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  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and international students.   MIT Early Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2019 are now available at >…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 13, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  self-assessment, re: playwriting notes on taking playwrights' workshop this semester

  

  Though I’ve thought of myself as a writer for most of my life, I always struggled with fiction writing and long-form storytelling. Writing a news article for the school paper…

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The Importance of Wasting Time lessons learned over Thanksgiving break

  

  Note: this one is dedicated to the expectant EA applicants. Hope you can make your week fun to rid of all that anxiety! On Thanksgiving Eve, most of my First…

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 9, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Trashion 2014 are YOU trashionable?

  

  When people ask me what I do, the easy answer is that I’m an admissions officer. If they ask me what an admissions officer actually does, though, it can be…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 8, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Saturday, 12/13/14, at 15:16 ET

  

  I've put down my burrito long enough to tell you, as the title says, we will be releasing Early Action decisions online next Saturday, 12/13/14, at 15:16 (3:16PM) ET. To…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 5, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how i used a selfie stick for good and other things i did in 6.811

  

  i just finished 6.811, principles and practices of assistive technology (PPAT)! it’s a higher level interdisciplinary course 6 class that tackles hardware, software, and mechanical solutions to the needs of…

  • by Connie H. '15
  • December 4, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What’s cool about Nick’s room artsy people, walls, and East Side living

  

  A few weeks ago, a friend at Princeton traveled up to Cambridge for some fancy tech-programming-computer science-something-or-other job interview. He suggested that we meet up during his short stay in…

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vlogging about Course 3 and Applying to MIT A video in which I talk to myself and I am an awkward MIT student…

  

  I did the vlog thing!   I didn’t take a video of a cat, but here is a picture of Rory:

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fifteen Minutes to Clear My Head on my morning walk from Boston to MIT

  

  Monday morning in the Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity House. I woke up and went through my normal morning routine: showering, packing my bag, and having breakfast. As usual, I missed…

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  One new blog, three post-college thoughts just popping by to say hello

  

  Hello from Barcelona! I’m here for an astronomy conference. (You may be wondering: who is this girl and why is she talking about astronomy? Does she even go here? The…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 1, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In Case You Were Wondering… Here's what I do when I don't do anything

  

  7:48 AM The view from my window If you crane your neck, you can see the distant glint of the Charles. If you don’t feel like craning your neck, you…

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 1, 2014
• Blog / Events

  #WeAreMIT SMASH helped jumpstart an intense conversation between students and administration

  

  SMASH stands for Students At MIT Allied for Student Health. I am on the SMASH board as a representative from the MedLinks executive board. MedLinks is the student group at…

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 30, 2014
• Blog / Events

  The Tale of a Frosh once upon a cold November

  

  Late November, fall hangs over the Charles, obscuring the river’s sparkle with a curtain of grey. The life of the Frosh shifts. Dulled is the thrill of the first impossible…

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 30, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Who needs Black Friday anyway? a slightly different take.

  

  ^”Every patch is a memory, every tear has a tale. These are the stories we wear.” – Worn Wear Buying new stuff is fun. It provides that instant rush of…

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 29, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thanksgiving and a Small Hack Quick updates from tropical Boston

  

  We’re approaching the end of the semester with remarkable velocity. There are just two more weeks of school before finals, and all of my classes have already assigned the final…

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 27, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A UROP or Two In which I ramble about how lucky I am to have such awesome UROPs

  

  Quite a few people have blogged about their UROPs (aka MIT’s Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program), so I decided to add my voice to the mix! I currently have two UROPs,…

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 24, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Miscellany In which I talk about my life and Fancy sportsball DNA folk songs

  

  Hey Internet! After not posting a video for a couple weeks I totally feel like: So I just made a vlog to get back in the rhythm of filming/editing/etc. If…

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 22, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Highlight Reel Parents! A cappella! Thesis! Superheroes! Film class! And generally hanging in there @ MIT

  

  Internet! Long time, no talk. Why such a long time and so little talk? Well, there has been a lot happening, although in some ways very, very little has happened,…

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • November 22, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is my spork.

  

  There are many like it, but this one is mine. My spork has been high into the mountains, across desert islands, into Stata Cafe, and everywhere in between.   It’s…

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 20, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  bump MIT students design products

  

  The past weeks of my life have been consumed by 2.009, MIT’s famous senior product design class. By the end of the class, our team of 24 students will have…

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 19, 2014