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• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist We have admitted 20 waitlisted students.

  

  to introduce yourself to the rest of your class. And for those of you ... For the second consecutive year, we have been able to admit students ... can then choose to accept our offer (it is an understood part of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Nothing beats a wet beaver! Except, in this case, a wet Iona. Pictures!

  

  will limit myself to 12 words in each caption. By the by, the entry ... Hahn 1999) of hardcore text, I thought you'd like to look at some ... polo game against Iona. I mean, it's kind of hard to take pictures at 1

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Seeing The Dalai Lama In which I join the press (for a bit) and listen to His Holiness

  

  stage. So what principles did the Dalai Lama posit to anchor this new ... people. Thankfully for me, I was able to see him in the first of three events for this week, all of which were made possible by the Dalai Lama

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  January Book List Oaks & Poems & Baldwin & Biss

  

  with it and assented to its claims. 5. Notes of a Native Son by James ... wide in the sun; oaks in forests grow tall and thin to get what they can. It is eerie to see an open-grown oak surrounded and shadowed by firs

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 27, 2015
• Blog / MISTI

  quiet moments out in the rural English countryside

  

  ’s commonly asked, akin to “what do you want to do with your life,” and i ... make the stuff discovered by the research team into real things people ... excited to see how it impacts the environment. i can go on and on about

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 19, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Before You Arrive On Campus: Packing Edition for the pre-frosh we're excited to meet

  

  . Plan to partition your room evenly if you have a roommate. If you take a ... compiled a packing list for students here, to be used with caution. Some things I’ve found helpful. Pack: -- a memento for your shelf or wall

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 5, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  What is the value of college? Food for thought in your college search

  

  guided by service to our mission, which I tend to summarize as utilizing ... process of building out your list of schools to which you will likely apply ... institution’s mission aligns with your own goals for the future, in addition to

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 21, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Season Taking things into my own hands.

  

  working on a new project, I'll "think inside the box" so to speak, and ... to people all the time who get burned out in classes because it just ... I've been crossing things off my master to-do list (nerd alert) and

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Emily Levesque- How megastars evolve Emily spent the summer of 2004 conducting astronomy research at the Kitt Peak National Observatory…

  

  participates in the concert choir. Finally, in the future, Emily plans to get a ... impressive) bearing my name. I frequently exploit this factoid to arouse ... to be in attendance. Emily's connection to outer space is not the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Balancing Act… ...or not

  

  out of my comfort zone in this sense by forcing me to deal with my fear ... getting a bus to Lechmere from right outside the station. We both have not ... decide to wing it anyway. We make it to Davis, but then get on a bus headed

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • September 28, 2018
• Blog / Classes

  the joys and frustrations of 6.009 this class will be the death of me, and i love it

  

  satisfying to feel like you're actually getting somewhere in accomplishing your ... .) Then I finish the lab and begin to get really sad that I have no coding ... [/annotation]-- more content to come soon!! As background, 6.009 is "Fundamentals of

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 4, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  GEL-ing Gordon Engineering Leadership program, that is

  

  Track teams here at the ‘tute, in which I get to hang out with some of the ... , and get exposed to experiences that expose us to a world of engineering ... bring these atypical students together. Best of all, you get to share in

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 14, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things that Scare Me 1) Mornings.2) Psets.3) Exams.4) All of the above.

  

  . And now I somehow have to get up at 7:30 AM five days a week. (If you ... ." So far, the voice is compelling enough for me to immediately get up ... to a time no earlier than 2 PM. Unfortunately for me, that will

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 19, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I think I can, I think I can The word "student" sounds like "study." I wonder if there's a correlation.

  

  , and you are asked to solve them. Develop an approach, support your ... gratifying sensations when you are able to staple your problem set together and ... easy." And then when you get that problem done, you can say to yourself

  • by Bryan
  • October 18, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  Is it ok to go over the essay word count?

  We require applicants to follow the word limits provided on the application. Your information will not be saved if the responses are too long. You may have to "play" with your thoughts and sentences a bit to meet
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  Ethics, AI, and the College of Computing some student voices in a campus controversy

  

  being shaped by the Institute's ideals, but also to the rest of society ... announced the founding of the new Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing ... have power to alter societal ethics, and stated that the College of

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • April 5, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  First Day of Classes! Today, the MIT Class of 2014 begins.

  

  welcome to the class is the Freshman Convocation, where the freshman class is addressed by the faculty and MIT President Susan Hockfield. Would you like to see the Convocation? Check it out: MIT Tech TV We have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 8, 2010
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Your college application motivation soundtrack for November Reflect, rewrite, repeat

  

  continue to learn more as you finish up your application process! To help ... months furiously writing and rewriting their personal essays to [annotation ... in your college app process: good job! You're doing really good, keep

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 2, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Late Night Dial-Up Users Beware!

  

  ? I need your help though, push it to the top! The Gamer Ballad And ... handle it? I've decided to post all of the YouTube videos that I've favorited since I've gotten here. "What does this have to do with MIT?" Look

  • by Snively '11
  • May 11, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  The November Rule parete legi novembri

  

  is getting into a relationship of any sort. Your self-esteem is already being tested - the classes are hard and suddenly you're getting Bs and Cs ... 't belong here. The last thing you need is to get into a relationship and go

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 1, 2018