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

  

  which when completed is the picture of you. There is no bad essay or bad ... one piece of your folder that will cause us to admit or not admit you ... process is that we don’t as admissions officers get to meet each of you

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 30, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Holding out for a piece of Pi because there wasn't enough to go around the first time

  

  admission, simply need to move on, acknowledging that enrolling at MIT is not ... necessarily mean likely. The ratio of transfer spaces to transfer applicants is ... admission, there is a bit of role reversal as a new decision date approaches

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 26, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Democrats, Republicans, sportsmanship, books The unbearable awesomeness of literature at MIT.

  

  sheep, at least one side of which is black." So today I came home and ... DID YOU KNOW? The combined weight of all the termites in the world is ... Scottish sheep are black." To which the physicist replied "No, no! Some

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s on my mind *insert witty caption here*

  

  as I can remember, I've found that writing things down is one of my ways of decompressing - imposing order on chaos, as it were. So I figured ... sleeping lots blogging :) Blog entries I want to write: recap of the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 24, 2008
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT select students for admission?

  application is evaluated within its unique context. No school, state, or regional quotas are applied; neither is preference given to those with alumni relations. Selection is based on outstanding academic achievement as well as a
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman Fifty-Four September 13th shall henceforth be known as National Gauss Appreciation Day.

  

  get to experience. The class is in TEAL format that focuses a lot on ... credit limit. To give you a glimpse of what a week of my life looks like ... thus far. It also should be mentioned that it is a major plus to hear the

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 19, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2015 Wait List Decisions Will Be Sent Today

  

  , and we know many of you have been awaiting news about our wait list. Today, May 15th - which happens to be the International Day of Families ... admission from our wait list (and, if you were, whether or not you decide to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 14, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Most of You Will Be Deferred Option three

  

  left 70.77% of applicants, or 10,673 applicants, to deferral. This is ... th, 2020 Last year, on Saturday, December 19, 2:14 PM CST, I drove to ... 't read the rest of the email. I turned the windshield wipers back on. I

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • December 6, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Twins Chandler ‘13 and Taylor ‘13 The fifth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  of Technology. Chandler is leaning toward majoring in mathematics or ... because MIT is such a great school. "When we were deciding where to go to ... nice to be able to share this with her," said Taylor, 18, who is one

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 7, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Spreading yourself too thin At MIT, the saying goes that you can work, sleep, or play, but you have…

  

  or two meetings of a club and declared themselves to be members. Guess what? Going to two meetings of the National Honors Society or the Physics ... it is true to a certain degree. Life is full of opportunity costs

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 10, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Let’s see those cell phones up in the air” cause every little thing's gonna be alright

  

  .  Amen to "Time enjoyed is not time wasted". -- While on the note of ... sense something great in that distant place but is afraid of difficulty or ... Last Saturday, when I should be working on a model of a performance

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 25, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Honse. Nnnyeeeeeeiiiiiigghhhghhhghhhhhh!!!!! 🐎

  

  I'm taking a glass sculpting class this semester! And not to brag or ... those of you who don't know, this is what a pony looks like: [caption id ... Megan is not yet aware of Brenda's existence." /] [caption id

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 26, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Managing a Full Plate Both Food and Life

  

  , and more responsibilities. Although the amount of time I spend on school ... ! Academically, it was the best part of my week. It felt great to be back helping ... of the times in high school when I would stay after school ranting to

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • February 26, 2018
• Blog / Community Projects

  MIT DDR Tetris on 6-foot LED Matrix "We did this because we were bored." -- Russell Cohen '13

  

  both, on a 6-foot tall LED display, thanks to three bored MIT students. Burton-Conner Tetris Battle (Burton Conner is the MIT dorm that is home to ... -Conner Tetris Battle is the creation of two Course 6 juniors, Russell Cohen '13

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 20, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Pre-Orientation Begins Pre-Orientation and a mini-contest!

  

  begins on Sunday, but for half of the class, they are already getting to ... ! I'd like you to send me some of your pictures from your first days on ... the Museum of Science. Between using the machine shop and working on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Snot, Livers, and Fractals What a world.

  

  right places in the body. So some of the research on drug delivery is ... I don't usually see students on a day-to-day basis.) Anyway, I ... Lydia is a kind shepherd of the blogs who puts too much trust in my sense

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 25, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Random notes A mystery solved, an updated blog list, and a handful of questions answers.

  

  something to look into, or is this just normal?" If you are an EA applicant ... applicants? I know it says you are required to live on campus in one of MIT ... while back, I posed a challenge question to you (about two thirds of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spring Term 2006! Spring Term Oh Six starts today (music video included).

  

  . Basically, the goal of the class is to design a robot to accomplish certain ... develop ways to score points. Finally, today, I had BE.360 which is taught ... is to introduce us to some of the fundamentals of tissue engineering

  • by Bryan
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Happiness in threes

  

  coworker sent me some links to a project that his friend had worked on, which ... ...it's kind of pathetic, I suppose, that I just figured out how to do this. But ... now- Adelaide '09 is visiting Madrid! We walked over a huge portion of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 14, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A White Christmas Escaping Boston to go to more snow

  

  over break to escape the Boston weather, but spend half of the break in ... me that the world is a beautiful place. It's easy to forget that when you're stuck in your bubble at home or at MIT. I hope everyone is

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 25, 2014