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  Admissions Decisions and Mystery Hunt A few thoughts and a lot of puzzles.

  

  desperately I wanted to be here. This is MIT, and I am here. I taste the words ... posted online here. If you’re looking for a place to start, below is a ... days after my eighteenth birthday and a few hours after MIT decisions

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 12, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  January Questions Omnibus 1 Some questions answered.

  

  . Is the tracking on MyMit just for online applications? I can't find ... on the online tracking. Is this something I should be worried about, or ... TOEFL. How will MIT consider this? Please tell me if there is anything I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  There is still no magic formula ...but there are a few key ingredients

  

  documents completed and/or transmitted online) to recent COVID ... time, for each of the last several years while I was away from MIT ... .   Conversation #2 (assuming there is an answer to my first question) Me: Does the

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Your MIT ID PLASTIC! Shiny plastic, at that!

  

  ,000 tuition) many students at MIT don’t have cash on them. Cash is important, it ... /headphone company. Mr. Bose is an MIT alum and, as such, decided to be a really nice ... Orientation (Pre-orientation rather)? MIT’s next installment of the “Here’s a

  • by Snively '11
  • March 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is why we can’t have nice things harmless things that irritate me

  

  too many students were online? Even though MIT, according to Wikipedia ... bus the most. It's like every bus in the general area is conspiring ... little bus sick and a cleaning is in order. Then there’s “deadheading

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 29, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 2 Many more of your questions and my answers.

  

  application itself. I know someone who's an MIT alum and is in the area. Is it ... . Saket asked, "Sir, as it is very difficult to get into MIT, what kind of ... -of-state schools. How important is class rank in terms of MIT admission? If my rank

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Events

  MIT Nightlife, Part II ABC, easy as duct tape, zip ties, Athena headers and packing tape.

  

  kinds of spam- the actual kind, telling me I need a degree from some on-line university (....hello, why would you send that to an at mit dot edu email ... people who thinks that Stata is the most hideous excuse for a building I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 5, 2006
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2025 i3 videos megapost

  

  As a part of MIT’s unconventional housing process, rising first-year students typically consult the MIT Guide to Residences while they fill out ... videos were recorded to VHS tapes, and later DVDs, and mailed to adMITs

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 2, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Former MIT Students on TV Two in a flattering way, one in a potentially embarassing way.

  

  former MIT students on the tube. This month, PBS is having competition ... MIT alumna, Aomawa Shields '97. You can watch the pilot episode online ... , but two from Harvard. Does that mean Harvard is outpacing MIT’s geek

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions updates ...including the state of the mail and EA application tracking.

  

  contact information on your MyMIT page. Note that this deadline is before ... course, January 1 is our postmark and online submission deadline to apply ... word limits and with essay formatting; if the online submission was badly

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 12, 2008
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2024 i3 videos megapost

  

  As a part of MIT’s unconventional housing assignment process, rising first years typically consult MIT guide to residences while choosing where ... were recorded to VHS tapes, and later DVDs, and mailed to adMITs, but

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 12, 2024
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2022 i3 videos megapost

  

  As a part of MIT’s unconventional housing assignment process, rising first years typically consult MIT guide to residences while choosing where ... were recorded to VHS tapes, and later DVDs, and mailed to adMITs, but

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 1, 2022
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2021 i3 videos megapost your annual Interactive Introduction to the Institute

  

  As a part of MIT’s unconventional housing assignment process, rising first years typically consult MIT guide to residences while choosing where ... were recorded to VHS tapes, and later DVDs, and mailed to adMITs, but

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 30, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  i love this f*cking place "say this to my face when you're a junior." ~an upperclassman

  

  since MIT is a freaking hard school that will likely destroy me sometime ... ) and chilled for four months taking various online courses, studying ... fellow adMITs. my daily routine consisted of waking up, making a matcha

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 8, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  “I’ve Got 99 Problems… Admissions Is Not One” Really 52, but who's counting? I know that you love numbers, stats and checklists, so…

  

  said game is not a skill. Don't attend MIT Central Meetings and pick ... the cover IS a comic book. Don't quote it. Don't apply to MIT solely ... behalf. Enough said. NEVER question MATT McGANN. He is of the MIT Omnibus

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 21, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Senioritis We'd fight for a cure if we weren't so lazy.

  

  . No one site has emerged as the clear leader in the MIT used book ... , which is linked from your MIT ID card. When you want to buy some food ... one from last spring is here. A lot of people at MIT do five

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing… Maker Portfolios! Making the world better, one portfolio at a time

  

  it's one of several options that MIT applicants have to send us additional information when they apply to MIT. (Other options include Music ... by training (MIT-educated in Course 2) so I wanted to know all the

  • by Dr. Dawn '04, MS '06, PhD '11
  • August 22, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  While You Wait… ...why not play Brawl?

  

  For those who don't yet know, two important, possibly life-shattering announcements: 1. MIT decisions will be released online at noon this Saturday ... towards MIT gamers everywhere, late last night hackers hung iconic symbols

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Where’s My Stuff? Updates from the MyMIT Application Tracking System.

  

  Applicants who have been watching the online tracking system at MyMIT ... to happen: The document arrives at MIT Mail Services (in Building WW15 ... . We have a special envelope opening machine that is pretty awesome; non

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 10, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Where’s My Stuff? We're still processing many, many documents. Don't worry, be thankful.

  

  Regular acton applicants who have been watching the online tracking system at MyMIT may be wondering, where's my recommendation from Mr. Brown ... : The document arrives at MIT Mail Services (in Building WW15 -- Way West

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2008