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  FAQ: Waitlist answers to your questions

  

  campus to make the case in person. Send us ridiculous items or bribes ... but not causal. This means, what has happened in the past or on any ... foosball champion decides to go somewhere else, we may, or may not, go out of

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 15, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One weekend in New York, two (very different) operas And I didn't pay a cent.

  

  from MIT to the Museum of Modern Art in NYC. With me were ~25 other MIT ... the MoMA: On the way in, Kandinsky tells the visitor what to think ... experience was  in fifth or sixth grade; the London Symphony Orchestra had a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 22, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 2 The next installment of my saga...

  

  interview plays in selection so while I’d planned to start at the very beginning—a very good place to start, I think I’ll have to start in the middle ... one piece of your folder that will cause us to admit or not admit you

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living Off Campus I moved off campus last year and rented a house with some friends who were…

  

  . Now, it's not worth going home if I have only an hour or two to spare in ... situation. Each individual in a dorm or FSILG has far less control over who ... move in. Messes are often made between the times janitors come to clean

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  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 ... experiences with applicants who are curt, demanding, or rude in their emails, or

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  There’s a Story in Which My Eyes Shut Am I changed enough?

  

  . I could've still been in high school. I remember talking to a friend ... changed. MIT is a school. Not a reactor. Not a speedway to prestige or ... August. I was sitting in Killian Court alone. The sun was sharp

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 25, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  2021 Applicants: Answers to Your Emails Inspiration, Process, Components, Stress Mgmt, and More

  

  yourself to people in your school or town. You don’t have to be " ... enthusiastic or at least immediately willing to write the letter. Ask in advance ... and shouldn’t be used in essays). This post is addressed to all

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 9, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My 7 Favorite Places to P-Set! Eat, Work, Repeat.

  

  Policy to RL circuits as you can see from the picture. With four or five ... picture, and I managed to run over a chicken wing and almost wipe out in ... Florida anymore! I went out today in part to get the photos of the places

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • November 10, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  it is the escape living a second life as an art student

  

  will describe to you in painful detail in a later post."]my three ... wandered around the area just to sort of take in the ambience. Our group ... —but to me, art is still the escape. Of course, writing in particular is a

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 26, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  things that made me happy lately from the first week of classes

  

  to your living community"]GRA[/annotation], a PhD student in Course 4 ... chemistry and the recitations they had to attend or TA. pika gets much louder ... fresh out of the pandemic and it took a few months (or years) to feel like

  • by Kai V. '25
  • September 20, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist and transfer: quick update No decisions yet, but some notes & reminders.

  

  here's a quick update. Waitlist It's still too early to know whether or ... letter, or a phone call. Keep us up to date all the way through May 1 and ... the transfer students we are able to admit. And of course, like in our

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Human Factor And String Theory Two links to start your weekend.

  

  being in Boston or Cambridge. Sortof surreal to experience that in ... Greene put together, to see who could best explain string theory in two minutes or less. (Note that one of the people in the viewer's choice winning

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 26, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  What the end of the semester does to Conner 2 For one thing, no one does the dishes. And I mean no one.

  

  if I wanted to get dressed up or not, and finally gave in to the ... 'm happy to be getting lots and lots of sleep in my FULL SIZE (!) bed at home. Almost all of my grades are in and I'm also happy to report that I did much

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT TechFair THINK Competition A national science competition "intended to motivate high school students to think about problems related…

  

  celebrating innovative technology by bringing in companies to showcase their ... related to human lives and how we might mitigate or combat them with science ... Catherine Huang '10 just sent me this announcement and asked me to

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 17, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Deep Breaths Perhaps wisdom, perhaps not. See for yourself.

  

  to go back in time and correct mistakes or retake tests. 3. A little ... means as much as I'm afraid to press the submit button, in order to have ... / : -verb to calm down; to release oneself from inhibition, worry, tension

  • by Bryan
  • December 31, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] Your Guide to Boston Cafes a letter from chomps

  

  year as a private diary to document my food adventures in college. While ... introduced me to 30 cafes in the Greater Boston area, and since then, I ... the T for all my cafe hops, so my location references are in relation to

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 15, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yoga The joys of physical education

  

  as soon as possible or you will place your graduation status in ... or modifications due to a disability, please notify the physical ... be discussed. Include Physical Education classes in your IAP or spring

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 25, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  thank you notes before i go

  

  of my blogs, or sent it to a friend, or even tell me in person that ... did or said. I wanted so desperately to be liked. But by seeing the way you existed -- the way you'd burst into song in public, or break out

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW-related whatsits Just some things you might want to know before you arrive tomorrow!

  

  there are hosts, probably -- other people in my dorm are putting two or ... you should check in). Happy travels, and we can't wait to see you this ... with whom you're staying, go to registration and/or the Help Desk (2nd

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  i (don’t) want to be alone on loneliness

  

  truly found paradise". and in i (don't) want the summer to end, i talk ... had lots of things i was looking forward to in the fall. that last post, i (don't) want the summer to end was, in my mind, the post that

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 12, 2022