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• Blog / Admissions

  My First Visit I... got lost on the tour, actually...

  

  I realize that some of my readers may not have had the opportunity to ... . So the story that follows is about my first visit to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The context of my trip: New York City is a few hours

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Trail Notes

  

  heavy and silver with fish. The air is warmer, though not warm, and on ... . The essay collection I started this summer and brought to MIT with me is ... the Teaching of Plants and is written by Robin Wall Kimmerer. Kimmerer

  • by Sara N. '28
  • October 6, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  Dirty Little Secret? Free concerts rock my socks.

  

  for the moment, it was not that fun to clean up. OK...begin the real ... . For those of you who don't know, Head of the Charles, is a regatta where ... pretty big sport at MIT. This is one of the few sports that you can just

  • by Bryan
  • October 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  First read

  

  applications. One exercise is that we will discuss the same three folders that we ... : Michael Buble, Come Fly with Me Not the same few colleges: The University of Chicago. This is a school serious about its academics. Check out the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  3-D Blog!! ...I decided to wear a pair of real life 3-D GLASSES!!!

  

  Blog” because not only is this my first admissions blog, its my first ... get on with the “Who is Cydnie” business… I am commonly referred to as ... weather here is by far, the most random shuffle of unpredictable behavior I

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Amazin’ The Mets clinched the NL East. *happy dance*

  

  but not when it comes right after the else command?): Rick helped me ... problem to someone else suddenly makes the solution clear). Rick is in 6 ... room is awesome. The end.

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Documents Deadline check your MyMIT account now

  

  missing an official transcript. If this is the case, it's best to send us both if you can, but the transcript is the more important one for us ... completed on your MyMIT tracking page. In the meantime, please do not call our

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 18, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  A point to clarify

  

  mentality of "This is absolutely the dorm that I want to be in," certainly not ... be in now because it's not easy to get into some dorm in the re ... (to the extent that you can figure it out) now, because Omar is correct

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving My deep thoughts on surviving and thriving at MIT, straight from three years ago.

  

  help me out if it's a rough week and sleep is not up there on the ... at MIT. I did not, shall we say, come from the most stringent of high ... correlation coefficient on that is about 0.6, and I am not even kidding you

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures in Italy, Part 2 Tales from Rome, Take Two

  

  first voyage of sorts was to find food which is probably one of the ... , EVERYTHING IS A NUMBER. So we arrived at our first restaurant after not too ... Pizza." Now I'm not sure if it's because of the color or because of the

  • by Bryan
  • April 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Everything You Ever Wanted to Know All your wishes have been magically granted.

  

  . Describe the manifestations of the impact, not the impact itself. This is a ... get down to it, the application process is about people, about you, not ... 's not a good question at all, and I don't think anyone knows the answer

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 13, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The interview life Recruiting for MIT on the west coast, plus answering questions.

  

  institutional culture is not a good fit for me. MIT Hot: Cares the most about ... a little more about the process that is consuming my life. Grad ... process, which is quite a bit different at the grad level than at the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Hot Crosswalk Buns free food and football cleats

  

  at MIT, which is a big part of the culture here. But I've been ... against it; not only is it insanely expensive (although also insanely shiny ... wearing them. So not the best recipe for someone with terrible knees and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 4, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Math. by Joy ‘13 I’m not a complete nerd…but I am convinced that math is a language

  

    I’m not a complete nerd…but I am convinced that math is a ... number which is also placed on a map by the degrees of longitude and ... country of county we reside in is divided in. And finally, we have the last

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Advice

  Parental advice, revisited… a self-referential throwback, that is somehow, still relevant

  

  , the underlying question is almost always some variation of “How do I ... themself, including whether MIT is likely to be a good cultural fit.  The last thing that I will say is that the admission committee is

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 12, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Alternative Transportation Fast ride in a short machine

  

  for not having purchased better life insurance into the humid ... naked velocity. It's dark and the asphalt is a gooey chocolatey blur ... -crushing death is sitting somewhere with me in the toddler basket of a supermarket

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 2, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  Athena, Deliver Us From Finals And lead us not into temptation of crying ourselves to sleep at night.

  

  relevant factoid: "This is not the first time the goddess has been associated ... of myself at the foot of my goddess. Athena is also the name of MIT ... tonight, the statue is still standing vigil over Killian Court, guarding all

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 20, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2016 FAQ

  

  already done an interview, but the interview is not checked off on the My ... This is a blog entry specifically for finalists in the Quest ... not need to complete the Part 2 (essays, activities, awards) - we will

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 20, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist FAQ Some answers for students offered a place on the waitlist.

  

  where I am on the waitlist? As I've said, the waitlist is not ranked ... uncertainties, we also keep a waitlist of students. Is the waitlist ranked? No ... -900 applicants -- fewer than 5% of applicants -- a spot on the waitlist. Not all of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Interview Deadline Approaching! It's time for applicants to contact their local MIT representative.

  

  volunteer known as an Educational Counselor, or "EC." The interview is not ... to ask. Remember that the interview is not only a way for us to get to ... .) Send a short thank you note after the interview. This is not at all

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 11, 2007