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• Blog / Admissions

  Countdown To Mail Drop I'll update this post over the course of the day as we get closer to…

  

  be happy - whether here or somewhere else. Things just seem to have a ... later entry and instead use this one to give you progress reports over the course of the day. I'll update this entry whenever there's something to

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First UROP Initiating a Life of Research

  

  summer, so it definitely helped to be comfortable with the people I am ... resources. We’re also looking at different ways to capture harmful gasses with ... with Nitrogen. Simply put, some of the carbon are being replaced by

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • October 14, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting How about 'em EA decisions?

  

  timer ticked its way to less than 30 hours, my palpable fretting grew a ... later, I went to my high school where Pi Day was being celebrated. I spoke ... . I told myself I’d be fine. I went to decisions.mit.edu. There

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 13, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let’s Build a Snowman [CRITICAL UPDATE!] We can make him our best friend

  

  vicious attack. Not to be deterred or beaten down, a recovery mission was ... -Snowman League, was attached to the traffic cone. Let it be known, to whomever ... the snowman was actually going to be. We packed some snow on it

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Alien in America A display of feelings; a post that might not make any sense.

  

  better way of putting it might be that I try not to think a lot about other ... can be like that too. You have to appreciate small things when they ... would say, take time for yourself, because otherwise it's hard to be

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 14, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  39 windows and 2 friends a love letter to simmons's architecture

  

  afar, you might be tempted to think that there’s a forty-story behemoth ... truncated by gaps — create social dynamics that are hard to find in other ... ’s intoxicating to be so high above the street and the trees and all the people

  • by Boheng C. '28
  • December 2, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Birthday, Simmons Hall! 20 things I’m grateful for in my dorm

  

  a funky-looking dorm is that I can always find my way back to it by ... the only air-conditioned room in Simmons – a great place to be at the ... "]GRAs[/annotation] This isn’t unique to Simmons, but that doesn’t stop me from being

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 4, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Welcome MIT Class of 2009!

  

  Happy May 2nd! With the final responses in the mail by today, it will be a little while until all the dust settles and we can tell you more about the Class of 2009. I'm very excited to see who the class will be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 2, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  What’s the difference between Early Action (EA)/Regular Action (RA)?

  nonrestrictive. If you’ll be able to complete all testing requirements by the ... that time, you may be admitted, denied, or deferred to Regular Action ... -binding) vs. RA, and thus no advantage or disadvantage to applying for either
• Blog / Challenges

  How I got mugged in the frozen foods section. So, MIT is kind of like a turkey and provolone Subway sandwich.

  

  I ran into a group of friends the Sunday before finals on my way to ... are ready to be gone right now, you will appreciate whatever time you can get to come home next year and just veg and be with the fam. But

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 5, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  [Joint Post] Chatting with Hank Green, the MIT Commencement Speaker interviewing Hank + sharing student stories!

  

  reminded me how beautiful it is to be human. Amidst all his projects, Hank ... a huge fan of things. Like, I tend to consume content in a way that is ... guys and not want to be them.  The fact that I actually kinda ended up

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 24, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Wanna be on the Radio? Your name in lights.

  

  Did you ever try to call in for radio shows? Ever want your five minutes of fame? Well here's your chance to be a blogger. Seeing that my experience at CPW will be very different than that of a prefrosh, I'm inviting

  • by Bryan
  • April 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: Attend Local MIT Admitted Meetings! Note to ADMITTED, CURRENT, and FORMER Students

  

  will be organizing Admitted Meetings. This post is my attempt to convince ... best way to help them find their place at MIT. Get advice from alumni ... Meeting. I’ll be attending in Central Ohio. Hope to see you there! If you

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 26, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Cristen Chinea Cristen Chinea '10, for whom MIT might mean "meteorologist in training."

  

  was used to being at the top of her class, the transition to high school ... "father" it says simply, "unknown." Cristen wants to be a meteorologist. She ... 'Miracle Child' of Public Drinker Earns a Full Scholarship to MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 31, 2006
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Cambridge-MIT Exchange

  

  experience. I think in some ways I've been able to develop a healthier ... you a different sort of feeling. I hope that I will be able to use some ... is MIT's flagship junior year abroad program, allowing MIT students to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 14, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  We are artists & writers extracting creative talent around campus

  

  the mellowness - that way, it's easier to avoid bureaucracy, value each ... It's important to recognize that while MIT is known for top-notch engineering and science programs, this school actually has the resources to

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 12, 2011
• Blog / How to MIT

  Expanding on Pass No Record It's not so much a time machine, as it is a dodgeball cannon!

  

  . I came to MIT wanting to be a mechanical engineer. I love building ... no record. Another way to take advantage is to score the lowest ... 3) Nothing is new anymore During your first semester at MIT you'll be

  • by Snively '11
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m sitting at work right now Seems like as good a time as any to bang out a quick blog post

  

  -acknowledged among Sensible People to be the most awesome objects in the universe ... dipole) which causes a jet of radiation to be emitted from each pole. As ... pulsars seems to "blink" - or, one might be inclined to say, "pulse" - just

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 11, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  parallels or juxtapositions in one sitting at flour cafe

  

  fruit, beckoning for me to reach out and grab them. it seems every semester i tell myself i am as busy as can be, and then the next semester i make myself busier. when i have a bad day, i buy myself a coffee to make

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • February 26, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  liquid nitrogen and everything else 🐸

  

  th also happened to be one of the British film nights put on by a ... way I could spend my summer ceased to exist. In June, I learned how to ... an unsustainable rate. It can be hard to mark time at Mathcamp. For

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • October 9, 2025