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  Your February Updates & Notes Form submit this by February 15

  

  completed by you, the applicant. This form serves two purposes: to share your ... are looking forward to getting your form on time. Thanks for taking care ... to worry about “getting it wrong” -- don’t stress! What is it? The MIT

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 17, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Marilee Jones in the news The Associated Press article about Dean Marilee Jones.

  

  Press about our Dean of Admissions, Marilee Jones. According to Google ... hired by MIT's admissions office in 1979 to help recruit more women, then ... at MIT by a series of student suicides. Students "want to do everything

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Seventh Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 4PM on 01/09/06.

  

  post it to my blog so that others will benefit from the answer. If your question is very specific to your case, you may email me at benjones at the ... really answer it. At the end of the day, you really just need to trust your

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The ________ Outdoors What do you think goes in the blank?

  

  and independent and refreshed, even though I always get (un)lucky enough ... by how a fairly small puddle can suck all the heat out of your body ... group on campus called the MIT Outoors Club that caters to the

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 10, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  101 Things About Tokyo (Pt. 1) Another IAP. Another Country.

  

  arranged by MIT. This IAP, I decided to follow the same format and seek out a ... getting to know Tokyo to a deeper level than I had ever before just ... services for your glasses by placing cleaning machines (for those that haven

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 13, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT’s Newest Nobel Laureate Can you autograph my problem set?

  

  So it's Nobel Prize week, and this year, MIT has been able to add another name to it's list of professors, affiliates, and alumni who have won Nobel Prizes. This year's Chemistry Nobel Prize has gone to Yves Chauvin

  • by Bryan
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Happily ever after I don't believe in fairy tales, but real life isn't bad either.

  

  difference is that now I'm getting paid significantly more to do it. (Ugh, I ... 'll be getting married in September -- our wedding website is here, for ... is in the Longwood Medical Area, and the labs I've chosen to rotate in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 21, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maker Faire 2011 cool people who make cool things

  

  milled them out of wood, and who were open sourcing their designs to get ... On Friday I flew out to California to visit my friend Greg. Greg is ... Earth Solar. I've been out to Palo Alto / San Mateo in the past, but never

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 23, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  selecting for obsession

  

  This morning, I was Googling Chris to find a photo of him, and was inadvertently reminded, thanks to news reports, that he was once a child prodigy ... life built to be seen by others—that’s not what I want. My friends often

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 20, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thirteen Things To Do Over IAP: #1-5 Concerning the half I spent at home

  

  time to shadow because you aren’t as limited by classes or other ... those available as opposed to having it automatically arrange your classes ... want to get a UROP for the spring? Should I take another technical class

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • January 17, 2015
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Does MIT offer club sports?

  either instructional or competition focused by nature. Many of the ... competitions, and some clubs have sent athletes to compete on the international stage. The instructional based clubs are staffed by dedicated experts who
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Chris inspired me to do dumb things I went to Disney World. It was fun, I guess.

  

  Chris Peterson "Damn you for being so inspiring, you're going to get me ... .  "Perfect!" I thought to myself, "I did MIT, I can do this! Besides, I get 6 ... order to register for the Dopey Challenge you have to prove that you're

  • by Snively '11
  • July 20, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Lot Can Happen in 7 Days

  

  't get enough), I made my way to Tech East, one of the sections of CES. The ... startups in completely different industries. I didn't get to see much since ... phone overnight and was sitting by an outlet next to the TechCrunch panel

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 14, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  synthesis on changing my mind

  

  okay to change your mind. it is okay to change your mind twice. it is ... simple: that getting off social media on your own, reducing social media ... you had committed your foolish acts in order to spare your son from

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 12, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Asking for Directions Two weeks of pondering, photography, and prose.

  

  When I applied to MIT, I had a good idea of what I wanted to do when ... intended major. I was reaching for the top -- what better place to study ... , home to some interesting and important transportation research. Visions

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to Do While Waiting for Decisions Like elevator music, except without the awkwardness of standing next to a stranger whose priorities…

  

  can get it off your mind completely; after all, you're on the MIT ... . Learn to cook a new dish. (Like those spam recipes you get in the advertisements on your spam folder page in Gmail.) 5. Write thank-you letters to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  work thoughts on productivity and a post-mortem of my spring semester

  

  folding.   To get back to the thermodynamics analogy, I’m a little particle ping-ponging inside of a box. I also want to get out of this box ... , and sometimes it helps me get to cool places that I didn’t really know

  • by Alice L. '24
  • July 5, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Happy Things Yay!

  

  What To Bring To MIT Next Fall? If you're planning on having a bike, make ... 't getting my new bike for Bike and Build (which you haven't donated to yet ... playing Frisbee on Kresge Oval. Spring seems to have arrived at last

  • by Karen F. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pictures From a Year of Classes The End of a Saga

  

  ) where you pretty much get to do whatever you want with your life for the ... actually also missed the second bus and had to get driven by one of the ... ://mitadmissions.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/IMG_7173.mp4"][/video] Story time: So in order to get back to the

  • by Richard O. '28
  • June 20, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  One Day in the Life of Dora as told by the one and only Dora

  

  direct transcript for your reading pleasure: Me: Tell me about your day. Dora: So I went to sleep at 2am last night because I was trying to finish my 18.03 pset. But I didn’t actually finish. I was going to do it in

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 4, 2016