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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Home is Where the Heart is In which I speak only in trite cliches.

  

  's a place for you. That is why I don't think it's redundant to add ... Like a great three-toed sloth awakening from a millennial hibernation, it is now I make my triumphant return to these blogs.The timing is

  • by Tom R. '14
  • December 13, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Upside-Down Letters We will get to the bottom of whatever caused this error, that much I can…

  

  . We will get to the bottom of whatever caused this error, that much I ... To those of you who received your letters printed upside-down on the MIT stationary, I cannot begin to tell you how sorry I am. That is

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 16, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2014 Wait List Decisions Will Be Sent Today

  

  make another decision, but hopefully it's a welcome problem to have. For ... : every year we hope to take students from our waitlist, and we are excited that we are able to admit 28 students this year. Today, at 5PM Eastern

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 15, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mastering Physics Has No Soul I love online assignments. har. har.

  

  I don't usually like to post these kind of "on-the-whim" entries (I ... important part of MIT Student Life. @@ Say that I'm irresponsible for not ... 's Day loong weekend to NYC* yayay so excited) -What the heck was going on

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hi, (gasp!) I’m Kim Kimd's first post as an admissions blogger!

  

  , I've gotten to a point where the workload will be manageable from here ... 'm Kimd when it comes to admissions blogging, since there's another Kim. As ... efficiently. Power Electronics is, for better or for worse, about as time

  • by Kim D. '09
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow lovers, unite! The sky is falling...

  

  is at an absolute standstill. We had an event tonight for the American Medical Students Association, and it took 2 ½ hours for the food to arrive ... , And if we’ve no place to go, Let it snow, let is snow, let is snow! The

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 13, 2007
• FAQ / International applicants

  What is the Secondary School Report?

  The Secondary School Report Form is designed for U.S. school systems but may be adapted for international school use. Many international ... Baccalaureate, A Levels, French Baccalaureate, or CBSE, which are required for
• Blog / Events

  And It’s Over! The end of the madness

  

  Congratulations to the Evil Midnight Bombers What Bomb at Midnight. They found the Mystery Hunt Coin at 8:28 PM tonight. They're a great team ... written by them, and they'll be writing next year's hunt too, so it should

  • by Evan B. '10
  • January 20, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  my hottest STEM takes actively starting internet wars

  

  recursion unless it's by accident If I just so happen to have my natural ... /tutorials/the internet will tell me how or b) it will be edited by ChatGPT to be recursive ... I famously have perfect taste, and with little to do over the summer

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • July 28, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  iDoor Opening your boyfriend's dorm room door? There's an app for that.

  

  Almost a year ago, I met a kid who tried to convince me to come back to his room with him to see his hydraulic door. To this day he insists ... completely innocent and simply limited to showing me how he could use water to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 8, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  World Cup Challenge A little admissions fun during the World Cup.

  

  Challenge is meant to be just for fun, and an interesting way to see just how ... students, World Cup fever is in full force. I got to watch the opening match ... of MIT students, and I'm looking forward to watching many of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 13, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2014 Transfer Decisions Will Be Sent Today see title, more or less

  

  were admitted: welcome to MIT. For those who weren't: I wish you the best ... applied for admission for Fall 2014. Transfer applicants, unlike freshman applicants, receive decisions via email from our office to the address listed

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 7, 2014
• Blog / Class Projects

  Watch our robot grow up! Grow robot grow!

  

  Sorry for the absence, I've been busy (lame excuse, sorry. The actual excuse is that I'm tired of uploading my pictures for this blog because it ... important. I've been building a robot for a class this month and it's now

  • by Snively '11
  • January 12, 2010
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Suite Life ~20 pictures, be careful (Updated Wed, 5/17/06)

  

  enough to hold all 300+ dorm residents I have used it for Apple Bake ... Cambridge edge (Cambredge?) of the Charles River. To the east of my dorm are some fraternities, and then Baker, former home of Matt '00. To our west

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 13, 2006
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the HASS Requirement?

  essential—for educating young engineers, scientists, thinkers, and citizens; for meeting the world's great challenges; and for sustaining the Institute's capacity for innovation.  MIT SHASS is home to research that has
• FAQ / Testing

  How does MIT consider test scores? Does MIT Superscore?

  . Please visit our Tests & scores page for more complete details. Standardized tests are required for every first-year application to MIT. However ... application. We do not have minimum scores for the tests as scores are
• Blog / Residential Life

  meet the simmons elevators! aka me thinking wayyy too much about elevators

  

  Things always seem to come in threes. The Three Musketeers. The Holy Trinity. Rock, Paper, Scissors. The Plastics. And for Simmons Hall, our three elevators, Alevator, Belevator, and Celevator, each named for the

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 12, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Wrap-Up 2008

  

  schools for the fall. To those of you who stuck with us on the waitlist ... additional students from the waitlist this year. The decision not to admit any ... really great students on the waitlist who we wished we had room for. We

  • by Decisions
  • June 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: the app is live for freshman

  

  The MIT freshman application for the prospective Class of 2022 is now ... ;   You know what to do. Be yourself. Be good to others. Take care of your business, but try not to worry too much. Remember the difference

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2017
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  the applicant pool we were unable to offer admission to many, many incredible students whom we would love to have on campus. For those of you who ... , and that we wish you the very best of luck wherever you choose to

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2015