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• FAQ / First-year application

  What if I’m having a hard time completing the recommendation requirement?

  these letters from the people who know you best and can advocate most ... penalized in the application process for disruptions outside of their control, and there will be ample space in the application to explain any issues
• Blog / How to Human

  [Guest Post] Love Is Hard (A Sequel) wherein anon feels different from how he felt seven months ago

  

  desire to leave. You wake up with them and the thought of getting out of ... Continued reflections on love at the Institvte (and really just love ... trials and tribulations with dating, which includes the many times I have

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 3, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Megaphone, Pressed Against An Insect’s Brain That is what this blog entry resembles.

  

  also took some pictures of my own outfit at the dinner, but I decided ... , we checked out the State Museum of Pennsylvania, where we saw this proud beaver preserved through the miracle of taxidermy (or maybe it

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 21, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Honse. Nnnyeeeeeeiiiiiigghhhghhhghhhhhh!!!!! 🐎

  

  out and start selling glass ponies in the streets of Venice. [image ... , Birt, Bort, and Burt. They're like the four horsemen of the apocalypse ... assume means that these are the best and most beautiful ponies ever to

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 26, 2025
• 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 ... said, I present to you three pictures of the view from my window. Early ... , rather than staring out the window and taking pictures.) Sorry about not

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wow, work! Mid-IAP update.

  

  of bed, into my clothes and out the door to building 14. Few people ... , parents, alums, and MIT staff so that the students could ask questions and ... free time and leisure. I think the balance is something to strive for. It

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Important EA Processing Update! read this if your application is incomplete

  

  A few hours ago we finished processing the final segment of tens of thousands of documents which came to us by mail and fax. We digitized them and ... required from you. The most important rule of having a application missing

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 15, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt 2008 Begins! The annual campus-wide puzzle solving competition will be going on all weekend.

  

  and others team up to solve lots of puzzles, with the ultimate goal of ... One of IAP's most exciting activities is the annual Mystery Hunt. In ... Magazine, Wikipedia, and NPR's This American Life. Lots of MIT students

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 18, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Family Weekend 2014 family weekend 2014, day 1 and how I had fun

  

  the 14.02 pset and half of my 6.01 pset before Friday. But Friday came ... family from 4 to 7 pm so I could *HAPPILY* take care of the 6.01 makeup and ... about the hackathons that happened all the way back at the beginning of

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 25, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  batteries recharging because that's what IAP is for

  

  , and maybe even start running studies by the beginning of next semester ... every weekend starting on the 25th, and practice every day of the week ... a bunch of alum friends, and have gone out to dinner more times in the

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 22, 2020
• Blog / Events

  What if You Didn’t Like CPW? is MIT still the place for you?

  

  in one hand and a juicy piece of steak in the other. Or maybe your type ... , during CPW,  all the events were about "legos" and "foam swords" and other ... found himself one of the few prefrosh there. It was really hard connecting

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 21, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2017 Transfer Decisions Will Be Released Today May the Fourth, and also your transfer decisions, be with you

  

  4th, and you should receive it seconds later through the magic of ... . Either way, I wish you the best of luck wherever you go, and whatever you ... very excited about the students we have admitted, and often chagrined

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 4, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2015 Transfer Decisions Will Be Released Today May the Fourth, and also your transfer decisions, be with you

  

  4th, and you should receive it seconds later through the magic of ... . Either way, I wish you the best of luck wherever you go, and whatever you ... very excited about the students we have admitted, and often chagrined

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 4, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hello? Pick up your phones!!

  

  : the RA admits! I think I got to call and congratulate about fifteen or ... :) Based on yesterday alone, I feel safe in saying that the MIT Class of 2014 is AWESOME. Those of you whom I spoke with were funny, nice, and

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 16, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Hug Your History Teacher Because it's 9/11

  

  't is because they might think it's outside of the scope of an admissions ... controversy, we just had a blogger deftly navigate an analysis of the Penn State ... - most of the bloggers were 7. Or 8. Maybe 10 max. Wow. Well, I'm old

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • September 11, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hosed Hosed- adj. Bogged down with work (From the glossary of the 2007-2008 How to Get…

  

  TO WRITE THEM. Seriously. Why? Because the end of the semester has me ... a taste of things to come. Item 1: How hosed am I? According to the ... business outfit (go Yellow Team!) for the final presentation and am about to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 7, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Debunked I clear things up.

  

  I've decided that before I go to bed I should take advantage of the awesome capabilities of this wonderful invention called "The Laptop." It has ... propped up in bed and listening to the Toy Story soundtrack. Anywho, I

  • by Snively '11
  • March 3, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dear Mom, Vol. 1 If I told you my life was a circus, would you believe me?

  

  So my mom and I are pretty tight. I do call her every day courtesy of ... share with you today's email. It is very reminiscient of the letters I would write back in the days of old at WJ Bryan. To: [email protected] From

  • by Bryan
  • October 6, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Come to AXO Lip Sync! Come to AXO Lip Sync tonight to see some of your friends... "remember when????"

  

  entertained? If you answered yes to any or all of the questions above, buy a ... Cambridge YWCA, and because Lip Sync-ing is awesome All proceeds from the event will be donated to the Cambridge YWCA. "The YWCA of Cambridge has

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 29, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  institutional memory cruft are cool!

  

  . yesterday me and matthew '23 were upgrading one of esp's servers. the last ... in one of the organizations i'm in, esp, we toss the phrase ... pandemic. the president takes sick leave and no one knows what to do. an

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 19, 2022