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• Blog / Travel

  Rejection Therapy and my insatiable urge to collect trading cards

  

  my eyes, you are done being prefrosh by definition on the first day of ... applying to MIT. 'proto-' meaning 'earliest form of'. "]prefrosh ... , when students go to tons of fun events at dorms to explore different

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 16, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Untitled Pigeon Post 🐦💕

  

  ”, my life would change forever. People say that this type of media, a ... , heavens forbid, the MIT Admissions Blogs, but cases of nonfiction books ... illustrations of the common feral pigeon on the page. I’d never realized the

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 16, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  someone’s gotta do it, but not me is it cool not to care?

  

  part of, like tech squares or the assassins guild or esp or puzzle club ... difference. by being president of this student group, maybe i could push for it ... want me to succeed, because of course your professor wants you to pass

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 16, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  I get a temporary cat and it comes with occupational hazards

  

  quite a bit of time in Ilani’s room. For the summer, though, PUF was ... -side lounge and kitchen. PUF spent the summer enjoying a variety of activities ... I don’t consider it enough of a sit. 4. snuggling in weird positions

  • by Alice L. '24
  • September 7, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I Should’ve Been Working When I Drew These ✨but i wasn't✨

  

  ="aligncenter" width="432"] oh my god is one of its arms coming OUT of its pecs?? ok well

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • August 11, 2022
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  Declared My Major :D aw yeah i'm a College Student™ now

  

  during the spring term of their freshman year. I'm a fairly decisive person ... need for students to understand both the science and engineering of ... a deeper understanding of how the brain produces intelligent behavior

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 21, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  quarantine throwback i present to you my early april 4 am thoughts

  

  blog, you know it’s been kind of weird lately. Life was cancelled, people ... meant I have housing at least till the end of the semester, so I didn ... could write about how much I long for the usual hustle and bustle of MIT

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 6, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  Fall 2020 Transfer Decisions Are Now Live may the 4th be with you

  

  process can be a difficult experience. For those of you who were admitted ... the best of luck wherever you go, and whatever you do.

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 4, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  How to Perform an Organ Transplant Doctors agree! "This is really the only guide we could find online."

  

  movement Get a U-Haul. A dolly. Quite a few people, at least two of them need to be strong. Coordinate! Don't wait until the morning of to put ... organ donor. If there are too many people to fit in the front of the U

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • August 4, 2019
• Blog / Announcements

  Fall 2019 Transfer Decisions Are Now Live

  

  that this process can be a difficult experience. For those of you who ... , I wish you the best of luck wherever you go, and whatever you do.  

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 3, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Open Thread: The Final Countdown a noble tradition of posting all day on the internet

  

   noble tradition of infinitely long, rambling, nothing

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 10, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Updates & Notes Form submit this by February 15

  

  February Updates & Notes Form is an online form that is required of all ... 2 of the application, except that we're only looking for current ... points or use more casual language. This section has a maximum of 250 words

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 17, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PSA: The 2016 Siemens Competition is now open

  

  limited to) those listed on our enrichment opportunities page. One of these ... they are currently working on or to begin research now with the goal of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 11, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Updates & Notes Form submit this by February 15

  

  that is required of all students (including those admitted or deferred in ... -Reported Coursework Form from the Part 2 of the application, except that we're only ... bullet points or use more casual language. This section has a maximum of

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  RA deadline is approaching

  

  break and only a small handful of people will be answering phones and emails. For all of you trying to get your Regular Action application in by ... minute! What happens if some of my school forms come in past the deadline

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 27, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  I am an MIT Admissions Officer, AMA you know the drill

  

  It's the middle of July, and my brain is so fried I'm punting on a few projects, so figured I'd make myself useful and answer some ... Disqus handles that kind of conversation pretty well now, so we can just do

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 10, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Updates & Notes Form some things you should know

  

  that is required of all students (including those admitted or deferred in ... -Reported Coursework Form from the Part 2 of the application, except that we're only ... bullet points or use more casual language. This section has a maximum of

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 22, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  RA deadline is approaching no need to panic

  

  small handful of people answering emails right now.   But for all of ... minute! What happens if some of my school forms come in past the deadline? It is perfectly fine if, through no fault of your own, your school

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 30, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  My Talk @ Maker Faire a bit about how we see, select, and support makers

  

  month, after our first year of having a Maker Portfolio, I gave a talk at World Maker Faire New York about how we admit and empower these kinds of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 28, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SpringFest 2014! Just a quick post about the 2014 SpringFest Concert featuring Capital Cities and Flosstradamus!

  

  It's that time of year again - SpringFest!  This past weekend was filled with fun events like the McCormick Hall picnic and lots of energy saving activities.  But my personal favorite event was SpringFest's annual

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 27, 2014