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  FAQ Wait list answers to your questions

  

  many people are on the wait list? We offered less than 4% of applicants ... your school to check on your academic progress. What are the realities ... 1 reply date for other colleges? You should accept the offer of

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 16, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ: Waitlist answers to your questions

  

  many people are on the waitlist? We offered approximately 3% of ... should, however, continue to get good grades, as we may call your school to ... other colleges? You should accept the offer of admission from another

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 15, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  FAQ: Waitlist If you have questions about being on the waitlist, read this first.

  

  waitlist ranked? No. How many people are on the waitlist? We offered ... your school to check on your academic progress. What are the realities ... the offer of admission from another college before May 1, even if it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist FAQ Some answers for students offered a place on the waitlist.

  

  . How many people are on the waitlist? We offered between 800 ... your school to check on your academic progress. What are the realities ... 1 reply date for other colleges? You should accept the offer of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Keep it simple, stupid I try to choose classes for the fall. Things get messy.

  

  like writing about them. I'll be back at school soon, where I'll actually ... . Of all of the hundreds (thousands?) of classes offered at MIT, three of ... requirements at once. On the other hand, it is offered every semester, so it

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 9, 2006
• FAQ / Interview

  What if my interview is waived?

  every applicant. If we are unable to offer you an interview, your ... admissions committee will be aware that we were unable to offer you an
• Blog / Academics & Research

  C’est la Vie In which I describe my summer in words, without photos (yet).

  

  blogs since school ended. To be honest, this summer had been wonderful ... , 2008 Right after school ended, I hopped on a plane and embarked again on ... around, I've discovered economy seats that felt that business class ->

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  It’s something unpredictable, but in the end it’s right

  

  the idea of an engineering school, and unsure what I wanted to major in ... , if I'd gone to pretty much any other school - certainly any non-tech school - I would still be on that track. I'd probably have gone through

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 7, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Hello Summer! Finally done with finals

  

  handwriting. I will also stay busy in the off hours of Interphase finalizing my ... school year, and I think this will be my last period with them. We have ... , and you may have noticed, did not blog as much. I was just so busy, and

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • June 1, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wrapping Up First Semester Two more weeks to go.

  

  that I read back in high school. With the concepts behind the theory ... busy. Although I’m still busy, I like finding time to escape in a book

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • December 10, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s the middle of November. Do YOU know where your Early Action application components are? How to tell if they are missing, and what to do about it

  

  take 2-4 business days from the time of receipt to be processed and show ... Secondary School Report and Transcript, you're probably missing an official ... ?After we receive them, documents can take 2-4 business days to process before

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Preparing for Pi Day MIT decisions come out this Friday: what to do between now and then...

  

  . Keep Yourself Busy In other words, keep twiddling your thumbs. Get a ... (highly recommended). Make pies. Eat pies! If you keep yourself busy you won ... . Have some fun! You already deserve it for making it so far in high school

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 10, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mistakes & the inspiration we need to move on

  

  semester has been going. It's been incredibly busy, almost to the point to ... "too busy" to spend time in the dining hall. I made the mistake of ... school friends ended his graduation speech by reminding us to "just do you

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 19, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Some Hosed Down Hodgepodge In which I breathe, then return to my business

  

  of which has kept me incredibly busy. To put much of this in context, I ... semester would get really busy once I decided to take on one full-time UROP ... school 'em.) Guess what I got on my birthday? Not one, but two

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 23, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking In A brilliantly exciting recap of the last month.

  

  and the fallout kept me pretty busy for the following couple of weeks ... League schools, Stanford, and MIT. (Basically we share ideas and concerns ... the software, so the slow comments should be fixed before the busy fall

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Asking for Directions Two weeks of pondering, photography, and prose.

  

  has one of the nation's top undergrad business schools, and I could even double major in both computer science and business. What a winning

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  About MIT Recommendation Letters Some helpful tips and guidelines for your teacher letters.

  

  letter on your behalf. Please recognize that teachers are very busy ... one of the schools you're applying to at once. This is also a good time to tell them about why you're applying to each school, and how you see

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 16, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Allegiance "No, I'm not one of /those/ people."

  

  because it’s so different from the one in school. You are judged based on ... business emails. Also, I (and probably most of the workforce) function best ... ’m currently moving more and more in the direction of grad school/research. And

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 24, 2016
• Blog / Personal Projects

  loftblogging 2: acoustic boogaloo turns out that at mit, even the non-academics are incredibly hard and deeply rewarding

  

  a loft before school starts, and then write about it. Then I had ... week of school, and then write about it. And here we are, in the fourth week of school. But hey! I did build that loft! And she is BEAUTIFUL

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 29, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thank Goodness! "There are bridges you cross / You didn't know you crossed / until you've crossed."

  

  I struggled with in the past when I was sorting my high school papers ... more curious is that MIT doesn't append honors to degrees, so can one ... the drama), he decided to leave off continuing at MIT for grad school

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 21, 2009