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• Blog / About Decisions

  Themed Online Distractors (for EA Decision Day) to the 2020 MIT Protofrosh

  

  timezone, you will access a special message on decisions.mit.edu. You're probably nervous, which is normal. No one is certain they'll get in. That's a ... the admissions decision. That's a fact also. In the publishing industry

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The other 2 of the 3 R’s About reading and writing on campus -- forget the 'rithmetic.

  

  "a new magazine" which "spotlights exemplary writing from the first year writing classes," requesting a link from the MIT blogs. After having ... . Boiko: Last year, a senior in one of our courses came up at the end of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Decision Day Eve Making your decision by May 1.

  

  're making the best choice for yourself), or to request a deferral/gap year(s) before enrolling at MIT (for a gap year, military service, or other reason). Whatever your decision is, please do reply through the online form as soon as

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  More Odds & Ends Concerts (on & off campus), doors (on campus), and lectures (also on campus).

  

  Medical School, he has made a career of doing what conventional wisdom held ... I'm a bit under the weather today, and I'm still working on the next ... will play a concert at MIT (for MIT students only, sorry) on Friday night

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Flashback A useless guide to MIT undergraduate housing.

  

  videos a few minutes in length about each of the dorms so that the incoming freshmen can make a more educated choice about where they want to live. Of ... a video camera running through the halls, someone with a video camera

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Cool Data Stuff, ft. Immersion I just really like data visualizations, plz don't judge

  

  group at the Media Lab put together a VERY COOL THING (that seems to be ... ’s a node graph that shows you who sends you emails and who sends emails ... person in a given time period, and also the people who they’ve introduced

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 5, 2017
• Blog / Events

  MIT wins the Putnam ...for the third year in a row!

  

  't tend to do much to prepare--they might look over a few problems the day ... of the Putnam--but for those who haven't, it is a six-hour proof ... --the median score is frequently 0; in 2015, it was 2 points out of a possible

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 1, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Career Fair Round 2 less shirts and more interviews.

  

  It's been a week since the Career Fair, which still feels like ... amassed a large collection of various colorful shirts and trinkets This ... learning the importance of placing school first and jobs second. But a very

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 29, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Unlikely Candidate Finding the unexpected “right fit”

  

  in high school, she invited me to go to a MIT info session with her. At ... information session was a stellar opportunity to "spend time with my friend in ... , I thought, Wow, this is a sign I don't belong here...   But the info

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 9, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Terence ‘13 The second in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  school and to get accepted into a great college. Sometimes this dream can ... family. I’m going to a whole other area." Graduating with a 4.0 GPA ... us about 450 people live here. So if you do t he math that's about one

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 22, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hits from the ‘90s ♪ Why can't we be friends? ♫

  

  I, like most college students, have a Facebook account. Actually, for ... 's right, I have a Twitter account, but I DON'T USE IT, SO STOP FOLLOWING ME! Honestly, I'm amazed, I have tweeted exactly 10 times in over a year and I

  • by Snively '11
  • July 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ring Committee Wrap Up For those interested . . .

  

  , Congratulations on completing your first year at MIT! It has been a tough year ... school year, the class council announced its decision of a ring committee ... be rectified continued for a number of days, and due to finals and

  • by Snively '11
  • June 24, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT Spring Concert An annual tradition bringing famous bands to campus.

  

  . Every year, MIT brings to campus a national act to headline a big concert ... from the band (if different). For some of these bands, choosing a favorite song was really hard; sometimes, it was a near coin toss. 1966: The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 23, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  All these days I spend away What does "home" mean to you?

  

  the MIT populace as a whole, but I have some amount of work to do - or ... Institute. These beautiful, glorious lulls come in a variety of flavors ... in a reasonable amount of effort over the break. (Kind of like high

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 25, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST POST! You guys are totally right.. that WAS really tempting.

  

  comments are so genuine and thoughtful, and it really makes a difference to ... longer a freshman, which entails five exams, three papers, and a ... AMBULANCE?! YEAH, I KNOW YOU DO!" "Um... I don't know you.") - good times were

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 7, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spectacle I was going to title this entry "Spectacle of Light," because I mention MIThenge. Then…

  

  for a whole day. Breakfast: I love Frosted Flakes. Really I do ... a month that I get my act together and cook real food for myself, even if it comes from a box or consists only of taco meat and cheddar cheese

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Movie Marathon, Pt. I Watch ALL the things!

  

  Ah, readers, we meet again. I'm sorry it's been a while. Much as ... Simmons dining hall, I graduate in about a week...! ...But we will not ... never seen a movie involving time travel that I did not like. I can

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 30, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I chose my classes A graduating senior's perspective; results may vary

  

  out of 7 that I use as a quick benchmark.) Do the instructors care ... was a bittersweet moment; I was elated that I’d made it through not just ... found most of my classes fun (yes, really), rewarding, and memorable (in a

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 24, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  how to meet curious people

  

  My friend Eric recently wrote a blog post about isolation at Harvard ... passion. To be fair, MIT may have cultivated a different culture than these ... year here, I joined a business club because I was interested in

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 19, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for undocumented students and clarifying our policies for applicants as Regular Action approaches

  

  As many of you know, there has been a lot of uncertainty in the ... ) is essentially a practice of executive discretion, no one knows yet if ... the future of DACA and, as a result, understandable concern for our

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 9, 2016