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• Blog / About Decisions

  The Moment of Truth

  

  Decisions are in the mail and ready to be viewed online. I'm really excited myself, and I've known my decision for a year and a half. =) Best of luck to everyone!

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 18, 2006
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Deferred Posting for deferred students.

  

  In the coming weeks, the blogs will have some thoughts & advice about being deferred. In the meantime, feel free to use this post's comments space to discuss anything deferral-related.

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  So about those flip flops… snow part deux

  

  See my last entry about No Flip Flops Looks like the snow has finally arrived for real. Woke up this morning to these sights in tree-lined Brookline. This week: look forward to entries on designing a wind

  • by Bryan
  • December 4, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  November Scores

  

  To anyone who's been worrying about scores from November tests geting to us in time for EA selection, here's a bit of good news - we got 'em! They'll be loaded into the system tonight. Now stop worrying! ;-)

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 5 and a day off (kinda)

  

  lassis for the staff, to go along with the Indian food we had from India Castle (one of 13 Indian restaurants within a mile of MIT, according to Yahoo Yellow Pages). Today, Marilee gave us a day off to rest and catch

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 21, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does MIT consider legacy?

  MIT doesn't consider legacy or alumni relations in our admissions process. If you'd like to read more about this policy, check out the blog Just to Be Clear: We Don't Do Legacy.
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory?

  : unraveling the mechanisms that drive the quintessentially human capacity to remember and to learn, as well as related functions like perception
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Is study help available?

  MIT offers a variety of academic resources to provide support for any student facing a particularly tough academic challenge, from tutoring and study groups to time management tips and testing strategies. Here's a
• FAQ / International applicants

  Can you mail me materials internationally?

  Due to increasing mail costs and in an effort to be environmentally-conscious, we no longer mail materials internationally, and we do very limited mailing within the U.S. You may however, sign up for our monthly newsletter
• Blog / MIT Life

  Chicken Burrito for the Lab Rat’s Soul Because a personalized blog entry is just like five dollars.

  

  from 10.302: Transport Processes. "There are two ways to look at this... let's do it the harder way." Still, it wasn't a day to remember. I didn ... day requiring some comfort food at the end. I haven't been to Star

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Top Ten of All Time; 2024 Edition ft. Barack Obama aka Minesweeper Monday EP 2

  

  them even have ovens!! I'm going to ask them to order some more...oh yeah ... 'congratulations' at the end. i tried to make it a caption but yo no se. "]Note[/annotation].

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • January 7, 2025
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  A lot of students applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately, we ... 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

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2024
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  A lot of students applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately, we ... 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. https

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  On the Flip Side I'm a host instead of a prefrosh this year - but CPW has still been…

  

  world ‚ô• I haven't quite made it to all the CPW events that have taken place so far, which is okay because I'm a host and not obligated to be crazy-successful at taking advantage of everything CPW has to offer

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 10, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Narrative of Discovery Most people would be hard pressed to tell a story that has both James Watson…

  

  Most people would be hard pressed to tell a story that has both James ... Hopkins to talk about her work with zebrafish and cancer research that ... mouse person to a fish person" and how a trip to Germany during a

  • by Laurie Everett
  • February 1, 2007
• Blog / Events

  MITHenge Blinded by the light.

  

  Every June 21st, thousands of people flock to Stonehenge to watch a ... perfectly positioned to shine through the narrow opening between the heel ... at the perfect angle to beam down the Infinite Corridor. At 4:50 pm

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 31, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Random’s 13th happy birthday random hall!

  

  As many of you know, Random Hall has come to represent much more than a dorm to me -- it's a living space that houses some of my most ... will not be able to experience ever again in my undergraduate life here

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 2, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The End of SURFing at NIST Using a tiny tractor beam to manipulate nanowires

  

  ! My research was on Using Optical Tweezers to Create Nanowire Based ... chip. My project was to find out how to remove those wires from the chip and then arrange them to create a nanodevice. Exciting, eh? In order to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Things change, but the friends remain

  

  picked up running. I guess that's what happens in your late 20s and 30s.

  • by Celena C. '12
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection

  

  assure you we'll treat your application with the utmost skill and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 3, 2004