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• Blog / Admissions

  The Waitlist This is not an easy entry to write so I'll just keep it short. No…

  

  wrong. To those of you who were on the waitlist, particularly those of you with whom I've been corresponding these past couple of months - I ... year. Our yield was simply too high - unprecedented, as a matter of fact

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 10, 2005
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is EECS?

  ; Computer Science (EECS) is everywhere. Each year, EECS prepares hundreds of ... , nanotechnology and more. Part of both the Schwarzman College of Computing and the School of Engineering, MIT EECS consistently is at the top of U.S. News and
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tour de Frat house tours of pbe, dke, and sig chi!

  

  this one is gonna be fun. Today we will be going on a tour of three ... fields, it’s on the same street as a bunch of other dorms on campus. Here ... concept, but what’s even crazier is that we actually have 26 of them in

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 28, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  burning out past the finish line

  

  lots of things i could be doing and i am not doing any of them because i ... video games and walking around and being on voice calls and scrolling ... it i could be working on personal projects or gph or learning piano or

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 25, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Postcard From The Green Building postmarked july 5th

  

  Yesterday I took photos from the top of the Green Building. MIT sprawled far below us, the lines of its normally inscrutable architecture ... sense. As the sun set and Cambridge's night lights winked on, every

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This is it. the last "what classes I'm taking" blog

  

  break is in 4 weeks and graduation is looming on the horizon and real life ... student in graduate school, but more on that in another post). In any case, I still have to get through all of the following classes in order to

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 20, 2013
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  history.  Because of the incredible size and strength of the ... students whom we would love to have on campus. However, we did place some students on our waitlist. We will have more information for waitlisted

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Surprise! Long time no see!

  

  DID YOU KNOW? John McCain is 2.41 Saturn years old. Funny story. On ... Ruth. Then, on the way back from dinner, we were discussing Sam, Mitra ... part of her head exploded because she couldn't figure out how I, and only

  • by Snively '11
  • August 29, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It Ends Tonight, It Ends Tonight On this evening / I give the final blow...

  

  ) to update this entry with an account of my academic adventures for this second semester! Good luck on your AP exams, too! But don't stress out too ... - cuz you can pass out of stuff or not take the FEE (woot!) if you do well

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 8, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  As though we weren’t hosed enough…

  

  ...we've been graced with a fire truck on the Great Dome! In case ... of my dedication to bringing you interesting campus news and rants, I was out there attempting to take pictures at 5AM, while most of you, I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection = Finished Wow.

  

  proud of the class we've admitted. The predominant feeling, however, is ... it, but I never do. We'll spend the next week preparing all of the ... definitely be available online on the 18th, and if all goes well we'll mail on

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 11, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Glass Flowers A trip to Harvard to see the glass flowers (8 pictures)

  

  On Saturday, it snowed!! On Sunday, the sun was shining. Go figure ... ?). Early this morning, some friends and I went to the Harvard Museum of ... , everything you see here is made out of glass. Side note: Don't ever go to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 30, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What are the housing/dining options?

  Housing is a huge part of undergraduate life at MIT. You choose where ... undergraduate experience, and all first-year students live in on-campus residence halls. You can read more about housing on our page Housing at MIT. Just
• Blog / Challenges

  The Gender Problem Reflections on a year of Silicon Valley upheavals and confused HR departments.

  

  (Ariel S. ‘18 at University of Michigan) at an external team that was not tied to any high school. We were the only 2 girls on a 8-person team, and ... again a team of drastically more boys than girls.   The first

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 8, 2017
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if I don’t have letter grades for some of my coursework or have chosen to take a class pass/fail?

  disruptions over the past few years. Some of these may have impacted your ... school can make available to us and consider them in the context of your ... choose the type of grades you want to send us. Numerical or letter grades
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  🎶Jauntily Sauntering Ambling Shambler🎶 Yes, those are actual lyrics from the musical I was just in

  

  (MTG) put on its last performance of “A Chorus Line”. I was exhausted at ... with MIT’s hands-on, let’s-get-shit-done attitude, you get all kinds of ... chose to hang my hat on MTG. Was it scary to audition as a freshman? Of

  • by Powers '23
  • December 20, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Practical virology A little too practical, if you ask me.

  

  just run-of-the-mill icky like I do right now), you can head yourself on ... . Nehalita asked, Could you do a separate entry on class plans? I know a lot of ... of 24-hour flu or something... I didn't get to go out and watch the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Best (Work-Related) All-Nighter Ever Stressfully fun times at the Institvte.

  

  While some of you have spent the last couple nights clutching admission letters to your hearts in a sleepless fervor of joy, I've been ... arrangement ever for my jazz class without being completely sure what two of the

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 18, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A major problem is not a major problem Why the text next to my picture is lying to you.

  

  complete before hopping on a plane, exiting in the dead-middle of America ... Three months ago, I informed MIT admissions of my firm intent to ... a JPG image with my picture, stuck it on my blog page while it was

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  Wouldn’t it be Nice? ...actually, I'm kind of glad that I'm not older.

  

  voudrais... uh, [points at item on menu]." This strategy, and the ability of ... DID YOU KNOW? The town of Nice was originally a Greek settlement named after Nike, the god of victory. So, according to the German work

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 19, 2006