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• Blog / Admissions

  On APs Trying to clarify the role of AP courses in the MIT admissions process.

  

  -- sometimes a fifth, sixth, or seventh AP course for the year (!) -- and ... science (or similarly advanced calculus and science curricula, such as IB, A ... to be somewhat controversial: Jones believes that creativity and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2013…The Parent Experience!

  

  our campus and the best way for you to be comfortable with them being ... ’s Hospitality Lounge. Grab a cup of coffee or tea and chat with current MIT ... jacket or sweater and perhaps even an umbrella. Weather can change quickly

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 10, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Rudolph Family Weekend Better late than never, right?

  

  parentheses!))) The amusement park found it and sent it back to our house, but ... One week ago, everyone's parents were here on campus, and I mean ... people who were on campus for Family Weekend last weekend. And not only

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 24, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  What I’m Watching ...

  

  when walking home, feeling happy and full with a sunset hot at our backs ... world today, or I was blind and now suddenly I can see, and everything was new and strange and wonderful and I was never told what beauty was or

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is This All I Ever Will Be? on friendships

  

  inevitably fell out and started on our different paths. In my freshman year of ... had finally gotten it right. Until two of our friends dated and then ... tw: slight nsfw language and talk of objectification and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 20, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Love MIT And why you should

  

  performing or playing in a game, we gather people to watch and cheer them on. I ... combination of fantasy, sensory, constructive, and/or challenge. This is, after ... on campus, and scoring free swag (Woo! Free Swag!). Of course, the

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • February 14, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  When You Yourself Are Far Away Donuts, used books, and some wonderful/terrible recipes you need not try.

  

  Donuts is one of our favorite places in general: it is my and Cory ... Career Fair is a magical time: in addition to the opportunity and the stuff, the jobful and the seeking return to MIT and I get to see some of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 16, 2015
• Blog / How to Food

  kitchen nightmares bugs and toasters and explosions, oh my!

  

  someone had broken into our apartment and left a random toaster behind ... delivery fees suck. We were ordering a lot of DoorDash and Uber Eats in our ... don't have the patience or time for that, and my standards have gone

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 5, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The After

  

  goals and projects- like starting new companies or families. I’ve also ... since we were freshmen, and now look forward to sharing our annual updates ... searching happening as I try and remember what has happened since then. What

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  applications (or whatever else you choose to do) this year. The balance of our ... portal and visit your Application Status page. There, you will be able to ... to the MIT Class of 2028, and as of *checks watch* right now, we have

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 16, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Final Forty-Five Still somehow worse than last term

  

  of other classes. For that reason, 21F.702 (Spanish II) and 14 ... evaluate projects and determine whether they are worthwhile and feasible (from environmental, social, and financial standpoints). Over the past

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • February 28, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Dance at MIT!!! [Collab with Ben O. ’19] hip-hop? contemp? bhangra? lion dance? MIT's got it all

  

  ; Our Dance Journeys (Color-coded orange for Ankita and purple for Ben ... scene so I more or less just followed them. Through their influence and ... ; after we learned all the sections of our first set and moved onto cleaning

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 30, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  You’re stressed. So are we; here's how we deal with it.

  

  we're both busy and our lives never seem to overlap. He picked up on ... friends either sat huddled over their computers or rushed back and forth ... . A friend and I have arranged to watch The Elegant Universe after our

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ Wait list answers to your questions

  

  items or bribes. Submit a whole new application. Bombard our office with ... determine if they need to go to their waitlist or not, and if so, how many ... 1100 students this year. Based on our estimates of the percentage of

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 16, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  FAQ: Waitlist If you have questions about being on the waitlist, read this first.

  

  process, like our entire admissions process, is need blind, and we will meet ... aiming for a class of about 1130 students this year. Based on our estimates ... students remain on the waitlist, and how many we wish to take from the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Latest Innovation at MIT Guest Blog: Social engineering with the Black Student Union's Co-Chair, Rasheed A. '17

  

  indifference of our campus. His message was clear: “I [and by extension MIT] care ... learn more about our vision and process, and not to poke holes in our logic or narratives. Our reception was even warmer afterward. Associate

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 9, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Activities, humanities, question-ities Will you have time to be in an extracurricular at MIT? Yes, you will.

  

  we're all apparently busy out of our heads with schoolwork and the fact ... extracurricular activity or two, plus a UROP, and still graduate on time and happy ... .) Unless you are a total academic rockstar and/or you do not need sleep, you

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A brief history of 2.007, the MIT class that inspired FIRST Robotics Complete with 1970s-era footage of Woodie Flowers

  

  If you're like me (and I'm willing to bet a lot of our readers), then you spent last Friday and Saturday eagerly awaiting the unveiling of the ... high school student, and which I have been involved with as a student

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2016
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Woman and Her Lute An epic tale across three centuries. (includes poor fanfic-style prose)

  

  exams during our IAP, and someone told me earlier that Harvard changed it ... 1702, Bologna, Italy It's late in the afternoon, and the sunlight is ... a foldable easel and a bag of paintbrushes slung over his shoulder

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  childhood and disney world trips

  

  took the shuttle from our hotel at 6:30 and arrived at the park around 6 ... having a good time and we made the executive decision to nix our trip to ... seasons. Kat and her family were also able to not only refund us for our

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 25, 2022