Search

Search Results

• Blog / MIT Life

  “Why does my kid have to move again?”

  

  , on to the point. By now, I suspect that a lot of my readers are ... Before I get to the point of this entry, I'll answer a couple of ... , but I was wondering. What's the policy on non-MIT-students being in

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 2, 2006
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Answer these 13 questions and we’ll reveal the perfect dorm for you! What does your favorite dorm animal say about where you should live?

  

  on the necessity of AC. 81.3% — Maseeh, as the closest dorm to main ... to 44.8% for Next House and 50% for Simmons, the two farthest dorms on ... The Quiz: HEY GUYS UPDATE THE LINK DOESNT WORK ANYMORE ILL TRY TO FIX

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 22, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  GTL Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 [IAP 2025] A January I won't forget

  

  that was recommended to me by another American teacher I met on the plane ... can go to schools around the world during January and teach classes"]GTL[/annotation] started with the warmest welcomes. On the very first day of the program, I

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • March 6, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Food, Folks, and Fun…..but definitely not mcdonald’s Quinton makes friends at the Muslim Student Association

  

  As far as admissions counselors go, I am relatively new to the MIT ... , and staff as humanly possible in order to get a full taste of the true ... the culture of the MIT community. I figure that since I am sure to meet

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 1, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  *Independent* Activities Period an IAP apart!

  

  entailed sleeping while my parents drove to the malls, and sleeping on the ... . And on the off chance that it doesn’t, posting questions to stack ... ! Look at how charming! On one of my last days, I went to explore the

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Fortune Favors the merits of not working too hard

  

  has to say (seriously, go read it). But I wanted to hone in on the point ... and author. You may have seen Moneyball, the movie based on his ... run-up to the S&L crisis. Here's what Lewis had to say about the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 5, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Home is where the heart (of Texas) is Going away to school isn't such a bad thing.

  

  miles from home. No coming home on the weekend to do laundry...that was ... experience has expanded my outlook on life and the world. But first, I think ... to MIT forced me to be a lot more independent than I ever was. As the

  • by Bryan
  • December 30, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 2

  

  merit aid (free registration required) On to the questions... FWD wrote ... it to the office on that day?" May 1 was the postmark deadline, which ... decompress, to the relax, to think about the big picture, to reflect on what

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

  MIT: Progressions what the students thought of the place in 1969

  

  (unbelievably) still used on fall travel recruitment well into the aughts. There ... reel across the country to help prospectives understand the place. But what's amazing to me is the salience and relevance of this film. The

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 18, 2017
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  New Major in Climate System Science and Engineering

  

  Science and Engineering. According to its website: Climate change is the ... adapting to climate change require an understanding of both the Earth system ... -based solutions to aid the global response to climate change. As industries and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 21, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Neil Gaiman: The Liveblog "This is a land of fire and dreams."

  

  goes. Originally, I just planned on showing up to the lecture and maybe ... to do very often." It's a speech written on the occasion of Schwartz ... As I mentioned earlier, Neil Gaiman is coming to MIT! The lecture he

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 23, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s a puzzlement… ...or why I really love reading your applications!

  

  learned quickly after joining the Admissions Office that it was important to ... reading your applications so much and it came to me about the time I walked ... on New Year's Eve. Now you need to understand that we have always done

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • January 16, 2010
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  Many students applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately, we couldn't accept all of them. We have placed a small number of students on the waitlist. If you would like to be considered for the waitlist, or you want to

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2021
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  Many people applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately we could not accept all of them. We have placed a small number of students on the waitlist. If you would like to be considered for the waitlist, or you want to

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2020
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  Many people applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately we could not accept all of them. We have placed a small number of students on the waitlist. If you would like to be considered for the waitlist, or you want to

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2019
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  Many people applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately we could not accept all of them. We have placed a small number of students on the waitlist. If you would like to be considered for the waitlist, or you want to

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2018
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  Many people applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately we could not accept all of them. We have placed a small number of students on the waitlist. If you would like to be considered for the waitlist, or you want to

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2017
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Can I play football at MIT?

  The 2014 Engineers were the winningest (real word!) MIT football team ever! In front of an enthusiastic home crowd on Senior Night, the MIT ... the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. The win gave the Engineers the first nine
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Alternative Semester There are things to click in here.

  

  Link on the top to get more of an idea of the classes I'm taking. The links ... sophomore who is still unsure what course to major in. But the reality is not ... . We're trying to understand science, tech, design in the context of the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Presenting…My Prefrosh! ‚ô•

  

  people hang lounges upside down.. notice how the light is on!!! I got to ... 'm Abir, a prefrosh, and I was fortunate enough to have the BEST host ever ... beaver I am, I decided to book my flight to CPW EARLY in the morning; 6

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 18, 2010