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• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist FAQ Some answers for students offered a place on the waitlist.

  

  ;unenroll" at the first college and enroll at the second. This shifting can lead ... part of the admissions process. We colleges recognize and accept this ... should I do now? First, focus on choosing the best fit college of those

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Double diplomas The only thing better than one MIT degree is TWO MIT degrees!

  

  majors and two minors is the maximum amout of ridiculousness with which you ... (and tastes) kind of assembly-line.) To be honest, just looking at the ... diploma with both areas of specialization written on it, and we don't do

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 12, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  May we offer you a drink of water? Because you're just so thirsty for what I have to say and all.

  

  , the 350th day in the 50th week of 2011 and 282 days ago, no big deal ... description of my weeks here and a whole lot of pictures will probably answer ... . (Only 23 hundredths of a year for the same time to come around already

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 25, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2013 FAQs

  

  in the comments and apologize. Best case scenario is of course, that ... you are a QB applicant, along with full name and date of birth on the ... sure your full name and date of birth are included, as well as the word

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 21, 2013
• Blog / Classes

  Screaming on a page (kinda) about 6.009 Please excuse what's about to follow

  

  and the obscene amount of print statements in my code, and JUST so the ... never heard of anything worse. Just the idea of a virtual office hour ... . Ah, bless the liberation of burnout-born apathy! So I left it half done

  • by Powers '23
  • April 12, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In which brains are awesome Neener neener neener.

  

  aspect of the X chromosome and its role in biology - in the first few weeks ... so much) So, let's take a look at the schedule of a first ... the last of my six Course 9 elective classes, and it's looking to be one

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Summer

  The Courage to Change Even Through the [Tough] Mud[der]

  

  energy in the first few weeks, learning a whole two and a half songs ... out on. I was skipping all of the hard work. Yes, it sucks. And it ... !”  And doesn’t that sound so stupid? The book of Proverbs, chapter 12 was

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 11, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Snot, Livers, and Fractals What a world.

  

  and that one video of the goat singing Taylor Swift ever existed (I know ... really left this place. I just lurk and cruft and linger in the tunnels ... . shameless self-promotion (why else) and 2. if you're seeing this, it means

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 25, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life Tokens the currency of joy

  

  family was “The Game of Life.” It’s a bit like the mobile game BitLife, I suppose. You start as a young adult, and walk along the pathways of life ... ), buying a house, and eventually retiring. The goal is to collect as much

  • by Allison E. '27
  • July 6, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  $100 Laptop Unveiled Inspiring!

  

  unveiled the first working prototype of the $100 Laptop. [news story] This ... Kay, known as the inventor (!) of laptops (back in the late 1960s) and a ... I just took a break from reading to watch some of the webcast of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  breathing in and out

  

  , an explosion of water, and rock, and steam, and dust, and ash. the ... natural disasters, and pictures of the eruption. the image that is brought ... coming and a lot of puzzles will happen. mystery hunt is how i first heard

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 12, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Go Forth and Measure Casey at the Bat: Science Edition

  

  first trick: Experiment #1: Testing the acceleration of a mountain bike ... intelligent conclusions. In the words of the late Aaliyah, "If at first you don ... whole "point mass" approximation of the pendulum equation Results: Eh

  • by Bryan
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP of Coding time to catch up

  

  , for the surprising amount of support and encouragement over the past few ... inducted into the Best of the Blogs, a great honor and my second post to do ... couple hours about the unbridled stresses of life and then hitting publish

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 5, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Why We Blacked Out The Blogs and joined the SOPA strike

  

  's why: reddit has a good breakdown of the bills and some of the worst ... comparable in its effect to the Great Firewall of China Kill websites that ... the heart of everything MIT stands for, and what we try to do here on

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 18, 2012
• Blog / How to MIT

  “Learning To Learn At MIT” guest post by the plaz

  

  (or EECS). His website - ThePlaz.com - also has a wiki, and on this wiki ... the Class of 2015 Facebook Group and liked very much is called Learning ... , the removal of distractions, and knowing when and how to ask for help

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 24, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Varsity Pistol Team Wins National Championship

  

  First Team for air pistol and the Second Team in free. Walter Lin received ... first national title since 1974 by upsetting the U.S. Naval Academy at the ... team, Tech placed first in air and free, and sixth in standard pistol. On

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Preview of Things to Come too fast, too furious

  

  unofficially and colloquially known as the class at MIT with the most number of ... Experimental Failure, the Gods of Insomnia and Frustration, and the Gods of ... and a source of information as the internment period dragged on. By the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 26, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Long Overdue Q&A Post Sorry for the delay!

  

  end of the first marking period, or wait until the end of January as ... - and most of the negative ones accompany applications that are also ... required 2 considered? And does MIT (and other colleges) accept the new

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Multidimensional Showcasing an aspiring physicist with amazing musical talent

  

  . He helped write the band's music and played shows in front of hundreds ... them, and 'like' the heck out of them. Joey, after all, doesn't have ... repeat from the floor above. I always smile. I know the musician, and I

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • November 9, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fall Adventures a day in rhode island, maine, and boston

  

  baking cozy desserts, love comfy sweaters, and generally love all of the ... exploring Boston more than I did the first few weeks of school ... State House, and went to some local art museums. The highlight of the

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • November 6, 2023