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• Blog / About Decisions

  Should I include my ethnicity on the MIT Application? As a minority, how many times have you heard some off-handed comment about someone of…

  

  be hesitant to report your ethnicity because you don't want to be ... is not enough to get you into any college or university, let alone MIT ... understand who you are - in context. Remember, we don't get a chance to meet

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advising @ MIT The little question that could.

  

  semester. Then on registration day, you meet with your advisor to make any ... you get here, you register for your first term classes during ... students in seminar based advising, but typically your advisor comes to your

  • by Bryan
  • June 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  (Q & A)^(n+1)

  

  , "What is the deadline for SAT scores to be sent in?" Please designate your ... long as your tests have been taken and designated to be sent to MIT, we do not need to have your scores at MIT by January 1st. We will have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 31, 2004
• Blog / Residential Life

  how to grow a vibrant kresge just add sod

  

  re-sodding a Kresge of your very own.   Step 1: Get rid of all ... arbitrary white flags to indicate your surrender to the will of Sod. [caption ... once it gets to be grass-killin' szn again. [caption id

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 18, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  I wake to sleep An application to a telescope asked me why I learn and where I'm going. It…

  

  getting rather long. My research experience will have to be represented in ... Where to begin? Well, in order to understand me, what drives me, what might be my short term and long term goals, it's important to go a

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 27, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Yes,The New App…It’s Really Here Or Why This Year's App is "Cooler" Than Last Year's.

  

  is the time to get your my.mit.edu account and get started! Oh, and by ... however get to give to those 250 lucky (?) people in my session a preview of ... interesting for you and helpful to us. We understand that condensing your life

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • August 19, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to “Teach” Leadership Please find the probability that Shakespeare diffuses into my GEL classes given that my schedule…

  

  Building, so it’s nice to get out of standard lecture halls and TEAL ... , I’m taking Genetics, Heat and Mass Transfer, Introduction to Acting ... because you could always argue that you’re not done studying. Fortunately

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • November 4, 2010
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  available in the application portal. To check your decision, login to the portal and visit your Application Status page. There, you will be able to ... , so you should be sure you are prepared to receive your decision before

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Have you seen your mother baby standing in the shadow? A visitor's guide to Harrisburg, PA, with original soundtrack by Billy Mack.

  

  movie Kate decides to get serious, slits her wrists, and uses the blood to ... the story of the next two days when I get back to sweet, sweet Boston on ... the group over winter break, I knew that I had to pick a winner this

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Know when to hold ‘em Know when to fold 'em

  

  is to know when to fold, when to cut your losses, and when to get out ... to help you learn about MIT. Since getting home from MIT I've had the ... classes, passing classes, to get A's, to get C's (P/NR FTW!), to be

  • by Snively '11
  • June 21, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW-related whatsits Just some things you might want to know before you arrive tomorrow!

  

  getting to campus. If you're arriving by air, you can take the airport ... ! Anonymous asked, "Hi, Mollie! How did you and Adam get matched up with your ... ? And how did you get to be hosts? Are all the bloggers automatically

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A blast from the past Looking back at things I wanted to do at MIT

  

  (although I did get around to reading some other books). And since I've been ... rooms! Walk around enough to get around without a map I have been to ... a club that you sink a lot of time into freshman year to get good, and

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • March 9, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  art things #1 illustration, graphic design, ceramics, and photography

  

  design is that you get to actually see your work in use, especially when it ... like looming deadlines and assignments to really get the procrastination ... it filled me with renewed vigor to get better.   [caption id

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • December 1, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Take Deep Breaths :) Deep breaths.

  

  . Don't go comparing yourselves to other people who did or did not get in ... game. It's not a good way to spend your time. Go have some fun. Enjoy the ... For now, I'll refer you to this blog entry, but I'll be back

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

  A Blog Entry About Transition This blog entry is about transition. The act of passing from one state or place…

  

  - scrambling to get one last bit of partial credit before your TA comes and yanks ... life was to properly fill out your name and your AP Java teacher's name ... your four-year-old cousin to study. (Seriously, Mom; isn't it a little

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 2, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to survive your first winter: a college student’s guide written by a transplant from sunny Los Angeles

  

  'll be well on your way to staying warm on a budget. Maybe you'll even ... ^ how not to do it.   "Help! I'm from [Los Angeles/Orlando/other perpetually sunny place].  What do I need to survive an East Coast winter

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ‘Twas a good semester ‘twas :’( the end of Pass/No Record

  

  not just because it took two buses, the T, and an hour to get there). I ... millions of nighttime lights. I pressed my face to the window, not quite sure ... awesome Nigerian food—how I missed that!—and looking forward to a wedding

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 29, 2013
• Blog / Summer

  SSP aka summer science program aka summer sleep program aka silly science people aka summer solstice…

  

  as possible. On weekdays, those of us willing to get up for breakfast ... independence, responsibility, and skill needed to thrive in a place as fast ... synthetic chemistry. At each campus, 24 to 36 rising high school seniors

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • February 10, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  some IAP adventures as told by my camera roll

  

  also really enjoy cooking with other people since usually I get to make a ... ,[/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

  QuestBridge 2013 FAQs

  

  your testing by October, do not worry; you do not have to remove MIT from ... complete and you did not match to a binding school. If you take MIT off your ... to get them to you in time? A: I previously answered this incorrectly

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 21, 2013