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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advising @ MIT The little question that could.

  

  semester. Then on registration day, you meet with your advisor to make any ... you get here, you register for your first term classes during ... students in seminar based advising, but typically your advisor comes to your

  • by Bryan
  • June 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Followup To Mailing Disaster Answers to your questions from my last post, regarding the recent mailing of EA decisions.

  

  applicants right now who will absolutely get in RA. So to answer your question ... deferred, what is the deadline to send in supplemental materials? Get things ... decisions inside your MyMIT account. Since this account is directly tied to

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Recent Questions! Fun for parents @ CPW, enrolling questions, etc...

  

  who are brave enough to live in the dorms with your kids! You'll get a ... meetings. Not complaining, just want to get the facts straight so that we can plan. Are we free to roam after we've dropped off Junior? You're free to

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 4, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Show your creativity: the Year of the Pig While we continue reading applications full time, another mini-contest.

  

  to scan it in yourself, though. Submit your entry either by leaving a link to it in the comments, or by emailing me your file. My email address ... favorites on New Year, so get me your entries by midday on this Sunday

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2007
• FAQ / First-year application

  I’m a non-traditional applicant. How do I apply?

  awhile, we would expect to see the results of your standardized tests ... would assist us in getting to know you. Obviously, the greater the distance from your high school studies, the more creative you'll have to be
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UROP 101 – The Intro Entry Each week, I will explore a different MIT student's unique research project and the insight…

  

  MIT is serious about research. The Institute is the birth place to ... world. You would think that access to millions of dollars of lab space and equipment would be limited to extremely experienced graduate students and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Some comforting blogs to read while you await decisions

  

  get a rejection letter. And the best way I can think of to calm your ... I wanted to open my decision alone so we could get the argument out of ... , I encourage you to stand up, shut off your communication devices, make

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 13, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  Get to know Tim the Beaver! Tim shows off some moves at an MIT men's ice hockey game

  

  spectators waited patiently for the Zamboni to finish during a men's ice hockey ... siezed the moment. To the 2016ers, here's what you can expect when you arrive on campus in a month and a half! Get pumped!

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / Class Projects

  The Best and Worst Places to 💩 on Campus

  

  's one of my favorite classes I've ever taken at MIT (even though I had to ... for that class was to  "Make An Agent." For this project, you must make ... tool, or a visualization of some dataset.  We had the choice to make

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 9, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Thanks Guys A thank you from a blogger to the best audience ever.

  

  than trying to learn about the school. During the Q&A you also get to ... decisions. Of course none of us get to actually hear each other, but we do get to be in this massive chat, and you get a pretty accurate view of what

  • by Ben O. '19
  • December 27, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  I get a temporary cat and it comes with occupational hazards

  

  to get bullied by the other cat on the floor, and thus end up spending ... , PUF. I don’t know whose nor when nor why nor how PUF managed to get ... living with me on 5w in EC, and got to freely wander around the Wood

  • by Alice L. '24
  • September 7, 2022
• Blog / Announcements

  For those impacted by Hurricane Michael (and other disasters) clarifying our policies for applications affected by catastrophic events

  

  until Regular Action if that allows you to get the rest of your life in ... an FAQ to explain what to do if your application is disrupted by ... be as flexible as possible in these situations. When you’re able to do

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 22, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Magic Of fluorescent cells and robots

  

  or the coming spring, don’t hesitate to ask your supervisors or ... and freshman year is the time to build your foundational research skills ... since I arrived in Boston. I have been up to my ears in work, dance

  • by Linh V. '13
  • August 20, 2012
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can I test out of some classes by taking Advanced Standing Exams?

  begins. If you do well you get to keep your grade on the ASE as your ... Advanced Standing Examinations are one way to earn credit for MIT subjects outside of the classroom itself. If you're confident that you
• Blog / Challenges

  next to normal on mental health

  

  any more intense? do you feel like you’re getting closer to act upon ... guy, and it’s been going okay i guess. i get that it’s meant to be ... opening up your problems to a friend, say. sometimes that difference is

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 3, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Take Deep Breaths :) Deep breaths.

  

  . Don't go comparing yourselves to other people who did or did not get in ... game. It's not a good way to spend your time. Go have some fun. Enjoy the ... For now, I'll refer you to this blog entry, but I'll be back

  • by Bryan
  • March 16, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  How to Make Friends Disclaimer: Attempt at your own risk

  

  create opportunities to make friends, with the understanding that you’re ... have to leave your room and do things (I know, shocker) but it doesn ... sit in the lounge and talk to people, ask one of your classmates if they

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 30, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Southern California Fires Our thoughts go out to those affected by the wildfires.

  

  , or even months, before things get back to normal. Please know that for ... with your individual circumstances, whatever they may be. Get in touch ... hesitate to contact our office if you have any questions regarding your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Talks Energy at the White House "It is is our institutional responsibility to address the challenges of energy and the environment."…

  

  your schedule! And because the class changes from year to year, you can ... as Congress prepares to take up the president's budget, which calls for ... obligation, is our institutional responsibility to address the challenges of

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 26, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  Bright IAP a post in two, kind of unrelated, parts

  

  terrified. I worried that I wouldn't get into any school. I spent that week solemnly completing what became a seventeen page application to my local [annotation note="To be explicitly clear, the point of this line is not that it

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 14, 2023