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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I want you to burn Unfortunately, usually somebody just blew up their spaghetti-o's.

  

  . People usually take the minute before the fire department gets there to put ... body to Mars" is "periareion." My dorm, Burton-Conner, is the best. Even ... modest reduction in room size, every 6 people in the dorm get a full

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Cancer life-changing.

  

  done and knew that I had to get tested. I had my blood drawn and sent to ... to terms with destiny, deciding to get surgery and when, figuring out ... of you who haven’t – well, I’m about to tell you about it :) Camp

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 18, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What’s in My Bag? My everyday carry!

  

  you can get nicer ones than your school/business/institution will have ... often buy parts ourselves and get reimbursed later), so, it’s nice to have ... personalities. This is in part why one of my favorite websites this year has been

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 11, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Giving Back (Guest Entry) Guest Entry by Kenny '13

  

  So it's pretty interesting if you take a step back and look at your life for a second. Whether you're a current senior and getting excited ... across the country come just to get their pediatric care. All we need from

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 5, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do You Want To Build a Robot? it doesn't have to be a robot (see: electric gokart section)

  

  lead to better robots for everyone. Plus, these are your peers, who you ... in 2.007 (in my opinion) is a document called "How To Build Your ... guaranteed spot on the final day of competition, and get to relax and watch the

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  seattle (again) home and away

  

  time, seattle feels like home by now -- i know the way to the churches i go to, and where the bus stops are, and there are a couple neighborhoods i know well enough that i can find my way home without google maps

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 15, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  hello deferred applicants, i, again, don’t know what to say, but i can try

  

  was to get deferred. i was expecting to get deferred, really. i knew, in ... put all my eggs into one basket, and i truly was expecting to get ... , but because we imagine they do. i won't pretend to know what you're

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 20, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Updates for the Admitted There's good stuff on your MyMIT portal.

  

  enter themselves on the guestbook, it's a good way to share your contact information securely with your future classmates, and to get emails and ... Release Form. Notes to the wise: if you're flying in, book your plane

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to CPW: Why It’s Special all the things that make CPW amazing

  

  . We all get to see MIT through your eyes as the wonderful, bizzarre, and ... ! Remember that, and try not to travel on your own. There are no cliques during ... + textbook store), it feels a lot better to get a custom MIT t-shirt for free

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How hard is it, really? Let down

  

  diagnostic when you first get to campus. The results of the diagnostic help you ... returned to us. People around my table of nine began getting their quizzes ... MORE THAN THAT! GIVE ME ADVICE THAT'S HELPFUL! YOUR JOB IS TO TEACH ME

  • by Snively '11
  • April 9, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  available in the application portal. To check your decision, login to the portal and visit your Application Status page. There, you will be able to ... , so you should be sure you are prepared to receive your decision before

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Supplemental Materials Answering questions about extras beyond the formal application.

  

  , please be sure to include your name, date of birth, your instrument, and ... 's coaches. Your athletic talents are something unique that you bring to this ... your recommender send this via US Mail to MIT Admissions, and be sure

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pursuing multiple fields

  

  matter what your major is, you have to get credit for 8.01 (Physics 1), 8 ... literature but I'm concerned that it will be too tough to try to get degrees in ... ), then you're looking at around 84 units beyond the GIRs. Add that to your

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Changes To Your MyMIT Account The no-online-notification thing may change in the future, but unfortunately not this year.

  

  A quick response to some of the questions we've been receiving: you won't notice any change to your MyMIT account until we're confident that everyone has had a chance to receive his/her decision via mail (or telephone

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Burning Question "Can you tell me why I didn't get in? Why was I not good enough?"

  

  every right to be asking it. I certainly would be. I wish I could get ... most likely, you are absolutely qualified to be here. Can I look at your ... with your app in committee, and I can't recreate or try to determine the

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  How to decide, when you’re deciding a pretext for productive procrastination

  

  from the archives related to this decision, the one you're nominally in ... by it: follow your heart, as cheesy as it sounds. When it comes to some ... that you are confident in your decision and prepared to give yourself to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 1, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  I like to do the jumble sometimes

  

  wish we could ask you. It supplies depth to your application, and often serves to amplify the strongest parts of your file. I remember several of ... to get to know the real you. And definitely schedule the interview

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 9, 2004
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Every song I’ve referenced in my admissions blog posts

  

  for the pun pagtanda "to get older" and pagtanda "remembrance". 11 ... Least I'm Not As Sad (As I Used to Be), and it gets a dedicated post this ... none have been noteworthy enough to get their music mentioned or linked

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 15, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  here’s your reminder to follow @tinycarebot automated reminders to care for yourself

  

  yourself without remembering that you're distracting yourself to forget the thing you're trying to forget (but failing, because now you've remembered ... emails, phone calls, and blog comments, to say nothing of spillovers to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 4, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  art things #1 illustration, graphic design, ceramics, and photography

  

  design is that you get to actually see your work in use, especially when it ... like looming deadlines and assignments to really get the procrastination ... it filled me with renewed vigor to get better.   [caption id

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • December 1, 2023