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• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions Are Beginning To Arrive Some thoughts for everyone.

  

  in, please continue to hold your heads up high. We didn't have room for ... . To even be in the applicant pool means that you are among the best of the best. Don't let this stop you from doing all of the great things in

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Very, Very Important News That title is written to tantalize your RSS readers.

  

  Hi folks, Today was the 8th day in a row of selection committee. Everyone is super tired, but we'll all get a bit of a break soon and we ... in the next few days; in the meantime I really need to say something

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 6

  

  Today I got in early, giving me a chance to read my copy of the New ... Amrys. The formal domestic selection phase will wrap up in the next two ... . Wish me luck. In tomorrow's entry, I'll post tonight's final question ;)

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Likelihood

  

  from two years ago. In increasing numbers, colleges are wooing their ... students' mailboxes, comes in various forms: everything from "likely" letters ... and admitted in the beginning of January, but the formal decision might

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The ratio of people to cake is too big.

  

  Today's Mystery Hunt puzzles: the two puzzles in (my) Mystery Hunt ... applications at home (Ducksberry), and in the afternoon into the evening I read ... another quality stapler in the office for me to use, so all is well in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Biological Engineering major

  

  (S.B.) in Biological Engineering Moved, that the Faculty approves the ... will lead to the degree of Bachelor of Science in Biological Engineering ... Bachelor of Science degree in Biological Engineering to be awarded on the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  More on deferrals

  

  regular action, regardless of when the application was submitted. In each of ... regular action, and I'd guess that number will be in that neighborhood again this year. The only thing we ask that you send in is a midyear grade

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 15, 2004
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does MIT have any age limits?

  /employers and other supportive materials that would assist us in getting to know ... , the more creative you'll have to be in submitting supportive ... courses at a community college or in a non-degree program prior to applying
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What’s the School of Science like?

  The six departments in the MIT School of Science are consistently rated among the best in the world. They include: Biology, Brain and ... we make adult stem cells capable of generating any cells in the body so
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What are GIRs?

  foundation for study in your major. In your second semester, you might add ... all of our students are broadly educated in the physical, natural and
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I apply as a permanent resident?

  citizenship status. In the MIT first-year admissions process, you are considered ... applications from students in the process of waiting for their green cards. If there is a change in your citizen status during the application process
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can I join the Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change?

  You may! Understanding the complex, long-term changes in our land, air, and water requires breakthroughs in measurement, modeling, and ... global environmental changes that arise as a result of human causes. In
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What kind of things can I do during IAP?

  in the big, wacky, comfortable chair called IAP. Sandwiched between the ... to organize, sponsor and participate in a wide variety of personal and ... : BioHab Mycotecture: the coming (r)evolution in regenerative food and
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does MIT recruit athletes?

  MIT is one of the top Division III athletic programs in the country ... interested in playing varsity sports at MIT, you should contact the coach of ... contribution to MIT's varsity athletics, they may choose to advocate for you in
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What’s MIT’s mission statement?

  The mission of MIT is to advance knowledge and educate students in ... nation and the world in the 21st century. The Institute is committed to ... intellectual stimulation of a diverse campus community. We seek to develop in
• Blog / Classes

  writing and faeries reflections on my classes at Harvard

  

  — which has become a common archetype in many fantasy and YA novels — but also witches and fairies in medieval and industrial society. The concept of the Fae was used to grieve loved ones, ie a mother that died in

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 3, 2023
• Blog / People & Identities

  a jaunt to Philadelphia We went to the AWP writing conference!

  

  sitting in a coffee shop in Arizona, finishing this blog many months later, because I got too hosed to finish it in March."]room.[/annotation] It’s late ... loft bed where the wall is white and blue and red, though not in any sort

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 26, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  My “Normal” High School What it was like going to an ordinary high school

  

  organization for lost orphaned baby whales in the middle of Africa, speak Spanish, Chinese, Klingon, and Gibberish, get a 3250 on my ACT and still not got in ... like they came from one of two categories. In group one there were

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Talking to Strangers

  

  , recording—all is spoiled by the fact that I am a girl, a female always in danger of assault and battery. My consuming interest in men and their lives ... can. I want to be able to sleep in an open field, to travel west, to

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 14, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  24 Hours From sleeping in a homeless shelter to waltzing in La Sala

  

  in time. Somewhere between Central Square and Harvard, the train sat still in the tunnel for five minutes. So, when it finally pulled into Harvard, we scurried out the sliding doors in a frenzy. We made it to the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 24, 2013