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  Making your college decision May 1st! Have you decided?

  

  . There are a million ways to get involved in a million different activities ... League school, a college with easy access to a beach, or one with a top ... just waiting to teach you more. For example, as a first-semester freshman

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 28, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  thing that have changed not my class year...pls god i want to be a freshman forever

  

  room all the time, so it's easy to get things done as soon as a class ... lived in a dorm, participated in lots of student activites, and went to ... to join them even though it seemed like a pretty bad idea. but i don

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 12, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  thousands of documents which came to us by mail and fax. We digitized them and ... unless we have sufficient information upon which to render a decision ... team has worked incredibly hard this year to process a record number of

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

  Poetry from 5 AM This Morning Don't worry, I drank an entire MUG of espresso

  

  what I wanted to post this weekend. A month into my time at MIT I can ... week has been a wild ride. To quantify it: Five hours of sleep per ... my hall’s kitchen at five AM this morning, trying to study for a test I

  • by Powers '23
  • September 30, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Stu Schmill ‘86 named Dean of Admissions Exciting news!

  

  reason to believe will yield a diverse and talented class," Hastings said ... he was "deeply honored" to be given the chance to lead the office on a ... also want to say what an outstanding admissions staff we have and what a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s Making Me Happy: Week 2 TableTop, Net Neutrality, Complexity Theory And More

  

  by the United Front and the Taliban regime continued to conquer all of ... to try to Crowdfund season 3. After a few weeks of doing just that, they've exceeded their goals and will be able to make 20 episodes and a

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • May 9, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Always the Art Kid many many many identities

  

  present to my kindergarten teacher, who graciously accepted them with a ... [annotation note="which will thankfully never be read by anyone"]started a Wix book ... , I transferred from my local public school of 800+ students to a

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • November 28, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trouble staying focused Finals. And about a zillion questions.

  

  taking catnaps and eating cookies. I've managed to get a few experiments in ... any class until February 7. Whoever invented IAP gets a big kiss from me! ... Ohhhh, finals week. This year, I have the distinct pleasure to only

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  After the Storm Thoughts about decisions from someone who's been there.

  

  able to help you get to know MIT a little better than you may have ... sure there is a single "right" answer to that question. I wish I could ... comforting to any of you right now. But if you get nothing else out of the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Answer these 13 questions and we’ll reveal the perfect dorm for you! What does your favorite dorm animal say about where you should live?

  

  made a bunch of jank formulas to find each question's response ... on Massachusetts Ave., a very short walk to Target or Hmart, so it must ... chose the superpower of being able to travel as quickly as a car, compared

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 22, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Tragedy for MIT and Boston Devastating news for our community.

  

  : We are a strong community.  We will remember the sacrifice made by the ... It has been a tragic week here. On Monday, the Boston Marathon was ... on campus, apparently by one of the Marathon bombers. As of the time I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 19, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Documents Due Monday important information to make your application complete

  

  and emails, and loaded everything into our system. If you are a prospective member of the Class of 2016, this would be a mighty good time to log ... received a direct message from him. If you have missing components - relax

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 26, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Dating At MIT: Episode 1 So two of my favorite '09s have just started dating each other...

  

  (a) they're pretty much the same person so their banter is fun to watch and (b) I can blog about it. (By the way - while I may write ... revealed.) So the three of us had lunch today. Allow me to share an example

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 26, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Chocolate Tasting Nuts, olives, and 99% cocoa

  

  hosted chocolate tasting last night. I went to a similar event in IAP 2004 ... , and water = the 3 food groups?) They encouraged us to rub and smell ... to tasting, though; you're supposed to let the chocolate piece melt on

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Who needs Black Friday anyway? a slightly different take.

  

  Friday frenzy and buying new stuff, I decided to take a different approach. I first went with my friend Emily Y. '15 to a Worn Wear gear swap ... -Black Friday ads). Later I dropped by the local climbing gym with a new friend

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 29, 2014
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  On election day Practicing an applied civic education

  

  live and vote in Cambridge, there is a [annotation note="MIT is, to my ... .[/annotation] Meanwhile, TurboVote — a software system that makes it easier to register to ... to what look to be record highs.  Last week, President Reif sent a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 3, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Waterfall Camping in Shenandoah National Park Snakes and fireflies.

  

  us decelerated. We all craned our necks to see why; a big black bear ... greater crime against the human race / Than when a father takes a razor to his own son's face," we cruised up to a high flat area called

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 11, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  [joint post] a guide to mit gyms see Gloria's post

  

  https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/joint-post-a-guide-to-dorm-gyms/

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  , beekeepers and biologists — they are united by a shared standard of rigorous academics, high character, and a strong match with MIT's mission to use science, technology, and the useful arts to make the world a better place

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 19, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Week in the Life: Optimism Edition In which I have a particularly tough, enriching week.

  

  for that project made me a half hour late to 4.42J/2.66J/1.044J ... . Yeesh. That night, I tried to work on a paper but couldn't. I also didn ... of a relationship so I tried to break up with my boyfriend. Perhaps

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • September 18, 2008