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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 they do, think, and feel. MIT was one of the first universities to have -
FAQ / First-year application
May high school juniors apply?
information on our site about what to do in high school that you'll find helpful -
FAQ / First-year application
Does MIT have required classes or language requirements?
activities on our What to do in high school page. -
Blog / Admissions
Turning the Tide My thoughts on an important report
have of students – and more important, by clarifying what we do not ... think they need to do to be strong applicants, and what they actually need to do. In simple terms, we want students to pursue the things that -
Blog / How to Human
so you’re starting your first year? boy do I have unsolicited tips for you
less as a “how to do MIT” and more like a “here is a hodgepodge of advice ... upon your new favorite spot. Hold onto your 101 Things To Do Before ... think of something fun to do. I know people who've regretted losing theirs -
Blog / Academics & Research
winter things a sampling of IAP plans around campus
January, students are free to do whatever they want, whether that be staying at home or on campus relaxing, doing a micro-internship or a ... "]UROP,[/annotation] taking cool classes or traveling. The freedom to do whatever you want is -
Blog / Academics & Research
laser-powered happiness 6.UAR showcase, part 1
note="please do not actually attempt at home"]Because you should ... do it in-person this week! so how did we get here, anyways? Last ... I spent most of September and October doing safety trainings and -
Blog / Admissions
Notes on the Interview (the EC edition!) in which you receive advice and an alum surreptitiously gets to blog again
awhile I do get that itch to come back and write something. And thus I ... First of all, I want to say that I do 90% Skype interviews, and 10% in ... -person interview would be difficult. Of course, I prefer doing in-person interviews -
Blog / Challenges
H0sed Psets, exams, and being "mediocre" at MIT.
)...parts to the same problem - so in actuality you are doing like 20 smaller ... week to do a pset (or two weeks, in classes like 7.01x (Intro Bio)). But ... notorious for taking some people more than 10+ hours to do). If you -
Blog / Challenges
at least it’s not covid sick day
, mind you—and was left listless. what did people do when they were sick ... for… anything. without anything else to do, i tried to do what i always ... " but they do know the words for "dream", "future", or "devil", and maybe -
Blog / Challenges
Hold your breath my first CPW
, which we do in 6.UAT to learn about things like recovery. What do you do ... performs the fastest, but has the most work to do during recovery. The ... apprehensions about MIT? Why do you value so-and-so attribute over so-and-so other -
Blog / Extracurriculars
Back to back to back maybe i am doing too much
Filipino Students Association to decide what we were going to do this spring ... first weekend in a while that I felt like I didn’t do anything. Friday ... ’m taking. And I think this is pretty clearly a sign that I’m doing a lot. I -
Blog / Advice
Two Years and how it's changed me
much everything around me has. How do I begin? I found myself ... the people who live here, and the silly things that we do - but it ... possible. It's stigmatized for being a 'sellout' major that tons of people do -
Blog / Admissions
FAQ Wait list answers to your questions
means we really like you, and you do not need to improve on your ... other application doesn't impact your application. Whom do you admit ... over international students on the wait list? No, but we do consider -
Blog / Admissions
FAQ: Waitlist answers to your questions
really like you, and you do not need to improve on your application. You ... other application doesn't impact your application. Whom do you admit ... over international students on the waitlist? No, but we do consider -
Blog / Admissions
Q&A for EA Deferred and Regular Action students your last minute questions
new essays? No. You do not need to "improve" your ... to receive the scores. Please do not rush report your scores. We ... scores that make you look best, and we do abide by Score Choice. Is it -
Blog / About Decisions
FAQ: Waitlist If you have questions about being on the waitlist, read this first.
means we really like you, and you do not need to improve on your ... other application doesn't impact your application. Who do you admit ... over international students on the waitlist? No, but we do consider -
Blog / Admissions
Summertime Things to do with your 100 days in the Summertime
things to do with their time. I know that after such a long school year ... summer! You can resist. You have many more options of things to do with ... certainly get their fare share of study time, but they also do everything from -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Comments on A Boring Friday lItErArY aNaLySiS
first → "Oof, I don't think I can come" → Do some TA work Go to sleep ... call → Do the Spelling Bee with Galactic → Go to sleep → Go to the booth ... : do some activities, go to sleep, go to Lobby 10, eat lunch, do