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  Fall 2019 Transfer Decisions Are Now Live

  

  Earlier today, we completed and released our decisions for transfer applicants who applied for entry during Fall 2019. You may access your decision at apply.mitadmissions.org—the same site where you submitted…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 3, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Leadership @ MIT (from a froshy perspective)

  

  I did some ~leadership~ in high school, as I’m sure many of you did. Maybe your experiences were similar to mine; probably a lot of them were, tbh, since I…

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 3, 2019
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Jojopost A collection of emails

  

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • May 2, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  I’m Graduating Early??? [NOT CLICKBAIT] also: the unification of course 7

  

  MIT is going through changes right now in addition to the new phase of the CUP first-year experiment. Here are two that actually affect me. Graduating Early We are within…

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 1, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  10 / Field trip Art, science, and agriculture in Palestine

  

  To set the mood: Feeling Blue   “When I’m in New York I listen to Palestinian hip hop, but when I’m in Palestine, I listen to the blues.” — Nida Sinnokrot, Palestine…

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 29, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Hesitations about Choosing MIT our experience

  

  A couple days ago in the blogger slack, Petey sent a screenshot of a prospective 2023’s message expressing hesitation about choosing MIT. I think a lot of ppl are concerned…

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 28, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  an unnecessarily detailed normal friday finding things to blog about when you're swept into normalcy

  

  my alarm goes off at 8am, and i turn it off in probably enough seconds to annoy caleb⁠14 my roommate as i go back to sleep without even thinking. eventually,…

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 27, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  fall ’19 catalog is out! and a summary of sites we use to plan semesters

  

  the fall 2019 catalog was released recently, perhaps yesterday, and already i’ve seen my friends planning out their fall semesters on firehose for lack of better things to do. michael…

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 25, 2019
• Blog / CPW

  the two sides of CPW CPW as told by a prefrosh and an upperclassman

  

  It so happened that my younger sister got accepted into the Class of 2023 this year. She also happens to be quite a good writer, so we decided to do…

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 24, 2019
• Blog / How to MIT

  7 Rings actually just one but ya know

  

  You guessed it, I’m finally: And because there are literally so many, so so so many blog posts that talk about the tradition of the MIT brass rat, the ring…

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • April 23, 2019
• Blog / Residential Life

  how to grow a vibrant kresge just add sod

  

  Spring is here, which means we are nearing the end of Kresge lawn torment season. From August to March, the grass in front of Kresge is hit with an onslaught…

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 18, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  21 i don't know about you but i'm feeling 21...

  

  A 21st birthday has significant significance in the U.S. because you can now drink that special fermented beverage that has basically been available to everyone in most other countries since…

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 17, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  You only got in because you’re a… how to cope when good news unexpectedly gives you the blues

  

  This is a blog post for those of you who are struggling with the social implications of getting into colleges. It’s such good news, you should be elated — but…

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 16, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Gerald Fink’s “What Is a Gene?” one of those cool talks that happen at MIT all the time

  

  In 1981, Gerald Fink was a professor at Cornell and a member of a visiting committee at MIT. At the time, MIT faculty and administration were split over the idea…

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 11, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Set Your Alarm for CPW 2019 i'm entirely serious

  

  CPW 2019 is happening this week, starting on Thursday! There are hundreds of student-run events to welcome the class of 2023 and help them figure out if MIT is the right…

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • April 10, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  things work out following up on confusion

  

  This past June, we wrote Axes of Confusion, a post about our struggle to decide whether to stay in our current major, 21E Humanities and Engineering which allows us to…

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 9, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  CPW Advice 2k19 come party wildly and/or play wii and/or perceive wonders and/or...

  

  It’s CPW week!!!!!!!!! (What is CPW? It’s Campus Preview Weekend, or as I tell all my friends back home who don’t know MIT lingo, Admitted Students’ Weekend. Admitted high school…

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 8, 2019
• Blog / Personal Travel

  a week in europe pictures of munich, vienna, amsterdam

  

  on friday, loud, incessant bangs and whirrs of the never-ending projects just outside my window keep me awake as i attempt to make our 6.033 report seem comprehensible. i look…

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 8, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  Holding pattern undergrad | me | graduation

  

  I never thought I’d say this, but I’m kind of bored. A combination of not being an athlete + a lighter class schedule + spring break + being a senior…

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • April 6, 2019
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  Ethics, AI, and the College of Computing some student voices in a campus controversy

  

  It’s interesting that I’ve never been even remotely involved in anything political, and in all such situations would always be the outsider looking in. However, in late February a protest…

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • April 5, 2019