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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Best of Times summer at the NYTimes

  

  I'm back on campus! I just finished my 10-week internship at the New ... side project, culminating in a presentation that caused me to stand in an ... I designed as my group members snuck micro-naps in the back. The

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 14, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Econ Prof Wins Nobel Prize (with video) A pretty exciting week as Peter Diamond PhD '63 is the latest MIT professor to…

  

  . Diamond, a big Red Sox fan, how winning the Nobel compared to the Red Sox's historic World Series win in 2004. In responding, he made reference to the ... D '63 was awarded the Nobel memorial prize in Economics. For MIT, this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 18, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s Making Me Happy This Week: Week 1 Spider-Man, Nina Yuen, and More!

  

  week. The rules are simple, what I post needs to be something that you ... finishing The Wise Man's Fear I decided to pick it up and enjoy the beautiful ... thought I'd steal a simple format from the wonderful NPR podcast Pop Culture

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • May 2, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “This is not a smoking gun for superfluidity. This is a cannon.” Physics Breakthrough at MIT

  

  among physicists: They have become the first to create a new type of ... So today at work, I had a little "free time" so I decided to peruse ... tendency of opening too many windows so my computer crashed and I had to

  • by Bryan
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  O, GRE Battle The best of the worst entry I ever wrote.

  

  this blog and is trying to tell me something. So here are the highlights ... 'll have to leave the others here at the desk"), tissues ("Yeah, that rule ... 't really matter, at all, according to the MIT chemical engineering grad

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  classes are over!!!! i feel so free

  

  Today was the last day of classes for the spring semester—and, as a senior, the last day of classes for my undergraduate career. So, after my ... [annotation note="a wonderful Next House subcommunity where I live called 4W, or the

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • May 16, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  You Heard It Here First Short Skirt, Long Jacket

  

  Sleepwalkers My freshman year, the headlining band was Piebald. They went on to ... where they have a bunch of bands come bring down the house at the lovely cost of $0 for all the students. This year's lineup included: Chicken

  • by Bryan
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Blogger Wrapped 2020 blogger wrapped, wrapped

  

  , so I'm honored to be able to take up the mantle for what will be my ... to be pretty satisfying. Bloggers Wrapped, Wrapped First, the basics ... [/caption]   What do the bloggers have to say for themselves

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 12, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  So How Does It Feel? Now all you have to do is wait.

  

  asking others for advice. It got to the point where I nearly had my writing memorized, and I grew tired of seeing the same little letters in the same ... As the MIT EA deadline approached last year, I remember reading over

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 2, 2009
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I defer my enrollment?

  If you're admitted to MIT, you may defer enrollment for one or two years. After confirming your intent to enroll in MIT's first-year class, you will be asked to submit a formal request for deferment to the Dean
• Blog / MIT Life

  And the Lottery Says…..

  

  Burton Conner. Hi Mitra and Sam! *waves* Just felt like sharing. Right now I'm off to go shopping for random dorm room things, so more later.

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  (My Third) First Day In which I attempt (and fail) to do a timelapse vlog

  

  give me steady enough footage to not cause motion sickness. Whoops. The ... -processing software couldn't save me; I spent a couple hours trying to stabilize the ... the things that went wrong to figure out next time. I think I may have

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 7, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Admissions Decisions Available Online Visit decisions.mit.edu to find out your decision.

  

  ://decisions.mit.edu. You can log in using the same username and password that you use to log ... 'll have more to say about the process for the admitted students, deferred students, and the denied students in the days and weeks to come. In the

  • by Decisions
  • December 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

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

  

  , it is now I make my triumphant return to these blogs.The timing is ... another perspective to the mix. I'm fortunate enough to live in a place I ... to live in a hovel so foul it makes The Road sound like utopia, but

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

  MITE2S, RSI, and more

  

  Today, I'm in northern Virginia, assisting with the selection for the ... after a day of reviewing applications to MITE2S. As an admissions officer, I enjoy working to provide a group of young people with educational

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Selecting from 10,439 applications and a dozen ties.

  

  We received 10,439 applications this year, about the same as last year's 10,466. Down the line, the statistics are nearly identical to last year. It's another strong applicant class. The reading of domestic (US

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 16, 2005
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  on the waitlist. If you would like to be considered for the waitlist, or you want to learn more about it, you can read more here. Waiting ... A lot of students applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately, we

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2023
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  Many people applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately we could not accept all of them. We have placed a small number of students on the waitlist. If you would like to be considered for the waitlist, or you want to

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2016
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the Singapore-MIT Alliance?

  SMART is MIT's first, and to-date only, research center outside the United States. MIT faculty members have laboratories at SMART, mentor postdoctoral associates and graduate students, and collaborate with researchers
• Blog / MIT Life

  September Equinox Appreciation A Cambridge Autumn

  

  ! And out the window to the buildings across the field that glow and ... , once in mirror The glassy surface of the river reflects a portal to ... now, I have gone to sleep with a gentle tap on my window As the rain

  • by Victor D. '27
  • September 22, 2025