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• FAQ / First-year application

  How can I explain my special circumstances?

  plenty of room for you to tell us about any special circumstances regarding your school, community, or family, and any other information that you feel may be helpful to us in evaluating your application. Every
• Blog / Blog Projects

  My Blogger App, five years later i've finally dyed my hair blue

  

  least twenty times to make sure nothing had transcended space and ... ’t tickle my ears or make hats hard to wear. Or, borrowing my sister's clip on ... to your heart and authentic to you, do it! Even if you don’t end up

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • July 16, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part IV This should tie up the loose ends...for now.

  

  who applied for EA got a chance to contact your EC and have an interview ... they'll say they would love to be your lab partner or roommate if they ... that you "have to play, to win". ECs can't tell you your chances because

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  What We Did In High School pls don't be as stressed as we were

  

  this internship program where you get to make your own exhibit. That ... is important to make. So, just like Michelle, we will write about what ... riding them, and tried to make that time productive by either catching up

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • July 11, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Spring Break post

  

  , and possibly others, have questions. Feel free to post your questions as ... Hi, readers. Congrats to those of you who got in. I remember when I ... surprised - I had not expected it at all! Enjoy your victory, but remember

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 29, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Rush and Hall Rush

  

  activities. We try to make our Rush activities things that happen even when ... then there was Hall Rush (or In-House Rush...I guess if you're in, say ... ...hello to David '09, Greg '09, Alex '09, Rachel '09, Libby '09, Jackie '09

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Recollections of a Stranded Traveler IHTFP: I Have To Find a Plane. In the meantime, I reflect on happier interpretations…

  

  meat processing factory. Unable to make human contact by phone, much like ... insanity native to jungles clotted around the siren shores of Winter Break ... .” Mystery resolved, the fruitcake was donated to Random Hall and East Campus

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fall term is already a nightmare Today I went to my second day of classes.

  

  picked out of a hat to stay in his class. If I'd known it would come to this I'd have definitely had a freak-out or two before going to my only ... registered for the course getting really excited to be there only to find out

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 5, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: how to take the Bebras Computing Challenge this fall

  

  a student or a parent, you could forward this to your math or science ... homepage) is an international challenge that introduces students to computational thinking. Founded in Lithuania in 2004, it has now spread to more

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mikey’s Meta TV Post ...In which you find out about the good, bad, and really bad shows I love…

  

  Happy holidays to all! I am writing this post for several reasons ... countdowns. 4. I've been meaning to write a post like this since the big TV ... most shows are taking holiday breaks, I've been able to catch up a bit on

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • December 24, 2008
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if I don’t have a class rank or GPA?

  school doesn't calculate GPA, please don't convert your grades to a U ... Please don't be overly concerned about your class rank or GPA (grade point average) or even whether your school calculates them. With our
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Once upon a time Who I was in high school.

  

  to have a co-signer if you're under 18." I was like, "I AM TWENTY ... them -- I was the only kid in my year to make the play and the musical all four years of high school, the only girl to make the competitive

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  International Admissions Conference My review of the annual OACAC conference.

  

  international applicants, and I want all of you and your counselors to understand ... *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and international students.   One of my goals for keeping this blog is to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  the world is blooming! and so am i?

  

  scores of new people met and new friends made, I’ve learned how to make ... garlic, and then wash the pan three times to make sure it’s not still ... delusion to imagine that I’m the one turning the clock hands round to make it

  • by Allison E. '27
  • June 17, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Painting with the Colors of the Wind reflections on the first MIT semester

  

  algebraic lines (admittedly, in sprawling handwriting). I used to make “silly ... We need to sing with all the voices of the mountains. We need to ... the Maseeh Hall announcement screen: “MIT gets hard. I’ll get to fixing

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 23, 2014
• Blog / How to MIT

  Ten years at MIT for me 🎂 a few notes on the occasion of my 10th anniversary at MIT

  

  running the job search, asked all of the applicants for the role to make a ... wanted to put in this blog post for some time. The problem is that talking ... this institution and the work of admissions has meant to me, is too

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2019
• Blog / MISTI

  Bavarian Rhapsody I'm just a poor boy, I go to MIT.

  

  the 2006 World Cup is "a time to make friends." Who wouldn't want to be ... . München! I went to München! Or Munich. But München is more fun to say, and ... ago who claimed to be from München. So he will probably comment again

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 29, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Oh, the things I can nerd on about not comprehensive

  

  vowels are so open, as if the word wants to hang on to your mouth even when you’re done saying it. The words “tangent” and “integer” are cognates ... from Greek manthanein “to learn”. Another cool word: awanggan “infinity

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 9, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  final exam distributions "mit does not curve"

  

  ", [/annotation] so I've added some here to make up for it! ... MIT [annotation note="but many classes will define cutoffs relative to class performance, which is more or less a curve; hence, increased

  • by Alice L. '24
  • December 22, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Flood, an Ark, a Third Word I Am Missing Sophomore year starts out a little wet, and what is a community, really?

  

  impacts have you made on your community, how could you make your community ... to ask yourself what your community is, and how you fit in it. When ... like to use a lot of extended metaphors--tempering iron, making porcelain

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 21, 2015