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• Blog / MIT Life

  Desired things a youthful aside.

  

  I just had the busiest, craziest summer of my life. I remember a ... fraction of the most difficult course at my school. A course on American ... taste of academic rigor. We learned with assembly-line urgency; papers

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 12, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  At What Cost A summary of my fall semester

  

  second degree on time. A pretty good understanding of E&M and cellular ... how my second degree affects my chances of admission. Would I do it ... experiences with untold numbers of people. Maybe I can even give them some

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • December 21, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Somewhere in between Trying to find out where I belong at MIT

  

  course 20 degree, so I am technically a 19 but kind of a 20…….” Seems like ... , my degree will say 2020, and for the most parts my day to day ... senior events that are planned for the class of 2019. My main concerns

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 13, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Truth About Science comic-style.

  

  So the good news is that the series of scientific mishaps I blogged ... spend a significant portion of the next 72 hours taking full advantage of my current streak of lab luck. After my blog last week, both Chris and

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Weather Sensitive I know you think that I don't care, but I really do.

  

  're walking through forty degrees of nitrogen, oxygen, and ice cubes, but that's about it. This concept of leaves falling off trees? Yeah. Completely ... said, I present to you three pictures of the view from my window. Early

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  I Think I’ve Found Paradise (Guest Entry) Work hard, play hard. For the next four years.

  

  to be a man of few words, and my guest-entry was going to revolve ... name is Gordon and I’m from sunny Santa Monica, California. Most would ... of guy. So from the minute I leapt off my five-hour plane flight to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Senioritis We'd fight for a cure if we weren't so lazy.

  

  want a masters degree in your subject pretty much by the end of sophomore ... taking three classes this term, and the grade in all of them is based ... schoolwork, I've had crazy amounts of free time recently. Not that I've really

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 1 A Questions Omnibus is a post where I answer your lingering questions left in the…

  

  I like? Can the size of the smaller school offer a more supportive ... of APs you should take. If your school offers AP calculus, we hope you ... For those of you new to the blog: a Questions Omnibus is a post where

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admitted Student Spring Meetings… ...the event when I decided MIT was for me.

  

  Okay, I admit it! I decided to come to MIT without the benefit of an ... , was a meeting held in the home of an alumni volunteer named George Keller '48. He lived in the Bay Area, was chairman of Chevron Oil at the

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 17, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Google Maps is NOT the best. But everything else seems to be right.

  

  , supplying 45% of the nation's mushrooms. California, in second place, provides ... of my recent entries, but I am unable to find it. Well, I'm not in Rome, but I'll leave you with a few thoughts of my migration southward. 1

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The [REDACTED] Family Dinner 🥟 family matters. very tasty family matters.

  

  assembled a mailing list of faculty, grad students, undergraduates, and more. My aim was simple: to organize a dinner consisting solely of MIT undergraduates with my last name. Through ~careful analysis~ of the Chinese

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • November 4, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Who we are All the stuff I've been trying to write since last July. It isn't much, but…

  

  lot of living groups have free breakfast on exam mornings, then ... and all that. I heard a lot of conversations on my way to the final ... for my 7.28 final this morning, half of me was focused on the final and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  August, Airplanes, and why not throw in Spring Break, too? My traveling styles. And, I don't even know, maybe a catch-up thing?

  

  3/22 Welcome to the unfiltered stream of my consciousness. Please ... awesome things (including making this website)-- I'm so proud of them!) We ... want to see awesome pictures of the American Southwest and read about

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 31, 2013
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  On Tortillas and Community An update from a year and a half ago.

  

  Hello! One of the first things I wrote about as a staff blogger was ... there were a couple of things that I needed to ensure my happiness, sense of belonging, and community. I had already found the perfect coffee

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • December 12, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Hartford meeting wrap-up Giving a better answer to a question I was asked in my Hartford meeting.

  

  I conducted my first of ten meetings this fall in Hartford this week ... meeting did it occur to me that he could have been asking about some of our exciting activities. In the spirit of "better late than never," here is a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2006
• 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 would love to have on campus. However, we did place some students on our

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2015
• 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 would love to have on campus. However, we did place some students on our

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Waitlist, 2009 Within the next few days, we plan to make waitlist offers to complete the Class…

  

  with aid packages. Admitted students can then choose to accept our offer (it is an understood part of admissions that some people will shuffle ... offer) or decline it. Also, we will begin notifying some students on the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 13, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist News Within the next week, we plan to admit approximately 35 students from the waitlist.

  

  aid packages. Admitted students can then choose to accept our offer (it is an understood part of admissions that some people will shuffle ... offer) or decline it. Also, we will begin notifying some students on the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2008
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  If a QB applicant is admitted EA/RA, will they receive full financial aid?

  MIT practices need-blind admissions for all students, regardless of citizenship. If you're admitted through Early Action or Regular Action, MIT will assemble a financial aid offer that will meet 100% of your demonstrated need