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  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  international students.   MIT Early Action admissions decisions for the ... .mit.edu < < < You can log in using the same username and password ... 't wait to welcome them to campus to join the 4,512 outstanding

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 13, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2014 FAQ

  

  This is a blog entry specifically for finalists in the Quest ... taking my tests in November/December/January. Am I still eligible for the Match? A: If you have not completed all the testing requirements by the

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 21, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Not Much Has Changed except a lot has changed

  

  's Thursday the 18th, so I'm going to take the time to submerge myself into ... I'm already 19...here comes the nostalgia...   A lot has ... , that was definitely an unexpected decision for me that changed the course

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 17, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What it’s like to work at NASA and a few other things

  

  artificial) - think of the scripted conversations you have with recruiters over ... - and be a whole lot more fun! Take for instance the time I was climbing ... near Camp 4, one of them spotted the MIT Outing Club patch on my backpack

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 1, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  What are French House residents doing this summer? Round 2 Microsoft, brains, British accents, hiking in the Alps, weightlifting, HIMYM

  

  Microsoft, working on Surface keyboard (that's all I can say, the rest is ... with Computer Science) Where are you, Adam? The Athena cluster in the ... , trying to wrap up the current project and then moving onto the next one

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 30, 2014
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  Because of the incredible size and strength of the applicant pool we were unable to offer admission to many, many incredible students whom we ... interested in MIT, and so forth. In the meantime, you may talk amongst

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 0: from DC to Quito A rough morning, a long nap, and a kindly neighbor

  

  January 10 On the plane from Panama to Quito What a goofy ... 't drag my body out of bed until 4:40. I discovered that the clothes I left out to dry were still SOAKED, and applied the hairdryer treatment with

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Documents Deadline check your MyMIT account now

  

  Counselor send (or resend) the missing materials via that service. (Again ... ; sending duplicate copies will only slow the processing of your documents.   Be aware that if your tracking page says you are missing the

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 18, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mormons and video gamers Bonding with strangers

  

   I wasn't laughing, wincing, or wondering about the ceiling's structural integrity, I was glancing over at the guy sitting next to my sister, who ... . After the show finished and the performers had taken a few bows, Elder

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 3, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  E-mails in French House "Seriously, people, what's going on here?"

  

  To understand most of the e-mails sent to the French House mailing ... placed on the sac tab is automatically up for grabs. This is usually food, but in the past I have acquired both a pair of jeans and a Snuggie

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 11, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Weekend Shenanigans the adventures (and photographs) continue

  

  in one night 2. watched experienced the Rocky Horror Picture Show, live ... Horror was, to the chagrin of many, actually a fairly watered-down version ... activity, if not necessarily for the content, then at least for the musical

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 20, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Updates 2013 things that are happening

  

  , which means the days are growing shorter, the leaves are changing color, and several thousand people are in the process of applying to MIT. The ... take a moment to answer some of the more frequent ones we’ve seen

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 17, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Finding Balance May I have this dance?

  

  "Okay, everybody! Shut up!" Aaron*, dance coach of the MIT Ballroom Dance Team, stared out at the crowd of giggling students attempting, in pairs, to stumble out the steps of the international rumba. Here in Lobby

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 6, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  9 things I wish I had known before freshman year lessons from an almost-sophomore (see: law of conservation of freshmen)

  

  older at the astonishing rate of one (1) year per annum, which means that ... sobering fact the other day when I looked at my MIT blogger profile and ... biology as the love of my life, and (3) soon I won't be one of the "new kids

  • by Michael C. '16
  • August 15, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Jellyfishing and other ways to recruit people to your organizations

  

  ’s Sunday morning now, daylight savings time is weird) on the 6th floor of the ... Biological Systems). I’ve also been putting in several hours behind the computer managing the news department of The Tech like I normally do as well

  • by Stanley G.
  • March 10, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  College Interviews a survival guide for the high school senior

  

  I looked my interviewer in the eye, blinking away sweat from my forehead and trying not to cringe from the terrible aftertaste of the iced ... into the cast iron chairs that were only bearable because they were in

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Plot Twist And what MIT Architecture has taught me about design and life.

  

  diagrams I can point to. The panel of jurors judging our architecture studio ... ’ve stopped taking in the words that are coming out of my mouth. Before I knew ... . And then my professor threw the last bomb. Now I’m questioning if you

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 9, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Heck yeah, democracy. PSET Extension!!

  

  tedious and time-consuming" class. The past three weeks have validated that ... the past 4 days working on 6.005. Our assignment is to create a Sudoku ... 's been an outpouring of overwhelmed-ness amongst the 6.005 student body

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 29, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Filled With Cute Babies The story of my IAP in India.

  

  MIT students love to make change happen. This could be in the form of ... Fellowship and join "the next generation of tech visionaries." Perhaps this ... years already?!?!), this was the page I took to heart: The Match Between

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Things That Have Happened To Me Recently in no particular order

  

  The other day I tried to hard-boil eggs for the first time. The first batch came out underdone, but a friend gave me a different method and the ... can't seem to find a place that makes good ones in the area). I had

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • January 28, 2012