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• Blog / Advice

  You’re doing it wrong Some constructive advice from the Director for filling out the application

  

  doesn’t matter (e.g. has no impact on our decision) when you choose to ... favorites below. Failure to follow directions: This one never gets old.  I ... subjecting the entire admissions committee to your well-intended, albeit

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  The Quest Continues and into the open world i go

  

  on how to code things. I have never utilized this skill widely outside ... next on the list to try is digital art. We'll see how it turns out. Run ... to capitalize on that as much as I can. I would love to get good enough

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 29, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Southern California Fires Our thoughts go out to those affected by the wildfires.

  

  , or even months, before things get back to normal. Please know that for ... with your individual circumstances, whatever they may be. Get in touch ... hesitate to contact our office if you have any questions regarding your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Discuss Disqus launching our new commenting system

  

  's also a place for y'all to carry on a conversation with us and amongst ... equipped for is the sort of conversation we hope to foster on the blogs. The ... sites manage to do this, and to do it well. Probably the best known

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 10, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  A Day at the Races Read this entry. It will rock you. I promise!

  

  half hours in Montreux before I had to get on the last train back home ... of my musical preferences. So, upon getting to Europe I knew that what ... . Originally, I had planned to see the statue with Ling '07 on our train ride

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  A hack, for cap 🇺🇸 spoilers-free

  

  on the roof of the Great Dome as an homage to the Marvel hero. Via ... , including tributes to Batman, LOTR, and R2D2. If you're unfamiliar with the MIT ... evening, or early Sunday morning (it's always hard to tell with those who do

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 7, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer On-Campus #2 yayay

  

  student, you get the chance to have free summer housing if you're hired as a ... To Get Around MIT Making illustrations for the next How To Get Around ... Opportunities Program. Undergrads get to participate in real research with

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 20, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Share Your Story, 2014 edition How did you find out you'd been accepted? Was there any celebratory dancing? Please tell…

  

  Congratulations on being accepted to MIT! You're amazing! And your ... on fire, having to call 911, etc.) (No. Not really. But everything ... - what's your story? Feel free to share in the form of pictures, haiku

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline Some answers to frequently asked questions about regular action and the MIT application process. Our…

  

  report has not yet appeared on your MyMIT Tracking; the deadline for ECs to ... -time questions. There are many answers already here on the site -- for example ... you can click "submit" on your application any time on January 1 or

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Poker, Mountains, and Magic The four words of this title have no other exact match on Google

  

  to tell our bot to guess at what cards the other bots held based on how ... “best move” depends on what cards your opponent is holding. Playing poker with a robot is like trying to play chess without knowing where your

  • by Joel G. '18
  • February 6, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  My MIT Story How I came to be at MIT

  

  that you could get D's in most of your classes and it wouldn't affect ... 'll have to come up with your own). By freshman year I actually knew I wanted to go to MIT, it wasn't just a name anymore. How did I know? A lot

  • by Snively '11
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / Events

  2015 Brass Rat finally unveiled!!!

  

  calls it the Brass Rat). Basically, every class gets to choose a committee ... are meant to commemorate attributes from only the class. If you google ... apparently the class of 1999 was the first to have the Hacker's Map on the

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 24, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  from me to you burn it all down

  

  the people I’ve met on hall, learning how to skate down in the tunnels ... of things to write about—there’s always something going on in my life ... talk about it on the blogs, but when I actually sit down to write it, I

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • October 17, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Heck yeah, democracy. PSET Extension!!

  

  the past 4 days working on 6.005. Our assignment is to create a Sudoku ... . This feeling of utter panic manifested itself on the 6.005 Piazza site ... /classmates can answer them - a.k.a. a way to get instantaneous answers to questions

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 29, 2012
• Blog / Advice

  Things I did instead of thinking (about decisions)

  

  teeth that need to chew on something or you’ll grow wild and mad, and so you turn to chewing on college applications. Perhaps you’re like how I ... think about the marshmallow in front of her, or how you’re not thinking

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  End of May updates More waitlist admits, no ARML, Bollywood in Boston, technical theater at MIT.

  

  remain on the waitlist.Unfortunately, I have to take back what I said in a previous entry: I am no longer able to make it to the Penn State site of the ... students from the waitlist on Friday. I don't know if we'll take more people

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 31, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  books I’ve read this year slowly but surely completing my 2020 resolutions

  

  which route to take based on your goals and values. I think a lot of ... the thoughtful gift. I say this to show how biased I was against Kaur ... to donate should not affect your desire to donate. Especially since now

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • November 19, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how to change majors in just five easy steps!

  

  . Second semester, D's and F's do not show up on your transcript, but A's, B ... previous credits to use. 5) You are now in your new major Last spring, my ... early for most MIT students. there is also more on this to come

  • by Alex M. '21
  • September 14, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bring Your Audience to Work Day In celebration of the annual Bring Your Audience to Work Day, the first Monday of…

  

  ? Today was "Bring Your Audience to Work Day," definitely one of the more ... online blogosphere, this special day aims to shed light on the professional ... in the area of Service Design. (Basically, figuring out how to make

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 2, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  11.125 educating myself on education

  

  assessment.” What it boils down to is an analysis on the current state of ... was going to take me on, so there would be no surprises, and I would ... Google Drive. Already a struggle to stay relevant in the two years since I

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 26, 2018