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• Blog / About Decisions

  The waiting is the hardest part

  

  : I got fed up with racing home from school everyday to check on the ... , and the letters M-I-T inside. looking forward to checking up on this ... arrival of an admit letter. Finally, a little after 3pm on December 19, 2003

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

  P(Happy Chanukah)

  

  . Unfortunately, I brought the bureaucracy on myself. Many good questions have been ... 're still planning to be on schedule. Hopefully everyone would have their ... ) < P(Gimmel on the dreidel). Chetan asked a series of interesting

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 17, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Theory of Actual Reality

  

  Committee on Undergraduate Admissions and Financial Aid, by the way) played ... 't dwelling on the derivation of equations but rather getting to the guts of the ... be done on this problem -- and many, many other problems to be solved

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 22, 2004
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I apply to MIT through QuestBridge?

  to be reflected on your Applicant Status page (located in the MIT ... official transcript from your school counselor on your Applicant Status page ... QuestBridge Supplement, and they will receive directions on how to submit
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can a QB Finalist that didn’t rank MIT still apply for RA?

  , please allow 7–10 business days for this to be reflected on your Applicant ... school counselor on your Applicant Status page after you submit your QB ... , and they will receive directions on how to submit their letter. We also
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can I apply as a QB Finalist even if I did not rank any colleges?

  to be reflected on your Applicant Status page (located in the MIT ... official transcript from your school counselor on your Applicant Status page ... QuestBridge Supplement, and they will receive directions on how to submit
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what’s the point? on impact, art, external validation, and remembering to be kind

  

  , measurable impact on the world is slim to none, but each of us must have a ... rather naïve view of human nature on the surface, but I think it is ... to be on actions which will, ultimately, drive a specific, positive

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 21, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  Spoofy Spooky Stories MIT is ~haunted~

  

  are some of them. All based on true stories, of course.  For those of ... butt glued to a random chair on the first floor of Stata. But your mentor ... student scurries past; you don’t smell the coffee wafting from a mug on an

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 31, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  all the classes I took freshman year feeling scholarly, part 1/2

  

  too much. Taken on top of a UROP and my extracurriculars, I definitely ... …"]year.[/annotation] I’d rather focus on subjects important to my research/career path early on, so I can both understand more about those topic areas and

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • June 18, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  a recipe for making yourself extremely hosed or, what i'm doing this fall

  

  , and I really enjoy just getting up on a Saturday morning and doing as ... 'll retain that knowledge as the semester goes on. 12 units of 18 ... the most time on. The content is really quite hard for me, and we

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 2, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  My Blogger App, five years later i've finally dyed my hair blue

  

  past, all of the bloggers you see here on this site have applied using ... managed to get my hands on it once again. And, because my favorite thing to do on here is reminisce, I thought it’d be nice to share snippets from

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • July 16, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Your Questions ...and happy thanksgiving!

  

  for SAT. so i couldn't complete my test on time that had set up by the MIT. the latest for me to complete is on january test so pls advice how ... the research paper, Matt talks about that in his entry on supplemental

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  Food for Thought [guest post] On food and our culinary club, Mince

  

  on Instagram to learn more about our events, recipes, team, and general thoughts on food. (PS: Even we’re a little confused about the stylization of ... an act of creation.)"](MINCE),[/annotation] a culinary group on campus

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 4, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  Alive and Kicking I kick, therefore I am ~taekwondo~

  

  ’t even be on campus to try out an intramural sport, for example. I desperately hoped for an on-campus spring, so I still signed up for many sports ... , practices, and other things. It wasn’t relevant to me, but I stayed on the

  • by Waly N. '24
  • August 3, 2021
• Blog / Travel

  [liveblog] morbing at the airport the flight is delayed for several hours because of toilet issues

  

  update 7:05pm EST) Am I there yet: Yes! Hours in the airport: ~17 Hours on ... :35pm) i get to the airport with jebby. we're planning on rooming ... on the plane to amsterdam. i've already missed the connecting flight to

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 1, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what makes fear worth it musical theater and anxiety

  

  —urged to attend by other people on my hall involved in the production ... flips the story on its head in a totally unexpected, fucked-up manner. But ... medium is predicated on the idea that a character’s (or group of characters

  • by Kai V. '25
  • February 27, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how the first midterms actually were xoxo gossip girl?

  

  people and even wrote college essays on the topic. Tragically, I am here ... "C's get degrees" and move on with my life as soon as possible. But ... thought I aced, passed a test I thought I got a 30% on, and had no clue on

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • October 15, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Monologuing a mock-up for the MITMonologues

  

  name than what's on a roster has been so helpful and welcoming ... questions in the comments. My first year, I distinctly remember sitting on ... of baby deer on a frozen lake downstream of the firehose, but knowing

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 13, 2022
• Blog / Class Projects

  I DON’T NEED YOU ANYMORE. the making of my final video project

  

  video on my friend Jovita L. '23, but she didn't want the video blasted on ... on an issue, either showing both sides of an issue or heavily advocating for one side. I chose to do my video on MIT's closed campus policy

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2022
• Blog / MISTI

  A day at Seaborg Technologies interning at a nuclear startup in Denmark

  

  anniversary, or goes on vacation, they bring cake to work. They send a ... many people go on vacation in summertime, this happens nearly every day ... bakery on the way to work.    I showered quickly, put on one of my

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 9, 2022