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• Blog / About Decisions

  the perfect choice doesn’t exist not the same river, not the same you

  

  choose your own classes? that was entirely new to me. the whole concept of ... you have to finish. so that's, what, an hour or two of your time, times ... elaborate on the answer after i've given it. it's just that i'm not going to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 22, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  Physical Education: because your body needs problem sets, too My adventures in completing the MIT Physical Education requirements

  

  taking measurements of toxic algae concentrations while you’re on a boat in ... sign up for these classes on the P.E. website through a lottery that ... signed up on a whim, not bothering to read the course description, since it

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 20, 2006
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  UROPing research, science, and throwing big funnels in lakes

  

  rush. At CPW, everyone seemed to be working on something, and that may ... translate to a variety of actual careers. I'd tried my hand at menial labor on ... said to send info on opportunities that may not have been posted to urop

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 4, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  happy singles awareness day

  

  relationship and I really want to focus on my classes this semester. I’m not ... website for WILG, and it occurred to me that this almost certainly wouldn ... focus to build something new while also pouring energy into somebody else

  • by Rona W. '23
  • February 21, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Visit to the Museum of Fine Arts There's nothing like a trip to the Museum of Fine Arts to make you realize…

  

  your boat then go to the aquarium, do some shopping on Newbury Street ... I just checked off #34 on the list of "101 Things To Do Before You ... saw, "Degas to Picasso: Modern Masters" just opened on January 18

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Your friendly neighborhood webcaster ignore if you can time travel within your own lifetime

  

  (and all-around great guy) Paul ’12 to answer your questions. We’ll be ... so you can add your questions to the MIT Media Lab’s Backchannl feed ... /password we emailed to you). The video will come down soon after the CPW

  • by Dave McOwen
  • March 25, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  But What Are They Really Looking For? My thoughts (advice) on navigating (surviving) the college application process.

  

  prospective students. The transition happened quickly and I didn’t have time to ... (both at MIT and on the road) and have been known to tear up a bit on ... probably also figured out that I love to give advice…both on what you should

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 11, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Info Session Courtesy of Ben Jones

  

  before so be easy on us, but the way this is supposed to work is that we ... " "We encourage you to come up with your own procedure to solving problems ... can explain your work, you're pretty much useless to the world. You have

  • by Snively '11
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Hold your breath my first CPW

  

  prefrosh, as so many hosts refer to theirs, arrived on Thursday morning. We ... what happens, the show must go on. You have to maintain composure and ... . Was Talbot that hard to find? It's been too long since I was new to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 13, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Misconceptions initial thoughts from a first-gen college student

  

  impression of college was from scrolling on college websites, watching media ... to the humanities, but I’ve quickly learned that this just isn’t true ... significant, but I quickly learned I wouldn't be able to handle the class along

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 30, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Does MIT Offer Application Fee Waivers? In a word, yes. Click through for the extended answer.

  

  request a fee waiver? Your decision to request a fee waiver is not unlike ... plagiarize your essay, we expect that you will not misrepresent your ability to ... to pay" and "I'd rather not pay." If you're not sure, we recommend

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 16, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Random notes A mystery solved, an updated blog list, and a handful of questions answers.

  

  this website." After checking out the links, I was pretty sold on Xing ... .mit.edu. In addition to slacking on email (in order to spend more time on ... applicants? I know it says you are required to live on campus in one of MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 29, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  browser archaeology a non-comprehensive analysis of the 95 tabs I have open on my phone

  

  Oliver - the "Tell me, what is it you plan to do / with your one wild and ... introduced me to, and which I think about a lot MIT websites (5) "Emerson ... Seattle; they were trying to build a dock to build a new floating bridge to

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 27, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Just a Little Patience The latest word.

  

  us at this time to check on the status of your application or to see if ... application pieces not showing up on your tracking. There's a lot of mail to ... ..." Gerald at Chicago:"We appreciate your patience. We are working very quickly

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Magic Of fluorescent cells and robots

  

  effort to update me on the project via Skype when I was in England and has ... , Katie has been working really hard to learn new techniques and how to ... or the coming spring, don’t hesitate to ask your supervisors or

  • by Linh V. '13
  • August 20, 2012
• Blog / Classes

  reviewing my classes this semester but unthoroughly

  

  group in the Media Lab, this class centered on computational and new media ... normal to us now like motion graphics were completely new and magical at the time. I got to try out new frameworks like p5.js and paper.js and

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • May 17, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 1

  

  and if it is, where we can find the adress to that website." We will mail all decisions on the same day, and we prefer for all applicants to ... 'd also like to know how many Indian students on average get admitted into

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  (Q & A)^n

  

  and provide you with instructions on how to track your application on MyMIT. This is also the answer to your second question, how can you find out if MIT has your test scores, and your fourth question, where to find out

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 3, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Revolutionary Technologies at TechCrunch DisruptNY breathing office walls and credit-card sized computers

  

  to have attended Disrupt and to have made new friendships in the ... . Going home to New Jersey was fun. I got to spend time with my family ... lets you code websites with just your voice, Bumperz, a collision

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 19, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  my year in music, volume 3 i am starting to feel very old

  

  listen to anything new. embarrassingly enough, i have gotten pretty into ... just quickly save songs that i like to without thinking about whether ... forgetting what songs i know on guitar, so i made a list songs to learn - i

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • May 8, 2020