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• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT use my name and preferred name?

  would like us to call you—preferred first name. Preferred first name is the name we will use in all official print and email communication from ... may use your preferred name or your legal name in communications
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  This year was one of the most competitive admissions cycles in the ... incredible students whom we would love to have on campus. For those of you who ... civil and friendly in our community.

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  This year was one of the most competitive admissions cycles in the ... incredible students whom we would love to have on campus. For those of you who ... civil and friendly in our community.

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Narrative of Discovery Most people would be hard pressed to tell a story that has both James Watson…

  

  Most people would be hard pressed to tell a story that has both James Watson and Richard Nixon in it, but at MIT, anything is possible. The MIT ... begins with taking an undergraduate course in molecular biology with James

  • by Laurie Everett
  • February 1, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Commencement 2017 it's never too early to start reminiscing

  

  MIT folks and wherever else MIT folks. I bet one of you is in space ... wasn't given a ticket to Commencement. So I went with my friend in the ... ability and built-in memory. I know, because we have tested it and retested

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 9, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Boring Friday Night (guest post by Nina L. ‘19) Familiar inbetweens. Taking breaks. Things that aren't (all) sleep and studying.

  

  EC and I walked back to MacGregor, where I pecked at work in my room ... .004 and my UROP code. I spent a lot of time in MacGregor last weekend ... Last Friday night I came home from lab, took off my jewelry, wondered

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 24, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Right NOW Making Things

  

  made a list in my head of the things I've made in the past few months ... gentle reminder to myself. I've been deliriously happy at this school, in ... Yesterday I met with Ta-Nehisi Coates to talk about writing. I

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • May 2, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Massachusetts: The Geek State I less than three (

  

  UROP. As I work from home. In the third geekiest city ever, mind you.) ... The Forbes blogs broke an interesting story early last week that I went absolutely nuts over, and I'm so glad to finally have enough time to

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 7, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Loose Ends A chronology of happenings.

  

  morning, I decided I'd go to the middle of nowhere in Maine for brunch. I ... metropolis of Saco in a couple of hours. I really wish I'd taken a picture ... his guest check framed on the wall, no kidding. I paid in two

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  What pretty hair… This entry is about my dorm, hair dye, pork dumplings, and, of course, Alain Boublil.

  

  engineering ingenuity and wrapped his head in toilet paper. I'm sure they ... Joe mentioned Les Mis in his comment for my last entry, I thought I ... myself was in my high school production of Les Miserables my senior year. I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  If strangers meet life begins you shall above all things be glad and young

  

  I. Flying back home to MIT from home in South Bend (not a typo), I ... , drawing my eyes like a beacon. And in that moment MIT unfolded for me, as I ... Notre Dame, which is located in South Bend and in whose laboratories I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 23, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Random Post While Reading Apps. Because we need some new posts...

  

  I'm sitting at my desk in my robe right now. I'm on my 5th cup of coffee. I ate some Count Chocula. Nice visual. For those not familiar ... to do it at home. That's why I'm here. So, I'm taking a break because

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • November 7, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Chancellor? What’s a Chancellor? What does the Chancellor do and how does that affect student life?

  

  ’t tell my colleagues in other departments I said that) department at MIT ... Five months ago, I took on the position of Chancellor at MIT – a position I think of as a dream job. For the previous six years, I had been

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • August 16, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Meetings with Brown & Yale in CA, IL, MI, NV, OH MIT Admissions starts to look forward to the Class of 2013 (!).

  

  readers are seniors, so for you, I have this mission (if you are in the ... breakfasts. I should note that in addition to the west coast and midwest, MIT ... & Yale Universities for meetings in Northern California/Nevada and the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Not so FAST heading to MIT on Saturday for some FAST Thinking

  

  At the end of my first week in my new job, I attended a gala ... all in when I looked over at another large silver tray arranged with ... . I was in the thick of reading applications as February whizzed by and

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 3, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finals Week, Minus Finals all the non-academic shenanigans

  

  [/annotation]. [Monday 5/20] Started this blog post!I ate lunch at Chipotle in Kendall ... to take home for a week before I return to campus in June. [Friday 5 ... I've had in a while. There were eggs, nearly half a tub of Greek

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • May 20, 2019
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can I apply as a QB Finalist even if I did not rank any colleges?

  Regular Action. In the email, please include your full name, date of birth ... . Do not begin a first-year application in our application portal until ... Bridge application, along with the QB supplement, in place of our first
• Blog / Admissions

  The reading season begins

  

  many amazing students are out there. As I said to one of my colleagues in ... promising and in good hands. Yes, it's Saturday, and I'm working. Much of the ... I came into my office on Friday and guess what was waiting for me

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 6, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Painting with the Colors of the Wind reflections on the first MIT semester

  

  this soon. In the meantime, here’s a puppy. :)“ This semester, I found ... , perhaps I’ll pass in most (all?) categories, but if not, hey, it’s still A ... were harmed in the end. I acquired ~99% of college wisdom from fellow

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 23, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  4 / Just *breathe* Everything is going to be all right

  

  , mindful, intentional. Last Monday for Veterans Day, I slept in, went to get acupuncture for sudden pain I was having in my foot, did some ... -shabu in Allston, and my friends and I stuffed ourselves complete (And maybe

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 2, 2018