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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Promise of Ending ...is labor and sharing and loving.

  

  mean "this morning?") watching a biblical archaeology special on The History Channel that was trying to determine the precise location of Sodom ... , when I logged into WebSIS, I took special notice of a link that had been

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Finding Inspiration encouraging motivational inspiration

  

  many of you, I’ve watched motivation jump off of a building, and with it ... ’ve been procrastinating). That is, until I found an exhaustive list of quotes from the lovely captain of the lightweight women’s crew team, Sharon

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • November 7, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Class of 2021 Wait List Today, we have closed out the wait list for the Class of 2021.

  

  our wait list their admission decision. Of the more than 400 students on ... room. On behalf of the entire MIT Admissions staff, we wish you all the ... The May 1 reply deadline has come and gone, and we know many of you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 10, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Rats ! Foiled Again !

  

  I did… kind of poorly on an exam recently. This exam (which was for 6 ... of a cloudy sky and a soft, enlivening smattering of frigid mist on my ... difficulty trusting people. I’m spending the first half of Spring Break in New

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • April 3, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  The Marks of a Student or, let's catch up

  

  worth 10% of my grade, and at this point, I was still planning on taking 6 ... with each other and not inviting me or notifying me of what was going on ... friends that saw my breakdown tweets on my Twitter. I had a lot of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 4, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  State of the Mail We're processing a lot of mail.

  

  largest volume of mail you've ever seen. There is a lot of mail to be opened ... is to please be patient as you watch the application tracking system on ... period of time. More updates soon...

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Pink Hair Problem What do you do for your college interview if you have dyed hair and a…

  

  weigh on the interviewer's impression of the applicant." Art '68, MI ... certainly on the list of 'what not to judge.' While an EC might note that the ... On a recent blog entry, I got a question from a student I thought was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / Summer

  The Courage to Change Even Through the [Tough] Mud[der]

  

  a lot of things, but don’t follow through. I reflected on myself and ... out on. I was skipping all of the hard work. Yes, it sucks. And it ... ’m cheating myself out of the experience of learning! I need to grow on my own

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 11, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Current State of Mind ewoufbwu iyfh[things I must do]w39478ry3927rhiwf83tr

  

  !!! :')                                                                     Also^ a reflection on my current state of life. Less (or possibly more ... and covered themselves in ink as well. Yay! >.< For the sake of all that is metaphorical, it's safe to say that I've updated you on my

  • by Ana V. '15
  • May 6, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  1 of the 101 Quincy Market, Mike's Pastries, Giacomo's, yummm

  

  In my last entry, I mentioned that I had a bunch of things I wanted ... . Last weekend, I made a little more headway on this goal by tackling Item #51: Eat at Mike's Pastry. Mike's Pastry is one of many bakeries and cafes in

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 24, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  I have the best girlfriend ever Gifts at MIT rock.

  

  I bought a new mouse on woot.com the other day for $13.37 and I must say, it's very nice, but when my girlfriend came into my room she inquired "Where's your mousepad?" "Well . . I don't have one. . . but look

  • by Snively '11
  • December 3, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning a hackathon for students and instructors connecting technology with education

  

  it is on the forefront of the ed tech movement. As early as 2001, at ... L mentors, they were able to solve an edX issue on the very first day of the ... award-winning makers of Snipmap, a Google Chrome extension made during the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 17, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  They may take our lives… ...but they'll never take our free Celtics tickets.

  

  , offering advice on how to get tickets, which games would be best, and other ... whatnot. MORAL OF THE ENTRY: You can be pre-med at MIT, but you'll have to ... like something out of The Running Man, except without Richard Dawson

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Off six months of things being just a little weird

  

  adjusted to the lack of actionable emails. My new thing is going to work and ... I'm approaching the end of the first month of my internship at a ... the mechanical routine of a [annotation note="closer to a 9:45ish-to-5

  • by Abby H. '20
  • June 23, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking in with EA Applicants because I just saw Chris' post, and you probably did, too

  

  those who are not - to concentrate on what you wanted out of an MIT ... on the way to getting what you want out of college. Not because of ... . Sometimes, students here live for weeks on a deadline-to-deadline schedule, so

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 8, 2016
• Blog / Classes

  [Guest Post] This is Junior Lab, not Junior Theory By Jorian B. '25

  

  were so reminiscent of lab and design questions on my engineering PSETs ... defined success based on whether I felt satisfied with my results instead of ... font size on plot axes. One of the comments for my final paper was

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 1, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  living away from home lessons learned

  

  I've had my fair share of time with roommates and friends in the past ... townhouse in the suburbs of northern Virginia. There were five of us in total ... luxurious apartment in Somerville, Massachusetts, two of those friends the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 10, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Some recommendations about recommendations Some things to think about as you look for letters from teachers.

  

  At MIT, we require all applicants to send in two letters of ... letter on your behalf. Please recognize that teachers are very busy ... better approach than just leaving the recommendation form on their chair

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Finals™ How to survive AND thrive this finals season?!

  

  produce 80% (read: majority) of your result on the exam — and figure out ... nap on my practice exams, yea?"]nap[/annotation] in the middle of a ... usually my top pick. I rank my study spots based on volume of traffic, noise

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 18, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Varied states of the basement A roundabout trek to an underground level of Building 7 leads me into areas very…

  

  ... and arrive at one of my favorites -- I mean, just look at the pattern on ... this room lies another room with "Keep Out" inscribed on the face of the ... to poke around a bit before heading over to 7-012 (a room I pass on a

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 20, 2005