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• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A for the Waitlisted Some (hopefully) helpful questions and answers for waitlisted students.

  

  I know that folks on the waitlist have lots of questions; hopefully ... aiming for a class of about 1,040 students this year. Based on our ... -- approximately 5.5% of applicants -- a spot on the waitlist. Not all of those

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Classy celebration, 5E-style

  

  Newbury Street could fit on the palm of my hand. So I puzzled for a while ... Walcott Lounge, one of the two lounges on hall, which is normally a ... Today - or I guess, now yesterday - was a special day on 5th East

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Listing It All Out you get a list and you get list and you get a list

  

  Places To Take A Nap On Campus, Ranked Barker Library - The pin drop silence of the reading room is honestly better suited for taking ... -600). There’s nothing like the anonymity of a large lecture hall Banana Lounge

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 29, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hilarity with Jeremy "Hi!" *awkward silence*

  

  here, right now I want to focus on an aspect of diversity I never fully ... . Last Tuesday, on the first day of classes, Jeremy walked into the ... best clothes on the first day of class." Upon hearing this, I instantly

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sometimes a whale is just a whale Humanities classes make me roll my eyes sometimes.

  

  large puddle of water on the steps of the subway station... and land squarely on his butt in the middle of said puddle because the area on the ... Well, I've reached my first "last" of the year... I just put the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Junior Year: The First Week (Originally titled "Junior Year: The First Day" but I procrastinated too much)

  

  In comparing the beginnings of each of my academic years, I've noticed that my outlook on things has changed dramatically. It can be ... years of this and I'm gonna run the w-OH MY GOD WHAT IS HAPPENING THINGS

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 9, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Take THAT, Microsoft Firefox rules.

  

  Like you might have read on some of the other blogs, the EA Telethon was last night, which is always a lot of fun. I was in class until 9 PM ... Friday when I was still in New Jersey. A couple of hours after that I got

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 19, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  I’m Graduating Early??? [NOT CLICKBAIT] also: the unification of course 7

  

  to occur around the first week of June. The '18s graduated on June 8 ... minimized. However, graduating on June 8 means you have to move out of the ... ="There are always plenty of people who do both of these freshman year, or on

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 1, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Companion #2: Cat The Boston Globe discusses MIT's four cat-friendly dorms.

  

  pets in dorms, and the number of pet-friendly schools appears to be on ... institutional focus on the growing mental health needs of students," Pals said ... cat for a couple of minutes and just de-stress." On the third floor of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, damn lies, and statistics

  

  because on the rare occasions I visit it, so much of what's on it makes me ... got a 2 on AP Calc and I still got into MIT! Hah!). Of those, four of ... University of Chicago New York University somewhere else I forget Rejected

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Time Management Reading this article adds +15 to Time Skills

  

  psetted, whilst having plenty of time for movie-thons and Guitar Hero on a ... same things, you can focus on the new stuff you have to make time for. 2 ... 'll be well on your way. 4) Find things to do in small blocks of time. Did

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 1, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  last first day (take 3) there are so many other blogposts with this title

  

  month of this year in Europe, studying abroad in Madrid before going on a ... 113 days. As of yesterday, I am officially a second semester senior ... of London, Paris, and Amsterdam. It was the perfect reset before coming

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 8, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Our Room (formerly, THE Sal Khan’s Room) is Being Converted into WiFi! we made this post just for the title

  

  double on the third floor of Next House, specifically in Safety Third (the ... , making this blog post about how, indeed, our double is one of two on the ... , and posted it on our wall. We did this because by the end of this

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 29, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reg Day collisions People should transfer to other colleges once they dump you.

  

  , and go to study breaks on my new floor. I'll enjoy the company of all ... a handful of old acquaintances, one of my problem solving partners from 8.02 (electricity and magnetism), a couple of people from the best 2

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 18, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Visual Arts @ MIT part 3 the people who make it all possible

  

  Augmented Reality on top of traditional 2D animation. The AR chair at the time ... we hold, we met the new maker in residence, who is dedicating a lot of ... As a way to tie up our visual arts discussions on the blogs, we want

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 17, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas Weekend From Craigslist searching to meat-MIT building, this certainly is an experience

  

  strange object was placed on the facade of lobby 7. I'm not really sure ... Ever wanted to sculpt a masterpiece out of butter?  Make a city out of meat?  Toss a watermelon back and forth in some sort of deranged

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 27, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Christmas in February Shiny new toys MIT gave me this semester

  

  – most of that did not come from inside the briefcase. But I indeed received all of this shiny new stuff in various classes today! ... okay, it ... Lab). It's about the size of four honeydew melons (or two watermelons

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 14, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Operabots with Personality Ahhhhh.....music to my ears

  

  The fact of the matter is that MIT is just plain cool. This is not an ... ……errrr uhhhhh……you know what I’m trying to say. MIT is cool. One of the things ... students here absolutely LOVE music. While 75% of students participated in

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • August 26, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Delicious Things Mmmmm.

  

  Despite how many mailing lists I'm on, I'm not an active member of ... meetings for most of these groups. Not because I don't want to, but because ... commit a...healthy...amount of time to extra-curriculars, but outside of

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 26, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  hey kids you should apply there's still time!

  

  a few oddball private schools thrown in there. Nothing on the level of ... until I feel a surge of nervousness and adrenaline brought on by a quickly ... before my senior year of high school, I went to meet with the IB

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 4, 2017