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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Day at Stanford University wait, what?

  

  break, I decided to visit some of my Stanford friends and spend a day in ... low-income students all around the Bay Area. In short, it's a magic ... talking to the students, however, a strange feeling of familiarity emerged

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 3, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  News for Admitted Students Some next steps for those who received the good news.

  

  : Facebook is a great place to meet your future classmates and get questions ... Release Form. Notes to the wise: if you're flying in, book your plane ... themselves on the guestbook, it's a good way to share your contact information

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Entry: A Yankee in Cambridge Math, exchange programs, and why we love MIT.

  

  thought it would be nice to get away from that for a year. This isn't to say ... 's a step in a proof I have trouble motivating, and thinking about how to motivate that step in a blog post leads to insights I would never have had

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 1, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Hate the Last but at least, I'm trying not to

  

  take away, and the things I wanted to leave behind. There's a world in ... did they go from a person I said hi to in the halls to someone I will ... ends. Take on Me (Acoustic) by a-ha (0:00) starts to play in the

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 22, 2024
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Deferred A forum

  

  We'll have some advice and instructions for Deferred students shortly. In the meantime, please feel free to use this forum to chat.

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  What to expect when you’re expecting CPW Setting some expectations, discussing myths & realities.

  

  for what's important to you in a college, and do your best to seperate ... extent you're looking to explore on your own.A team of admissions staff and ... in to the weekend, I think you can learn a lot. That being said, CPW is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 15, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  up, down, and out some moments from the last month

  

  Killian Court to join a recording for a music video, in preparation for MIT ... time in over a year that I have been able to sing with people, in person ... time in over a year where I've been able to make eye contact with a

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • June 5, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  International Admissions Conference My review of the annual OACAC conference.

  

  applications? Do you get the summer off? Actually, it is a busy (though certainly ... we do in admissions, and what we can do to improve our process. One ... independent college admissions counselors. It was a great opportunity for me to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how i (kinda) studied for finals brought to you by "a PNR mindset"

  

  getting a 100% and a 70% in a class will show up exactly the same on your transcript. hence, don't try to get a 100"]A, B, or C[/annotation]) or No ... grades in classes and decide what I would need to NR a class. The

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 22, 2024
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Boston, through the lens of my children Visiting Boston at 37 years of age was ...

  

  to it. It was a short walk across campus to Kendall Square to get to ... , getting a good sleep before a big long exciting Saturday in Boston :) I ... train when you're in college, but when you're a kid it's priority number

  • by Snively '11
  • October 19, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  home

  

  of a city when you’ve spent practically your entire life in a small ... to do it.  While digging through my closet in search of a suitable ... nightmares in a cold sweat and I don’t even mention them to her the next day. I

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • November 4, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  dont want to write ah

  

  sessions, each around four to five hours. it was a lot of dnd in a short time ... how we managed to fit three people in my single room. they stayed for a ... game i'm going to run. it's set in a magical realist world where

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 11, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Mathematics of People Guest post on Economics

  

  no costs in using your credit card to buy that Arizona tea, why that ... ’s dynamic, so I have to put in a time component. I also added a memory-loss and a long-term/short-term memory component. Also, in the cultural sense

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 28, 2018
• Blog / Events

  This School’s Big Game: a fun way to think too hard (how MIT Mystery Hunt works, now in Up-Goer Five)

  

  well in such a short time, that anyone who speaks to computers would say ... is okay to miss some pieces and send in just a few wrong answers while you try your best to answer a game-problem.) To make sure they are well

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • January 25, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  That wasn’t skiing, that was falling with style! Guest post by Katy Kem '16

  

  hours a day, six days a week, for several weeks in a row. It’s hard to ... in my cute short dress, it looked like someone had taken a baseball bat ... prefer to spend the duration of IAP with the MIT Alpine Ski team, living in

  • by Joel G. '18
  • April 5, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Flood, an Ark, a Third Word I Am Missing Sophomore year starts out a little wet, and what is a community, really?

  

  to ask yourself what your community is, and how you fit in it. When ... have to actively want to participate in activities to really become a ... ’t blagged since the fall semester started due to trying to get on top of

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 21, 2015
• Blog / Advice

  SHE CAMPUS ON MY PREVIEW TIL I WEEKEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my freshman cpw post turned east campus love letter

  

  ’t participate in it, but it’ll always be there if you want your social life to be ... getting caught up in something else, so I’m glad I got to see what it was ... "]freshman[/annotation] to be Box Boy, who runs around in a box trying to bring people to the

  • by Angie F. '28
  • May 6, 2025
• Blog / MISTI

  DOMR My first crazy picture entry from Germany.

  

  rock star, I'm going to play a free concert in front of the Koelner Dom ... , gentle reader? Just so you know, Ling '07 is going to be in a lot of ... foods is listed in kilojoules in addition to in calories. Hallo again. I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 8, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Physical Education: because your body needs problem sets, too My adventures in completing the MIT Physical Education requirements

  

  taking measurements of toxic algae concentrations while you’re on a boat in ... ’t consider myself to be a terrible ice skater, but I was pretty bad in the ... also force you to go to our beautiful gym and pool, and get your mind off

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions updates ...including the state of the mail and EA application tracking.

  

  January test, you must list MIT as a school to receive your scores. And, of ... year in addition to your college applications. Best wishes! ... . Please do not harass your teachers or counselors if you don't yet see a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 12, 2008