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  Early Action Updates With one week until the deadline, answers to frequently asked questions.

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... . And below, I've provided answers to some additional FAQs: Essays ... strictly. My understanding is that MyMIT is counting words like won't and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Application now available Apply now at MyMIT.

  

  information, personalized MIT recommendation forms and cover sheets, and the ... forms. Teachers may use their own forms and format, but please include the ... and binding, and ability to be viewed in a 2-D environment, before

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 1, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  Things got poopy in Beijing and edible.

  

  This past weekend, I went to dinner with a group of MIT and Johns ... table, with toilets for seating and live lizards in the glass table ... pineapple fried rice. It wasn't a large serving and tasted average, I'd say

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 28, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Love Lucy! REALLY don't even think about bringing a car to MIT - sans elephants.

  

  town around exit 16 to buy soft ice cream and mountain dew from the ... life driving to and from the internship that he liked. As luck should have it, "the day" came on August 13th of 2010, and now that same (not as

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 13, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The MIT Application is now available! You can now access the MIT freshman application at MyMIT.

  

  MIT recommendation forms and cover sheets, and the ability to track the ... personalized teacher recommendation forms. Teachers may use their own forms and ... you consider things like staples and binding, and ability to be viewed

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admission Interview Tick tock!

  

  , essays, standardized tests and teacher recommendation letters (not to mention school and real life), I do need to mention one vital part of the ... house or book store. It’s not a test, and your EC won’t throw a Rubik

  • by Dave McOwen
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  Practice Safe Hacking No, there are no LEDs

  

  Hacking at MIT is steeped in tradition and still occurs to this day ... damage, both during hacks and while hacking. # Don't steal anything. If you ... discovering Lobby 7. # Don't drink and hack. Enough said. # Don't drop things

  • by Snively '11
  • April 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Over here things are different. Life is about the same.

  

  light outside was grey and a bit yellow and when it deepened to blue I ... year I turned 21 the day before my 8.05 final, studied til about 4am and ... .09 in the afternoon, then 8.07 all night and in the morning. I answered my

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 19, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  To-Do List for Regular Action Applicants With the deadline a month away, there are things you need to be doing now.

  

  . And if you qualify for a fee waiver, your family needs the $65 more than ... coach or fill out the form. And if you're interested in ROTC, please ... and TOEFL) is 3514 and our ACT Code is 1858. And if you haven't yet

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 1, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Happiness in threes

  

  and switch between English and Spanish, so I can now write with accent marks and such in plain text, and this makes me so, so happy. Umm ... the city today, and I was proud of myself to discover that I actually

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Brief Taste of Orgo Basically, Sam Maurer is a prophet.

  

  Radicals to Alkenes Yes, you read that right. Ozonolysis. And I didn't even ... Wikipedia article would let on. Basically, you take a double bond and some ... oxygen on the vacant end of each double bond - and voila, ozonolysis. There

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 12, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Debunked I clear things up.

  

  propped up in bed and listening to the Toy Story soundtrack. Anywho, I ... about MIT, and debunk it. This should be fun! *Searches* *Digs* *Doesn ... here, I've only been officially blogging for a couple of months, and I

  • by Snively '11
  • March 3, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Driving On The Infinite One of my biggest pet peeves is people who do not understand how to drive…

  

  and learn. If the Infinite is crowded, consider the center line a ... aggressive, but hey) - and yield to oncoming traffic if it should appear ... approaching the Infinite, first stop, then look both ways, and then make your

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 9, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Go to one in a town near you, and send in your pictures/reviews.

  

  classmates, as well as MIT students (home for Spring Break!) and alumni. These ... happen later. See your MyMIT portal for a list of locations and times for ... !) and Lissa '76 (consultant/engineer/entrepreneur). Thursday Los Angeles

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 24, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Where Have I Been? Oh, what a bad blogger I have been.

  

  't really see, but I can see it, and it makes me happy. You'll just have to ... around campus and add a variety of guest authors to our blogging program to ... directly to our site; and Mirat Shah, a junior who is studying abroad via the

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Application Advice v2.0 How to survive the application process without losing your mind.

  

  struggle my way through writing the essay, and I think there are some ... enough to get you into MIT. Invariably, someone takes that statement and ... perfect score. And that’s not what I mean at all. If you’re stressing over

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Swiss Miss "The archangel Michael descends riding a triceratops."

  

  to #2, and it only went to #94 in Japan. And I am SO SICK OF HEARING IT ... , and kept the rain off of me pretty well, although the ravages of time ... the very next day and bought me this great, top-of-the-line umbrella

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Twas the week before Thanksgiving ...and I'm not really feeling all that thankful. Yet.

  

  reasonable to assign the same amount of work in a short week and just make it ... down to our turkey dinner. Um, hello? How about we skip the hosing and go ... ... and Chris '09 and Kjel '09 brought pizza. I'm not exactly sure how

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Almost Only Counts in Horseshoes I almost did it. Rather I almost didn't do it. And all for a class…

  

  , Libraries Week, and MISTI Week. Knowing that this week would be packed with activities and stuff that I'd want to do, I decided to get all my homework done early and take my free Monday off to get ahead. And so I did. Cue the fun

  • by Bryan
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  We are the people in your neighborhood… On MIT's diversity

  

  yet fun week, and I'll probably blog about that this weekend. But on a completely unrelated note...here's my actual entry. What's black and gray all ... , cultures, and so many other things as well, so we wanted to capture small

  • by Bryan
  • September 16, 2005