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  Deferred Students Update Some Q&A for deferred students.

  

  already strong enough to make you a contender in the Regular Action round ... admissions to find out The Reason why I was deferred? If you call in, we will ... in their student body. Honestly. I'm glad to see from the comments

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  More For Deferred Students FAQ and advice.

  

  strong enough to make you a contender in the Regular Action round. Let your ... I was deferred? If you call in, we will not be able to tell you "the ... applications any school (including MIT) would love to have in their student body

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 11, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Sophomore Spring this time, with on-campus features!

  

  machine they found in the Vandille museum, but before they get a chance to ... I am taking. In fact, this is actually the last GIR I need in order to ... out of bed at 9:30 to get washed up. Morning stretching; Recently I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 24, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It all comes to this The Senior Thesis (cue dramatic music)

  

  presentation.” (2.ThA website) Some people choose to begin their research in the ... and looking for trends in their mineralogy that could lead to a better ... have taken at least thirty classes and spent over 300 hours in class or

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  more on Dheera's website) In my transportation seminar, we ... hours when you consider the hours in advance you have to spend at the ... When I applied to MIT, I had a good idea of what I wanted to do when

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My night with 8.03 MONSTER ENTRY AHHHH

  

  to sleep. For those playing along at home, here is Pset 8 in all its ... are a strange beast to me in E+M. 5:10am. Still thinking about SI units ... so as to illuminate the otherwise dark shadows in the figure. A

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 2

  

  answered, but how do we send in our replies to get it in by May 1? Can we fax ... we prefer to get it in the mail since it is easier to read. Sylvia ... for the MIT Class of 2009. Also, we're happy to get you in contact with

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meeting FAQ The answers to the FAQs at our Central Meetings.

  

  statistics? Is it easier to get in if I apply early? Last year, early action ... you in Southern California, I pose this question to you: Can you ... I'm in Southern California now, preparing for the following Central

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 28, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Ring Delivery Potato martinis at the courthouse

  

  Saturday at the Moakley Courthouse in Boston. The event was a smashing ... courthouse. Not very impressive, is it? Every guest had to pass through a ... 's the lobby where people mingled and waited in line for their rings

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Your Questions Dec 2006 This is a big one!

  

  to ask that if i apply next year as well in case i dont get in now ... grades - try not to get a 'D'! If you do get a 'D' in ... Ragunathan wrote: "I live in the Southern part of India. I aspire to get

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Behold, a day job! Still with ultra-short travel time!

  

  Wild Party or prefrosh who want to know how to get into MIT 1 ... :00:00, so that's all you'll get from me today. I'm about to show off my ... -British-girl-group kitschy image they're trying to pull off, which has nothing to do with

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest Post: Think Pink 2011 [By Cory Hernandez, '14] G@MIT, the SAO, and Residential Life present a guide to living…

  

  their social and cultural standards. In order to solve these issues, G ... This guest post on LGBT life at MIT comes to us from Cory Hernandez ... . For more information, be sure to check out other posts from regular

  • by Emad T. '14
  • June 3, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Info for MIT QuestBridge Finalists Don’t know what QuestBridge is? You can skip this entry.

  

  get in touch with them, as it may take them several days to respond to ... interview? A: You can find your interviewer's information by logging in to ... helpful for your application, especially if you intend to remain in the

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • October 23, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest blog: “Me, Marvel, and MIT” Jade's experience working on a SHASS UROP for me

  

  -Man Shoes, featured in my MIT college application![/caption] When I got to ... neighbors to see Venom 2: Let There Be Carnage in a Fenway theater ... experience, but totally worth it to see those MIT references in a Boston

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 2, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap Gap years are a good option for some students.

  

  .com/education, but it's been in newspapers and on websites from Kentucky.com to San ... point where a lot of us in admissions are talking about ways to get ... aristocracy vacationing in the south of France coming to mind. But during my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  in teenage life, and what parents and educators can do to defuse them ... you understand what characteristics they are looking for in order to ... is his choice in 4 years). Would we be better off sending him to a big

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Becoming a better programmer and why i'm excited about software engineering

  

  need to think about what each word means, and how to arrange them in a ... . For example, in our codebase we use Redux Toolkit. To understand the ... , but you still need to load them in your head, and that's hard. One thing

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 24, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  speaker talks and gallery shows + other cool stuff yay

  

  Architecture department tend to host or promote a lot of these events, in ... know that DUSP is home to the largest urban planning faculty in the ... to arts events in the greater Boston area, including performances

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • March 18, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  Finally, I Wrote a Post about Grad School "grad's cool"

  

  ? It's the thing you do if you major in life sciences and want to get a ... 's an attempt to get my smarter peers interested in it so that they might ... more). Furthermore, I am not incredibly confident in my ability to get a

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 30, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Interview Tips from an MIT Educational Counselor Thoughts on how to prepare for your alumni interview

  

  interested in MIT. My advice is not to let it get the best of you. If you are ... right after) the deadline. It’s in your best interest not to be part of ... interview, try to be especially flexible in your availability, as your EC also

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 19, 2014