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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summers spending three at home

  

  , we were still focusing on adjusting to and getting used to college life ... , and also got the chance to build upon and learn new skills! Sophomore ... and to hopefully (crossing our fingers and toes) get them too.  So

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 22, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Snow On working in a winter wonderland.

  

  that number isn't actually that high by comparison to the coastal cities ... Mountains, we spent every New Years outside by a 64 square foot bonfire ... . I can't wait to get back up north and start skiing with my family at

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 21, 2009
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Admitted A forum for students who were admitted.

  

  Welcome to the Class of 2012! Feel free to use this forum to introduce yourselves to your future classmates, and Early Action admits, welcome your new classmates...

  • by Decisions
  • March 15, 2008
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Admitted A forum for students who were admitted.

  

  Welcome to the Class of 2011! Feel free to use this forum to introduce yourselves to your future classmates, and Early Action admits, welcome your new classmates...

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 17, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Helicopter Flight Training [by CDT Greg Wellman '09] 500 feet above Boston with two MIT Deans.

  

  's fantastically loud - the kind of stuff that gets your adrenaline pumping. It's not hard to get caught up in this experience and miss the whole takeoff. I ... [by CDT Greg Wellman '09] For the second time in my life, I had the

  • by ROTC
  • October 3, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Arma virumque cano: a guest post by Quynh N. ‘15 Why you should take Old English at MIT

  

  adds so much value to your education and to your sanity at this place. I ... ” education I originally thought I would get. I’m very lucky to be able to ... about to leave MIT in less than a month. I want to thank Connie for

  • by Connie H. '15
  • May 11, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Let’s talk about science…and chocolate A day of scientific enlightment followed by one of chocolate consumption.

  

  to your professors while surrounded by burbling chocolate fountains and ... . It’s always neat to explain your work to people who know so much more ... In Ancient Greece, the word “symposium” referred to a gathering of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2007
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Letters from the 2023 decisions threads

  

  journey in the time since. I wanted to blog some wise words shared by prior ... . It was freeing, in a way, to be able to seek new dreams, create new ... . Your waitlist decision gives you exactly that: the opportunity to be on

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 25, 2023
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I fill out the self-reported coursework?

  Use your best judgment when completing the Self-Reported Coursework section. We're simply trying to get a clear picture of your academic ... must be sent to us from your school to verify your self
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Last Five Days aka How I Spent My Summer

  

  many as a romcom character gets to decide her life. Five days. This ... . I’d sworn to stick to math. Cannot imagine why. It took a while to get ... freshman year. I was lost and disillusioned by the end, unable to see my

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 11, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Harvard Square Photoblog Complete with funny captions. At least, I think they're funny. You be the judge.

  

  mile from my fraternity house (according to GoogleMaps), I got here by a far more circuitous route. Specifically, I started my day by having some ... Right now, I am sitting and blogging live from Boston's amazing new

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT References

  

  over the years, he confides, "By the way, I didn't go to MIT."   ... Okay, I'll admit that it's been a slow week for me, so I'm going to blog about some MIT references. First up, the book Freakonomics by

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 25, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Next Steps for EA Deferred what to do next

  

  you're going to get another fair shot. Bloggers who were deferred and ... . What new stuff should I send? The only "new" thing you need to send in is ... us your midyear grades and anything new that has happened or will

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 21, 2015
• Blog / Announcements

  The First-Year Application for the MIT Class of 2025 is now live

  

  process trying hard to impress a group of skeptical judges with your ... , please remember to be kind to yourself. Exercise. Get enough sleep. Drink water. Support your family and community. Do not compare your beginning to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 13, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Enrolled 09’s: Watch Your Mailbox I've been getting a lot of questions about the Next Big Mailing (NBM®). Here's the…

  

  and will continue to do so over the next week or two. By the middle of ... I've been getting a lot of questions about the Next Big Mailing (NBM®). Here's the scoop - it's not sent out by admissions, rather, it's handled

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 4, 2005
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Denied by MIT, now a PhD student at CSAIL

  

  addiction and so continued to lurk from time to time to get my fix. Some of my ... by deciding to go to a relatively small liberal-arts school because the ... seem like I executed this straight-line multi-year master plan to get

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 16, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  how to restore an old whiteboard, mit style four years of whiteboard wear and care

  

  whiteboard is definitely dirty by the end) intended to be used on new ... eraser. Basically, you’re trying to get out as many surface stains as you ... clothes. Instead, rinse them out by hand first to get toothpaste and marker

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 17, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Holding out for a piece of Pi because there wasn't enough to go around the first time

  

  out a year hoping to be favored by chance. Plausible, however, does not ... your opportunities, you may discover that everything you need to reach your personal and professional goals is available to you, and it makes

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 26, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Doors of East Campus a la Humans of New York

  

  individuality and how you choose to represent yourself, and your door is perhaps ... contributed by painting the solid parts. Our final touch was to splatter paint ... Google Form out to the residents, and here are the responses! (a la Humans

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 16, 2018
• Blog / How to Food

  IAP Cooking a journey of uncooked pasta and cold pho

  

  group together! We quickly made a Google Doc to brainstorm a list of food ... : get the main thing (you'll know what it is)."]various soup noodle dishes[/annotation]to ... favorite food. We had a larger group of people, so we opted to get a sushi

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • March 10, 2024