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• Blog / Events

  5 days until Mystery Hunt

  

  short, Mystery Hunt is a weekend long competition at MIT where students ... finding a coin hidden somewhere on campus. For a more in-depth description ... Waffle" (based out of the Simmons Hall dormitory, which looks like a space

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 9, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The waiting is the hardest part

  

  understandably, very anxious. I've seen this twice a year for the past four years ... things a little... It was one year ago. Decision letters were in the mail ... hands. I wrote a note to my mailman, telling him to leave anything from

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 13, 2004
• Blog / Events

  President Susan Hockfield

  

    To: "All Members of the MIT Community" From: "Kathryn A. Willmore" Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 14:06:22 -0500 Subject: Welcome Reception ... ; You are cordially invited to a community reception to welcome Susan

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 1, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  P(Happy Chanukah)

  

  This morning, a productive time reading 8 (mostly excellent) applications. This afternoon, a less productive time dealing with bureaucracy ... asked of late. I'll address a couple quickly now, and get to some others

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 17, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  The reading season begins

  

  case on that summary card. Then, in a month, we'll bring all of the cases ... Admissions Office staff will be working 6-7 days a week this month, and ... working all the time, I'm going to get back to reading your folders. Have a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 6, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Keg of worms and phytoplankton

  

  using the wrong lures and jigs. Nevertheless, I had a lot of fun. It made ... applications I've seen. I thought about this for a while, and what I came up with ... understandable; I remember doing a bit of that myself on college apps. I vividly

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 7, 2004
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  What is Weekend Immersion in Science & Engineering?

  WISE (Weekend Immersion in Science and Engineering) is a three-day experience for rising seniors to learn what it is like to be an MIT student ... socioeconomic means, live in a rural area, or might be the first in their family
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can anyone join the Experimental Study Group (ESG)?

  their education. Instruction takes place in a 14-room suite on the top ... supplemented by a variety of community activities, including weekly luncheons
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How did the blogs get started?

  Ben Jones, The Blogfather, started the MIT Blogs in 2004. The idea behind the blogs was to open a window into the lives of MIT students: what ... , uncensored posts reveal a lot about MIT students, academics, and life at MIT
• FAQ / First-year application

  When are decisions announced?

  determined. Applicants will receive the email about a week prior to the release ... the release of admissions decisions, however, you may receive a package
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can I study Global Change Science/Climate?

  The MIT Center for Global Change Science (CGCS) at MIT was founded to address fundamental questions about climate processes with a ... predict changes in the global environment. Additionally, a variety of
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does the MIT admissions process work?

  After you click the submit button, it's easy to feel as though your application has entered a black hole. So what really happens between when you ... the details can add a lot of stress to the waiting period, so we
• FAQ / First-year application

  May high school juniors apply?

  MIT doesn't have any age requirements or limits. Each year we receive a small number of applications from young students who have outgrown their high school curriculum and feel ready for college. We have a lot of
• Blog / Challenges

  cookies life lessons through six scrumptious sayings

  

  note="ice cream is so meh why wouldn't you eat a cookie instead??"]cookies.[/annotation] I grew up as a massive baker, and every December I take it as a ... know--meaning keeping a gallon-sized Ziploc of cookies in my middle

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 13, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I’m Still Here (for now) quick reflections on the last ten years

  

  I’m sitting in the quiet car of a Northeast Regional Amtrak train, writing a blog post for the first time in almost four years. Since I started ... round trip to do in a single day"]down and back[/annotation] when I first

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  the happy ending is you thoughts related to relationships

  

  a relationship rather than the thing itself. and of course, almost everyone who has been in a relationship agrees that maintenance is orders of ... which i’ve listened to a lot over the past few weeks. i’m getting into

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 21, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  perception but who *are* you?

  

  Over the summer, I’ve centered on a fear that I have in graduate ... : “Wow, that was a terrible paper. The writing was bad, the methods made no ... have opinions, in the area I decide to research. In A Guide for the Young

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 18, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Choosing Classes: Choice Paralysis [skye from valorant voice] help a girl out would ya!

  

  imagining bit is a lot more fun than the...actual taking of them, but I love ... programming exercises and larger group programming projects. This is a class ... requirements and things and also I really want to take it because it's a good

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 3, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 2 electric boogaloo

  

  make this post well before the new year actually came around, a short ... around for two weeks swatting at mosquitoes and eating a lot of food ... Nisha of the present, I thought that a status update might be appropriate

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  51 Things I Want to Say to 2022s one senior's autumn thoughts

  

  these thoughts can help, even a little bit. As you submit your first MIT ... year, people feel like either “a shit” or “the shit.” But the first year at MIT is a great equalizer. If you fall under either of the categories

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2018