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• FAQ / First-year application

  What’s the difference between Early Action (EA)/Regular Action (RA)?

  difference in the review process or criteria used for admission in EA (non-binding) vs. RA, and thus no advantage or disadvantage to applying for either round, aside from learning your decision earlier. Every applicant has to
• Blog / Challenges

  Green Building Challenge hex wins third place!

  

  , especially in comparison to Hex, to strategize for next year's challenge. Both ... code and data for the graphs in this post here. Thank you to Shuli J. '22 ... I competed in the Green Building Challenge as part of this year's Bad

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • January 31, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Admitted Early

  

  YOU GOT IN! It's time to You might be wondering, “What’s next?” Well, [annotation note="or now depending on when you see this"]later today ... out for that. In meantime, enjoy the moment and celebrate, because it

  • by Decisions
  • December 19, 2020
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  As you know, we had a very competitive pool of applicants in Early ... deferred, then we will reconsider your application anew in Regular Action ... students shortly, to help you manage those complicated feelings. 

  • by Decisions
  • December 13, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ides of March Among other things, I now have the power to kill Macbeth.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Chicken Tikka Masala was actually invented in Great Britain. I know you're all probably still recovering from your raucous Pi Day celebrations, but I'd like you to join me in celebrating the birth

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 15, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 2

  

  student today in my subcommittee, and we had great group dynamics. For lunch ... paired on the same subcommittee today. In other news, while we were in ... major in Biological Engineering: The Massachusetts Institute of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 17, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  I watched the sunrise this morning

  

    that doesn't mean I don't matter I'm no insignificant blip in the ... ; something in which the only constant is change because time marches forward

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • November 7, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Spotlight: MIT stands with the people of all nations we are one MIT

  

  the world.” To achieve this ideal, MIT provided admissions pamphlets in ... weekend.     The purpose of this homepage is to reaffirm MIT ... the introduction: MIT accepted its first international student in 1866

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 13, 2018
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  As you know, we had a very competitive applicant pool in Early Action ... deferred, then we will reconsider your application anew in Regular Action. Some of you may feel happy to be deferred. Some of you may feel sad. Some

  • by Decisions
  • December 14, 2017
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  As you know, we had a very competitive applicant pool in Early Action ... deferred, then we will reconsider your application anew in Regular Action. Some of you may feel happy to be deferred. Some of you may feel sad. Some

  • by Decisions
  • December 15, 2016
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  As you know, we had a very competitive applicant pool in Early Action ... deferred, then we will reconsider your application anew in Regular Action. Some of you may feel happy to be deferred. Some of you may feel sad. Some

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Vicious Cycle Why MIT may not be for everyone and IHTFP

  

  EDIT: I encourage everyone who connects with this comic even a little bit to read some of the discussion in the comments; it's an outpouring ... lot more things to consider than I addressed in these few panels.

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • May 16, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Snowpeople & a hammershark more post-blizzard sights around campus --

  

  : -- <3! (full credit to whoever built these!) -- P.S. I'm currently scrambling to finish the Sketchbook Project (introduced in this post), and this ... some quick shots of all the snowpeople-and-other-things in sight. They

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 15, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Knock On Wood Can I Graduate?

  

  as the night progresses. 2:13 AM I started rocking out in my Athena Cluster to: Still going. I just had a DATA breakthrough. I want to hug someone. 3:57 AM In Bed. Will wake up at 8 am and read it over one more

  • by Bryan
  • May 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Photo Contest, Round 1 The first winning entry in the photo contest. What a view!

  

  The Orientation photo contest is off to a great start. The first photo comes to us from freshman Arya '10, an international student from Iran. This photo was taken from Arya's 15th floor room in the dormitory

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 25, 2006
• Blog / Events

  He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named Returns Butterless popcorn and a little magic.

  

  Pending recovery from my illness, in a few hours, I will board a bus to head here to watch this movie in IMAX. I'm a "little" excited. Diana boarding the "Knight Bus" (ie the Big Yellow Bus) with her ticket

  • by Bryan
  • November 17, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Did an MIT grad start Khan Academy?

  , started the online learning phenomenon in 1993 when he started tutoring his cousin, Nadia, in math over the internet. By the end of 2006, more ... fund analyst to start Khan Academy, a nonprofit educational organization
• FAQ / International applicants

  What if I’m waiting for my green card?

  All applicants are requested to fill out the application with their current citizen status. In our first-year admissions process, you ... green cards are considered to have non-U.S. citizen/non-U.S. permanent
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.007 Robot Competition 2016 robots dump (replica) tea bags in the (replica) Boston harbor

  

  students design and manufacturing hands on and culminates in the annual 2.007 Robot Competiton where 32 finalists from 153 entrees compete in various ... was inspired by the American Revolution. The competing robots had to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 6, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Campus Activities What to do while not learning.

  

  challenge would be a fun activity to partake in. Not familiar with the gallon ... 't have tons of time to do fun stuff. I was digging around on my external hard drive today (which has saved my life more than once, invest in one

  • by Snively '11
  • September 3, 2008