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• Blog / Admissions

  Sleep is Overrated (CPW Guest Blog!) from Ann '14!

  

  prefrosh that passed by dorm common rooms. Not to mention that CPW was the ... opportunity to meet new people everywhere and to spend 24 hours a day learning ... to worry about work. This was by far the most exciting experience I

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 14, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  every book I read in 2022 all nine-plus of them

  

  love letter to New York? I was hooked. So hooked, even, that I waited for ... Reading is one of the few real hobbies I've managed to hold onto throughout my time at MIT, not that I have much time to read during the

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • January 8, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Healthy reflections… I never know what to write here.

  

  . Well - story of my life. At the turn of the new year, I posted a number of things I planned to accomplish this IAP. And now, I’m going to practice saying goodbye to Pass-No Record and start embracing real grades

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 31, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  These are the decisions you’re looking for. 2022s are happening

  

  sure you are ready to receive your decision before signing in to ... decisions are made available, you will need to access decisions.mit.edu and log in using the same username and password that you use to sign into

  • by Decisions Droid
  • March 7, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  11,231 Applications

  

  (this number will probably change slightly by the time we get to selection ... applications this year, both record highs. It is shaping up to be an extremely ... applicants I've already seen, I am disappointed to know that we won't be able

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Structure and function, dorms and culture

  

  , and because if an FSILG moves to a new house, as some of them do from ... structure. Or, to be more descriptive, geography and physical structure have a ... Cormick, Macgregor, New House, Next House, and Simmons are "West". Bexley is not really

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 10, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  in wonderland hello from the number side

  

  (thing is true) but why? I go to MIT 100% (or so I've been told) I get these ... built a thing! 74% This number is getting inflated by my UROP and my lab ... estimate of RPM by getting the pitch of the sound being produced! I'm doing

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 16, 2021
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can a QB Finalist that didn’t rank MIT still apply for RA?

  , please allow 7–10 business days for this to be reflected on your Applicant ... strongly recommend asking one of your math or science teachers to write one ... to add the recommender information to your MIT QuestBridge Supplement
• Blog / Events

  Fryday on Sunday If you're looking for more apples, do not click this.

  

  straight into a delirious, dripping dream. Having recovered enough by now to ... by virtue of its lack of barbecue pits (not to mention a courtyard in ... flour to your onion rings before you coat them in batter, or else the hot

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 22, 2008
• Blog / Personal Projects

  ms paint sidequest by kayode and caleb on a monday night

  

  Student Center, and we need to be working.  I’m currently working on an ... about the class in my next blog, to be posted this week, but this is what ... the last hour. I call this “The Finger,” because it’s what I will use to

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 4, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Musings on Graduate School Starting to think about graduate school...

  

  Masters that is offered only to MIT undergrads. You apply in your junior ... about the BE MEng is that I get to see what life as a grad student is like ... graduate school, I've just started to ponder what life is going to be like in

  • by Bryan
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  California, Here I Come… I begin my Fall Travel by heading to the West Coast

  

  to our Central Meeting there hosted by Dean of Admissions, Stuart ... and feel it works well for us. One by one I’ve said goodbye to ... trip because I’ll get to meet lots of you in the process. I know I

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  International conference followup A post especially for international students: casting a wide net to find a good college…

  

  improve your chances of being admitted to and receiving aid from a US ... *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... people, and came away with a few new ideas. One of the most interesting

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  One Day in the Life of Dora as told by the one and only Dora

  

  direct transcript for your reading pleasure: Me: Tell me about your day. Dora: So I went to sleep at 2am last night because I was trying to finish my 18.03 pset. But I didn’t actually finish. I was going to do it in

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 4, 2016
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread for Admitted Students

  

  introduce yourselves in the comments below to your future friends. And remember to check out your MyMIT account starting tomorrow morning for Campus Preview Weekend (CPW) information & registration and links to join your

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Awesome Biology UROP: florescent plants, genomes, metabolomes, big data, puzzles + more! Bonus: A VIDEO!

  

  , and the bonus that I get to work with plants (Arabidopsis thaliana) as ... learning everything that they do. By comparing the genomic sequences to the ... endless memorization and quickly change the topic. But to me, Biology isn

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • October 25, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Lip Sync ‘08 Because I want . . . you . . . back

  

  ) and I was heading back to the dorm. As I walked by the student center I ... 'll get to see Melis dance! I should probably blog this.* Me: "Absolutely I ... Sorry for not having posted recently. It's gotten to the point where

  • by Snively '11
  • April 27, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Speaking of mu…

  

  of applications to read, followed by an MIT Club of Boston ice hockey ... ..." doesn't get you looked at funny. A quick rundown of tonight's activities ... over to the previously mentioned Diesel Cafe, where I read three

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 17, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dear prefrosh, a letter to you

  

  something that was meant for all of you to read. I've been getting a lot of ... collaborate, work with others, and rely on your peers and classmates to succeed. It's a way to teach you that you aren't alone and that your weaknesses

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 25, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  every class i went to during the first week of fall all *checks notes* twelve of them

  

  for the entire class. I really, really like this class. We get to build ... met was a graduate student, so I decided to get some food and leave. #7 ... .1060, Software Performance Engineering. Thursday, 2:30 PM. Went to this class by

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 11, 2022