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Blog / Admissions
It’s the middle of November. Do YOU know where your Early Action application components are? How to tell if they are missing, and what to do about it
! You're receiving this email because we do not have a core piece — namely ... will review your application when it's ready. Before you do anything else, please read through this email for what to do next and for answers -
Blog / Academics & Research
How do you know when you’ve chosen the right major?
bodies. My sandwich lay forgotten until well past noon. How do you know -
Blog / Challenges
Learning how to be a human being, not a human doing After 6 years of adulting post MIT, these are the things I value now
. I didn’t know what to do with myself or what was important to me ... losing things I didn’t realize were important, do I now have things I won ... live as a human being and not a human doing. Here are some of the -
Blog / About Decisions
I asked people at MIT what they were doing for Pi Day 2025 something is rising... 3/14/25 at 6:28 PM ET
does Pi Day look like at MIT? Do students eat pie? Do people recite the ... do something to celebrate Pi Day. FRANK: Oh my gosh, it is Pi Day! I ... history of nerd culture, are you guys doing anything to celebrate Pi Day -
Blog / Events
Nate Silver visits MIT (or, do witches exist in real life?) No, he can't predict the outcome of your admissions decision. Probably.
'll attempt to do him justice in a few lines. He is: a prediction wizard and ... them, but everyone pays attention to what they do." "Someone already -
Blog / Challenges
101 questions we’ve asked ourselves at MIT we're all just trying to figure it/life/ourselves out
I am or because I do? At what point do your actions determine who you are? Is it a balance? How do I apply to grad school? How do I figure out what I need to do to get into grad school, or if I even want to -
Blog / Classes
GELcamp project management… in the woods?
mentors from Google, System Design and Management masters program, etc. Then -
Blog / Classes
Pre-Sophomore Year in anticipation of the sophomore slump
Spring, I threw all my blog drafts into a massive Google Doc that I've been -
Blog / Academics & Research
an outlook on emails a week of my inbox’s pain and suffering, compartmentalized
illustrious Dieffenbachia Camille, which is a name I might have just googled a -
Blog / How to Boston and Beyond
In Transit: Summer Edition A guide to objects that you could theoretically use to get from point A to…
google maps, the trek is one mile long, but it feels like a lot less -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Dudamel On music and becoming an old man
'm definitely down! :)" and reserved a ticket. A month later, Google Calendar -
Blog / MIT Life
Living Off Campus I moved off campus last year and rented a house with some friends who were…
each day and create a schedule. I started using Google Calendar, and I -
Blog / MIT Life
You should live in Burton-Conner! What you won't see in the i3 video!
do you do with these three items? You make this video. And then you ... -Conner, they can do this too! -
Blog / Personal Projects
a quarantine haiku generator purell and poetics
hello! hope everyone is doing well. I made a quarantine haiku generator: get yours here. -
FAQ / Transfer
Does MIT offer housing for transfer students?
Yes—transfer students are guaranteed on-campus housing for their entire undergraduate education! Learn more on the MIT Housing & Residential Services site. -
FAQ / Life and culture
What other student resources are available?
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Blog / MIT Life
The MySpace Survey Mid-summer frivolity, part two.
? 6'2" 005. Do you have any siblings? No 006. What is your eye color? Green 007. What is your hair color? Green (jk!) 008. Do you wear glasses or contacts? No 009. Are you right handed or left handed? right 010. Do -
Blog / Hacks
An Olympic Hack Floating rings above Brigg's Field?
Upon entering MIT, every freshman gets a list of "101 Things To Do ... . If you find something broken call F-IXIT. Leave no damage. Do not steal anything. Brute force is the last resort of the incompetent. Do -
Blog / Admissions
On Greatness
remarkable don't do it for any reason beyond that it's what they love to do, a ... important thing is to find what you love and do it to the utmost of your ... best you can be at it. Why? Because if you do this, greatness in some