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• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread talk amongst yourselves

  

  feeling stressed out right now. You can use the comments below to blow off some steam with your fellow applicants, on two conditions: 1) don't talk ... application of course, or what you want to do with your life, and so forth - but

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 13, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I hurt myself again And again and again and again.

  

  whatever), and repeatedly getting caught on the laces of my badass new shoes ... inability to remain standing on my feet for more than a nanosecond without ... on one (1) set of steps in front of Senior Haus and nearly hitting

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 9, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admission Interview Tick tock!

  

  application process that should be at the top of your To Do list: the interview ... , hopefully two-way, where the EC gets to know you: what drives you, interests ... ’t told us about your EA plans, or for those who haven’t visited MyMIT to

  • by Dave McOwen
  • October 8, 2009
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  Can you recommend some academic competitions?

  It's great that you're searching for programs to challenge yourself academically. We have info on science olympiads, science fairs, robotics competitions, and maker opportunities on our STEM programs page.
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What other student activities can I do?

  You can do anything we already offer on campus, or you can start your own "thing" at MIT! Check out Campus & Student Activities to see what's going on around campus, or check out a list of active groups from
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Entry: Engineers Without Borders Environmental engineering major Tiffany'12 fills in on international development

  

  classroom to real-time projects that have a significant impact on communities ... fun. We get to spray each other with water while prototyping our pump ... . Sounds pretty fun! Feel free to email Tiffany at tifa(at)mit.edu or get in

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 14, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Engineering Digital Communities reflecting on the start of the zoomester and the months prior

  

  like 1+1 is starting to seem like a challenge. Day 1 of September rang in a new milestone for me. It was the first day of[annotation note ... fixed idea of where I was applying, what on earth I was doing, or anything

  • by Waly N. '24
  • September 8, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Wednesday, 12/16/15, at 6:28PM ET

  

  ET). To check your decision on the 16th, visit decisions.mit.edu and log in with your MyMIT username and password.   In order to ... ;ve forgotten your MyMIT password, you may use our automated system to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 8, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Touring an IS&T Datacenter, and How My Dad Crashed the Internet I promise they're related.

  

  environment and make sure it can talk to the other devices on that network. This ... network, it would send messages to everything on that network and tell them ... Internet, unable to reach their new trusted gateway, reverted back to their

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • November 2, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  actual conversations i definitely had last night happy new year i guess

  

  of the screen A: eh give it a race or two A: you'll get used to it B ... : do this, do that B: get used to it B: and we complain at first but after a while we just B: get used to it A: uh A: well A: do you wanna

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 1, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dies Irae Quantus tremor est futurus!

  

  valentines. More on classes, work, and your strange obsession with leaving ... Tonal Forms II this term? Just a thought before I get some sleep: I made ... at Star Market. They cost $2.99 plus tax. Upon starting to address them

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  tired and busy and tired and busy and tired and busy and

  

  10am-ish Work out from 10:30-12 Get lunch from 12-1 Go to class ... whatever time until 4 or 5 Go to ZBT for dinner Go back on the van If ... slots for when I can do fun things, like that nice slot from 2pm to 5pm on

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 15, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Not About the Name First impressions

  

  into a metal detector, and used on an overturned beach to find coins with ... ’s all about feeding your curiosity and fundamentally learning to learn. As ... womb can get an opportunity to do research. Here, passion replaces pomp

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 3, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Where is the banana… ...and why is that man chartreuse?

  

  ESL mother, and your pet boy – at 4:42 PM EST, catching a taxi on Mass ... Someone commented on the post regarding blogger applications asking that the selected blogger post their answer to the essay question. Seeing

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 11, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper ‘84, Astronaut The 24th MIT graduate to go into space.

  

  early '80s, they were doing a big push to get a lot more girls to go into ... the problems we have on Earth." If you're curious, NASA has even posted ... -Piper said of her MIT experience: "The brief thumbnail sketch of getting here

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Denied by MIT, Now A Goldwater Scholar finding her way four years later

  

  yours -- "You have grit - the single most important factor to succeed in ... applying to things and places I didn't think I was actually qualified to get ... me that I wasn't going to get it, but I tried anyway in large part

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 18, 2018
• Blog / Announcements

  We are suspending our SAT/ACT requirement for the 2020–2021 application cycle

  

  continue to focus on you and yours, and know that we will be there to help ... I am writing to announce that, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic ... transfer students who aspire to enter MIT in 2021."]coming application cycle

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • July 13, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  No more physics It was Day 2 of classes when I got kicked out of one! (Only it…

  

  happened while I was on my way to my advisor's office to get his signature on ... this blog in forever, I know you only took that picture on your second ... grandparents forwarded the link to my Aunt Marion, who commented on my blog with

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blogger Freebie #2 And a plot twist!

  

  about 18.022; I'd like to elaborate a little on my experiences in that ... before I moved on in my mindless wandering. Eventually, I decided to stop ... a great lecturer, with the unfortunate ability to write faster on a

  • by Cam T. '13
  • November 15, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Distance and Displacement "how are you swamped if it's only been a month?"

  

  protects her right palm from the cruel concrete. On Sunday, she goes to get ... room several times before gently returning it to its original position on ... leaf. She's back where she started and took a long route to get there

  • by Abby H. '20
  • September 26, 2016