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• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist News Within the next week, we plan to admit approximately 35 students from the waitlist.

  

  school, but it is a standard practice to consider accepting a waitlist ... waitlist that we will not be able to offer them admission. We offered a spot on the waitlist to 739 people, in the possibility that we needed to go

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  To the 2024s: Wishing You the Most don't be scared of growth

  

  be. We recognize your unique place in our collective transition to ... how to handle fucking up in a more real-world sense than I ever could ... you try to find your place at MIT. It's normal for it to take a while

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • September 1, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW: Tips and Tricks Hitchhikers Guide to Campus Preview Weekend

  

  Here are a few tips to making the best of your CPW experience. Rule ... . So keep the cash in your wallet for your MIT sweatshirt. Rule #2: If ... part of CPW for me was talking to other prefrosh getting to know the

  • by Bryan
  • April 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Holidays with the Huangs a nondenominational celebration of capitalism and duck

  

  meaning to get around to. Here's one to try if you have a DSLR. If you don ... refuse to wear anything else.) I've slowly been getting myself back to good ... holiday lights, a chandelier, or even streetlights. Create Your Own Bokeh

  • by Connie H. '15
  • December 26, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  can’t stop smiling a time capsule for freshman fall

  

  I started writing a blog about freshman fall four months ago, in ... ate a breakfast of cheese & crackers. I walked to my first class of ... entrance to Baker. I couldn’t stop smiling as I waited in line for food. I

  • by Allison E. '27
  • February 12, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Southern California Fires Our thoughts go out to those affected by the wildfires.

  

  with your individual circumstances, whatever they may be. Get in touch ... . I was happy to be able to help out. Now, as I watch from a hotel in ... , or even months, before things get back to normal. Please know that for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2007
• Blog / MISTI

  visual depictions of my summer i've been a busy, busy bee.

  

  halfway around the world to start my internship, and was housed at a really ... Gardens in Bangalore was used to host flower shows in the 19th century ... -up;   We got up at 3 am to get to Nandi Hills for this view-- And this

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • September 3, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Happy Cinco De Mayo!!! Admissions counselors make the sexiest models. Oh, and a probability question.

  

  -shirts, which were made by the good folks in LUChA. Awesome. Math question: if ... gets two reads, what is the probability that both of them read your ... Salvador read a given application before Amy? First person to answer

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 5, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  dance dance dance! a weekend of trying to try everything

  

  that I missed dancing contemporary a lot! I love getting to be dramatic ... hey! PNR exists for a reason, and now seems like the best time to try ... I love to dance. I’m a Minecraft parrot—put any kind of music near me

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 17, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Days Without a Laptop… i need laptop-rehab

  

  + humanities major in a school full of engineers, so I never had to sit down in a ... pine (to check email), zephyr (to IM, once in a blue moon), tellme combo ... , it's a great program, apply to it!!!!) But in all seriousness, I

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 22, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A for EA Deferred and Regular Action students your last minute questions

  

  only need to send in your February Updates and Notes report, which will ... deferred because your application was already strong enough to make you a ... resting up in preparation for all of your RA applications! We will be back

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 20, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  how to become a morning person a matter of willpower

  

  steps. Get up. Grab a change of clothes. Wait for the shower to ... shower. Wait for it to warm up. Get in the shower. Shower. Get out ... awake in the mornings is so nice. My routine is to wash my face, eat a cup

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 12, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt 2006 announced

  

  exciting activities. In short, the Hunt is a weekend long competition at MIT ... us. If your team wants to reserve a room (or more) through the official ... ultimate goal of finding a coin hidden somewhere on campus. For a more in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / Events

  The end, my friend Pictures from my graduation :(

  

  to get good seats, but we just waltzed right in. A view from my seat ... a well-organized system where we reported to a station in order to be ... about to fight with a tiger (though sometimes getting through MIT felt

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 7, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  avoiding responsibility writing this blog to procrastinate on stuff

  

  class than it is after getting a full 8 hours of sleep. Your body has ... you’re working it’s a lot more difficult to start an assignment than it ... it takes only hours to regain your stamina after running a marathon and

  • by Anika H. '26
  • April 6, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Decision Day Eve Making your decision by May 1.

  

  said NO to MIT: First: thank you. It's been a real pleasure getting to ... you, talking to you, your parents, and more. After a ridiculously ... Common Reply Date. The day by which you need to let your colleges know your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Beat the heat in the Z Center Pictures of the MIT gym

  

  school year and you're likely to have gym classes here, so why not get ... . There's also a huge indoor track field, but I couldn't get in because I ... 't have to wait for a machine. A view from outside (it's distorted

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 11, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Introduction To MIT World ...and my blog's first feature: Akamai, Clever and Cool!

  

  My first blog entry! Let me begin by introducing you to MIT World, a ... lectures at MIT. MIT World has been in operation since 2001 and today has a ... . With a collection of almost 400 videos, it's a little daunting to pick

  • by Laurie Everett
  • January 11, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Observations of an MIT Sophomore Advice and insight.

  

  - whether it's because you have a question about lecture, you're hoping to get ... . Caffeine is not a substitute for sleep. Try and get 8 hours a night - your ... school. In my humble opinion, xkcd used to be a lot funnier than it

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / Blog Projects

  My Blogger App, five years later i've finally dyed my hair blue

  

  . It has nothing to do with geography. In such a large city, I had always ... vests, or taking cash from people who wanted to get in. It was retail at ... entrance to a marvelously shitty pool), and I did get my fair share of

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • July 16, 2020