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• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2015 FAQ All the questions!

  

  st, we will simply email you instructions with how to roll over into ... will not have a full set of tests by the October testing date, what ... sure your full name and date of birth are included, as well as the word

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 21, 2015
• Blog / Events

  [joint post] we can’t hear you, you’re on mute another mystery hunt post

  

  ."][/annotation]was the 41st annual MIT Mystery Hunt and my third time participating. The ... hundreds of MIT students but also thousands of dedicated puzzlers from all ... [annotation note="literally, I got about eight hours of sleep total that weekend

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / IAP

  [Joint Post] A Jaunt Across Europe (Part 1) vomiting in Venice and other Italian adventures

  

  usually amount to advertisements of events and programs and people trying to ... group of students to bike across the country, from DC to San Francisco ... idea of a long-distance bike trip caught my attention. I had never

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 31, 2023
• Blog / Events

  It’s Almost Here! The sun? Orientation? Only time will tell.

  

  of events for August, Boston has been graced with cloudy skies ... saving time for last-minute decisions. Oh, and grab tons of free food. It ... plenty of opportunities to do so during Orientation: - Wednesday

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • August 26, 2010
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  This year well over 18,000 students applied to MIT, the most in our history.  Because of the incredible size and strength of the applicant pool we were unable to offer admission to many, many incredible

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection = Finished Wow.

  

  proud of the class we've admitted. The predominant feeling, however, is sadness - because we were not able to offer a spot to SO MANY wonderful ... it, but I never do. We'll spend the next week preparing all of the

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Language classes over IAP

  

  During our Independent Activities Period (IAP), essentially most of ... semester -- numerous for-credit classes are on offer. The full first semester of several language classes is available in condensed form: three hours

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 7, 2005
• FAQ / Transfer

  Can I apply for transfer admission if I haven’t completed all the recommended coursework?

  course of study and institutional offerings. ... At the very least, we recommend you have one full year of both calculus (or higher level math courses, if you entered college with credit
• FAQ / Visit

  How do I sign up for an info session and/or campus tour?

  We look forward to showing you what makes MIT so special! We offer in ... MIT! There are many ways to enjoy our campus from the comfort of your ... -created version of MIT in Minecraft!
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Perks of Being a Humanities Major and downsides, too

  

  . Most of them are offered by several departments, and so I get a variety ... Read Read Read Read Read Read Write Such is the life of a HASS major ... incomprehensible names, like “Intersectionality and the Ethics of Transnational

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 23, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2015 Wait List Decisions Will Be Sent Today

  

  , and we know many of you have been awaiting news about our wait list. Today, May 15th - which happens to be the International Day of Families ... decision, including the 52 to whom we have offered admission. At that point

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 14, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Admissions Decisions Now Available Online News about the 2011 Regular Action cycle.

  

  year. We admitted 1715 students for an admit rate of 9.6%, or fewer than one of every ten applicants. Because of the size and the strength of ... were simply unable to offer admission to. All applicants should know that

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2011
• Blog / People & Identities

  549,033 words how do you measure, measure a year?

  

  also been a little barren, devoid of many of the experiences that a year might usually have. There's still something about the turn of the year and the impending end of the semester, though, that demands one gently

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • May 7, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Trouble with External Validation Which came first? The admit or the awesome...

  

  this is that not receiving an offer of admission does not make an ... admission decisions and the last of the regular action candidates clicked ... particularly conscious of the magnitude of this selection process, given the

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • January 9, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Crazy Day

  

  , non-profit organizations, or academic course offerings in and around MIT campus. Groups and organizations of all types set up booths to display ... offerings related to International Development. The Fair is also the flagship

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Our thoughts go out to Virginia Tech.

  

  [email protected] To Members of the MIT Community: Yesterday's tragic events at Virginia Tech have shocked and saddened all of us. We offer MIT's condolences to ... All of us here are quite saddened by the shooting at Virginia Tech. I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 17, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thoughts On Global Leadership Susan Hockfield + others quoted in Newsweek on the topic.

  

  issue of Newsweek about the future of America's global leadership. It ... environment? Newsweek asked 15 leaders in the fields of science, technology, education and business to assess the challenges we face and to offer some

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  October Questions Omnibus 2 Wow, lots of questions to be answered...

  

  victims of natural disasters. I myself am from Naples Florida and just got ... they will ever reach MIT nonetheless reach MIT in a reasonable amount of ... students who have been adversely affected by recent events. To all of you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Events

  The Blogger’s Cut, Year One Some other first year memories captured in photos

  

  ;marquee> tags, but I'm afraid that if I did, my boss would laugh me out of the ... me, I'm excited. Before I could reap the joys of summer, though, I had ... check out by noon on May 21st. Conveniently, this was the day after my

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 25, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  two years after my book auction in retrospect

  

  ’s family home in New Jersey. It was just the two of us. We’d been dating for ... apocalyptic event either of us had ever experienced. I knew the auction was ... any of those editors. They took my manuscript to acquisitions meetings

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 17, 2022