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• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  unfortunately means that we had to turn down a large number of incredible students ... thrive) wherever you go and whatever you do. We understand that this may be a difficult time for you, but we ask that you converse civilly and

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  The State of the Mail: Opened & Processed It's time to check MyMIT to make sure we have all the pieces of your…

  

  have received. Now we're really ready to read applications! This is a ... Transcript, Evaluation A, Evaluation B, Testing Requirements (we should have ... . What happens if the tracking system is missing something? First, do not

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 24, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  21st Century Education? Food for thought.

  

  college education, here are a few questions: 1. What are the skills you hope ... you think you will take? 3. What do you want to learn or know that you ... learning for you? Last year, Time also had a fairly interesting article that

  • by Bryan
  • December 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Vindicated! And the summer of FREEdom begins. (Pictures added)

  

  concerts? Tomorrow, a local radio station here in Boston is sponsoring a free ... did not play my favorite song =[) Awesome, right? EDIT: I'm going to do

  • by Bryan
  • May 31, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Roadtrip! Spontaneity is my middle name.

  

  So since the semester is over, and Boston is a little wet to say the least, I decided that today, I'm going to take a little road trip to NYC. Don't really know what I'm going to do once I get there, but I figure I

  • by Bryan
  • May 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  We’re Up To Date! Tracking your application.

  

  have received. Now we're really ready to read applications! This is a ... Transcript, Evaluation A, Evaluation B, Testing Requirements (we should have ... . What happens if the tracking system is missing something? First, do not

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 17, 2006
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How did the blogs get started?

  behind the blogs was to open a window into the lives of MIT students: what they do, think, and feel. MIT was one of the first universities to have ... , uncensored posts reveal a lot about MIT students, academics, and life at MIT
• FAQ / First-year application

  May high school juniors apply?

  a small number of applications from young students who have outgrown their high school curriculum and feel ready for college. We have a lot of information on our site about what to do in high school that you'll find helpful
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Stomach Overrides All Priorities culinary procrastination

  

  from the somewhat ambitious "Find a UROP to turn into a thesis!" to "Keep ... in my browser to do just that, I was seized by the sudden necessity to "Write a browser quicksearch tool to make online utilities more efficient

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anna Teytelman: Japanese Hip-Hop Extraordinaire! Anna Teytelman studies Japanese hip-hop and culture at MIT's Hyperstudio.

  

  finished writing a book on Japanese hip-hop, and she is now doing some ... When most people say they have a UROP, you can immediately imagine them sitting at a lab bench while wearing a white lab coat, safety

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Like a Polaroid Picture My alleged lack of football fandom triggers an epiphany.

  

  Lodish had us figure out what to do with a sad little dog that can only ... Stimpy. To begin with, a World Cup fan with the fortuitous name of "Go argentina!" observed yesterday: Emmm... Sam I don't think you are much of a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 23, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  No Snow, and on singing badly me? singing? and posting it online?!

  

  'm listening it right now and I don't like it. Do yourself a favor and listen to ... 's fence" Chesterton, once wrote that If a thing is worth doing, it is worth ... first mentioned this song in a blog post two years ago, and it's always

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 24, 2021
• Blog / IAP

  Montreal a.k.a my awesome birthday blog a.k.a the end of IAP Photo's! Adventure! It's like a comic book, but real!

  

  awesome vs. IAP remaining looked something like 1/x^4, culminating in a ... take the test. I'll spare you the exciting details of me doing breakneck ... my things into a suitcase and head for New Hampshire with my friends

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 27, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I’m a Muslim Woman and… on this #MuslimWomensDay, meet some p cool ppl

  

  Student Association? Do I talk about the prayer space that’s a short walk ... actually, there’s just so much to do. In a literal sense, there are so many ... ’ve had has to do with the elections. It was a very scary time for Muslims

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 27, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Don’t forget to check in with yourself On living with intention

  

  ’s not a one-time decision.  These days, I instead regularly ask, “What do ... myself). Currently, I do a lot of thinking/writing/exploring on those ... at are gone (RIP Shinkansen, Steam Cafe, Cafe 4…are food trucks still a

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  Some comforting blogs to read while you await decisions

  

  to bet that some fresh air and a fresh perspective would do you some ... are going to do great things and you are going to have a wonderful ... wanted to take a breath and collect some words of encouragement from

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 13, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Summer days, driftin’ away

  

  of mentor, actually encouraged a friend to consider it. I do not recommend these summer programs as a thing to do "to look good on a college ... students do these programs. Like I said in my earlier entry, a summer of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  checked off 101 things to do before you graduate...

  

  -year gets a list of 101 things that they should do before they graduate. Since ... ✅ Inviting myself into randos selfies is always a fun thing to do… Take free ... class, so it was cool to do something a step (or several steps) above that

  • by Waly N. '24
  • May 31, 2024
• Blog / IAP

  some IAP adventures as told by my camera roll

  

  _row images="72280,72279,72278,72277" caption="admittedly, i do not have a lot ... ,[/annotation] MIT offers an "Independent Activities Period" where students do ... , do research, or nothing at all! This IAP, I chose to do essentially

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 4, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 1

  

  just wondering, since i had my sister do me a favour by filling out the ... , but during Campus Preview Weekend, I do get to put a lot of faces with ... in that list?" Yes, we do maintain a waitlist of international students

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 5, 2005