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• Blog / Admissions

  It’s the middle of November. Do YOU know where your Early Action application components are? How to tell if they are missing, and what to do about it

  

  advice for how to get stuff to us generally. Thanks for applying to MIT ... counselors — it's not their fault. They're helping you! Be sure to thank them ... ’t already done so (although your interviewer is not required to accept late

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Happy Holidays, and some advice

  

  through the cliche. I'm sure there are some schools, and I'm not going to ... pens for bright kids to go four years reveling in how bright they are ... struggled or failed? It's not a trick question, it's to show what you're made

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 23, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Pre-MIT prep How to prepare yourself for life at MIT -- hint: watch Chappelle's Show. Everyone else…

  

  found funny without knowing why. Learn how to print from a non-Athena computer -- Sadly, I must admit that I never learned how to print from my PC ... ?) before you can graduate. I am not advising you to finish your PE classes by

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Followup

  

  , your concern does not seem to be "will my child make it at MIT or how ... presented to our children is truly special and not easily overlooked. The home ... had a serious learning disability. How is MIT able to provide an

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 30, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Making The Switch Making the transition from high school to college, Chapter 1

  

  that I was not looking forward to, but one of the biggest aspects of ... "responsibility" transition. I'm not saying that I came to MIT as an irresponsible ... out how to manage myself. Managing myself included making sure I wasn

  • by Bryan
  • March 31, 2007
• Blog / Announcements

  A special announcement about SAT Subject Tests MIT has made the decision to no longer consider the SAT Subject Tests

  

  simply not a part of our process anymore.   How does this apply to international students? International students will not have to take SAT subject ... MIT has made the decision to no longer consider the SAT Subject Tests

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 20, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hail to the king, baby. The coolest thing that never happened to me... plus, the journey back Boston way.

  

  in "Spider-Man" for about 3 minutes, too. Surely, you had to see ... , "The Man With The Screaming Brain," and what better place to premiere it ... starring in "The Man With The Screaming Brain," he also found time to write

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 22, 2005
• FAQ / Interview

  What if my interview is waived?

  Counselors all over the world, we may not be able to arrange an interview for every applicant. If we are unable to offer you an interview, your interview will be waived, and your application will not be adversely affected
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can a QB Finalist who ranked MIT but was not matched still apply for EA and/or RA?

  're welcome to enter our Early Action or Regular Action cycle. We'll send an ... your QuestBridge application to apply through Early Action. You may use your QuestBridge application to apply through Regular Action. You may
• Blog / Summer

  The 9-to-5 grind (or the 9-to-6:30 because that's when the free dinner is, and a girl's gotta eat)

  

  system (error handling) didn’t know how to fight, and it was up to you to ... attempt to learn how to adult a little more, and as a result, I can now ... -out code, I consider that to be pretty satisfactory work. That does not pass

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • September 4, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Countdown To Mail Drop I'll update this post over the course of the day as we get closer to…

  

  later entry and instead use this one to give you progress reports over the course of the day. I'll update this entry whenever there's something to ... that assembled the admit packs (what you guys affectionately refer to as

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s All Going To Be Okay I won The Game!

  

  'm not sure if it's possible to prevent that from happening, but even if it's not, I do have two quick pieces of advice I would like to share before I ... of the game is to forget that it exists. It's one of the most popular

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 3, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A Short Dining Guide to Cambridge Where to find food within walking distance of MIT, other than in my fridge.

  

  pre-folded in topologically confusing structures (not that I needed to ... 's incoming class*, I started to compile a list of memorable-but-not ... is that one year ago, I vowed to leave no restaurant within walking

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 23, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a brief walk to Caffè Nero alternatively titled: life update since i am comically bad at blogging this semester

  

  students. the discussion of how to create housing groups was an anxiety ... want freely, able to hang out when we want. i have a bike and am not a ... friend sucks since we need to preserve Burton Conner culture, but it's not

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 27, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  You’re doing it wrong Some constructive advice from the Director for filling out the application

  

  we did not intend and in ways entirely contrary to our explicit guidance.  While the sheer number of ways that applicants find to not follow directions is impressive, we are not actually impressed by the inability to

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  life lessons from my internship career choices moving forward

  

  sound decisions. But it's also not something I want to center my career ... bedroom walls. If I'm not intentional and proactive, how I spend my days ... not that interesting to me. There's nowhere like MIT. I thought the

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 1, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Jellyfishing and other ways to recruit people to your organizations

  

  . No matter how much of a challenge your target audience may be to reach ... not, have an open mind to new experiences! You never know who you could ... afraid to not pursue things even in the face of your new friends telling

  • by Stanley G.
  • March 10, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear High School Senior I know you're stalking us

  

  purpose of me writing this blog post is to give you some ideas on how to ... a book (Step 1a would be to buy a book if you do not own one). These ... accelerator? Build a particle accelerator! (Don’t know how to build a particle

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • November 17, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two answers on a Saturday night Because SNL's a rerun and we just finished our movie from Netflix

  

  NOT go to MIT. Apparently, MIT graduates are like the worst med students ... know how to do is stick their noses in books and that older doctors dread ... (about MIT or in general!), you have a choice whether or not to believe

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 2, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  avatar a weird metaphor for careers

  

  people had to do all of those things for you you know how in ‘avatar ... ends with me and i’m not going to try to continue it”? maybe people not ... friend, and they asked me how i’d want to resolve this discrepancy. at

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 10, 2022