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Deadlines & requirements
The application The first-year application is closed in the MIT ... , activities, academics, etc. November 1 Two letters of recommendation—one from ... —general information, essays, activities, academics, etc. January 6 Two letters of -
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Our selection process
decision is correct in the context of the overall applicant pool, and that no ... the site began in 2004. That's easily several books worth of tips and ... who will consider your application in a holistic manner, within its -
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First-year eligibility
in high school, you are considered a first-year applicant regardless of ... -time university student. Students may apply during or after their final year of ... they have [annotation note="Exceptions may be granted to students in the -
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bit of information about the people you consider to be your parents in ... name, this name will be used in all official print and email ... option later in the application. Addresses We want to know your home -
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The transfer application
passed for the 2025 Transfer Application. Transcripts: Copies of all of ... uploaded within the MIT transfer application. Two letters of recommendation: We recommend that one letter of recommendation come from a math or -
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Putting food on the table daily with Daily Table affordable, nutritious, and delicious groceries near MIT
those opportunity buys are clutch. For example: I like salad. I can grow my own tomatoes in a bucket on my stoop, but I can't really grow a lot ... can come in every day, seven days a week, and get $10 worth of produce -
Blog / About Decisions
As We Approach Decision Day On getting in and on not getting in
health in the process. The ultimate goal was MIT, I decided sometime in ... like. I cried. I ate an entire box of mandarin oranges. I arranged the ... of your childhood before you have to buy your own groceries (the rest -
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[Guest Post] We’re Not in ~Kansas~ Missouri Anymore Going From a Small Town to Boston, by Claire S. '25
’m writing this in my dorm room overlooking the city of Boston. Ultimately, I ... concentration of college students. There are more colleges than I can count in the ... ’t see in the city. When I step out of the car outside our house, I -
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Subtle Black MIT Traits A few things I have experienced as a black person at MIT
experienced as a black person at MIT, and I put it in the form of the popular ... there is a level of connection that I just can’t or don’t have with you ... fact is one of the main factors in about 90% of the things I listed in my -
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My blogger bio over time what does it take to get to know someone?
. I’ll introduce you to some of my favorite board games. We can play ... ’s a sign of aging, I guess, but I now think that staying all day in the ... cookers. I’ll introduce you to some of my favorite board games. We can play -
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Are people on the East Coast friendly? An entry especially for those from the Midwest.
work to do) at MIT that I haven't spent a whole lot of time in Boston ... city employee made me get off of the subway because I had a bicycle ... lit a crowd of hundred of people, dancing in the street outside of City -
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Choosing Your Own Adventure and other things you can do when you live off campus
's nice to get a break in the middle of the school day where I can truly ... independence I get. I can have overnight guests every day of the week, every day of the year. No one can force me to get a dining plan. I don't have to -
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tenets or, my only piece of advice for incoming first-years
question of what makes life meaningful] which I fundamentally don’t buy is ... the end of the day, the choices you make in college are yours. The ... plenty of agency in this realm, both in the timing of when you take each -
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fish metaphors on queerness
of a nerd. I spent a good amount of time feeling sorry for myself in ... in a kind of fear you didn't even notice, it's hard to let things go. I ... in the process of discovery. Because of this, I ended up at a musical -
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Grey and Other Colors
: I don’t believe in the impact of my work, and I’m not challenged in ... For those of you curious about life after MIT, I recently wrote this blog to share some of my thoughts. I've gotten lots of love and feedback