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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Flat Ryan’s Adventures at MIT! There are more exclamation points in this entry than there are days of classes left…

  

  : 1. You get to watch Spongebob and not even feel bad about it ("I was babysitting!") 2. You get to play with light-sabers and Nerf guns and not even ... get to laugh at the word "pants" and not even feel bad about it ("I was

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 5, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  What I Did on Registration Day I registered.

  

  earlier tonight while waiting for iTunes to load*. *Not that this is ... math kind, not the kind that President Lincoln lived in, which are much ... 's blog, blogarithm, not necessarily because of the content but because I

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 2, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  What’s Up With The Mail?!? Honestly, I'm not entirely sure. But I'll tell you everything I know.

  

  Honestly, I'm not entirely sure. But I'll tell you everything I know ... while people in Cambridge have not. I can't explain this, other than to ... factors, I can confidently say that as of this morning, not every admit has

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Likelihood

  

  some other top colleges do." For those of you not up to speed on what a ... not go out until April. So, in a sense, I can understand the urge to not ... process. Why not straight-out admit the student rather than send a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 19, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  lots of words and a tungsten cube monologues and dialogues.

  

  with many people. i am not really sure what i mean by that, but i just ... the W-cube. there is not much to get out of this story, i just like ... with a shiny, heavy cube before this, i would not have thought anything

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • December 20, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Class of 2021 Wait List Today, we have closed out the wait list for the Class of 2021.

  

  decisions so we could figure out whether or not we had room to admit students ... list will close, and we will not be admitting any additional students for ... letting us know how much you love MIT, and regret that we did not have more

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 10, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Anticipation of Pi Day 2017 bloggers past and present try to make you feel better right now

  

  senior year of high school. I’d tell myself not to worry about college ... unknown. And not getting into the “right” college meant that the future was ... dreams change. I’m not a Math major, as I had planned. I found a different

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 13, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2014 Wait List Decisions Will Be Sent Today

  

  “closed” and will not be admitting any additional students for the Class of 2018, not even a Targaryen dragonlord. We have seen all the wonderful ... those of you who are not, I hope the decision is also welcome, and that

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 15, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Inherent Asymmetry Around.

  

  I'm not going to grad school next year, but I am taking the GRE's in ... . From what I hear, MIT students tend not to do as well on the exam as they ... . Well, no not exactly, GREs cost $$$ and are a real pain in the neck, it

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 2, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  February updates Midyear grades and more.

  

  grades. If we are missing your midyear grades, and they have not yet been ... grade report is not necessary. We do no yet have a set date for the ... is not yet a target date. Admissions decisions will be available

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 24, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Distractions Don't stress out!

  

  shall provide. This list is not intended to be comprehensive by any means ... it is, of course, not what you're supposed to be accomplishing." Reading Not Stressing About MIT! Best of luck to all of you. As the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 15, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Avoid spelling errors! The most commonly misspelled words I see on MIT applications.

  

  errors I see are not in the essay portion. People are pretty good about ... if you do have a spelling error? It's certainly not fatal, but it ... getting in and not getting in, but you'd rather look your best throughout

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  You Complete Me What makes an application complete for Early Action, and related Q&A.

  

  , we will consider all of your new scores. MidYear Grades: We do not ... don't have everything?: We will not act on any case where we don't feel ... . Decision day: We have not yet announced a date for early action decisions. We

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 15, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A follow-up

  

  "not admitted" thread on Ben's blog, this school is not a bastion of ... term if you feel like you are not up to speed. After a few terms you will ... reputation for transfer students? First of all, you're not a loser. Plenty of

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Spring Break post

  

  surprised - I had not expected it at all! Enjoy your victory, but remember that admission just means that you got your foot in the door. It's not ... many opportunities in life to not get in to someplace where you wanted to

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 29, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sorry, no dorms yet but… ya wanna see some classes?

  

  coursework at MIT (maybe it's not, I don't know, I'm running on empty here ... . The pictures will be slightly crappy but not obscenely so. Yeah, so that ... a test (it's pretty funny if you're not one of the kids) I could do

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 16, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A Man of Many Hat(ches) Keyword: Free.

  

  popular venues for such events is the Hatch Shell. Not only does the Hatch ... a number of other events that despite not having a fireworks display ... event at the Hatch Shell. Not only did they have my favorite dishes of

  • by Bryan
  • August 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Anthony Rindone A local first generation college student.

  

  not divide his fellow students over the past four years, Rindone said ... during high school but to not look too far away from Revere for a college choice. He did not disappoint. The first member of his family to attend

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Dating At MIT: Episode 1 So two of my favorite '09s have just started dating each other...

  

  embarassing things about them, I do respect their privacy, so names will not be ... of (a) from said lunch: She: You're a nerd. He: No I'm not. She: Yes ... . They're just too cute not to share. ----------------- Edit, 4PM, my

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 26, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Orientation Wrap-Up Reason #457 why I love Orientation: I don't have to pay for food for a…

  

  goes that you should not have to spend any money on food for at least ... Midway, I'll just try and cover the aspects of Orientation that have not ... , etc. B.Good sponsored a spinach eating contest. It was not a sight

  • by Bryan
  • September 4, 2005