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• 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
• 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
• 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 / 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 / Academics & Research

  snapshot diary an image a day keeps the psets away

  

  down and instantly get my degree?? 9/9/21 My friend sent an email to ... meal plan, but when the opportunity arises to get free meals, lots of ... swipes and send out an email with a sheet to put your name if you wished to

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 3, 2022
• 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 / Admissions

  MIT Application: August 19 In a few short weeks, the MIT 2012 Freshman Application will be posted.

  

  deadlines and requirements). By getting yourself organized now, you're less likely to make an error down the road. Identifying your ... would like to write on your behalf, it is a good idea to have a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 1, 2011
• 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 / Life after MIT

  Three from MIT! Three MIT Young Futurists

  

  that were featured on the website. So for your viewing pleasure, I ... . If you want to learn a little more about Dorian, check out his website ... Yesterday morning I was quite surprised and VERY excited to see a

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • February 7, 2011
• 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 / 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 / Admissions

  CPW Photograph-athon Because anything can be a catchy title if you add -athon to the end!

  

  Photo Contest, in which I objectively judged photos sent to me by CPW ... had the tact to resize their photos to something on the order of 10^2 by 10^2 pixels before emailing them to me. (Unfortunately, I have to

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 29, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  someone’s gotta do it, but not me is it cool not to care?

  

  and traditions fade more with each year, with nothing new coming up to ... new and colorful as they once did, to the wide-eyed first-year moving to ... up for games. i've been getting burnt out by many things, these days

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 16, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We now interrupt our regularly-scheduled programming… I tried getting ahead on my reading assignments but that only lasted so long.

  

  Just so you all know, I'm working on a new Q&A video. Thanks for your questions, I feel loved. Special shout-out to my midwest friends. Hope you're surviving the snow! Speaking of snow, we've gotten a ton of

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • February 3, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’d Like Your Help With My Letter to President Obama… What I'm up to in 21W.747 (Rhetoric) class these days.

  

  on an appeal to our logic (logos) by quoting statistics on shot blocks ... pursued by a company called TransCanada, that seeks to invest ~5.4 billion ... 't worry, my professor knows I'm getting your help!) Gabriel Blanchet 21W

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • December 1, 2011