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• Blog / Events

  Reek Week Updated 8/3 to include pictures of Gilroy garlic ice cream.

  

  Gilroy Garlic Festival 2005: The entrance is flanked by two port ... each year, and that it is the largest food festival in the country. On 101S, immediately (2 seconds) after we pass the "Welcome to Gilroy" sign

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 4

  

  subcommittee was Ben and another student, a great team. The three of us worked through the morning until lunch arrived, delicious barbecue from Blue Ribbon Barbecue. At lunch, we had a visitor: Akash, a student admitted to the MIT

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

  New Portlets? Just throwin' some ideas around.

  

  the portal. (Quinton is the code-master around here; he's constantly making adjustments and enhancements to the application that generates MyMIT. His to-do list is a mile long.) Anyway, new portlets. Here are the

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 8, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Application Reading Season Kickoff We are indeed looking for human beings in every sense, not just looking for numbers.

  

  preparation for the meeting, we were all assigned the same three applications to review over the weekend. Despite the fact that I'm a fairly new reader, I ... " with the rest of the office is already pretty good. Go instinct! I was

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 25, 2004
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT select students for admission?

  The selection process at MIT is holistic and student centered: each application is evaluated within its unique context. No school, state, or ... strong match between the applicant and the Institute. Our very open
• FAQ / Academics and research

  How does MIT help student entrepreneurs?

  The MIT Venture Mentoring Service (VMS) supports innovation and entrepreneurial activity throughout the MIT community by matching both prospective ... the entrepreneur(s) in sessions that provide practical, day
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What student disabilities services are available?

  MIT is committed to the principle of equal opportunity for students ... with disabilities receive equal access to all of the Institute's programs ... visit the DAS contact page for more information.
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  What summer programs are available?

  the dorms. There are a number of small, specialized summer programs on campus, but they're not run by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. Most programs have their own website with the application process clearly outlined
• FAQ / International applicants

  Can I apply if I am undocumented?

  Yes! Undocumented and DACA applicants submit the same application components and go through the same selection process as all other students. For ... information, check out the section of our website for undocumented applicants.
• Blog / Advice

  SHE CAMPUS ON MY PREVIEW TIL I WEEKEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my freshman cpw post turned east campus love letter

  

  guessed was that the first CPW I’d spend as an actual student would be pretty much the same: after all, flowers were finally starting to bloom en masse in Cambridge, and the prefrosh excitement around me was so palpable

  • by Angie F. '28
  • May 6, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2 / Keep Calm and Carry On Getting some much-needed vitamin D on the other coast

  

  To set the mood: Beethoven Symphony no 7 - II  🎵 Take 1: Keep Calm ... two. We were in the same project group for DEECS, the former Course 6 ... semester, and we talked about the MEng. At one point, he mentioned how I

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 30, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Pulsar Discoveries How to discover a pulsar.

  

  charge of operating the telescope, and collecting data. Bear in mind that ... us think of "noise" as unwanted sound - in astronomy, it's the same ... 're intending to look at . Basically, it's extraneous, hard to get rid of, and the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Do These Numbers Have in Common? 7, 8, 12, 17, 18.

  

  by now, too paranoid to look at the calendar ("oh my goodness, it's ONLY three days away"), but also secretly hoping that The Day will come sooner ("just tell me the decision ALREADY!"). But more on this at the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 13, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  amongst the stars a comic

  

  several bookstores. I bought several comic books, because unlike the average blogger, I suck at reading text novels for fun. The past two weeks have ... free time, I don't feel like doing anything other than admire the art in

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • April 15, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Mathematics of People Guest post on Economics

  

  “the Holiday Inn University”. She also has 25 fiction books checked out from the library and is probably trying to make a shelter for the local squirrels right now. Over the years, I realized that my brain very much

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 28, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Optimal Solution It doesn't exist

  

  know each other, our team leader and I met up over coffee. Or rather, the ... . Wow. I’m already half way done. I only have two more years to make the ... . And so one of my goals this year is to work on decision making. As the

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • September 30, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  The Swim Test Saga Four laps (and zero displacement) closer to graduation

  

  the vast majority of your peers passed the swim test as fresh-off-the ... brutal Ultimate Frisbee injury, you spent the first two weeks at MIT hobbling around on crutches, and didn't get to take the swim test with your

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 22, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Month of Novembeard a cultural exchange

  

  We often discuss diversity here at MITAdmissions: specifically, the ... : the annual growth of the Novembeard. The rituals of No ... , Movember, an Australian variant of the practice that focuses exclusively on

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 20, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Final Countdown Duh nuh nuh, nuh... duh nuh nuhnuhnuh..

  

  attend of the four classes I'm taking, three finals to sit through, two ... on the ambulance this semester, one of which I'm currently on, and will ... break. I've deactivated my Facebook account (the first step is admitting

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 16, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Contest Continues Contest wrapup.

  

  So in response to the death of Pluto as a planet, I am undertaking a campaign to revise the mnemonic and change history books with YOUR HELP Here are the finalists. Cast your vote for your favorite! A. My Very

  • by Bryan
  • September 20, 2006