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• Blog / MIT Life

  Faith Embracing uncertainty as the world changes around us

  

  pushing the boundaries. If that gets you going, you’re applying to the right ... snug. Out the window, giant snowflakes fell to the barren ground outside ... needed help from someone. Anyone. I reached out to God. “God, please make

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A major problem is not a major problem Why the text next to my picture is lying to you.

  

  Engineering and Computer Science after getting accepted (Course 6), changed to ... Three months ago, I informed MIT admissions of my firm intent to ... information page, it appears that I will have to be identified as an aspiring

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / Events

  BLOOD MOON FEST IS REAL!! "the blood moon rises and the blood moon falls but the wave of whimsy it…

  

  for the oven to get ready was a bit boring. I commented on her cool key ... to lunch, and then glassblowing, where I was sniped by Jeremy in all my ... the blog and immediately told me that we had to make it real. Despite

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 22, 2025
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does MIT have required classes or language requirements?

  challenging coursework available to you at your high school, treating both AP ... We're often asked to recommend specific classes for high school students to increase their chances of admission. We don't have any required
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A week of work

  

  made very difficult, but we can earn back up to half the points we lost if by correcting our mistakes. It's a nice feature. Tuesday: I had a 7 ... something to do with codes. Thursday: 9.71 midterm. I was pretty happy about

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Jenny Rifken Name:Jenny Rifken; Job title: Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions; Hometown: Elgin, Illlinois

  

  Square, Coolidge Corner, Beacon Hill, the North End, just to name a few ... music: I love nearly all kinds of music, but if asked to name a few, I'd have to include Sting, Annie Lennox, Seal, Alison Kraus and Union Station

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Off to Zambia

  

  Through my awesome D-Lab class, I am going to Zambia today until Jan ... the school is able to hold adult classes in the evening. Another one of ... household level that takes advantage of solar properties to treat water. We

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  International Selection Day 1

  

  . Tomorrow is a new day, and a new tie. I'm very much looking forward to ... *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and international students.   I wore a tie today, which might clue you in to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 6, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Saturday, 12/14, at 12:14 PM ET

  

  next Saturday, 12/14, at 12:14 PM ET.   To check your decision on the 14th, visit decisions.mit.edu and log in with your MyMIT username ... I've ducked out of committee for a moment to let you know that

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 6, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What do you want to hear about?

  

  I would like to post more entries this summer, but this is an MIT ... been posted already, and I'm not sure what you guys want to hear about. So tell me. What topics would you like to see entries about? If you

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Humans 101 @ MIT introductory SHASS classes this fall and recapping the lightning talks

  

  purpose of the list is to provide admitted students with a basic roadmap to the SHASSy side of MIT as they try to navigate the Institute and figure ... : Anthropology 21A.00 Introduction to Anthropology: Comparing Human Cultures; HASS

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 26, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Magic Cards and a Farmers’ Market And frozen advice for the 2019s

  

  They say that the best way to get something important done is to do ... room as a last resort to putting off psets, I buy groceries whenever I’m desperate to avoid blogging, and I blog whenever I should be studying. At the

  • by Joel G. '18
  • April 13, 2015
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A recipe for disaster Behind the scenes of the "giant pie" video

  

  brought all the metal over to the shop and Kristen welded the pie rack by ... people steal gas). It kinda worked. We mostly used strainers to get the ... and finished at around 5am, and by then, we needed to start rolling out

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • March 11, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Regular Action Decisions: Sunday 3/14 How to receive your MIT admissions decision.

  

  to log into your MyMIT account. There are no interim screens, so you should be sure you are ready to receive your decision online before logging ... ;ve forgotten your MyMIT password, you may use our automated system to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 4, 2010
• Blog / Hacks

  Nerd movie update

  

  (EECS, or Course 6) at MIT, so if you're interested in working on the next special effects blockbuster, you may want to check out this department. I also caught The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy recently. Though I was a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 24, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  hello, again it me

  

  'd check in again--I keep meaning to blog, but each time I think about it I ... things I've done to explain why I've been away from this platform. To be honest I have been attending to other things but they have not been cool

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 23, 2017
• Blog / How to Food

  Cooking with Cami learning to adult part 1

  

  endeavors, I've decided to get my shit together and actually learn how to cook ... her I was saddened by my floppy undercooked crepes, she told me to 1 ... all my first year of MIT. I had made promises to earlier, but never

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 10, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Thursday, 12/15/16, at 6:28PM ET

  

  your MyMIT username and password.   In order to verify that you ... ;ve forgotten your MyMIT password, you may use our automated system to ... I've stopped watching this sneezing puppy long enough to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 7, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Wednesday, 12/16/15, at 6:28PM ET

  

  ET). To check your decision on the 16th, visit decisions.mit.edu and log in with your MyMIT username and password.   In order to ... ;ve forgotten your MyMIT password, you may use our automated system to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 8, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Swag … I mean, Career Fair What I did not acquire at the career fair:A job.

  

  : blogging for MIT admissions!) Even though I didn’t get, or even attempt to ... never occurred to me that it’s run by real people! People who may have ... Computer mouse with retractable cord, which doesn’t seem to work Headphones

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 30, 2010