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• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s the PI-nal countdown! Don't roll your eyes at me.

  

  enough... and despite being told otherwise I was convinced that the central ... came out, chances are they'll gloss over the ants-in-their-pants jitteriness they felt - we (and by "we" I mean "I") try to maintain the little

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 12, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Not About the Name First impressions

  

  entire life. I admit that I may not be able to remember all of the names of ... and just took in the imagery of the Charles River. The cab driver ... about an old radio that he and his friends found back in the day, turned

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 3, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Share the joy

  

  The selection process continues here, and there's not much I can ... admits and mailing the early action decisions as soon as we can. I'll keep you updated when there's more to be said. Maybe about this time you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 8, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Year (In Numbers) This belated post was written in English and with numbers, the Institvte's nth language

  

  Throughout my 5-ish months as a blogger for the Institvte, I ... - but somehow, I've left out the classes I've taken as a freshman. Let me fix that. I'll start with semester one, which is when the proverbial

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 13, 2011
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  My First Few Weeks at MIT … one year ago

  

  ” and the lifelong friendships we were about to build. And if I’m being ... be thankful to have had the opportunity to become friends with me. I ... pattern - hunting for the best shortcuts across campus, making daily trips

  • by Hala K. '29
  • September 22, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hosed life the last few weeks

  

  'm already hosed*. I've been counting down the days until Spring Break. 29 days to be exact. It's also the first semester without Freshmen Pass/No Record. Oh, how much I miss you already PNR. I just want it to be the

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 20, 2016
• Blog / IAP

  101 Things About Tokyo (Pt. 2) I better get this up before I forget.

  

  toilets, the other downside is that there seem to be a very sparse number of ... don't produce trash? (they seem to be ubiquitous in the States, on the ... " can also be read as "if you put me on a desk, then you'll pass the exam

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 5, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Too Good To Go fighting food waste with good bargains

  

  hall hours can be restrictive, and the food is… mediocre at best. An ... TGTG;[/annotation] just don't be too greedy.  Here are the places I ... I'm pretty sure that MIT dining hall food isn't the reason why tens

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 19, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Work Hard, Play Hard Me trying to find a balance between work and fun

  

  being social to me never leaving the library/my room in order to study ... and just kind of doing nothing but chillin. However, on the other end I ... friends/free time has changed a lot since I got to MIT. One of the biggest

  • by Ben O. '19
  • July 6, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  That rings a bell Made of brass?

  

  and they reconsidered whether it was the best time to be building a new ... . As is often the case, there is that worry about me being scammed or ... , only for it to ultimately reappear under the couch.) I don’t know how

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / MISTI

  A Day at the Races Read this entry. It will rock you. I promise!

  

  Queen's major recording studio. The statue can be seen on the cover of ... to myself, five of which can't be printed in this blog. The sixth was ... around 2 PM, but the area wouldn't be open until 5 PM. Well, that was no

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Admitted

  

  YOU! GOT! IN! https://youtu.be/oyFQVZ2h0V8?si=Tx2tBog4BB2hei4B Come celebrate with us in the comments and—more importantly—share this wonderful news with your community and loved ones! We hope you feel like you

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Calm Down and Breathe Heeeeeehooooooo

  

  going, I can't possibly be the only one...

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 20, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Tweet, tweet plus: swarming, oil spill cleanup robots and virus-made, clothing-embedded batteries

  

  coming across all these really cool stories of MIT in the news that I ... being done on batteries (designed by viruses!) that can be woven into ... / Some pretty cool research and development being done - it's stuff like

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • August 26, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  What do you want to know? Tell me something.

  

  I could say a million things about MIT and what it's like to be here, but I think it's probably best if I share information that is of ... about and I'll try my best to write about them over the next few entries.

  • by Bryan
  • October 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Please Stop You're hurting the wrong people.

  

  To the person who keeps posting hurtful things to my blog and to Matt's, pretending to be "YJ" and others, please stop. It's one thing to mess with me or Matt - understandably, we represent MIT, with which you are

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 14, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  How can I explain my special circumstances?

  We understand that everyone has a unique story and that we can’t possibly cover every “what if” in an FAQ section. The MIT application allows ... feel may be helpful to us in evaluating your application. Every
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I take a gap year?

  students who request a gap year after being admitted to MIT. Taking a gap ... share with us through the application process.
• Blog / MIT Life

  5 / The final countdown A month of stress and relief

  

  TO SET THE MOOD: Cologne by Haux       The last ... demoed my final project before the last day of classes, with my two final exams looming the following week, I did have something to look forward to

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finals away from finals Recharging on the other coast

  

  — with no final exams. To be fair, instead, all my classes had assignments and/or exams the last two weeks of classes.   Hardware for my ... to go on the last day of classes, a week early. And after my last class

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • June 7, 2017