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• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second First Week Quick update at the start of term.

  

  :-) A couple of classes I'm paying special attention to: 21F.019 ... , and I look forward to it. A lot of reading, though. :-) 21F.302: French ... the Sloan School of Management to discuss major choices going forward

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 15, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Becoming a Princess the making of a Halloween costume [+many pictures of ponies]

  

  going to class as a princess. Let me explain. I'm a fan of the TV show ... original concept, and a picture of the character for comparison.    To ... one of my favorite tools to use. It's delightfully messy, not very time

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Three things I didn’t learn from class behold, the listicle

  

  one of the East Campus events, I learned how to use an electric drill ... consisted of learning how to use a drill press, a belt sander, and a bandsaw ... [/caption] The edges of the block are unevenly sanded. They’re not sharp to touch

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 26, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  home

  

  ’re painfully unaware of the world but slowly beginning to realize how little you ... . When I walk to Kendall Square, I inevitably spend some amount of time gawking at the height of the buildings. It feels strange to be in the center

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • November 4, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Application season

  

  , direct them to Daniel, MIT's Director of Financial Aid. ... With the Regular Action deadline just days away, I want to wish all the best to the regular action applicants in finishing up their

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  MyMIT is fixed! The deadline for EA has been extended to November 5 due to the recent MyMIT…

  

  November 5. Good luck to those of you who are finishing up your early apps ... The site is back online and peace has been restored to my world ... returned to normal. Maybe I'll actually have some time to blog next week

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 29, 2004
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I defer my enrollment?

  If you're admitted to MIT, you may defer enrollment for one or two years. After confirming your intent to enroll in MIT's first-year class, you will be asked to submit a formal request for deferment to the Dean
• Blog / Community Projects

  Mystery Hunt mile markers portrait of the blogger as a young puzzler

  

  discovered one of my old draft blog posts turned 10. Ten years ago, almost to ... facing up: For those of you who haven't been to campus before, that ... one of my trips back to see friends in the Boston area. It was one of

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • January 24, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for international students

  

  American jobs. Our history of national service stretches back to World War I ... ban," which, among other things, suspended entry to the United States for residents of certain countries. This past weekend, a group of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 3, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  The Curiosity Instinct Every MIT applicant should ask a question - but not necessarily just "How can I…

  

  teachers I've ever had the privilege of taking classes with - from time to time. Two of her kids are old enough to be in school now, but she ... School of Mathematics, which looks to be a rigorous afterschool program

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Full Steam Ahead Leaving Boston for the final time

  

  could be when I didn’t have to drag myself out of bed to them to attend ... this place. That isn’t, of course, to say I don’t have great things to look forward to. This September, I’ll be beginning a Masters of Science

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • June 9, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The Freshman Application Is Now Live for prospective members of the Class of 2020

  

  member of our community the ability and passion to work collaboratively for ...     tl;dr: Click here to apply to MIT.   ... guide, with an overview of each of the components of the application

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 18, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Above MIT The sky's the limit.

  

  free to ask me questions! Otherwise, stay tuned. I have plenty of ... of the buildings are left as an exercise to the reader.   ... , I bring my sky tour of the Institvte to an end. Seeing my home

  • by Piper '13
  • May 29, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Greetings from MIT Labs! Introducing MIT: The Game

  

  admissions staff, it allows students to experience all the best parts of an MIT ... ) MIT diploma We began closed beta testing of the game to our Early ... , which is a numeric string that allows us to keep track of your scores so

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 1, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life during finals season It's always darkest before the holidays.

  

  . Selected approach is to go for a long run in sub-zero weather and the sort of ... limit. Unfortunately, this appears to be the limit of absurdity as fun ... Dinnerware: Total Stealth fails due to lack of volunteers. This is the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  TERMinal Velocity My last term is flying by!

  

  's last terms are comparatively lighter, with lots of time to focus on all ... instructors to students in the program, including some of the coolest names in ... constantly working for each of those classes.   21A.100 (Intro to

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 21, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Love MIT And why you should

  

  Happy Valentine's Day to all you lovely readers of the MIT blogs! I promise I haven't been trying to avoid blogging... but the last week of IAP ... first week was needed to adjust to my new schedule and the loss of Pass

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • February 14, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tangential Learning Isn't the point of research to delve into what you don't know?

  

  in time management.  You've got tons of things to do, as well as even ... also many sources of data that we have yet to process, like a dictionary ... simple as "to be," to as specific as "a part of a celebration in which a

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 19, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  The Abstract The adventure density has been high

  

  representatives (some of whom tried to disguise the fact that they were representing graduate schools, some of whom said "you applied to our graduate program ... four day Amazon tour before flying out of Quito and returning to school

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  I Think I’ve Found Paradise (Guest Entry) Work hard, play hard. For the next four years.

  

  to be a man of few words, and my guest-entry was going to revolve ... of guy. So from the minute I leapt off my five-hour plane flight to ... straight-laced personality was exposed to a weekend of epic proportions. One

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 18, 2008