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• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist Questions The waitlist seems to be a hot topic so I'll try to answer the most…

  

  require a deposit to secure your spot. If you get into MIT later in May, and ... The waitlist seems to be a hot topic so I'll try to answer the most ... does it work? Don't I have to let other colleges know by May 1? Is it

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bridge Building: In Progress The culmination of what I've learned in civil engineering

  

  part? Easily carried by one person My team decided to go a bit of a ... frame, with only the deck left to complete.   A team effort to get ... In order to graduate from Course 1, you have to take a class called 1

  • by Becca H. '12
  • May 4, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let It Bleed There will be an answer, let it bleed.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Bonsai Kittens were a hoax started by MIT students ... blood to get extra credit in AP Bio (no, really) and she passed out in the ... was being collected into a lower than my arm in order to establish a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 5, 2006
• Blog / Events

  CPW 2008 @ MIT – Awesomeness Guaranteed (Guest Entry) On things that other colleges (namely their dean of admissions) will never letyou do.

  

  early…). I started my morning by grabbing a bite to eat at Burton ... picked up some more free stuff, and listened to a few lectures by EECS ... Bloggers was: We started out by making root beer floats and listening to a

  • by Snively '11
  • April 17, 2008
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Joint Post] Build a robot boat with MIT Arcturus! Q&A with Arcturus captain Audrey Chen

  

  industry and get hands-on experience with financing a tech venture. By ... everyone gets to know everyone really closely. Our work-a-hullic nights are ... a non-stop grind to get everything finished in time for competition

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music Groups at MIT, Pt.2 [by Jessica Noss '14, Guest Blogger] Decision time...

  

  [by Jessica Noss '14] Unable to choose a single group, I decided to ... ended up staying all semester, which turned out to be a very bad idea by ... rehearsal twice a week. Also, playing in fewer pieces means less music to

  • by ARTalk
  • May 6, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST POST! You guys are totally right.. that WAS really tempting.

  

  , Jenny A.), and it was really cool to finally get to meet you guys. Minus ... comments are so genuine and thoughtful, and it really makes a difference to ... random rock-paper-scissor tournaments, assaulting people to get them

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 7, 2007
• Blog / Advice

  I did not graduate on time

  

  fortunate to get a D. In fact, I hadn’t been that happy about a grade since my ... those people. I was a good student. I defined myself by that quality more ... dropping all classes where it was clear I would get a B or lower. How did I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 13, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  I AM CONNECTED! Finally arriving on campus was way less exciting than finally getting my wireless connection to…

  

  finally managed to get to the point where the wireless card detected a ... to be on the Burton half of the building in a double, but my room had ... boring and lonely. Yes, I was looking forward to having a roommate. Leave

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Debunked I clear things up.

  

  said e-mails are in the works). I am a student. Students don't get to ... anything to say, so I'm going to do a google search, find some misconception ... 't find much, decides to make things juicy by adding "College

  • by Snively '11
  • March 3, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Kickstart My Art highest form of expression

  

  objects and places around me. I need your help: I'm striving to create a ... multidimensional nature while telling a story from a fresh perspective. By helping Kickstart this project, you're not just getting a photobook, you're getting an

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 29, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admissions Statistics 2008 We've updated the stats page.

  

  folks to our website, where we offer a plethora of numbers for any ... year's application cycle. Here's a quick summary of what you'll find ... ,925 Admitted 522 Deferred to regular action 2,903 Deferred applicants admitted

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 26, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor accessibility Mentor, n. A trusted counselor or guide. Or perhaps a really famous biologist who lets…

  

  undergrads are destined to get short shrift. Apparently undergrads are less fun ... times a week in the Stata Center, taught by Professor Bawendi; my 5.60 recitation meets twice a week in a different classroom and is taught by a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 28, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Burnout (and what to do about it) learning how to recharge a low battery

  

  to stop doing, which I'll get to in a bit). One thing I've learned ... by three dimensions: a) feelings of energy depletion or exhaustion; b ... more without working over time. The problem seems to be a lack of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 27, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Broken I'm broken I'm broken I'm broken I'm broken (but not actually)

  

  spent a couple of hours in the morning waiting to be seen by the doctor ... technical classes at MIT. I'm a crazy person. So I tried to find ways to ... multiple times a day. It started out with small jogs to the museum of science

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 8, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Thanksgiving a different way All the cool kids call it "Friendsgiving" now, right?

  

  , Thursday and Friday, to make a four-day long weekend. This year, breaking ... managed to get in some fun (mostly while feeling guilty about doing so, which is a real classic MIT experience). Here's what we got up to: I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 2, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  Forget your plan for a minute The beauty of collage

  

  fearing "falling behind" is being constrained by the pressure of following a ... managing to get things done and maintain the high standards you all have for yourselves. There is so much to do here, so much to get involved in, and so

  • by Kris Guay
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider deferring college for a year.

  

  I'd like to talk a bit about deferring entry to MIT, also known as ... Class of 2012 and would like to request a one-year (or sometimes two ... you plan to do. We will grant a deferral for almost any reason. Come up

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advising @ MIT The little question that could.

  

  personally did not choose RBA because I wanted to get to know a lot of people ... was a really good experience because I got to learn about a topic I was ... 'm actually going to be an associate advisor for 2.A35, Biomimetic Principles

  • by Bryan
  • June 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fight Fire With Fire How is MIT so hard?

  

  designed to be doable--and this is by no means a bad thing. It's important to ... get used to. While I’ve talked a lot about the difference between MIT ... ;   This is a really good question, because it forced me to think and

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2015