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• Blog / Admissions

  I like to do the jumble sometimes

  

  action folks), I've been thinking back a bit to my college interviews. My MIT interview was with an elderly alum, known to me as Mr. Neighbours, who was one of MIT's Educational Counselors, or ECs. He had retired to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 9, 2004
• Blog / CPW

  From First Visit to First Week A Reflection on Independence and Making Decisions

  

  would’ve meant the world to freshman me back in high school. But as I ... nights and interesting experiences, I want to reflect a little on my first trip to this campus which I think really changed the way I’ve viewed my

  • by Richard O. '28
  • September 12, 2024
• Blog / Summer

  what i’m up to this summer doing all the things

  

  confusion and unease when it comes to my future. I taught in New Zealand and ... research. Some of it provided clarity for what I didn’t want to do—my destiny ... . I didn’t go to career fairs or recruiting sessions; I didn’t upload my

  • by Rona W. '23
  • July 6, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My 7 Favorite Places to P-Set! Eat, Work, Repeat.

  

  Policy to RL circuits as you can see from the picture. With four or five ... most likely assigned reading for your classes that just add to the time out of class contributed to mastering the material. For me, I cannot

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • November 10, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  How to decide, when you’re deciding a pretext for productive procrastination

  

  Today is May 1, the conventional deadline for admitted students to ... haven't completely decided. I shouldn't give you more things to read as a ... from the archives related to this decision, the one you're nominally in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 1, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Many Ways To Define “The Best” A long response to a CC thread in which I offer my opinions on AP…

  

  Some parents wrote to me and asked me to contribute my opinions to a College Confidential thread about the pressure to load up on AP classes. Obviously my response is directed to parents, but I thought it was important

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Document Deadline Extended to Wednesday

  

  documents to this Wednesday, February 1st, at 5 PM ET. This is a mighty good time to login to MyMIT and make sure everything is in! To recap, you may ... .687.9184 Fax is the most reliable way to get us a document. It is automagically

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 30, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Our homework is to go camping on a school night...!

  

  glad to not have any psets or major exams. Keep scrolling to find out why ... weeks ago - …the assignment was to construct a bamboo-and-canvas shelter to be erected on the lawn of the Endicott House - MIT's private mansion

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  A Brief Addition to My Last Exposition (Or was it a narrative? My FCAT Writing skills are long gone.)

  

  My introduction to most of the MIT Admissions staff - aside from my ... comments to a post in some older blog y'all don't know about, when I was so ... torn apart my house trying to find a crowbar so I could break into my

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 20, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to Survive a Nor’easter New England hath no flurries like a winter storm

  

  centimeter of precipitation - enough to finely coat the Earth's surface with a negligible amount of snow - to be a shocking amount. And that's understandable ... alone at all. Your first adjustment, then, will be to prepare for the

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 11, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An OME Welcome to the Institute I took Tsegball, and I have no regrets.

  

  On June 14th, I began my journey to MIT. I packed all my clothes ... , as some people see it, I signed up for a preview of hell to replace my ... into Maseeh Hall, where I awkwardly approached the wrong desk to check

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m Shipping Up to Boston and I lost my leg! Whoah oh oh..

  

  Tomorrow morning I fly back to MIT, and I'm writing to you with ... all the feeling there decided to concurrently take a few hours off to siesta, and have left me to use only my eyebrows for expressions (I don

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 31, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  This one goes out to the parents It's been a while since I've written specifically for you.

  

  to meet two parents (hello!) who follow the blogs. They tell me that ... those who leave comments are applicants, I would love to hear from some of the many parents out there. It would be great to "meet" you! The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Useful items to bring for dorm room

  

  which to furnish their (or their student's) dorm room. While I am not going to list obvious things, like soap and shampoo, I want to say that not everything needs to be sent from home. Some folks think they need to

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 1, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  What’s happening to your apps right now? Views from the Inside

  wondering what's happening to your applications. The honest truth is, we're working pretty hard to read each and every one of them. I know the wait is ... about where I'd end up in just a few months. The only way to give each and

  • by DJ Rock
  • February 2, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  in an effort to be whole again recovery

  

  , I've been feeling very unwhole. Stuck, almost. Every week seems to run ... about 10 hours to complete. If you are on the better end of the CS scale ... , then you'll be around 10-12 hours. I've been essentially trying to

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

  here’s your reminder to follow @tinycarebot automated reminders to care for yourself

  

  emails, phone calls, and blog comments, to say nothing of spillovers to sites like Quora, College Confidential, and /r/ApplyingToCollege.         A snapshot of our incoming email traffic to the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 4, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Psetting en route to North Carolina Sectionals vs. Midterms

  

  Kansas City, I had a 6.006 (Intro to Algorithms) midterm later that day ... throwback to last year's Eastern Sectionals, as I was vying for a spot on the ... myself mentally and physically fit to compete was one giant monster in and

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 13, 2016
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 0: from DC to Quito A rough morning, a long nap, and a kindly neighbor

  

  January 10 On the plane from Panama to Quito What a goofy ... out to dry were still SOAKED, and applied the hairdryer treatment with ... in February. Raphael very kindly woke up extra early to help me pack

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do students apply to a specific major?

  Here's one less thing to worry about when applying to MIT: Students apply to MIT for general admission and select a major at the end of the ... asks students to list their "course of interest" only, and the choice