me. You will have the most freeing, most independent, most ... , took it for granted, didn't challenge herself enough so she dropped her ... research and just applied to grad school for media studies? Why am I going

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 3, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Lot Can Happen in 7 Days

  

  played games, watched virtual reality horror films, and listened to my 12-year-old brother play the saxophone. On January 2nd, I was sitting at ... questions about the Boston startup scene. We caught up for a bit, and she

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 14, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  N.Y. Times, Page B11: “MIT Guard Shows Brains and Hoops Can Mix” Jimmy Bartolotta '09 leads the 16-5 MIT Men's Varsity Basketball team.

  

  the academic bar isn't lowered for athletes. Earlier this year, we had a ... (!). He plans to play in Europe next year (maybe with Kobe Bryant?).   ... , envisioning a comical scene of ball-playing nerds, the rocket scientists of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 6, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST fun And now...the much anticipated (but never duplicated!) photo-filled account of the coolest robotics competition ever!

  

  this year's competition, "Aim High.") Bonus points are awarded for robots ... college student mentor for Team 97, and she invited me to the Manchester regional with the team. It was so awesome that I even stuck around for an

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  101 Things About Tokyo (Pt. 1) Another IAP. Another Country.

  

  're having fun =p) Following the "tradition," I've decided to spend this IAP ... I hope you (and the powers above) will forgive me for blogging about ... embarking again on a cruise to the Carribbean next week). I go home for dinner

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 13, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Up The last of the post-finals, pre-internship adventures.

  

  best start for a "pack every minute of the weekend with something awesome ... Boston for the summer. One fistfight later*, I landed in DC, fully resolved ... seconds to waste. *Not my own. While I waited for my connecting flight in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 27, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  I Miss College Application Season The Good, The Bad, and the Casey Jones

  

  playing Jazz for the sake of playing Jazz. I miss Blues in Hoss Flat, and ... one for a little kid.  I miss riding the school bus. I miss playing ... I couldn’t get myself to write.  I miss signing up for college campus

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 31, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  “What Should I Bring To College?” (partly) answered my everyday carry

  

  you're looking for a more exhaustive list, these blog posts might be of ... know.  But still the best way by far to take notes in most MIT classes.  Equations, diagrams, and graphs are no fun to try to reproduce on a laptop or

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 23, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Twenty-One Days Abroad in Twenty-One Photographs a curated photo dump of an IAP in Spain

  

  taught in English, but for those looking for a more Spanish ... play (Blood Wedding by Federico García Lorca), and a novel (Leaving ... held four days a week (Monday-Thursday) for three weeks (January 4th

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 8, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Hey VMars fans Wallace is Course 2!

  

  freshman year, the freshman class council will email the class, asking for ... that sometimes when you apply online, you have to keep your essays under ... online application does not cut you off after 500 words, or at all as far

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2006