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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Love Affair: 11.027 & New Orleans [by Janet Li '12] Spring break in NOLA.

  

  different planning projects: working for a neighborhood advocacy group, blight ... with the field work we did in New Orleans this past week. New Orleans is ... today post Katrina. Much reconstruction work is still being done, and that

  • by ARTalk
  • March 27, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  final exam distributions "mit does not curve"

  

  MIT [annotation note="but many classes will define cutoffs relative to class performance, which is more or less a curve; hence, increased happiness when everyone scores poorly together."]technically "does not curve

  • by Alice L. '24
  • December 22, 2022
• Blog / Personal Travel

  i ran into someone in vienna today… hi nisha

  

  [annotation note="the dark&stormy is an s-tier drink."].[/annotation] [annotation note="believe it or not, us being in vienna at the same time was completely coincidental."].[/annotation]

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 27, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  A letter for you (yes, you)

  

  that your time and your story have been wasted if you do not receive an affirmative decision tomorrow. Please fight those thoughts. A decision is not a measurement of your worth. A decision does not validate or invalidate your life

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 13, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2013 FAQs

  

  : If you have not completed all the testing requirements by the October test dates, you will not qualify for the Match. If you have not completed your testing by October, do not worry; you do not have to remove MIT from

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 21, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fold, Throw, Recycle I used to get in trouble for doing things like this.

  

  In kindergarten, I used to get in trouble for throwing paper airplanes in class, but apparently, that's not the case at MIT. I received this email just now in my inbox. I might try to revive my skills. For

  • by Bryan
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / Events

  PumpkiNerd Carving My dorm had a pumpkin carving contest, and categories were funniest, scariest, geekiest, most original,…

  

  "vegetabletarian" is more accurate.) Me? Not so much. For the handful of you who are somehow not obsessed with econometrics, I should note that we ... not only carved in "athena%" but also included a cursor. Well, in case

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 26, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  Is it ok to go over the essay word count?

  We require applicants to follow the word limits provided on the application. Your information will not be saved if the responses are too long. You may have to "play" with your thoughts and sentences a bit to meet
• FAQ / International applicants

  Can you mail me materials internationally?

  Due to increasing mail costs and in an effort to be environmentally-conscious, we no longer mail materials internationally, and we do very limited mailing within the U.S. You may however,…
• FAQ / Afford

  What is need-blind admissions?

  MIT's need-blind admissions process ensures that you will not be disadvantaged in the admissions process because of your financial need. Our admissions process is need-blind for all students, foreign and domestic.
• Blog / Blog Projects

  [live blog] BLUEPRINT 2025 by the Blueprint Team // come see what we're baking!

  

  run? will the bugs take over? has their two days of work been worth it ... majority had not attended a hackathon before, and a general track. this didn ... jumping robot![/annotation] As [annotation note="not sure if i'd say this

  • by Janet G. '27
  • March 1, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  EA, RA, and Transfer Updates Including the status of MyMIT tracking and the latest for those impacted by Sandy.

  

  documents. Do not worry/call/email if something is not showing up yet on your ... admission to be a worry.  If you have submitted your EA Part 1 but not yet your Part 2, you can still do so.  If you have not yet

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 14, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Only Answer I Have "Just a couple of sentences."

  

  experience, and not some MIT-sanctioned, carefully crafted spin. Thank you for ... "just a couple of sentences" about why a specific applicant was not ... votes to admit the applicants who are admitted, not to reject the

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Update: App Tracking & More All of the mail has been processed, and MyMIT Application Tracking is up-to-date.

  

  something? First, do not worry. We do not assign blame on why we don't have it, we just know that we have not processed it. We will not look at your ... up with your Educational Counselor. If we have not processed

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 18, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In which I am a bad example but only for about twelve seconds.

  

  , before I could stop myself. "Really? Why?" he asks. "I mean, it's not ... could give to a teenage girl." (I do not think the series is well-written at all. I was not lying when I told this man what I thought. Take this

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 22, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On How To Approach Your Interview Advice on how to approach your interview.

  

  or her a call or write him or her an email. You should do this, not one ... , they should limit themselves to nagging you to do it, and not do it for ... waived and you are not planning on visiting campus, you can check the site

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why the title of this post is really important I got to present my UROP work looking at the titles of graphs at the…

  

  how and why the human visual system works the way it does. The ... been working on (which could potentially be exploratory or in-progress) by making a poster of their work and discussing it with other

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • May 28, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Wait List Decisions 2013 Is it supposed to be waitlist, wait list, or wait-list? Oh never mind...

  

  not we could go to our wait list this year. Every year, we always plan ... , it was 64 percent. Unfortunately, this means that we will not be able ... time in the last eight years that we have not been able to go to our wait

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 13, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline Extended to January 3 We have extended the RA deadline. Happy Holidays!

  

  January 3. We strongly suggest that you not wait until the very last moment ... Tracking. Please note that you do not need to express mail or overnight your ... Reports do not need to be submitted by January 3; they should be submitted

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 3, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Info for MIT QuestBridge Finalists Don’t know what QuestBridge is? You can skip this entry.

  

  : If you have not completed all the testing requirements by the October test dates, you will not qualify for the Match. If you have not completed your testing by October, do not worry; you do not have to remove MIT from

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • October 23, 2012