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• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ: Waitlist answers to your questions

  

  remain on the waitlist. Can you tell me where I am on the waitlist? No ... our international quota. If I'm waitlisted, can I still come for ... very interested in attending MIT. What should I do if I hope to be

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 15, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  chasing the aurora a celestial hunt

  

  the beautiful is one I can't pass on. [caption id="attachment_100807 ... next many years in the US!" "WOW GUYS you can see it with your bare eyes ... This past Friday evening, I wished I didn't want to see the aurora

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 13, 2024
• FAQ / First-year application

  How can I explain the context of my grades/scores, and/or provide additional information?

  On the application, there are designated spaces to provide additional context on how the pandemic or other circumstances may have disrupted your coursework, access to testing, and extracurricular activities. If you feel it…
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Ode to the Institute Better late than never.

  

  In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, I decided to write MIT a poem. It ... house us in a place where we can be inspired and taught By one another ... As we diligently shuffle along the infinite corridor. I hear us

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 16, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Attack! My war diary.

  

  but just as I got in I was struck by a snowball from behind, finishing ... aren't expecting. I plan on doing a bit of that myself actually, so ... all the time, snow means fun! The only issue with having fun in the snow

  • by Snively '11
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest Post: Rush & Recruitment 2012 Evan and Denzil weigh in on this hectic week

  

  see each sorority with open and objective eyes. I can confidently say ... Chair of the Interfraternity Council, asked if I wouldn't mind sharing ... three years ago has certainly significantly impacted my MIT experience in

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • September 3, 2012
• Blog / How to MIT

  THAT’S RIGHT! AP scores and computing at MIT, these are a few of my favorite things...

  

  ...haha) I came home to find the envelope waiting for me in the front hallway. My dad asked why I was excited to see the mail and I said, "Oh well I ... Well my fellow 09er's, as most of you already know, AP scores are in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 18, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Snow-bama Snow? Obama? At MIT? AHH.

  

  snow-that-can-barely-be-called-snow deigns to appear about once in ten ... the snipers: As you can no doubt tell, I was a little hyper by this ... video-editing skills were more impressive, I would zoom in - over and over

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 23, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  From The Midst Of Selection A recount of EA selection committee.

  

  committee. That night I edit 50 pages of copy for the new viewbook in ... over Route 2 on my way in to MIT. On the way I pick up Nance Nance ... 're almost there. At the end of the day we count. I can't give you details (so

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mini-Guide to the GIRs Now I've been through them - don't make the same mistakes I did.

  

  in the head. :) 2. Chem fall, bio spring. This year, I went for ... to do it again, I would do 5.111 in the fall and 7.013 in the spring ... perhaps no more than 70 students in the class. Contrary to what I've been

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 10, 2008
• Blog / Events

  And I’m leaving, on a . . . cruise ship? Don't know when I'll be back again.

  

  picture. The first is that because of the angle you can't see me. I promise ... . I felt a bit like Ashton Kutcher in his new commercial for Axe, except ... Melis just blogged about Senior Ball so I figured that it'd be a good

  • by Snively '11
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Rise and Grind and Build *dolly parton voice* workin' 9 to 5

  

  and expenses, and I stressed about the rest of my life. In September ... new. I did social media research and sat in on team meetings about it ... , I worked on the end stages of some art installations in Boston. For

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 18, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  CMS.621: Fans & Fan Culture the class that changed my career trajectory?

  

  world around me and see things in a perspective I've never really ... I first saw the class in the course catalog during my freshman year. I ... . Last fall, I saw it would actually be offered in the spring and taught by

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 17, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  places at mit (favorite) places (to work/study)

  

  has been sitting largely in its tote bag on my shelf because I wanted to ... usually travel on a daily basis, I want to cover as much as I can. I want to ... pretty quirky, MIT can be beautiful. :) Two... I told someone the other

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • July 27, 2017
• Blog / Advice

  17,707 words writing at night like you're running out of time

  

  for me in a way that I haven’t done since college applications ... [/annotation] how much writing I’ve done in just the past month for classes ... way) was the most joy I’ve had while writing in a long time. 2113

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • October 24, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  preserving student community what does it take?

  

  that come and go but are united in their values, and so on. I know that ... someone wearing a Bomber shirt ten years in the future who I don't vibe with ... out multiple times in the past, I know I'd do the same for any future

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 20, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT (Turbo)Votes making voting easier by/for MIT students

  

  registration easy, we can significantly increase engagement in upcoming local ... several nonpartisan ways we can work to make that happen.     I ... tl;dr: As of this fall, any member of the MIT community can use Turbo

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  The Class of 2020 Hacks Back

  

  out in little silver tubes. Every year we enclose something different. A ... Class of 2020, we enclosed the following note in the tube:   ... for the pictures)  I strongly suspect the Class of 2020 is trying to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 8, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s May 2nd. Have you replied to your colleges yet? The music has stopped -- the last dance is over.

  

  , learn about their lives, fall in love with many, but can only choose a few ... ...all in hopes that they'll apply to our school. We wait in anticipation to see the applications roll in. Students enter into the application

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 2, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2012! how is blog formed

  

  people who can communicate in a compelling fashion to our large and active ... blogging for us, we are primarily interested in people who can tell stories ... It's summer in Cambridge, which means three things: 1) It's

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 9, 2012