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• Blog / About Decisions

  Welcome to MIT, Class of 2012 Welcome home.

  

  MIT's offer of admission, which is full of goodies about everything from ... accepted to MIT, I still clearly remember the day I received my decision. The ... worsened my mood. I had gotten in to MIT. Now, I can't help but feel that

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Seventh Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 4PM on 01/09/06.

  

  idea is to prove I am a qualified student for MIT, but i'm not sure i'd I ... name is Seth and I did not apply to MIT. I have never been great at math ... question is, and I am not sure whether this can be answered, why is MIT

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Fourth Semi-Annual Q&A Even yet still more answers to your questions.

  

  any way of knowing what the admission decision is online or through e ... Preview PDF (I'm applying online). Is it ok for me to write more and and ... count is the measure, not space. :-) "I know how MIT likes to see

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In Which I Sound Like an Old Man I'm really not that old...according to CVS cashiers, I apparently look 17 =p

  

  friends to make. MIT is like a giant summer camp, filled with teenagers ... entries - I love the quote, because now I truly understand it. "MIT is a ... is TOTALLY NOT an exaggeration after your Western Blot has already

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Deciding to Live on Campus a 4 month long emotional rollercoaster

  

  'll have to do is go to the MIT Medical testing tent to get tested. After ... , MIT is entirely made by its people, and without a majority of them, I ... -19 restricted MIT campus. To clarify, I don't actually need to live on

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 26, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2014 FAQ

  

  done an interview, but the interview is not checked off on the MyMIT ... your QuestBridge application is being used in place of the MIT ... This is a blog entry specifically for finalists in the Quest

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 21, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT’s FPOP for Entrepreneurship a week of connecting incoming freshmen with MIT startup founders

  

  MIT a week early and learn about a specific aspect of MIT while getting ... also asked the VC if he was available for a luncheon for incoming MIT ... ". So there is an FPOP for entrepreneurship! I looked up their website to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 29, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  (An Incomplete Guide to) Summer Opportunities for MIT Students Pantsuits, stress, hyperlinks.

  

  externship is hosted by an MIT alum. More information is on this page, but you ... on. Career fair day is typically a student holiday, but MIT's start ... beyond what is listed on the site—I found my first UROP by emailing around

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Your Early Action Deadline Questions The deadline is this Monday, November 1.

  

  it is. For example: MIT 18.01 (independent study for credit) Also ... think it is appropriate to include. Would MIT rather not know about ... undergraduate admission to MIT, without being at a disadvantage?? or is there an

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 29, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT of the Late 1800s, According to the Students snippets of history from the first 10 yearbooks

  

  and international students at MIT. The Institute has a long history of ... students was international. MIT has since worked to increase this number ... undergraduates at MIT were international. My summer research, however, did not

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 27, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  What Makes You Tick? To all the Early applicants.

  

  . And for those really committed to coming here, I hope MIT is a wonderful ... - One of the most incredible things about MIT is the wealth of talents ... surprised (I still am, almost on a day-to-day basis). Unity MIT is United. We

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 14, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A The ones that passed the "lmgtfy" test

  

  /other students. I was wondering what the average class size at MIT is. Also, are ... pace of an MIT class. It is certainly true that if you don't enjoy the ... , Anyway, because it is very competitive to get into schools such as MIT, I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The other 2 of the 3 R’s About reading and writing on campus -- forget the 'rithmetic.

  

  Trivia: What is the name of MIT's literary magazine, and which MIT ... more. Also worth checking out is the MIT Literary Society, an active, fun ... literature. Really. Trivia answer: Rune is MIT's literary magazine. It

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  A Year at MIT, by the Numbers quantifying my MIT experience

  

  Time flies. Today is August 6th, 2020. It's been 143 days since I had to leave MIT. I spent around 190 days at MIT. 185 of those days ... the 12 other sophomores who are now my closest friends at MIT. Wild. I

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 6, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My design won an MIT merch contest I don't know why

  

  .   Back in March, the Harvard/MIT Coop announced their very first ... grad student from each university. Each of the winners is going to win ... the restroom so I wouldn’t interrupt the class discussion about online

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • July 23, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 1

  

  admitted. Also, it appears the contact link for all sites on blogs.mit.edu is ... many is MIT intending to admit?" I believe we received about 2200 ... people, not numbers, that MIT is self-selecting and that you'd be hard

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 5, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  what’s happening on campus tl;dr packing up & freaking out

  

  otherwise do not have a home that is safe to go to). And MIT has offered ... difficult for students to make plans). But even so, MIT is home to us, and I ... . (For context: "cathartic screaming" is a popular tradition at MIT, often

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 11, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  What to expect when you’re expecting CPW Setting some expectations, discussing myths & realities.

  

  it isn't representative of a typical weekend at MIT. It is true that ... far from "fake" -- actually, it is the true MIT, in a supersaturated ... time helping to set expectations for the weekend. Because CPW is such a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 15, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  On Moving A goodbye that took me a semester, and some distance, to write.

  

  from MIT and the East Coast to start a new chapter. Well, it's July now ... to MIT. Not in a trapped way. I just thought I'd want to get as far ... about places. About MIT and my complicated relationship with it. I don

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 16, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  What to expect when you’re expecting CPW Some thoughts and advice in advance of Campus Preview Weekend.

  

  't representative of a typical weekend at MIT. It is true that CPW isn't a typical ... " -- actually, it is the true MIT, in a supersaturated form. Think about it this ... time helping to set expectations for the weekend. Because CPW is such a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 6, 2008