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• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  Am I rural or small-town? Read on to learn about what a taco bell index is

  

  . Answering that question without more information can be reductive to your ... shapes your access to resources, your perspective, and your resilience, and ... . When reading applications, we try our best to get a good sense of the

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • May 19, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  head above the water (intro post) an inner dialogue about my first month of classes

  

  could get used to the water temperature before going out further and ... assignments, have to keep moving and doing things. Relax for a day, and you’re ... campus is that I get a lot of time to think for myself. So I have these

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 9, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Happy Cinco De Mayo!!! Admissions counselors make the sexiest models. Oh, and a probability question.

  

  gets two reads, what is the probability that both of them read your ... ,500 applications this year, what is the probability that one of them read your ... Salvador read a given application before Amy? First person to answer

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Admitted Early

  

  note="and couple of ways to get to know other 2026s"]what’s next ... celebrate with your friends an and family!!

  • by Decisions
  • December 18, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  ‘Twas the night before Christmas Happy holidays to everyone!

  

  famous Big Duck, which always gets all gussied up for the holidays. It's great to be able to spend some quality time with my family... I hope many of you are taking advantage of your holiday time with family, too

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 25, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  A Very McGann Christmas Happy holidays.

  

  always gets all gussied up for the holidays. It's great to be able to ... advantage of your holiday time with family, too. Happy holidays! =)

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 25, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Art in the Infinite, Vol. 2 MIT meets King Koopa.

  

  and pipe. This is my roommate Rob. He willingly accepted my plea to jump up for this photo. The things I get people to do for my blog. Today is the last day of my 5th semester at MIT. Time flies when you're

  • by Bryan
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Planned Mail Date: March 11

  

  -wracking it can be to wait, but please give the mail a chance! If you don't get your letter by March 18, please give us a call. Right now, the decision ... In case you missed it: We plan to send freshman admissions decision

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 6, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  just vibing tough times out here

  

  interview; you know how to prioritize, triage, get stuff done. But it teaches ... you need time to do so much more than that. When all your time has been ... 't think about what you want to do with your life. Can't consider your

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 30, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summertime and the living is slightly less difficult than usual MIT = Masochists in Training

  

  life.) I've also been getting stuff together to apply to grad school. I ... to write essays about what you do in your free time -- they really don ... you want to research in grad school, and how seriously you're committed

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  A Comprehensive Guide to Course Lounges press F to pay respects to the entirety of course 21 and CMS

  

  fucking it up, and getting an MIT Confession (the first, and only to date ... - I wish I didn't need to say this, but please don't choose your course ... , because we're edgy and unconventional, our equivalent to a regular college

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • May 27, 2019
• Blog / How to Food

  Guest Post: Where to Buy Food: MIT Groceries Guide Because eating textbooks gets expensive.

  

  , you will get a sense of how much things cost. If you’re new to buying ... ’s much easier to carry groceries on your back than in your arms. When loading groceries into your backpack, make sure to put more durable items in

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Campus Visits… Bring Em’ On! This entry will focus on the dos and don'ts of a fall visit to a…

  

  where you want to spend the next 4 years of your life. Go to the place ... Campus Safety and find out how that institution plans to keep your baby out ... your parents accompany you to the visit ask them to also take notes so

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Hosts

  

  our hosts will be before we get there? I know you're just matching us up ... our best to find you a host that matched your personality, interests, and special requests. We were not always able to meet your requests, and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 3, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  A slightly snarkier guide to visitors How to not be the kind of MIT visitor who drives me up the wall.

  

  together. So when you visit, you're going to get out of my way when I ... Since it's summer tour season and my path to work keeps getting ... students in the winter -- once you get to the Infinite in the winter, you

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A Little INSPIRation Guest Post by Vaishnavi Rao '17

  

  to bounce off ideas and formulate a method to approach your question. Once you’ve gotten started, submit your Intent to Participate by December 30, 2015 and get ready to submit your final research abstract, report

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 1, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Deep Breath what's next for all our applicants

  

  Regular Action applicants are about to. So what do we do next? Once your applications are complete and all material received, your application goes to a ... your entire application, will then be presented to the selection commitee

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 11, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, Paradiso A selection of dishes that define my MIT dining experience, part 4

  

  , and one that I often ask myself. Usually, I default to my “origin story” of coming to the US for college, getting disappointed by MIT dining ... to replicate my favorite cuisines from around the world. That, however

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 28, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Anticipation of Pi Day 2017 bloggers past and present try to make you feel better right now

  

  ’t ever achieve your dreams. But I’d like to tell you this: eventually, you will get to the place that is right for you, not just because of merit ... disappointed if you couldn’t get into your “match” school, right? During my

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 13, 2017
• Blog / Events

  I’m still here. Promise.

  

  Whew. It's been awhile. Um...so what I've come to realize is that IAP is supposed to be this easy, carefree "ooh I'm going to take one three ... sleeping." But then I had to be like "nah, I'm going to take a class that

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 22, 2006