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• Blog / About Decisions

  Reflections Some thoughts on the admissions process, both to those who were admitted and those who…

  

  process the decisions, I thought I'd offer some thoughts on the process ... school more than 25 years ago, I played Ultimate Frisbee and attended the ... high school every day and had a job all through my high school years. Of

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2008
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does MIT offer a foundation year?

  MIT does not offer a foundation year program. Students currently enrolled in a foundation year program may apply for first-year admission if their foundation year is not considered the first year of university in
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi Day Eve A doodle and some old advice

  

  until that fated time, but it will be. I tried to think of what high-school-senior-me would've wanted to hear, but honestly she would've been too busy

  • by Ceri Riley '16
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Tweet, tweet plus: swarming, oil spill cleanup robots and virus-made, clothing-embedded batteries

  

  I know it's been forever since I've posted anything - things have been so crazy busy, I don't ever seem to have time to sit down and blog ... . :) As the new school year begins (and '14s are arriving this week and next

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • August 26, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Stud/Fac Dinners Genius idea to get free dinner with MIT geniuses

  

  -------------------------------- Clearly, class council is busy. The best thing our class council has thought ... out into other schools for this dinner. On my short list at the moment

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Mari McQuaid Name: Mari McQuaid; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Verona, NJ

  

  Hometown: Verona, NJ High school: Verona High School College: Tufts University for two years and then my degree from Harvard Extension in Art ... everything "right" to get into MIT or any top school. It's really important

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Spring Break post

  

  the end in itself. Take advantage of what MIT has to offer you, because ... applications, grad/professional school applications, job applications...there are ... be. I was turned down by three of the ten schools to which I applied

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 29, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The 2011 Brass Rat! Can I turn this in in lieu of my blank lab report for tomorrow?

  

  roots, but all working together to achieve the final goal - the diploma at ... school year started, we typically had meetings twice a week - one with Peg ... there are like 2 1's in the diploma (reflected from each other) and 1's in

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 9, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cellular neurobiology The more syllables it has, the cooler it is

  

  didn't teach me anything about neurobiology in my high school bio class ... you get your bachelor's degree, are you required to get you master's and ... master's degree. In engineering, you generally receive a master's degree

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Characterization This might or might not enrage you.

  

  's degree, and others seem to consider MIT the best (#1) Planning school in ... Voyage of the Dawn Treader in my reading textbook in elementary school and ... for school. For some reason, the whole sci-fi/fantasy world has never

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline Update Submit your MIT Part 1 and 2 by Jan 3, 2013 at 11:59pm EST

  

  school report form. To reiterate a few other things mentioned in previous ... school forms (teacher recommendations, secondary school report, transcript ... and counselors because we know they are super busy. We're also aware of

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • January 3, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  WTHBBQ! Chinese Buffet! Spring 2008 courses, with a really bad analogy, haha. (super long post o___o)

  

  science works). Economics wasn't offered at my school, but I decided to take ... 't visualize, fields that I can't perceive. When I left high school, I vowed to ... percentage cutoff that is announced beforehand (much like high school, where 90

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 11, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Rejects, I feel your pain! I've never been stung by a bee, but I imagine it felt sort of like…

  

  that we are not offering you admission to MIT in the Department of Urban ... Graduate School greatly exceeds the number which can be accommodated and it ... 're smart cookies. We applied to more schools than just MIT, thereby opening

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • March 19, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  on happiness and well-being Coursera attempts to cure our depression

  

  used Coursera a lot in high school to take various Data Science ... are ones that offer a lot of fulfillment. Things are a bit hypocritical ... that struck me. I was really insecure and self-hating in high school

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 11, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friendship Oh my dearest . . .

  

  presenting ElectroPlushies at an upcoming MIT Science and Engineering Business ... would like to ask you to showcase your past business plan to the students ... their business. Here is a tentative schedule of the event: Tuesday

  • by Snively '11
  • March 28, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Straight from the Dean’s mouth Time magazine readers chat with the MIT Dean of Admissions, Marilee Jones.

  

  schools use standardized tests differently. Some put more weight on them in selection; some schools use the tests primarily for placement after admission. For most schools they are required, for some they are optional. Private

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Recollections of a Stranded Traveler IHTFP: I Have To Find a Plane. In the meantime, I reflect on happier interpretations…

  

  separate according to density and the initial degree of intermixing**. Voila ... gospel of SkyMall. Until then, I plan to start a business in manufacturing ... order of business: I can haz boarding pass?

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 23, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  MIT, and we have offered early admission to 687. These students hail from more than 500 high schools scattered across the globe, from ... informed 1,622 students that we will not be able to offer them admission this

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 14, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  offered early admission to 707. These students hail from more than 486 high schools scattered across the globe, from Alaska to Zimbabwe and many places ... informed 2,483 students that we will not be able to offer them admission this

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 15, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  admission to MIT, and we have offered early admission to 664. These students hail from more than 519 high schools scattered across the globe, from New ... informed 2,498 students that we will not be able to offer them admission this

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 14, 2017