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• Blog / About Decisions

  The Trouble with External Validation Which came first? The admit or the awesome...

  

  community. We say great! What do your teachers and school counselors have to ... limited availability relative to the significant demand, for the exceptional opportunities that await. Since our desire is to make the best possible admission

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • January 9, 2012
• Blog / Events

  TBT: The Science of Chocolate The school down the street does cool things

  

  of the best things about going to school at MIT is that you get to live ... intense fear of missing out, I've definitely made an effort to get out and ... trying to take (but know I could never get into due to its popularity) is

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 9, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Burchard Scholars Program (old time stamp: 11-21-09) - this entry is five months late >___

  

  there was a massive photo flurry. I didn't get to be in the pictures since ... , Burchard Scholars Program Coordinator. I've been meaning to write about ... think it's about time. I've alluded to the Burchards program on and off

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 18, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things I Regret… less-than-optimal decisions I've made in college

  

  Now that I am soon to be an old, decrepit senior, I thought it might be interesting to explore some of the less-than-optimal decisions I’ve made while in college...   1. Trying to go for the computer science

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 4, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Eternal sunshine of the sleepless mind Once again, the title has practically no relation to the actual blog entry.

  

  's “How to Get Enough Rest” brochures. Note that I mention this right ... responsibilities. You'll get to work with awesome cooks like Natania and Spang, both ... (that is to say, pretty much incoherent but inexplicably awesome anyway

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 13, 2009
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How many students play sports at MIT?

  frisbee, you'll have an opportunity to exercise your body and mind at MIT ... their time at MIT. For students who want to stay active but who don't wish to participate in varsity athletics, there are also more than 30
• FAQ / Transfer

  Can I apply if I’ve completed more than 2.5 years of college?

  part-time, calculate your full-time term equivalency to estimate your ... Students who at the time of entry to MIT will have completed more ... considered a semester at your institution, we will consider it a semester. We
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Registration – Important! If you're planning to attend CPW, please read this entry whether you've already registered or…

  

  browsers (Safari or Explorer). If your form is blank, you'll need to register ... registered for CPW: the deadline is TODAY! Please log into your MyMIT account ... MIT account, you can call the CPW hotline (617.258.6085) to register via

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 31, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s for dinner? The joy of cooking

  

  creativity. I really like cooking. It is kind of fun to look in your pantry ... I no longer have to cook for myself. I haven’t yet decided whether or ... dining hall three times in the past two years, instead favoring to use the

  • by Becca H. '12
  • September 21, 2010
• Blog / Residential Life

  river and rainwater a rainy walk home

  

  rusty old bike is 19 mph; I wonder how fast I'd be able to go on a sleek road bike instead.  Only occasionally do I glance to the side and notice ... to take it for granted. It's been raining sooo much lately. I

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 29, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  As Winter Melts things are gonna change so fast

  

  what already exists, always eager to make progress on the goals and projects I care about. But that attitude has drawbacks, too - sometimes I get ... to talk rather than do. On more than one occasion, I've taken on more

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 3, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You stay classy, Sam… TA, go! At MIT, I live in a basement and I don't get to watch Desperate Housewives.

  

  week, where you can go an get one-on-one instruction with either your TAs ... successfully bribed Ben to let me stick around as a blogger this semester, and since I've already had to break out the long pants and awesome jacket, the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Back From Vacation Tales of swing sets and answers to the various questions in my inbox.

  

  I'm back! Here are the answers to some common questions that have ... the deadline to accept MIT's offer of admission? You need to return our form by May 1 (postmark date) if you intend to enroll at MIT. How much

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Normalville

  

  schools, a response to Daniel's latest post, and answering some of your ... Congratulations to the Random Hall dormitory team ("Physical Plant ... might enjoy doing at lunch tomorrow with your friends: D3: The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The 2009 Brass Rat My highly biased and personal opinions about Ring Premiere.

  

  mention those. So I'd just like to get my actual opinion of the ring out ... doubt I'd be organizing some crusade to get one on there. But the fact is ... I'm just excited to get my very own piece of MIT history in April

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 20, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  Academic Things I’ve Learned no life lessons, promise

  

  of your choice. Also, I'm kinda trying to hype myself up over the ... are some classes you've enjoyed, or something you're excited to take? ... In high school I always wanted to know what you learned in college

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 26, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  What is the value of college? Food for thought in your college search

  

  process of building out your list of schools to which you will likely apply ... institution’s mission aligns with your own goals for the future, in addition to ... work are committed, first and foremost, to helping young people reach

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 21, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  How many MIT students does it take to figure out how to rotate a cube? (More than I’m proud to admit)

  

  ) to get another direction. A sequence of rotations is then equivalent to ... many new abilities our hero Link gains in his quest to defeat Ganondorf. At a high level, it allows him to lift, rotate, and fuse objects

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 29, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Two Valentine’s Day Serenades Happiness and hearts and the MIT Logarhythms and Muses in cell biology!

  

  ’ve seen him around for the past two years and now I get to see him twice a ... about how proteins made in the cell are marked for distribution to where ... , who ran into the lecture hall like a superhero. “We’re here to deliver a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 16, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meta

  

  everyone else's blogs. I would be happy to get feedback from my readers on ... ones I posted. Also, I got hosed. Junior year turned out to be ridiculously grueling for me. It's not even that I lack all sorts of stuff to

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 10, 2006