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• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A The ones that passed the "lmgtfy" test

  

  : you're likely to get a response more quickly, because current MIT ... grade to a B on the condition that I get a B or higher by the end of the ... seems to have become a thing of the past, even though site traffic hasn

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  I’ve been reading applications And I'm still reading them

  

  not need to rely on a desktop for hefty exports and renders. Once the ... at 4 PM, my apartment’s heaters start to kick in and create a truly ... extensively on this website and in many blog posts. Plus, you wouldn’t want any

  • by Jeremy W.
  • November 28, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions updates ...including the state of the mail and EA application tracking.

  

  the past preferred to release decisions on a Saturday; December 13 or ... information on a student with a waived interview, we will not hesitate to ... mail to open and process, and we are doing so as quickly as possible

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 12, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Romance of Learning rainy days, language tests, and a book called Babel

  

  -winded sentences, making sure to use one of the 32 new grammar strategies we had ... sandwich and a Honeycrisp apple that my roommate gave to me after apple ... days – twelve questions focused on a different aspect of satellite

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 23, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Harbinger of Doom, Despair, and Knowledge: PSETS Don't worry, not as bad as they sound.

  

  a telling laugh my first introduction to psets, and realized that I ... academic way of saying "homework", and the answer to what you'll be doing on a Thursday night. Generally speaking, there aren't many questions on a

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Week(end) [Read: New York] Adventures Parts 2-4 I’ve affectionately named these adventures: #metroentertainment

  

  workshops and lessons taught me a lot and gave me great ideas on how to ... introduced to, Oliver. Main Entre: I hopped on the redeye MegaBus to New ...   To continue on my series of Weekend Adventures, this blog

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • April 2, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  10,000 Ways That Won’t Work

  

  . Was your research output impactful enough to lead to a start-up?” I ... didn’t shake out that way. “Come on, at least tell me you presented at a ... previous semester, I checked the “Other” box and moved on to the rest of the

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 27, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Gingerbread Gone Horribly Right "run, run, as fast as you can..."

  

  ’s decorating party, with new people and a different creative direction (plus ... just a babby sophomore, my floor had a gingerbread decorating party. It was one of a series of events organized by The Committee, an elected

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 8, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Making the Pi Day Video the experiment, part 2

  

  later meeting time and add a person to the team who had at least some on ... Collaborative. He actually did a live tutorial on how to remix The Weeknd ... Day video? Honestly, it all started with a random DM on Instagram. Back

  • by kellen manning
  • March 12, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [joint post] Welcoming you to “Here at MIT” student art in the new welcome center

  

  . We wanted to focus on recreating a memorable part of campus that we ... September. You may have already seen Petey’s post Welcoming you to the new MIT Welcome Center. The new center is going to be the starting point for

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 3, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  More on balance Some parameters for self-improvement

  

  /individuality (presence/absence, travel/home) This semester, I moved to a new hall within ... than I do building a community. I need to work on being present more ... 're working, then you're not, and then you have new ideas on which to work, and

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 7, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  lessons on burnout 2020 made me realize things

  

  burnout and exhaustion from all the things I was trying to accomplish on not ... considered a gap year in pre-covid times would have been to give myself a break ... an effort. At a particularly low moment, I caught myself on the thought

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • January 12, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  experiences, or the lack thereof flailing around in a sea of adjectives trying to find the noun

  

  stops I look at the words I've typed and I see my own vomit on a screen ... black people can relate to each other and speak to each other - it's a culture. and it's a culture i, a canadian jew who went to majority white and

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 13, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  and i am afraid of falling a long winded chess metaphor

  

  tears and my nose a horrid, stark red. "You seem to put on a brave face a ... start a match, before quickly scrolling to the bottom to play chess ... went to New Hampshire with my roommates for a getaway, a break right

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 21, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT campus lost power! Updates from a blacked-out physics colloquium.

  

  energy into their cavity on their way through, corresponding to a specific ... physics classes and become exposed to new mathematical techniques and ideas from other talks. It's a nice way to learn about miscellaneous topics

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 29, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  I walked on water* IAP? no...you're AP.

  

  like to put a nerdy spin on things. During a lesson on food and water ... up to:   (1) 2.670 (Mechanical Engineering Tools) A class!  But ... taking the class - it'll give you universal shop access to many shops on

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 17, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  November 1 Updates The latest from the Admissions Office.

  

  may take us up to two more weeks for your materials to show up on the ... important step. If your EC has not gotten back to you, and it has been a long ... documents to us. All letters must be typed or written on official school

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friendship Oh my dearest . . .

  

  good to me! Here's a quick bio: Michael Snively is sophomore studying ... a new line of plush toys that seek to increase understanding of ... flame wars and being used correctly, it's also a great way to let somebody

  • by Snively '11
  • March 28, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 3) Thailand and Israel and Columbia, oh my!

  

  stuff. I'm hoping to take the project I'm currently working on in some new ... wanted to do a presentation on how consciousness relates to theory of ... one of those rare UROPs in the humanities. I am helping design a new

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 8, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 3) notes from the third day

  

  half hours of sleep on a train is not quite enough to be rested. I awoke ... [/caption] Otherwise, not much to say. The House is on a historic tenth vote, and I think ... , because of a trademark dispute after reforming, they had to find a new name

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 13, 2023