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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wish I Joined the MIT 100K as a Freshman four years of this would've been great

  

  I look at the clock - it's 5 am. I started working at 3 pm. What just happened? No pset, no exam, no looming deadline. I spent the past 14 hours ... about the startup once that startup had left the room and there was no

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 8, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s the middle of November. Do YOU know where your Early Action application components are? How to tell if they are missing, and what to do about it

  

  here in time for Early Action consideration (no need to use rush ... documents to you via postal mail?No — it won't get here in time. I know ... ’t. Given the mountains of information we’re receiving, we have no way of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  I am an MIT Admissions Officer, AMA you know the drill

  

  , according to Google Analytics, but no one is commenting, so here's a place to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 10, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  All Applicants Can Now Apply For Either Early or Regular Action MIT Admissions announces a policy change allowing international students access to either Early or Regular…

  

  . There is no preference in our process for early applicants. We use the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2015
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Why I’m Leaving the MIT Admissions Blogs it's been a good run.

  

  ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...yeah right! Happy April Fool's Day :) No seriously it was like 2am when, after working on a serious blog post for a few hours, I realized what day

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 1, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  January Book List Oaks & Poems & Baldwin & Biss

  

  Oregon's Yamhill Valley. More on this later. I had no internet, no cell phone service, and no problem sets. I went to Powell's, brought my old ... sent me during finals. They are haunting and necessary. 2. Notes from No

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 27, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I Scrapbook Sometimes Stickers!!!

  

  makes me feel better no matter what is going on and where I may be. So if

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 17, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Closer Calls and rising unease

  

  . And this past Wednesday should have been no different. I spent it at ... shock, from a plane crash, and there’s no point psychoanalyzing these ... about how bad things can be, especially in the face of darkness. No, when

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 28, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ushering in a New Era An open letter to Pass/No Record (with footnotes!)

  

  Dear Pass/No Record*, I’m breaking up with you. But don’t worry, it ... freshman anymore, so while most of my fellow freshmen will be on the ABC/no ... next ones do, so read on my friends. Read on. **: True story. Pass/no

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Life Lessons From Pistol Class But they don't buy pajamas / For pistol packin' mamas!

  

  keeping your arm steady, if you're like me and have almost no muscles above your hips. It's no surprise, then, that Mike Conti (the MIT PE pistol ... no reason to panic about what to do next, and my heartbeat slows down

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 7, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Summertime Science Got that summertime, summertime science...

  

  Hey! Remember me? No? Hi. I'm Elizabeth. I graduated last June. But here we are, me crufting on the blogs, you not knowing who I am. I never officially said goodbye, and I STILL have that post. I'm working on it. Proof

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 14, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I GOT TWENTY DOLLARS IN MY POCKET (because I got a press pass to SpringFest 2013, of course. photos inside!)

  

  .  And don't got no memories. Funniest moment of the night?  When

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 27, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline

  

  ***EDIT, 12/31/12 1:49PM: Of course, no sooner than I post this, it looks like the site is back up again! Thanks again for your patience - feel free to post comments here if you encounter further issues

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • December 31, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Days in the Life In which I overuse Instagram.

  

  -setting even through they're on Pass/No-Record, and I think to myself, "hahahaha ... . You. All things for the greater glory of blogging. Fun fact No. 1: I ... .441 Biomaterials-Tissue Interactions. Fun fact No. 2: One of the professors of this

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 15, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Invasion of the Stikmen Another invasion of MIT?

  

  on the crosswalk? Well... I honestly had no idea the first time I

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • August 14, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Up The last of the post-finals, pre-internship adventures.

  

  to pack every minute of the weekend with something awesome. No summer ... it was like no time had passed at all; despite not keeping in touch ... : ... Me: ... At this point, I realized she was serious. Me: NO! WHAT? NO! WE

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 27, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Just To Be Clear: We Don’t Do Legacy anatomy of a WTF in the WSJ

  

  any data, but instead itself cites (at 84) “No Distinctions except Those ... data showing that alumni of CalTech, which grants no preferences, donated ... any idea when or why this error was introduced, since there is no

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 25, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Not in Kansas anymore A brief look at your third '15 blogger

  

  about Kansas, I've heard it all before. No I don't live on a farm, no I’ve never been cow tipping, yes I've seen funnel clouds, no I haven't seen a tornado, and no, the education is not as bad as “Inherit the Wind” would

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • September 9, 2011
• Blog / Events

  What’s on your mind? As for me, my hair feels normal again.

  

  percentage of people who dye their hair weird colors.  It may come to you as no

  • by Piper '13
  • August 26, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Good Advice On Advisors

  

  splices to make the Voynich Manuscript look like Shakespeare. No what I ... disagreed and no small satisfaction in knowing that you were right. And if ... . Psets encourage collaboration. There's no graduating with honors or

  • by Chris M. '12
  • August 19, 2011