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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  OMG SNOW Well, FINALLY!

  

  (To be serious for a moment here - I really love comments and emails ... a decision, or you haven't even applied, I'd prefer if you stuck to ... 't know. This doesn't mean you're not totally awesome too! But if we get to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 23, 2007
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I take a gap year?

  We encourage students to take a gap year to explore and grow. Every year we have a number of students apply to MIT after a gap year and more students who request a gap year after being admitted to MIT. Taking a gap
• Blog / Blog Projects

  10 Fun (and REAL) Facts About MIT! Incredibly Correct Facts about MIT!

  

  students to the "Way of the Beaver," a doctrine created by MIT students in ... sometimes makes it a tricky character to deal with. There is now a small group of undergraduates who worship the KerMIT by performing rituals to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 1, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Isaac Lozada Isaac Lozada comes from Texas to MIT.

  

  , Lozada had to work, and later, she started a family. Today, she will see ... MIT, the No. 1-ranked university in the nation, according to a ... year, you'll go to MIT.' '' Neither Wilfredo nor Elizabeth Lozada has a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Month of Novembeard a cultural exchange

  

  to share a bit of my own culture with you. It is, in fact, my home ... , instantly, by its almost insurpassable beauty. Most are not brave enough to ... Andrew Luck:     This is unquestionably a tribute to me

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 20, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Missy Cummings on The Colbert Report At the end of the interview, she and Stephen face off in Rock 'Em Sock…

  

  Colbert Report is a spin-off from and counterpart to The Daily Show that ... , described by Colbert as a "well-intentioned, poorly informed, high ... female fighter pilots. She flew the F/A-18 Hornet. At MIT, she is the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 28, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decision Date 2011 Decided to announce the announcement of decisions.

  

  in to decisions.mit.edu. To ensure that you will receive a decision ... Office: The cable was accompanied by the following encrypted text, which was broken by double rainbow tables all the way across the sky: MIT

  • by MITLeaks
  • March 7, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  AROTC Day in the Life Notes from Cadet O'Brien, MIT '12 / Course III

  

  , and I want to show you how awesome that can be. Once a semester we go ... be out of there. That means 10 minutes to come up with a plan. You plot ... its purpose and they know what to do. A few rehearsals later, and it

  • by ROTC
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Making an Entrance On being helped to my feet.

  

  lobby. Rewind four weeks, to a field in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where I ... right. Eyes on the Frisbee, I began to run sideways. BAM. Crashed into a ... occupied with the crutches to hold an umbrella. So, by the time I hobbled

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Career Fair Thoughts In which I didn't try to acquire 50 different company shirts

  

  becoming a camp counselor or taking time off to spend with your friends and ... throughout the Z-Center. This year, I didn't succumb to the frenzy of: This is mostly because I've given away far too many company shirts to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 21, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Finding Your Match and why it matters

  

  enroll, I wanted to take a few moments to speak directly to the Class of ... Admissions. But what we mean by match - and what match means to you - isn ... have to put a deposit down, keep match in mind. That's it. Good luck

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 21, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Meeting Neil deGrasse Tyson ASTRONOMERS! Learn to moonwalk. You'll need it some day.

  

  session, but I'm sure that Neil would be happy to stick around for a few ... turned out to be a fabulous idea because the auditorium filled up. In the ... ; Potomac Ballroom A The public's access to our field has historically

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  “It’s all right. It’s just a small pebble in your path. Just a tiny pebble. The place you want to be is farther than this, right? That’s why it’s ok…you can get up and immediately continue on…” - Guts (actually

  • by Decisions
  • December 18, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  3 Things We Don’t Remember Enough About each other

  

  relationships we have or can have in our lives should be a means of support rather ... can get in the way of relationship-building, but here are three things I ... are. People are more willing to help you than you think they are

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 22, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Meet TOFU Warning: post may contain dangerously high amounts of "daaaaaaaawwwwww"

  

  how Ryan describes TOFU: TOFU is a project to explore new ways of ... in reading and committee for the last few weeks. Today may be a Sunday ... awesomeness that is all of you, I wanted to share this different awesome thing

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 27, 2011
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Applying Sideways (in Chinese) 橫向申請 / 横向申请

  

  been an admissions officer for a single cycle."]attempt[/annotation] to ... : Traditional / 橫向申請 by Catherine Mao Simplified / 横向申请 by Alice Thank you to ... Almost 11 years ago, I wrote a blog post called Applying Sideways

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 12, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Murals of Senior Haus "find where you thrive"

  

  exhibit was supplemented by a virtual tour of the dorm. x This was a particularly shocking corner for me. I used to walk along Memorial Drive to the Kendall T stop a lot (back in my PNR daze) and this sign was

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 8, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Scheduling Conflict Which class should I take? (Results from the previous poll posted.)

  

  't Doonesbury vote-bomb me though! A new class will be offered by the Economics ... for students interested in the challenge posed by massive and persistent ... believe that the economists might have something useful to say about this

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 28, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In many ways on average-posting

  

  third, which was maybe a mix of both.  The thought was always to create ... frequency of my blogs. I do not have to force-write posts if I am in a writer ... deliberate a lot, offering ourselves up to people, yet enjoy the sweet taste of

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • October 7, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  — 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. We can’t wait to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2019