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• Blog / About Decisions

  Denied by MIT, Now A Goldwater Scholar finding her way four years later

  

  story of a student we had denied in 2011, and how well he had done ... , we always say to be true: Turning away so many kind, generous, super ... few years trying to make wherever you are as amazing as you can (as you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 18, 2018
• Blog / MISTI

  The train in Spain is ungainly, take a plane I'm an MITblogger, get me out of here!

  

  roll on, which also happens to be a catenary. I took 18.022 myself, a ... ocean. And the third day was not supposed to exist, but I had a ... spent living with a view of the muddy Charles river, it's nice to be

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 23, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt LiveBlog Coming to you live from Mystery Hunt (Last Update: Sunday 5:04 PM)

  

  to work on other puzzles, but despite my recharging with pizza, carrot ... room 26-100. What a weekend :-) --- Here's a puzzle for you to try out ... Update #1 (1:40 PM) Currently in 13-4101 trying to solve our first

  • by Bryan
  • January 18, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  HT@MIT: Foodie Edition The Friendly Toast, Oasis and Teriyaki House, my three favorite restaurants

  

  Hey guys, I'm back to blogging once a week after a ridiculously crazy ... (a friend Matt O. on the other hand would swear by their chicken and ... , while I frequent the latter, getting to the former is more of a luxury

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 15, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Complementary in Kinetic Typography Posted with permission from the author. Meet Rishi '14!

  

  a ton of MIT internal email lists that I am on. I proceeded to get ... I would never really be set on a college until May, because MIT was to ... my talents together to make a presentation to the Admissions committee

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 23, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  oh, the crash and the burn

  

  People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry in an effort to get back into ... again. There's been a lot on my plate as of late. There's been a lot of ... allowed to air out on the blogs and it's been really fucking with me

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 26, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Saturday, 12/14, at 12:14 PM ET

  

  I've ducked out of committee for a moment to let you know that ... next Saturday, 12/14, at 12:14 PM ET.   To check your decision on ... and password.   In order to verify that you will receive a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 6, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Because one story just isn’t enough My tale of being admitted. Laugh. Cry. Both. Neither. All of the above?

  

  would be fun to read. Be warned - I may (read: will) overdramatize a good ... going on? WERE WE IN OR NOT? Needless to say, everything our teacher said ... - they've been gone a week), and my stepdad keeps the mailbox key on his

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 14, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I take a gap year?

  We encourage students to take a gap year to explore and grow. Every year we have a number of students apply to MIT after a gap year and more students who request a gap year after being admitted to MIT. Taking a gap
• Blog / Admissions

  Match Game

  

  that good stuff isn't handed to students on a silver platter, but for ... seat Kresge Auditorium on campus. Here on my blog, there has been a lot ... to be a "good match" for MIT? What do we look for? Alignment with MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 27, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Beard today, gone tomorrow a touching tale of a man and his beard.

  

  . "Beards?" you say. Yes, beards. See, November is also home to a hallowed ... you can squeeze out is a patchy tuft of fuzz on your lips and cheeks. Or ... , growing a beard is actually quite tough. To illustrate the self

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 1, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Let’s see those cell phones up in the air” cause every little thing's gonna be alright

  

  as we got on the bridge towards Boston, I knew it was going to be a ... Last Saturday, when I should be working on a model of a performance ... this past week, classes went over fine and we're on to the next one

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 25, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Learning Time Because that really is what we are here for

  

  to Computers and Engineering Problem Solving)- This is a required class ... ’m enjoying it so far, and I have to admit that it is a good feeling when your ... . This class used to be called Engineering Economics, and was considered a

  • by Becca H. '12
  • March 4, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Senior Ball 2007 Dancing and dining with 950 engineers; candids of Bryan and Sam included (~25 pics)

  

  event secrets. Seniors took a break from their theses to celebrate, among ... in a tux **Many thanks to Gheorghe '07, from whom I stole many of ... The 2007 Senior Ball was last Saturday night, and as a member of the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 11, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s the PI-nal countdown! Don't roll your eyes at me.

  

  competition on pi day and didn't get to check my MyMIT account until several ... feels like to be accepted into a school, what it feels like to get a ... do great things and you are going to have a wonderful college

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 12, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Isaac Lozada Isaac Lozada comes from Texas to MIT.

  

  , Lozada had to work, and later, she started a family. Today, she will see ... MIT, the No. 1-ranked university in the nation, according to a ... year, you'll go to MIT.' '' Neither Wilfredo nor Elizabeth Lozada has a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 27, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Think YOUR research is crazy? Why doesn't spaghetti break in half? There is an answer, because someone has dedicated their…

  

  Organization) It calculated the number of photographs you must take to (almost) ensure that nobody in a group photo will have their eyes closed ... breaks into more than two pieces. «Impact of Wet Underwear on

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The One and Only Melis

  

  personalizing medicine. It was incredible to go from designing a device on the ... . It was a no-brainer -- I hustled to Next House as fast as possible and ... step of the problem once again, and walked out with a smile on her face

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • May 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT’s Undergraduate Research Journal: Get your work published! MIT's Undergraduate Research Journal, a student-run journal that publishes articles about research going on at…

  

  ) *Application of the Suspended Microchannel Resonator as a Biosensing Device to ... attachment. It's easy (especially to do a UROP summary), fun, and you get to have your work published for all to see!!! I'm on the editorial board and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 27, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  rice cooker cooking or, how to cook for yourself with zero skill

  

  After a year and a half on a forced meal plan, I have now been freed ... thing I did when I came to MacGregor? Get a rice cooker, because I haven't had a rice cooker in forever. And oh man was it a great decision to get

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 19, 2021