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  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  undergraduates who already call MIT home. Our early admits hail from 49 states and ... know this can be a difficult decision to receive; please trust that we have done our best. Take a deep breath, shake it off, and go crush the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 13, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Attention local high school students interested science and engineering! Have you heard about BeaverDash?

  

  WIth CPW 2012 just a few days away, the whole school is getting ready to invite new friends from all over the world onto our campus. But in just under a month, there will also be an opportunity for high school

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • April 17, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  New kid on the block

  

  learnt them in England, from British people.) These words are among the ... ”, “Harry-Potter-style city”, a world-famous university with 61 Nobel ... of DNA was discovered (I am a biology major, I have to throw that in

  • by Linh V. '13
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Senior Gift Kickoff Make your mark, without (grade?) inflation

  

  Fibonacci Challenge!! The Fibonacci Challenge begins with a $10 gift senior ... President Martin Tang GM '72 pledges to donate a generous sum of up to $25 ... inflation here. I voted for tshirt design B, with a simple athletic jersey

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  For great justice…

  

  The UA Committee on Orientation has come out with a report on ... you get to college, student government (sort of a misnomer in the UA ... . :) A lot of what is in the report is based on the data we collected

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / Events

  SMRT Only at MIT could a wholesome, traditional integration bee end up like this.

  

  , Chester. You might think these are just misrepresented photos from a ... then the #8 seed was Dave Shin '05, who is apparently like a superhero or ... that things started seriously rocking out. I had a list of my favorite

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  So, you’re applying to college.

  

  , you probably aren't. For well over a year, from my rural roost, I sort ... . And I'd finally be the heck away from the desert. But it wasn ... logical stage of development, one of career plans or just a new direction in

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 31, 2005
• Blog / Events

  CityDays and ClayNights Clay Aiken concert, CityDays volunteering, and West Campus luau (lots of pictures)

  

  't know where Clay got the idea he could fill out a pair of leather pants ... Orientation event focused on volunteering. From an email, "This year, we had ... getting coffee before we started. He runs about 90 miles a week as a member

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 30, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Le BBQ

  

  Two of my dear friends, Gary & Sherveen, wanted to host a BBQ ... , besides insisting that we serve corn on the cob, was deciding on a theme ... stabbing me? I just released you from prison.' " -- The Daily Show) We

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  GUYS IT SNOWED!! yayayayyaayy

  

  for the last month or so, and every once and a while a [four days from now: 30% chance of <0.05 in. of snow for 20 minutes] has popped up. A ... ’d be gone. And I would be sad. Rinse, repeat. About a week ago, that “30

  • by Allison E. '27
  • December 7, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  RA deadline is approaching

  

  . You may use the SAT Fee Waiver, the NACAC Fee Waiver, or a letter from a ... break and only a small handful of people will be answering phones and ... and flexible with late documents from schools than with late documents

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 27, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  RA deadline is approaching no need to panic

  

  . You may use the SAT Fee Waiver, the NACAC Fee Waiver, or a letter from a ... Hi all, The office is closed for the holiday and there are only a ... and flexible with late documents from schools than with late documents

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 30, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Finding Balance May I have this dance?

  

  13, the dancers-to-be had convened from near and far, hailing from MIT ... . Your enthusiasm comes from outside, so it is only momentary. Internal enthusiasm stays with you forever. To dance, you must find a balance within

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 6, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  My brother is cooler than me The plight of the less-cool older sibling.

  

  A couple weekends ago, the average age on campus suspiciously ... flooded the Student Center and Infinite. I'd almost forgotten what a pre ... brother, Ryan (who insists on being called a pre-teen). There are very few

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 23, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Happy Things Yay!

  

  bike in (not that any weather really stops me from riding my bike. Though ... What To Bring To MIT Next Fall? If you're planning on having a bike, make sure to bring a good bike lock. Maybe four. I don't actually know if it

  • by Karen F. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Awesome Robot Competition? LIVE?? Check out the 2.007 Final Robot Competition! LIVE May 12th/13th!

  

  -elimination tournament on Tuesday! Quote from an email: "Each head-to-head match is a ... class and plan to write a longer blog about our experiences, but we couldn ... final robot competition, where students for a single-run showcase on

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • May 12, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  growing over time continuing to become myself

  

  to notice. This IAP I've realized that, continuing on a theme from my ... ="2560"] A beautiful fall tree, seen from Lobdell Cafeteria.[/caption] As ... to hear the ramblings from the inside of my head, maybe they won't find

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 31, 2022
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Applying Sideways (in Chinese) 橫向申請 / 横向申请

  

  Almost 11 years ago, I wrote a blog post called Applying Sideways ... been an admissions officer for a single cycle."]attempt[/annotation] to ... , which makes me feel bad about how long ago, but the pandemic crowded a lot

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 12, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Lyrics to my MIT experience i definitely never, ever wrote songfics when i was in middle school

  

  "]--[/annotation] High school was hard for me. I poured a lot of energy into things I didn ... get into MIT, but really had no idea what it was like. I looked to a college acceptance as the light at the end of a dark tunnel, and clutched

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 15, 2020
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Soymilk 豆浆

  

  plain, poured hot from a pitcher into a small ceramic bowl. My brother ... water for a whole night, and then she would prepare the soymilk machine in ... in a supermarket, I finally found the unsweetened kind, picked it up

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 7, 2016