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• FAQ / First-year application

  What are my chances of admission?

  As much as we love formulas, you're not going to find one here! We ... school both improves your odds of getting into MIT and will help you make ... we can’t give you an opinion of what your chances are, we can give you
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  ¿Cómo se dice…? La única cosa que he aprendido en la clase de español.(Blame Google Translator if that…

  

  for y'all in case you aren't motivated enough to make your own. More ... you just called your friend a wuss. Now add "ter" to the end. Wuss ... . Snively Advice Your mission, if you choose to accept it: Don't sound like a

  • by Snively '11
  • June 11, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  He’s Making A List and Checking It Twice The things that I found important when looking at colleges

  

  So four years ago, I began a year-long journey to start seeing what ... to college. I kind of went about it in a semi-orderly fashion, but I ... I graduate. This is my promise. So similar to the list of parameters

  • by Bryan
  • July 24, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  The Bad Week, or How To Lose Sleep and Alienate People I'm giving out life advice today. I know you didn't ask for it, but I'm…

  

  managing your time since the beginning of the semester. (Note to future self.) You don't have to be on your game at all times, but it's a good idea to ... advice blog (written by someone who went to all her Tuesday classes with

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 3, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  We’re Ready for CPW Are you?

  

  , happy travels, see you this weekend! Make sure to swing by Burton ... Costco is officially out of hamburgers, UPS is making 5 trips a day to drop off lights, glowsticks, and popcorn machines, the grass is

  • by Snively '11
  • April 4, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Share Your Story, 2014 edition How did you find out you'd been accepted? Was there any celebratory dancing? Please tell…

  

  Congratulations on being accepted to MIT! You're amazing! And your hair looks especially good today! Did you do something new to it? Nope ... - what's your story? Feel free to share in the form of pictures, haiku

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meow Yes, you can have cats in some dorms.

  

  allergies to make necessary arrangements. Since we have five now, the hall ... windowsill to get a better view. * Dr. Popular can make every noise possible ... halfway down the hall at 45MPH, stopping to look back at me to make sure I

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 9, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Kindred Spirits or, "Making Friends"

  

  in college. Fresh start, right? You'll make TONS of new friends. You're ... waiting for class to begin. The magic of making friends, of course, is that once you make one friend you often get a bonus prize consisting of your

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 19, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Movie A Day… the only way to spend your PNR

  

  makes the difficult transition from high school to college easier ... , stupid frosh to make bad decisions. I've been sticking to a relatively ... comes to decision making and movie tastes, I cannot guarantee that this

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 17, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Out of the lab and into the internet Confession: I actually listen to music from the movie Ice Princess. I'm not even kidding.

  

  . So, please, make your decision to come or not come to MIT based on what ... 'd want to go somewhere else for graduate school. Your research interests ... place. If you're considering a career in academia, you probably ought to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Events

  And now your feature presentation Are there still theaters that play the "Let's all go to the lobby" jingle?

  

  In a world...where engineers want to become leaders...3 students must ... has affected our view on leadership. For your reference, Joe starts ... The Tech, went on a field trip to MassWeb, the newspaper's publisher

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  Out and about in the fog at the edge of the world

  

  to MIT 3 years ago, I made a choice. And then I kept making choices ... suddenly the void is yours to cut through like a block of stone waiting to be ... you couldn't bring yourself to eat the egg in your hands while you could

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • March 13, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  I AM CONNECTED! Finally arriving on campus was way less exciting than finally getting my wireless connection to…

  

  I ask for?! P.S. One last tip for frosh- make sure to pick up your ... So dear readers, I have finally made it to MIT. I���m writing this from my own room in Burton-Conner on my new (to me) laptop and will soon

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  New Year; New Me! (Two Months Late Oops) I’ve been thinking a lot about what I want to do in my last semester…

  

  make from this post to relief in Ukraine. If you'd like to join me, the ... original list: Lessen the amount of decisions I had to make. Spend time ... impossible to predict the future, no matter how many flowcharts you make

  • by ana~
  • March 5, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wearing the apron This was written on an empty stomach

  

  ’s apron and tell you it’s time you learn to make your own lunch. You ... you’re fully sold on this idea that going to college is like being on ... episode where you've just been told you have to finish your seven problem

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • October 8, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  More Information on the Waitlist Further details for waitlisted applicants.

  

  are some things you should not do: Fly to campus to make the case in ... aid? You're not required to enroll. We'll give you a financial aid package and you'll have time to consider your decision before letting us

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Home is where the heart (of Texas) is Going away to school isn't such a bad thing.

  

  't think that's going to happen in the long run. Make your decisions based ... you like it or not. So I guess my piece of advice to you is not to make ... learning, and if an education is what you want your daughter or son to get

  • by Bryan
  • December 30, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  welding spiels metal hot glue gun go brrr

  

  sweep of the room and you're all set! Welding tends to make your hands ... forth towards making, well, making as accessible to the MIT community as ... to the technique. I learned how to weld about two years ago to make

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 9, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Get excited for CPW! CPW= Campus Prefrosh? WHOA!

  

  relaxed and listen to music, snack on a sandwich, or just hangout with your ... have to do the MIT thing and sleep a little less). You're probably ... critical to your undergraduate experience, by all means poke around at the

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 6, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  American culture at its finest: Thanksgiving How my family celebrates the holiday. Plus a crash course in U.S. culture for internationals.

  

  everyone makes sure to catch the very end, when Santa makes his appearance ... , but her 2 brothers live out of state and only make it back to Jersey ... to explain why. Thanksgiving is when Americans gather together with

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 27, 2008