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• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Passing along some e-mails, and my responses to them.

  

  a particular interest in math or science, then it will be difficult to ... should select Physics or an Engineering course as my major during ... then go into Physics or should I stick with Physics itself? -and- My

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman FAQs and a cliffhanger or two.

  

  that I've gotten via email/FB message/owl post in the past few months. 1 ... known as "the smart one" or "the guy who's good at biology" or whatever ... much of MIT is about openness, whether it's the open source movement or

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 7, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  a pi day (decision) story 3/14/21 at 6:28 PM ET

  

  "]Grant,⁠ or someone from our admissions team,[/annotation]⁠ will be there to ...  MIT Regular Action decisions will be available online Sunday, March ... ’ve been tracking your application checklist, which will now be turned off

  • by Tim
  • March 8, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admissions Decisions

  

  from one individual school will not make or break your future happiness ... We've come to the time of year when many of you readers will find out whether you've been admitted to MIT or not. I want to express to you all my

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  An Afternoon In/Out Of The Snow

  

  will actually trade money for the transient pleasure of drinking it, and ... carnivorous appetite. 1:00 PM I've gained entrance to the club, and can ... victory. 1:55 PM I bundle up and continue along my irreversible temporal

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • January 22, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring cleaning and miscellany The Brass Rat club, sending 4-inch heels to Goodwill, and picking a new food-providing graduate…

  

  process will involve a lot of free food. Just a few questions today.. 1 ... -go-lucky person by nature. So I will just say two small things that I don't like ... student, other than excited about science or engineering. 2. Annie asked

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The land of the free and the home of the internet Back to life, back to the internet

  

  internet wasn't my inability to write amusing new blog entries or chat on AIM ... maybe I'll just have to walk to LA. I'm sure it will be awesome. At any ... preparation, shall we say, sucked.) Question Time: 1. Although we're certainly

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  chaos and an exam that I technically failed irl deus ex machina

  

  points = Exam 1 100 points = Exam 2 100 points = Exam 3 45 points = the 9 ... decided that Exam 1 would be dropped from everyone's final grade (even for ... WILL be included in the final grade calculation only if it makes their

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 28, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things To Do While Waiting for Decisions, Part II Relax! Take it eee-aaa-sy!

  

  : Things To Do While Waiting for Decisions, Part II! 1. Consider majoring in ... place. Especially because there's no way you can know how a school will ... will really truly be convincing, but it's my advice to you. Turn up Mika

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 10, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Gimme a “C”! What a bunch of the cheerleaders are up to this summer. Hint: It's not sitting…

  

  can't wait to watch trashy VH1 countdowns and hear English all around me ... execs. Have you gone/will you go anywhere cool this summer? Going to ... gone/will you go anywhere cool this summer? Well, I spent some time at

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 27, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Balancing Life, School, and… More Life? Gotta start by taking advantage of Veteran's Day to... work... and, more importantly, BLOG!

  

  Terrascope room at 12 and stay there until 2 or 3 to work on our final plan for ... 1ish, then stayed up until 3:30 AM studying for physics. Luckily I ... eye a million times before for allergies or from overuse (ahem... maybe

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • November 11, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rambax MIT On Rambax, MIT's one and only Senegalese drumming ensemble. Also known as MIT's best Senegalese…

  

  undergrads or affiliates minus Lamine (pictured in the center, dancing away in ... the show, getting the audience to sing or get up and dance along, and ... danced (or at least attempted to) around and throughout us: Which brings

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 6, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Jack of Some Trades, Master of Absolutely Nothing feeling mediocre at mit

  

  , since it's not a question of whether I belong or not; it's doubt of my ... . There is no summa cum laude or overall GPA ranking because it is meant that every MIT degree is made equal, whether that means a 5.0 GPA or a 3

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 12, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Siete Ciudades de España A very busy IAP

  

  always the most beautiful or exotic. Small things, like buying a SIM card ... Spanish department. You spend 3-4 weeks taking an MIT Spanish language or ... , from 10:00-1:00 in the afternoon. In the span of less than four weeks, we

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Cooking in Quarantine making all the recipes

  

  any means, just blander than we were expecting. [carousel image1 ... , because cakes are usually really moist when they have things like yogurt or ... it's made with turkey or chicken when we ate it at McCormick dining

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 30, 2020
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I defer my enrollment?

  If you're admitted to MIT, you may defer enrollment for one or two ... , you will be asked to submit a formal request for deferment to the Dean ... military, or religious service. Please note that you may not defer enrollment
• Blog / Classes

  happy LFDOC! my last semester of undergrad :)

  

  , leaving Boston for a little weekend trip in New York or New Hampshire ... thinking about the future so dang much. Where will I travel this summer? How will I navigate my [annotation note="I’ll give an update on this

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 3, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Latino Cultural Center It's Mes Latino!

  

  classes to have a cup of coffee, get going on my to do list, take a nap, or ... ...) are shared with the whole MIT community. Festival this year will be on 3 ... occasionally feeds me tortillas and elotes when mi mamita is so far away. I will

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 3, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  to welcome them to campus, where they will join the similarly ... students will be considered afresh in Regular Action. For more information on ... , there were 1,308 students to whom we were not able to offer admission this

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  You Are Welcome Here (and at Elmhurst College too)

  

  great place to work and be a student. 1. MIT is very diverse -with no ... in Illinois is paving the way for what will soon be something for more ... what it appears to be: an optional self-identifier. No smoke or mirrors

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 29, 2011