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• Blog / Challenges

  i [don’t] have covid?? in conclusion, i am the absolute worst at managing stress

  

  So. I had a COVID false alarm this week, which is why I'm currently ... with a sore throat. I didn't think much of it—I get colds quite often, it happens. My boyfriend told me that he'd had a sore throat two days ago, so I

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 17, 2020
• Blog / Residential Life

  it’s not the same, but it’s still home back at MIT

  

  I got back to campus a few days ago. The journey here from South ... ="incidentally, this is the second time I've been on the same flight to MIT as a friend without planning it in advance"]happened to be on the same flight as a

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 7, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Subtle Art of Being Unhosed what i've learned and what i'm still working on

  

  on a bunch of applications for something that I’m not ready to announce just quite yet. I promise there will be a blog post about this sometime ... feeling this way is probably also a consequence of quarantine, what is time

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 1, 2020
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  understand that this may be a difficult time for you, but we ask that you

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  11 / senior spring almost there

  

  to set the mood: episodes - mishegas here are some photos I took on a warm sunny day warm sunny days were rare this semester rainy, cold days made it more bearable to hole up in the

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • May 23, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Hesitations about Choosing MIT our experience

  

  A couple days ago in the blogger slack, Petey sent a screenshot of a prospective 2023’s message expressing hesitation about choosing MIT. I think a ... ?” boat. We don’t want to treat this blog as a way to directly advise you

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 28, 2019
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  understand that this may be a difficult time for you, but we ask that you

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Semester Reflections

  

  ’ve conquered mainly individually! So here are some reflections from a semester ... individuals to us meeting people as twins was a lot higher than in the past. We ... assume this translates to their first impression of us as being part of a

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 5, 2018
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  As you know, we had a very competitive applicant pool in Early Action, and unfortunately we could not accept all of them. If your decision was deferred, then we will reconsider your application anew in Regular Action

  • by Decisions
  • December 14, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice for the MIT Interview keep b r e a t h i n g

  

  Please note that, as of August 2018, our process for assigning interviews has changed (though Elizabeth's other observations remain accurate). A description of the current interview process is posted here.  0

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 6, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Commencement 2017 it's never too early to start reminiscing

  

  This week on Blogs That Should Have Been Blogged A While Ago: "On ... post some graduation pictures with some Commencement quotes and call it a ... wasn't given a ticket to Commencement. So I went with my friend in the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 9, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT: Progressions what the students thought of the place in 1969

  

  , unearthed a lost (literally: it had been misnamed and misfiled) MIT Admissions ... a new way, rational inquiry and social concern...the ethos of talking ... public case for itself, to prospective students, with a strong message

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 18, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: Attend Local MIT Admitted Meetings! Note to ADMITTED, CURRENT, and FORMER Students

  

  -together is a microcosm of MIT culture. (Note that, if you can't attend the event this week, your local club might also be organizing a Summer Send ... have been a lot more awkward had I not met friendly Central Ohio people

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 26, 2017
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  As you know, we had a very competitive applicant pool in Early Action, and unfortunately we could not accept all of them. If your decision was deferred, then we will reconsider your application anew in Regular Action

  • by Decisions
  • December 15, 2016
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  As you know, we had a very competitive applicant pool in Early Action, and unfortunately we could not accept all of them. If your decision was deferred, then we will reconsider your application anew in Regular Action

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Sunday night is the deadline for Early Action (EA) Here are some things we want you to know

  

  November 1. (There is a small amount of grace period for students having ... scores from ACT will reach us in a few weeks, in plenty of time for EA ... ACT hasn’t resolved this issue in a few weeks, we will put out a

  • by Kris Guay
  • October 27, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Test Taking at MIT The beauty of The Cheat Sheet

  

  while I was cleaning things out for the new semester, a gentle reminder of ... between the size of my handwriting and my grade point average, a fact that ... . Also I made this graph. And if it’s in a graph, it must be true. In

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  The Lessons I’ve Learned and it only took three full semesters and a summer

  

  It's been a rough and challenging December and semester overall, both physically and mentally. I learned a lot of lessons that have forever changed ... , making sure I had understood everything. I got into a good rhythm and went

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  know this can be a difficult decision to receive; please trust that we have done our best. Take a deep breath, shake it off, and go crush the ... . We recognize it's a lot of effort for all of you to apply to MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 13, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The Early Action deadline is almost here The only thing scarier than October 31st is Nov 1st (just kidding, no need to…

  

  November 1. (There is a small amount of grace period for students having ... that you wish to change from EA to RA. Financial Aid is a different ... trick-or-treaters at your front door. Watch a scary movie. We won

  • by Kris Guay
  • October 31, 2014