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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Postcard From The Green Building postmarked july 5th

  

  Yesterday I took photos from the top of the Green Building. MIT sprawled far below us, the lines of its normally inscrutable architecture ... sense. As the sun set and Cambridge's night lights winked on, every

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  relearning what i know now or: hi, i learned wrong my entire life.

  

  feel like a failure a lot of the time and it takes everything in me not ... rough. I feel like I've lost a lot of that spark and passion the moment I ... me by and, apparently, get into MIT. But it's this very method of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 22, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  On Time That which I do not have.

  

  . This was done primarily to create the illusion of actually having time ... Sunday night, and I feel as though I've spent the last forty-eight hours traipsing through puddles of psets, EMT drills, writer's block, dance, and

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 7, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Some things to do now if you were admitted to the MIT Class of 2014.

  

  Seattle -- as well as the District of Columbia), Miami, Chicago, and many ... distance of MIT -- driving and parking in Boston is not a good experience ... alumni across the globe will be hosting gathering for the Class of 2014, as

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  taylor swift songs as applicants emergency evermore post

  

  right now and then come back. In celebration of evermore as well as the admissions season, here is every single track on the album and its applicant ... dreamland My house of stone, your ivy grows And now I'm covered The student

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

  Transfer Wrap-Up 2008 Looking back at MIT Transfer Admissions for entry this coming year.

  

  , the conclusion of our transfer admissions cycle, seems as good a time as ... countries and four continents. The students come from top schools in applicant ... a vital part of the MIT community. Among other things, transfers have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 20, 2008
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  What is the MIT QuestBridge Supplement?

  of the MIT first-year application. QuestBridge Finalists that ranked MIT will be contacted directly about how to access the MIT Quest ... still use the MIT QuestBridge Supplement along with your Quest
• Blog / Admissions

  Decisions Beginning To Arrive How are you guys doing?

  

  Hi everyone, It's been one of those weeks here in the office - I can't seem to get anything done. I'm working on the big Q&A thread that I ... this community (and that includes those of you who have been rejected

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2021!

  

  ://youtu.be/Ofp26_oc4CA livestream of me posting the blogger app and prospective ... new thing you learned today in class, and so forth. The mission of the ... ask and answer the kinds of questions that might be useful for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fig. 4: Study with me! A semi-productive Sunday afternoon vlog (feat. an hour trying to find a printer)

  

  , offering students the luxury of having the entire summer to revise and giving ... is 6'014 km away from the 'Tvte. Time flies (seriously), and I'm already returning back to the US end of next week. This week is also the

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / Hacks

  Hack to the Future all futures have a past, and all pasts have alternative futures

  

  26 years ago, Doc Brown and Marty McFly traveled 26 years into the ... current (and future) MIT students, I suspect, I loved the BTTF movies as a ... history is to realize that futures are products of their pasts. And one

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 21, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 1

  

  was only interrupted by renovations during the summers of 1998 and 1999 ... MIT's schedule and Harvard's schedule are pretty much the same (MIT and ... , after the winter/Christmas break). Regardless of schedules, MIT dorms are

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  parallels or juxtapositions in one sitting at flour cafe

  

  and i am running out of time. when i was in barcelona, i talked about ... semester i tell myself i am as busy as can be, and then the next semester i ... my place here. one of the most sure things about sophomore year is my

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • February 26, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Since U Been Gone While I was out, the world changed. (UPDATED)

  

  lost under the canopy of Allison's bed and checking out food options at ... continuing obsession with Food Network by recounting some of the best and worst ... the second token out of my pocket and set it most intently on my desk

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 1, 2006
• Blog / Summer

  five things I love about New York welcome to New York, everybody walks in New York

  

  (The subtitle is from my unpatented and unholy mix of the songs ... beautiful end table off the street myself and I’m still very proud of it), but ... directly at the end of my block and just one of three within a 15 minute walk

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 28, 2022
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Early Action: Deferred A forum.

  

  We had a record number of Early Action applicants this year, and unfortunately we could not take all of them. If your decision was deferred, then ... 'll have some additional advice and instructions for Deferred students

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2010
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Bryan is alive and in Rome Day One In Rome

  

  We got here safely, and we're having a blast. I'll write a longer entry when I find free wireless, but right now it's costing 3 euros an hour and I have a lot of emails to respond to. (Thanks for all the emails

  • by Bryan
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Take Deep Breaths :) Deep breaths.

  

  be the end of my formal education, but here I am applying to graduate ... if I sit around and wait for the news, the world around me isn't going ... , and I'm going to spend it having a blast with the people I love in a

  • by Bryan
  • March 16, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick updates A post about not having any news (yet).

  

  . Regardless, if you are on the waitlist and hope to be taken off of the waitlist ... The Class of 2010 is beginning to take shape. We know some replies ... be using the waitlist, and, if so, how many people we'll be looking to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Spy vs. Spy The former directors of the US and Saudi intelligence agencies speak at MIT.

  

  "Saudi Arabia and the Global Community" Thursday, February 16, 4pm ... moderated by MIT Professor of Chemistry John Deutch. The talk is hosted by the ... . Deutch ran the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency as Director of Central

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 16, 2006