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• Blog / About Decisions

  If you’re scared of decision day Here's an exercise

  

  minutes to get a snack, or walk around. I come back, and read what I wrote ... and my friends to not say anything about it if I don't get in? That ... mitadmissions site, and there's probably not a whole lot I can do to encourage you

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 13, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Looking Forward and Backward 10 Memories and 8 Resolutions

  

  that I was in! 2. Arriving at CPW and getting escorted to the second ... ’t actually exist. Definitely a first in my life! 6. Getting chosen as a blogger ... . Shooting a bottle-rocket 200 feet in the air and somehow managing to not

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • January 2, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Admissions Update Updates about application numbers, application tracking, and more.

  

  your MyMIT application tracking. MyMIT Application Tracking This is a good time for you to check up on the status of your application ... (except January scores, which will take a few more weeks to arrive), and, if

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 25, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  SCIENCE! I'm bad at it, sometimes

  

  finish writing a script, and are about to plot your data in a way that you ... to touch it in the wrong place and short-circuit it. Another friend ... to figure out what was wrong and get my numbers to reasonable values. A

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 12, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  bump MIT students design products

  

  students will have taken an idea from nothing more than a sketch on paper to a real life product. This course is a FANTASTIC opportunity to get to ... . Over the course of 12 short weeks, we're expected to build a product that

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 19, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Nothing beats a wet beaver! Except, in this case, a wet Iona. Pictures!

  

  will limit myself to 12 words in each caption. By the by, the entry ... A-woo-hoo! Since the last entry was such a frickin' saga (tm Betsy Hahn 1999) of hardcore text, I thought you'd like to look at some

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maker Faire 2011 cool people who make cool things

  

  Earth Solar. I've been out to Palo Alto / San Mateo in the past, but never ... used to build terrific things back in high school - incredibly elegant ... this in college while pursuing a degree in mechanical engineering. Greg

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 23, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  i don’t know where you’re going but do you got room for one more troubled soul?

  

  Spanish, I want to write a novel, I want to get a PhD in media studies, I ... , to commit to a single path. I wander in a sea of what ifs, a forest of ... in my head over and over again, a mantra that makes its way to the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / How to MIT

  Boys like cars and money $1 billion is not enough for thefacebook, but $9 an hour is good enough for…

  

  let you do your p-sets, but once in a while I've gotten to talking to ... short to catalogue every wholesome Asian girl in an MIT sweatshirt who needs to get into Burton-Conner. 3. Restock paper in the dorm printer

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Enrolled 09’s: Watch Your Mailbox I've been getting a lot of questions about the Next Big Mailing (NBM®). Here's the…

  

  I've been getting a lot of questions about the Next Big Mailing (NBM ... tell you... 1) They're going to start mailing them in the next few days ... international students. 3) When possible, the ARC likes to include a student

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 4, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  Regrade Request Analysis points, please?

  

  was rare for my request to result in me getting full points for a ... state it, but in the instructions it says that "a short computation" can ... Regrade" button and a little text box appears where they can write a note to

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 3, 2020
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Why Is There No Water? One of the most important things in your life is invisible to you until it…

  

  inspired to write this post by a tumblr question I received while in Ethiopia ... ; A spring in Warwara, Kaffa, where residents walk to collect drinking ... mountain spring). My two cousins collect water from it in a plastic bottle to

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 9, 2016
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Post-Finals, Pre-Graduation almost done...

  

  . It's hanging outside my closet in a (probably vain) attempt to get the ... lunch. I'm half-convinced that any minute now I'm going to get a call or ... to activities like skydiving or a Red Sox game, and the rest of us

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 5, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  About Tomorrow Good Luck Tomorrow!

  

  high school as much as you can, a ton of stuff is going to happen in the ... wise men to invent him a sentence to be ever in view, and which should be ... Bell "When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 13, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Math Women Rock k + 8 = awesome

  

  the country come together to compete for $49,000 in prize money, including a $25,000 first place prize. PBS recently put together a short ... here, at MIT, on September 17th 2011! Our office worked hard in order to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 8, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  goodbye after so long and with so much love

  

  before you can begin to fill it in. If you are new to these pages or to MIT ... shape. But if you're a regular, then I wonder if I might have managed to ... to reach that place has come through on here. I hope that if you're a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 1, 2023
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT use my test scores?

  MIT uses a holistic admissions process, so test scores are just one factor among many for evaluating your preparedness for MIT. Test scores are ... applying to MIT and would like to see our testing requirements, please visit
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vast Oral Tradition Bela Bartok, a fluorescent rabbit, and Helen Keller walk into a bar. Stop me if…

  

  down to desk and I helped him out with that. Then I passed out in a fetal ... tickets to the BSO through the college card program. They were doing an a ... icy winds across the bridge can grab free tickets to select concerts. In

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biodiesel@MIT: Turning trash into black gold A student group called Biodiesel@MIT has just won the grand prize of $25,000 in the…

  

  sundresses, flip-flops and shorts. Today, we are in the midst of a winter storm ... must pay $1.10 a gallon to get rid of this oil, which is used to deep ... petro-diesel to create a blended fuel that can be used in MIT’s

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 16, 2007
• Blog / Events

  What’s on your mind? As for me, my hair feels normal again.

  

  how to make the most of your college experience?  What are your burning ... you'd like to see us bloggers clarify or explore in future posts ... RUSH RUSH RUSH RUSH So much is about to happen!  Electrical

  • by Piper '13
  • August 26, 2011