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• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  boulders out of the woods to make a 32' x 26' perimeter. On the Monday ... us know that you wish to be considered for a blogging position. As most ... 't currently have a blog and you want to be considered, you should probably start

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some Things I Wish I Knew Coming In in retrospect,

  

  figure out why. Get to know your PI(s). You want to get your name on a ... brain can't summon the idiom "to take with a grain of salt." Work on ... [annotation note="and if you look to your left, you will see a biochemist

  • by Abby H. '20
  • August 16, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Flow: Writing Like Yourself *insert prospective 2021 clickbait tagline*

  

  . It's virtually impossible to summarize yourself in a few paragraphs ... to a prompt. You are not your résumé. Specifically for the MIT ... "Activities" section is to capture a glimpse of you outside of what you look

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 19, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’re 18, But You Aren’t Invincible Impressions of my first month at MIT -- both sobering and exciting.

  

  and an A on the assignment -- heck, I could. But if you try to do that ... anything, and as a result, the burden rests completely on your shoulders to ... your hall to get things done. Two people working on a problem set

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  From the eyes of a newly minted EC A flashback++

  

  on the weekend. With that said, I began applying to colleges where I ... calling to congratulate me on being accepted to MIT!!! zomg were they ... So I'll admit that I haven't written in a while, and sadly, I have

  • by Bryan
  • March 31, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  loveallurfriends <3

  

  to for help or direction is more than a little terrifying. And, on the ... ; I had a CV PSET that I had not yet started, and I ought to have been ... , crossed the street, descended into the foliage by the Charles, and sat on a

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • March 6, 2024
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Saturday, 12/15/18, at 12:15 PM ET

  

  MIT username and password. In order to verify that you will receive a decision ... visit MyMIT and click on the lost password link. There is a similar link ... enough to tell you, as the title says, we will be releasing Early Action

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 6, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning: “Nerd Epistemology” with Woodie Flowers from the co-founder of the FIRST robotics competition

  

  is a personal reflection on the keynote address on "Nerd Epistemology ... published on the MIT Office of Digital Learning blog here.  One way to ... been said. There was much to reflect on—in one hour, Professor Flowers

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 15, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  i will miss learning and dressing up everyday happy last first week of classes to me and seniors of the world

  

  on my pre-registration. I only need to take three classes–biology, a ... On the morning of the second day of classes, I got a newsletter email ... being a student whose sole responsibility is to learn. To find answers to

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • February 12, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Still Going… haha... yeah. It's not over for all of us.

  

  writing. But it took me out on the commuter rail to a part of the state ... make. That is, next Thursday, May 21th. That is, if I want to graduate on ... about? ). I've been trying hard to work on it every free minute I have

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 15, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  admission to MIT this year. This is a 4% increase from last year. Since most ... with MIT's mission to make the world a better place. We deferred ... works, you can read a previous post I've written on the subject

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 14, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  how do i button up this coat? a clothing conundrum

  

  + connections on LinkedIn, but he says it's because I dress like a kid, to which I ... coat outside in the process, to create a collar). then the buttonholes on ... 's true; I used to wake up at five a.m. even though school didn't start

  • by Rona W. '23
  • March 29, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  She works hard for the money So hard for it, honey.

  

  be able to hold a job and successfully complete their schoolwork, so I ... the less money I had to beg from my parents, the better. They paid a lot ... having a job impaired my ability to do my homework -- in fact, I've found

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 20, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  busy, busy, busy screaming into the void

  

  a normal mit, and i didn't want to spend one and a half more. it ... to study somewhere else, but this isn't it. in a stroke of ... psychiatrist put me on a higher dose of sertraline. instead of taking one tablet

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 12, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Written Post Oh man my handwriting is atrocious

  

  another dream about the portabella mushroom burgers last night. I made a ... a million times, because four classes at MIT is a full and very ... not get to draw Beth R.F. '18 and Crystal W. '18 properly. Here they are

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas ...and the universities that encourage them.

  

  things. For me, there is nothing to be said for locking yourself in a room for countless hours solving really hard puzzles on little to no sleep ... much of Bad Ideas, unfortunately. But I did make it a point to go to one

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 30, 2008
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Denied by MIT, now a PhD student at CSAIL

  

  put on a strong front to avoid feeling the disappointment of the ... in the past, who went on to pursue their ambitions elsewhere, and who ... rejected from MIT, but went on to become themselves and do interesting things

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 16, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Laurie Burns: Studying Triple-GEM foils Senior Laurie Burns is conducting a comparative study of foils used in triple-GEMs.

  

  if a few electrons were to come near the foil, the charge on the surface would be amplified below. It may be easier to think of the GEM as a ... well-known physical principles. When a voltage is applied to the foils, a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  A lot of students applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately, we just couldn't accept them all. We have placed a small number of students on the waitlist. If you would like to be considered for the waitlist

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2022
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does my transcript count as official?

  entity. Our Transcripts page has information on how to have your counselor submit your transcript to us. Please note: If you send us a copy of your ... and processed, we will add it to your application as a placeholder until