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• Blog / Admissions

  Selecting from 10,439 applications and a dozen ties.

  

  respect and care with which we will treat your application during selection

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Don’t believe everything that you read

  

  , it is, you're half way there. My friend acheived all 5 things, and he

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 8, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Writer’s Bloc

  

  (and I know you're out there) can buy it here. Dylan is currently hard

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The mail, and more

  

  . When your application pieces are processed, they will be posted on the My ... worries if you don't see your Part II or a teacher recommendation or whatnot on your tracking system yet. As Quinton says, "She'll be apples." At

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  First read

  

  gather for our meeting to get us prepared to read your thousands of

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

  Branching out

  

  crowds. If you're in the South Bay, I look forward to seeing you there!

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 1, 2004
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Does MIT offer Army, Air Force, Navy ROTC?

  'll have earned not only your degree, but a commission as an officer and
• Blog / Admissions

  did you miss the EA deadline? why i applied and admissions anxiety

  

  -disciplinary majors too if you're curious about interleaving different subject areas ... more intimate environment when getting to know your professors, find ... largely because I was co-working with friends :) Lastly, if you're feeling

  • by Victor D. '27
  • November 5, 2025
• Blog / Blog Projects

  ASK US (the MIT Bloggers) ANYTHING! YES

  

  them answered. (You’re able to comment anonymously, but use this power ... questions as we can. You can address your question(s) to all of us, or to specific bloggers. Whether you’re a high schooler, MIT student, someone

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 18, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  the best thing i did for myself as a pre-frosh the one where i gush about burton one

  

  possible to find your people at MIT. On a gut instinct, I ranked Burton ... people you can come home to. Maybe they don't literally live on your same floor, maybe they share your values in different ways, but you need a

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • April 7, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Andi and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week :(

  

  click away if you’re squeamish about medical details.) Yay storytime It ... . Listen to more music. (And if you’re at MIT and reading this, you should ... better than taking the stairs. MIT’s policies don’t care if you’re sick In

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 3, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  Skill Issues (spoiler alert: i've got them)

  

  . One of the things about MIT is the stunning awareness that you’re ... ’t have the patience for you. You’re petrified of slipping up, perpetually ... feels like an indictment of your intelligence; everyone is looking at you

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • June 29, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  unicorns big confusion

  

  to steal after you into your loneliest loneliness and say to you: 'This ... unutterably small or great in your life will have to return to you, all in the ... gnash your teeth and curse the demon who spoke thus? Or have you once

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 18, 2022
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  dear kuya i promise this post is mostly in english

  

  while since you've Decided to test your chances And reach for your goals In a different country, where You're always alone And so we're worried ... polo, it's yours Also, look for other hobbies As I've heard that The

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 8, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Library War there's nothing about war in here, that's just my fave imaginary band name

  

  each and every MIT library. Now I have collected my notes for your ... most libraries, the 24-hour study space is slightly sad, and if your first visit is with your friend on Labour Day weekend, and it is the only

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 15, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Slowing Climate Change, One Steak at a Time final project for 24.03 (The Ethics and Politics of Food)

  

  and curb meat consumption. Can't imagine giving up your main source of ... reduce your risk of chronic preventable conditions like cancer ... vegan diet is good for both your health and your wallet. Read here for

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 11, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  The Tech profiled Lydia about resilience @ MIT "I’m building my vocabulary and I’m building my mind and I’m building myself as a…

  

  when you’re kids. At Tufts, I was amazed because people were just hanging ... ’t realize what people are doing in your life, what roles they’re playing ... bed on time. I just know that those are the preconditions. If your

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 17, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  When Friends Become Family How MIT has become my home (with some beautiful pics to accompany)

  

  I can consider true friends. There are those people in your life that ... going to go get some food. Do you want some? Wait, nevermind, get your own food…… Oh and I took your iphone earlier because my phone was dead….. And

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 12, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Summer Decisions

  

  Astronomers I Stopped In The Hallway. Everyone said: your grades matter, but aren't the most important part of your application. Letters of ... for the GRE. STUDY FOR THE GRE! It's a dumb test but your score really

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Physics in the MIT No bacon apple pies here.

  

  would allow you to do awesome research as an undergrad. Has this been your ... valuable way to learn relevant skills for your field while getting rich at a ... intellectually dazzling UROP during your first years at MIT, but it's well worth

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 1, 2009