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• Blog / How to MIT

  Wandering through the Infinite 3.5ish years of wandering MIT, squeezed into like one month

  

  At some point during the semester, when walking to quarantine lunch in the Stud, I realized that there were a lot of cool things on the walls of the Infinite…

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 22, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  and i am afraid of falling a long winded chess metaphor

  

  I’ve been watching a lot of chess. Watching, not playing. My eyes hungrily gaze upon the little pieces on the screen as they hop from square to square, devouring and…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 21, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  it’s only a matter of time a post for the deferred

  

  This post has been rattling around my brain for a few weeks now, like a rock inside an empty tin can.⁠04 And, now that the semester is over, that tin…

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 20, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  hello deferred applicants, i, again, don’t know what to say, but i can try

  

  it feels hypocritical of me to write words to you, because even if i was deferred myself, i was eventually accepted to mit. such is the nature of writing in…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 20, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  MIT Early Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2025 are now available in the application portal. To check your decision, login to the portal and visit your Application Status…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 19, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Admitted Early

  

  YOU GOT IN! It’s time to You might be wondering, “What’s next?” Well, later today,⁠08 or now depending on when you see this you’ll receive an email with details on…

  • by Decisions
  • December 19, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  Our applicant pool for Early Action was really competitive, and unfortunately accepting everyone just isn’t an option. If your decision was deferred, take solace in knowing that we will reconsider…

  • by Decisions
  • December 19, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  There were many wonderful applicants to MIT this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. For those of you who fall into this category,…

  • by Decisions
  • December 19, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  some small distractions to help with many weighty things

  

  there is a LOT going on in the world right now — perhaps most prominently for you, oh reader of this post, MIT EA decisions (which come out tomorrow/Saturday at…

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 18, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferring Thoughts before 12/14 12:14pm to after 3/14 1:59pm

  

  “His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy. There’s vomit on his sweater already, mom’s spaghetti. He’s nervous about opening the MIT decisions portal already.”  Eminem About 2 separate…

  • by Waly N. '24
  • December 18, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  8.021 and my favorite moments the class that taught me to love physics

  

  One of my most favorite classes I’ve ever taken this semester is 8.021, Physics E&M. I failed the regular version of 8.02 in the spring, so I took a special…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 17, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  When I used to run A reflection on sitting still for a semester

  

  Note: So, you may or may not have noticed that my name is ~different~ next to my little blogger face up there. For the record, I am still Caroline P.,…

  • by Powers '23
  • December 16, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a compilation of creative projects creativity? at MY institute?

  

  Among the many classes I took this semester, I ended up taking two and a half classes that fell under MIT’s broad category of HASS-A, or arts classes.⁠14 MIT students…

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 16, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  on success, meaning, and time existential musings about big questions with no answers

  

  This post is a culmination of many things that I’ve been thinking about throughout college and high school, but things which that have become much more urgent⁠24 when i say…

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • December 15, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT EA decisions to be posted Saturday, 12/19/20, 3:14 PM ET

  

  So, I’m sitting around watching Sephiroth⁠35 After Nisha and Sabrina told me about it. get announced for Smash and a Slack message from Petey appears saying, “Kellen, I need you…

  • by kellen manning
  • December 14, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Celeste the best video game i've played in months

  

  I have run out of things to write about because nothing is happening in my life right now, other than finals week and Celeste. Celeste is the first video game…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 13, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Blogger Wrapped 2020 blogger wrapped, wrapped

  

  At this point, Blogger Wrapped posts are sort of becoming a tradition, so I’m honored to be able to take up the mantle for what will be my final (?)…

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 12, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  taylor swift songs as applicants emergency evermore post

  

  24 hours ago, Taylor Swift came out with a new album and everyone lost their minds. If you haven’t listened to it yet, please go do that right now and…

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 11, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  On Greek history, and this strange end-of-semester sprint  tl;dr nerding out over a final essay

  

  I’ve just taken the luxury of lavishing two full days on an essay about Alexander the Great. It could have taken far less time, but it was really fun to…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 11, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  We have extended the Regular Action deadline to January 6th, 2021 in order to give our applicants (and our staff) some extra time around the holidays

  

  I am popping my head out of committee for a moment to tell you⁠44 We have already emailed everyone who expressed an interest in applying to us for Regular Action,…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 8, 2020