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• Blog / About Decisions

  For EA Deferred Students Answers to some FAQs.

  

  grades are very important, so keep working hard!) as well as a text box for ... Report for your updates. Should I send in a whole new version of my ... Here are some FAQs for deferred students... Is it all over for me

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 14, 2010
• Blog / Announcements

  Reaching for the STARS* *Small Town And Rural Students

  

  a broader range of possibilities for post-secondary education for ... Town and Rural Students) College Network, a collaborative effort of a ... communities.  While the initiative is new, the concern for these students is not

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • April 4, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back and ready for action! Saying goodbye to summer and hello to my sophomore year

  

  did face was while waiting to fill up our tank at a NY rest stop for a ... 're ever itching for really good Mediterranean food and a nice mini-break, I ... recommend visiting other cities for a change of pace, especially for freshmen

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tips for applying to UROPs

  

  titled Tips for Finding a UROP, as well as a series of advice and resources for those who aren’t sure where to get started. There’s also a good ... you’re looking for. You don’t have to be “good enough” to do a UROP

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 30, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finally Finished (for now) Saying goodbye and good riddance to a few things

  

  flew across the country for California where I am currently lying on a ... is a fount of stress for overworked undergraduates. I can recall with ... final assignment was due with a draft and ask for their feedback early on

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • June 2, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice for the Applicants I was in those stressed and anxious shoes last year.

  

  for a reason. In my case, after I exited off College Confidential and ... incomplete, so that decision turned out to be a blessing in disguise for me. In ... post as a reflection of how I regretfully spent some of my time during

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • November 24, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  For the Admitted Students Welcome, Class of 2013!

  

  easy for awhile. Spend some time with your parents, go out to a movie ... " with MIT! ;) 14. Sometime soon, Matt will post a blog about Admission ... your peers if you haven't already, and keep watching for things since the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  For EA Deferred Students FAQs for students deferred from Early Action.

  

  Here are some FAQs for deferred students... Is it all over for me? At MIT, a deferral isn't just a "polite rejection." Your application will ... , regardless of when the application was submitted. (A little historical data

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vote for Ksplice! MIT's spirit of entrepreneurship and collaboration in action.

  

  cast your vote for Ksplice in the Forbes "Boost Your Business ... to make the world a better place. Another cornerstone of MIT culture ... don't normally do on my blog. I'd like to ask you all to do me a big

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 25, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Writing is useful for science. Surprise!

  

  absolutely essential skill for a scientist.   ... appropriate for the short time span (bearing in mind that we only get a few days ... idea what would make a good project for a couple of hours of telescope

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 30, 2013
• Blog / Events

  DATA FOR BLACK LIVES this weekend at the media lab

  

  policing and criminal risk assessment. there's a critical need for ethics and accountability in data science, and a "bill of rights for data" so that everyday ... law must primarily be a tool for empowering people. movement lawyering

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 18, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Goodbye, for now

  

  ; This, however, does mean a few things: (1) I've dropped out of MIT for ... philosophies for some time.  (Regular friends are well aware of this, and are ... the iPhone Product Design team, and will be working in Cupertino for the

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 28, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Designing MIT for democracy why is MIT so decentralized and chaotic? BECAUSE DEMOCRACY

  

  curricula were similar to that of a Soviet university and that “the kind of ... role of a private university in an era of well-funded public universities ... -ent form of democracy, is a persistent tendency to growth and centralization

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 19, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  StartMIT: IAP for Entrepreneurs Like with anything else, it helps to learn from the best

  

  may take on a full-time research project. But for a lot of students ... far of 2016. StartMIT is basically a playground for aspiring ... : Rose Lincoln.   StartMIT is technically a for-credit class, but its

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 26, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  More for Admitted Students What to do now if you've been admitted to MIT.

  

  're making the best choice for yourself), or to request a deferral/gap year(s) before enrolling at MIT (for a gap year, military service, or other reason ... MIT Portal: Over at MyMIT, you'll find a bunch of stuff only available to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  News for Admitted Students Some next steps for those who received the good news.

  

  're making the best choice for yourself), or to request a deferral/gap year(s) before enrolling at MIT (for a gap year, military service, or other reason ... MIT Portal: Over at MyMIT, you'll find a bunch of stuff only available to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Lament for CPW (Guest Entry) Of lanyards, Capture the Flag, and headwraps.

  

  -purchased lanyard. Now, when I should be writing a persuasive essay for my AP English ... to for a while in an online AIM chatroom for accepted students, and I ... . Looking behind me, I see a wooden ledge (perfect for sitting) below an

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 16, 2008
• Blog / Community Projects

  Food for Thought [guest post] On food and our culinary club, Mince

  

  both as a creative outlet for students interested in the culinary arts as ... MINCE, my love for food feels more like an instinct, a second first nature ... every day for years, he reasoned, was like integrating across a flat line

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 4, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Studying For Finals Study study study study study

  

  yourself in a nice room and do nothing but work. That's my plan for the day ... experience for you today so that you can get a sense of what you may get to go through exactly one year from now. That's what the blogs are for, right? A

  • by Snively '11
  • May 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  For great justice…

  

  The UA Committee on Orientation has come out with a report on ... you don't have time for that, you can read the summary report, which is ... you get to college, student government (sort of a misnomer in the UA

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 5, 2006