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By doing so, we hope you’ll learn more about MIT, but also about yourself.

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🗓️ The Early Action deadline is November 1.
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✅ If you’re applying for financial aid, the 2022–2023 FAFSA and CSS Profile applications are available.

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my summer! a belated blog
- by Kidist A. '22
- October 18, 2021
This summer was a summer of many firsts. First time actually living by myself. First time regularly using public transportation by myself. First time booking all my doctor’s appointments. This summer was a summer of balance, at least the attempt of finding one. This summer was a summer… Read More
a salmonella saga weekend outing tingz
- by Ankita D. '23
- October 17, 2021
I didn’t leave the MIT bubble much my freshman year. hell, I barely left my dorm. there was so much going on all the time that I didn’t bother trying to venture out into Boston very often. over the summer, however, I spent a good chunk of my free time… Read More
from me to you burn it all down
- by Mel N. '24
- October 17, 2021
Sometimes, you need to let things go up in flames. . . . I have struggled with writing blogposts in the past few months. It’s not for a lack of things to write about—there’s always something going on in my life, but that’s the problem. I feel like… Read More
in wonderland hello from the number side
- by Alice L. '24
- October 16, 2021
“Who are you?” said the Caterpillar. This was not an encouraging opening for a conversation. Alice replied, rather shyly, “I—I hardly know, Sir, just at present—at least I know who I was when I got up… Read More

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#I have cookies

#please be friends with me
walking mechanics how to walk faster using Facts and Science
- by Vincent H. '23
- October 15, 2021
it turns out many people at mit walk really slowly. not in the sense that mit is slower than the rest of the world, but in the sense that you can optimize walking significantly when armed with basic knowledge of anatomy and mechanics, which most mit students possess but have… Read More
joshua angrist shares the nobel prize! and the research is *so* cool
- by Paolo A. '21 G
- October 14, 2021
Some of you may have heard the news already, but if you haven’t: on Monday, Joshua Angrist, the Ford International Professor of Economics at MIT, won the Nobel Prize in Economics (officially, the 2021 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in… Read More

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#Course 14 - Economics

#nobel prize
Crocheting With the Firehose Gauge Your Stitches, Gauge Your Life
- by Ella T. '25
- October 13, 2021
Over the past few months, I have become obsessed with crochet. Before I came to Boston, I dedicated quite some time to ironing out the logistics of crocheting at MIT. How will I pack all my yarn? What project should I begin on the airplane? … Read More

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#Crochet

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Cook-for-yourself life!

Watch '24s Cassandra, Yijun, Eugenia, Megan, and Sophie as they walk you through a week of cook-for-yourself life.

Follow Emily’s final year

Emily H. '22 is chronicling her final year as an MIT undergraduate student in "mit time," a monthly Webtoon comic! This month Emily walks us through how graduate school applications reduced her to a mere sentient body of slime.

Fusion research @MIT

The recent successful test of a high-temperature superconducting electromagnet developed by researchers at MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center and Commonwealth Fusion Systems may be the next step toward making the “great clean-energy dream” a reality. Read the full story by The New Yorker.

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Applying Sideways (in Chinese) 橫向申請 / 横向申请
- by Chris Peterson SM '13
- October 12, 2021
Almost 11 years ago, I wrote a blog post called Applying Sideways that was my attempt⁠20 Audacious, in retrospect, given that I had been an admissions officer for a single cycle. Read More
Celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day with AISES + NASA
- by Chris Peterson SM '13
- October 11, 2021
The second Monday in October has long been an MIT holiday, but today is the second year that MIT has observed it as Indigenous Peoples’ Day, and the first that it has been federally recognized as such. Earlier today, Institute Community and Equity Officer John Dozier sent an… Read More
Navigating the PM Interview the crash course i wish someone gave to me
- by Cami M. '23
- October 10, 2021
Directory Introduction Is product management right for me? The Interview The Format Question Types Behavioral Framework: STAR method Example Question Best Practices Product Design Framework Best Practices Product Strategy Framework: SWOT Analysis, Porter’s… Read More

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#internships

#pm interview

#product management

#woooo
this is the real life I love in-person MIT eom
- by Masha G. '24
- October 9, 2021
Whenever I try to think about the last year, it doesn’t feel real. In fact, I usually actively stop myself when I get on that train of thought, because it’s just so sad and generally emotionally taxing to think about everything my class has missed out on. A lot… Read More
head above the water (intro post) an inner dialogue about my first month of classes
- by Jenny B. '25
- October 9, 2021
When I tried practicing for the swim test, I realized how long it had actually been since I swam. This pool wasn’t like the neighborhood pool where I could slowly ease into the shallow end of the pool feet first so I could get used to… Read More

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#also i still havent taken my swim test yet
you can’t be everything to everyone you just can't
- by CJ Q. '23
- October 8, 2021
you just can’t. you actually can’t. you can try but you can’t. last friday night was the beginning of teammate hunt, a puzzlehunt written with some excellent puzzles. it’s written by teammate, and i know lots of people who helped write, and they’ve all been talking to me and… Read More

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Chaotic Projections!!! Karyn '23 makes so many things that we couldn't pick just one. So, just watch her YouTube!

Dorm Tour with Cassandra ’24 Cassandra takes you on a tour of her dorm room and pod space in McCormick.

Grace S. ’24 Follow Grace as she studies, eats, gets vaccinated, goes to class, and hangs around with her pod!

MIT is… Podcast Oby '21 and Gabe '21 talk about MIT places and what's better, Boston or Cambridge.

UA Presents: MIT COVID HACK The MIT Community coming together working solutions to big problems.

Care Package from MIT Yimmy701 gets a care package, makes some stuff, and takes a road trip.

Jocelyn ’21 Quarantour Jocelyn takes us around MIT.

I Dropped a Class Shayna ' 23 goes over their process for dropping a class.

On playwrights and gaming Nisha '21 and Jordan '21 talk about the MIT Playwrights Lab and gaming on IGlive

Danny and Allan return! Alum bloggers Danny and Allan G. '20 wrote about their creative streaks that span from the LEGO days to MIT. They were also adorable toddlers.

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Latest from the bloggers

my summer! a belated blog

a salmonella saga weekend outing tingz

from me to you burn it all down

in wonderland hello from the number side

Tagged:

walking mechanics how to walk faster using Facts and Science

joshua angrist shares the nobel prize! and the research is so cool

Tagged:

Crocheting With the Firehose Gauge Your Stitches, Gauge Your Life

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Latest from admissions

Cook-for-yourself life!

Follow Emily’s final year

Fusion research @MIT

Applying Sideways (in Chinese) 橫向申請 / 横向申请

Celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day with AISES + NASA

Navigating the PM Interview the crash course i wish someone gave to me

Tagged:

this is the real life I love in-person MIT eom

head above the water (intro post) an inner dialogue about my first month of classes

Tagged:

you can’t be everything to everyone you just can't

Latest from the community

Chaotic Projections!!! Karyn '23 makes so many things that we couldn't pick just one. So, just watch her YouTube!

Dorm Tour with Cassandra ’24 Cassandra takes you on a tour of her dorm room and pod space in McCormick.

Grace S. ’24 Follow Grace as she studies, eats, gets vaccinated, goes to class, and hangs around with her pod!

MIT is… Podcast Oby '21 and Gabe '21 talk about MIT places and what's better, Boston or Cambridge.

UA Presents: MIT COVID HACK The MIT Community coming together working solutions to big problems.

Care Package from MIT Yimmy701 gets a care package, makes some stuff, and takes a road trip.

Jocelyn ’21 Quarantour Jocelyn takes us around MIT.

I Dropped a Class Shayna ' 23 goes over their process for dropping a class.

On playwrights and gaming Nisha '21 and Jordan '21 talk about the MIT Playwrights Lab and gaming on IGlive

Danny and Allan return! Alum bloggers Danny and Allan G. '20 wrote about their creative streaks that span from the LEGO days to MIT. They were also adorable toddlers.

Pretend it’s not 2020 The Mayans thought 2012 would be the end of days but instead it gave us (MIT) Gangnam Style.

Dear Class of 2024 A message from the MIT Undergraduate Association

A Message from Chocolate City

Boy With Luv on Zoom MIT Syncopasian does a Zoom performance of Boy With Luv.

Ben O. ’19 final MIT video. Ben looks back at his last five years at MIT.

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Latest from the community

Chaotic Projections!!! Karyn '23 makes so many things that we couldn't pick just one. So, just watch her YouTube!

Dorm Tour with Cassandra ’24 Cassandra takes you on a tour of her dorm room and pod space in McCormick.

Grace S. ’24 Follow Grace as she studies, eats, gets vaccinated, goes to class, and hangs around with her pod!

MIT is… Podcast Oby '21 and Gabe '21 talk about MIT places and what's better, Boston or Cambridge.

UA Presents: MIT COVID HACK The MIT Community coming together working solutions to big problems.

Care Package from MIT Yimmy701 gets a care package, makes some stuff, and takes a road trip.

Jocelyn ’21 Quarantour Jocelyn takes us around MIT.

I Dropped a Class Shayna ' 23 goes over their process for dropping a class.

On playwrights and gaming Nisha '21 and Jordan '21 talk about the MIT Playwrights Lab and gaming on IGlive

Danny and Allan return! Alum bloggers Danny and Allan G. '20 wrote about their creative streaks that span from the LEGO days to MIT. They were also adorable toddlers.

Pretend it’s not 2020 The Mayans thought 2012 would be the end of days but instead it gave us (MIT) Gangnam Style.

Dear Class of 2024 A message from the MIT Undergraduate Association

A Message from Chocolate City

Boy With Luv on Zoom MIT Syncopasian does a Zoom performance of Boy With Luv.

Ben O. ’19 final MIT video. Ben looks back at his last five years at MIT.