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• Blog / About Decisions

  The Waitlist, 2010

  

  offer) or decline it. We will be maintaining the waitlist for another few ... For the fifth consecutive year, we will admit students from our ... will notify the admitted students, informing them that they have been

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 13, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m going to be a blogger! The words my family had to hear 635,382 times

  

  , here in my Notes app on the side of the highway. Well, so be it; I will ... , wiped blank by the ten-hour road trip, who will be born for real in the ... ones I will notice. I found out yesterday that I'll get to be a blogger

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 15, 2018
• Blog / Uncategorized

  A Week in the Life of a Second Semester MIT Student first week impressions

  

  classes. Of course it had to be the three people I'm least comfortable ... being the hardest one, that the part I'm stuck on isn't even the worst it ... , after being on the verge of tears for the past three hours (even after I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 7, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  How to build a Tamagotchi and the power of curiosity

  

  circuit board (PCB)! Once I heard that the class would be funding the ... shipped off the design to be manufactured in China. This is what returned to ... accept that we may fail in the pursuit of bringing our dream to life. To

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • May 25, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Sixth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 2PM on 12/22/05.

  

  to send the December scores again or will collegeboard still be sending ... TOEFL equivalent to perfect SAT 1?" Your TOEFL will be used instead of the ... .253.4791) or write to [email protected] - this will need to be corrected in the

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 22, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  the pnr mindset vs. the grindset mindset pnr shall be missed

  

  of “PNR shall be missed.” And with the first week of [annotation note ... confronted with the reality that, come February, I won’t be able to just ... deprived brains into looking forward to the next time a pset would be

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • January 15, 2023
• Blog / How to Food

  The Starving Student’s Guide to Cooking For Yourself it's easy to ditch that meal plan and save loads of money.

  

  your dorm has communal cookware, your costs will be lower (I prefer ... ; requires just a little preparation the night before) For when you want to be ... 'll be difficult to avoid overcooking it. 1. The night before, season your

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 28, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Self Help I

  

  Children Will Listen, How to Listen So Children Will Speak and The Blessing ... would be ruined if you knew the whole story. The impact on me was profound ... doctorates can be hacks, and even people with the best intentions can spew

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 6, 2015
• Blog / Classes

  Sophomore Fall Goals So you can bully me when I write a post saying they didn't work out

  

  , I'll share them here. I would like my sophomore year to be less rough. Logistically, I think it will be. I have friends now that I adore, and I simply ... My first year was a little rough. I could've written more about the

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • August 11, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  GELcamp project management… in the woods?

  

  management course (each being 1.5 hours long), and the first two were called: 1 ... transitioned to our group project that we will be working on these next four days ... this ski trip will probably be one of my favorite moments of GELcamp. I

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 6, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  by the time you notice it’s too late anime, bloons, and piano

  

  ! locate his allies!” as he knows the other antagonists must be nearby ... address the problem. this is because the problem’s effects might be a very ... without looking at the keyboard. this is a wonderful state to be in because

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • June 4, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.007 Competition Tomorrow Better than Battlebots! 2.007 competition tomorrow!

  

  have been waiting for. In the Johnson Athletic Center at 6:30 pm, we will be having the first round of the 2.007 competition. Wednesday at 7:00 pm will be the finals! If you're around, I'd highly recommend coming

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  close your eyes and put your finger on the map and other ways to make grad school decisions

  

  will also be stressed all the time.” But I applied anyway because I liked ... pretty low acceptance rates, and I'll also be applying to schools in the ... climate tech.  Next I looked at the labs. This can be harder because the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 22, 2023
• Blog / Announcements

  We are reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions cycles in order to help us continue to build a diverse and talented MIT

  

  -income students, and students who will be the first generation in their family to go ... not, nor is it clear if or when it will be. However, the [annotation ... to find and admit students who will succeed at MIT and serve the world

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  Go, ninja, go. A four hour tour of Boston, with Gilligan, and the Skipper too.

  

  you on, and I promise that it will all be a lot more fun than wandering ... there are really going to be people lined up the ENITRE ROUTE cheering you ... asking why I was failing classes . Now I just ran the most famous marathon

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 24, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  four weeks in the life a google calendar time capsule

  

  ), because my semester was way too busy. Will you be my ESP Valentine?: In ... people on assignments, and it is wonderful. Part of the joy of MIT is being ... transfer from one generation to the next so that in the future, people can

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 4, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making the hard decision a couple of brutally honest stories from friends here that had originally wanted to study…

  

  , because for the rest of your life, YOU will be in control of where your life ... public view. And there will be many times when you’ll be too busy or tired ... . MIT is likely not the best place to be if you know that writing is your

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 17, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  After Graduating From beyond the veil :O

  

  be the least experienced person on the team (everyone else had at least ... suffocated by the name “MIT”--shouldn’t I be doing something more, being more ... family of sorts. It was an honor to be there. (also, Yo-yo Ma was the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 10, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  there is no time left musings on death and the future

  

  sometimes peoples’ lives might actually be structured such that the pleasure ... choices in the event that you fail, since you’ll know that it was necessary ... 2040?” i thought they really meant “why do _ if the world will end before

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • March 22, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sentimental Objects (part one) random trinkets from freshman year

  

  order to start the cycle again for sophomore year, we decided to transfer ... Mushroom. So, this being the first of a hopefully four part series, here are ... We are very sentimental people. Not like the keeps

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 29, 2017