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• Blog / About Decisions

  Believe in your magic a thank you to the 2018 applicant class

  

  by your accomplishments, whether academic, athletic, or at home ... mind: “At the end of his wits, his mind reeling from all of the bad news

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 13, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Hello! I would like to schedule a meeting with Senator Markey.” Exciting spring break plans

  

  to present my research at AAS conferences, and membership turns out to ... solar astrophysicist at Harvard. The AAS has a whole website on how to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 7, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Live from Reg Day Somewhere between meetings 5 and 6

  

  Meeting Of The Year. I woke up at 8:30 to my alarm, turned it off, and *actually* woke up at 9:30, this time to the aroma of cinnamon rolls. One of ... of finishing all my requirements at the last minute like that has been

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 3, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Our Essay Questions i am havink qvestion

  

  locally at MyMIT. One of the differences between the Common App and the ... know what you want to major in, which department or program at MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 1, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  New Semester From caving adventures to amazing classes, MIT is awesome.

  

  have such great concentration skills. We used to be a varsity sport at ... the team! The competition was at West Point Military Academy, and we ... weekend, and I know that we'll do awesome.   Caving At the beginning

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 13, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nemo Found the effects of cabin fever

  

  ? Organized by senior Brendan Deveney, the snow war started Saturday at 4:05pm ... magical power of mailing lists (how everything gets done at MIT) a

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 9, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Exploring the Outdoors! In Kresge that is...

  

  At the end of fall semester, I look forward to one thing. No, it's not finals (Common, who enjoys those?). It's the 2.009 presentations ... during the presentations. They usually play songs that hint at what the

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 14, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Infinite Corridor, set alight or, why dozens of people were crammed into a tiny stairwell at 4:19:53 PM EST

  

  predictions of the event. And so, on November 10th 2012 at 04:19:53 PM EST, a ... after being yelled at" - it was quite an event. If you missed

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 10, 2012
• Blog / Events

  The one-armed violin player and the Dalai Lama Emad's not the only blogger who got a press pass.

  

  . The first, sent at 9:29am, was from Chris, saying that Emad and I had ... event tickets. At 10:00am and 11:28am respectively, an e-mail came in from Emad. The first - an expression of celebration at our respective ticket

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cats!! I love where I live!!

  

  East Campus is the best home I could have ever asked for. Dorms at MIT are kind of different from most other colleges. Each dorm has its ... can see, he is very derpy. Derp Cat is not smart. He is not smart at

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 29, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  The last few days of summer I think I spent them well.

  

  during the school year. But those seven days at the end of the summer ... the Maine mountains, at a Renaissance Fair, and roaming Boston with two ... for; he lives in Maine, and invited friends to go visit at the end of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 6, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Plot Twist And what MIT Architecture has taught me about design and life.

  

  at that moment, I had no idea what I was arguing for, what my project ... everything I loved, hated, and learned while being an architecture student at ... long time for me to admit that, because at MIT, the work really does

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 9, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Wisdom of Khan revealed the MIT secret

  

  at Princeton. Today was MIT's commencement, and our speaker was Sal ... honor to be here at MIT. Not only did I spend some of the best years of my ... working at a startup in San Francisco when the announcement came out in 2001

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bibliophiles assemble! When life gives you books...

  

  where several rooms are lined wall to wall with moderately new books at ... love books and will be at MIT, this is a quick public service

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 5, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  MIT Regular Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2016 are now available at: decisions.mit.edu You can log in using the same username and ... : over 1,100 high schools are represented amongst our admits. Every day at

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2012
• Blog / Events

  MacGyvering Bacon-tine’s Day decathlon brought to you by a paperback, a sledgehammer, and a scooter

  

  with hexagonal cross-sections at various angles, the physical properties ... ever have gotten from reading it. It didn't stop at Twilight sledgehammer

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  New kid on the block

  

  many additions I have made to my vocabulary since I commenced my study at ... reading about my college journey, at MIT and abroad. Hopefully I will be

  • by Linh V. '13
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Grades in Context Sometimes, B stands for "baller"

  

  If you go to MIT, the odds are good that you'll get a B at some point ... . Let me be frank: If you were to look at my external transcript, you ... the knowledge that if I horribly messed up, at least I'd be able to no

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 15, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  Starting 2012 on a volcanic island bonfire! but no eruptions yet [photo-heavy]

  

  First time in a foreign country - the pace at which new things are thrown at you is beyond words. Thoughtful reflections connecting all these new experiences may come later, but for now, let's not get lost in

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 11, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Deadline Q & A Have a question about your MIT application? Read on...

  

  in advance of the deadline. Most people's problems at the deadline ... nice, understanding people here at MIT Admissions. If you're ... fix. If you're submitting at 11:57pm, you're playing with fire

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 22, 2011