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  An MIT FAQ Because it's better to laugh at blatant stereotypes than to let them make you angry

  

  (intramural sports) to the "only at MIT" (hacks). Check out our list of student ... this year. Q. I'm not a super-genius. Can I still survive at MIT? A

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 28, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  An MIT survival guide

  

  This is a list I made at the end of my freshman year in the reading room of Hayden Library... one of a very short list of places where I am ... dollar she has.*) 14. Besides my room, the reading room at Hayden is my

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2009 note #1

  

  you choose your own email address (you can laugh at your friends at

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  College Fair Season

  

  of my favorite classes at MIT, 4.101 Experiencing Architecture Studio ... to the popular architecture question, which I fumbled at the time but

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 3, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Beard, The Name, The Response, and EC Why does it say E.Jones on my door when I am B.Jones, and why is…

  

  when you see that picture at the top change to clean-shaven Ben, you ... different people, and thus, so many different communities at MIT - but for me

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  More on deferrals

  

  So, if you've been deferred, you may be asking, "What now?" First, you should know that at MIT, a deferral isn't just a "polite rejection ... regular action. You are at no advantage or disadvantage versus the regular

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 15, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Share the joy

  

  The selection process continues here, and there's not much I can update you on at this point. We work towards solidifying our early action ... summer programs which are hosted at MIT: The Women's Technology Program

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 8, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  I like to do the jumble sometimes

  

  that it was at his house, which was quite dark, and seemed kinda scary to ... helped me quite a bit. At MIT, the interview is an important part of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 9, 2004
• Blog / Announcements

  Welcome our new bloggers! Huzzah!

  

  also endearing memories at MITES, and knows her best friends better than

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 16, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  sophomore accumulations because i miss show and tell

  

  This week, as classes began to die down, I told a friend: "the only thing I gained this year was academic hardship." Sophomore year tends to be the year when things 'get real', at least as a Mech-e, and I found

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • May 6, 2025
• Blog / Community Projects

  Bad Ideas events I went to (another late IAP post) i can’t believe ellie beat me to the punch

  

  time to do stupid things at the canonical school of smart people with ... , and I was relatively decent at those, given that my opponent wasn’t too ... absolutely suck at. I would often miss the ball right in front of me, but by

  • by Anika H. '26
  • March 8, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Blogger Wrapped 2024 Episode 7: The Apple Music Awakens

  

  period at MIT! wait... that's not quite right... Uhh, the weekend before ... Gangnam Style is finally not one of my top five songs this year, so I'm at ... mostly listen to orchestral music, and Spotify often lists at least three

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 14, 2024
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2024 i3 videos megapost

  

  , and see more videos, at the MIT Guide to Residences. https

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 12, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fall Adventures a day in rhode island, maine, and boston

  

  and looking at the pretty leaves, love MIT's fall-themed events, love ... maximize the time we spent there, we booked tickets that left at 6am. I was ... friends at school" "Seeing myself become happier every day" "My

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • November 6, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In many ways on average-posting

  

  mostly miserable. I had already decided to apply to the Admissions Blogs at ... to write at least one great post, one piece that I could be proud of ... at old works, nothing stands out. There is truth in all my writing, and

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • October 7, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  they want to see you fail managing others' envy

  

  speak at Math Prize for Girls, a competition for top female students in ... show favoritism to girls, they were doing a terrible job at it. Aside ... that I was succeeding, even though he didn’t think I was that good at

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Announcing new blogger avatars! all-new, all quality

  

  a photo. this was not my daily attire at the ripe old age of 15, but

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 1, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT-vangelion (Pi Day 2023) 3/14/23 at 6:28 PM ET

  

   MIT Regular Action decisions will be available online on Tuesday, March 14, at 6:28 PM ET. To check your decision, visit apply.mitadmissions.org/apply and go to your Application Status Page. That’s the same place that you

  • by Tim
  • March 7, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  first real snow!! wow so magical

  

  i woke up this morning and it was COLD. i checked the weather. lo and behold -- snow was finally upon us!!!! at 3 pm i walked to [annotation note="grocery store in the student center"]laverde's[/annotation] to

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • December 11, 2022
• Blog / People & Identities

  Amicus briefs and the ABCs of a diverse MIT A SCOTUS filing with Stanford et al, and a strategic action plan for an inclusive…

  

  science. As such, American businesses at the forefront of innovation in STEM ... to achieve diversity in STEM programs at selective colleges and ... public understanding of the issues at stake as we see them. As I've often

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 27, 2022