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  Psets from hell Sometimes learning can be painful

  

  remember being rather miserable during the first week this semester. It was 2 ... failure. You'll take risks, and it'll be scary, and sometimes you'll fail ... larger lab which includes the Lego Lab) that's supposed to be really

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  (Guest Post) how can it be home when it’s not finding a sense of belonging away from home

  

  probably because the excitement of being at a new place never got replaced with the overwhelming realization of being at that new place before that ... the way it should be.  i no longer feel like i am traveling. i feel

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 19, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions Updates Online & postal decisions, matching Pell Grants, and reading continues.

  

  , there will be no way to find out. As for the postal mailing, we still do ... will be around the same time as the decisions are posted online. Because of the amount of material that will be sent, admitted students should

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2019 everything from autobiographies to magic the gathering blog posts

  

  essay about medical acting, empathy, and the human desire for being ... day of the course. You will also remember that when I showed it to you ... The Unbearable Lightness of Being (84k words). Philosophical musings

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 30, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A for the Waitlisted Some (hopefully) helpful questions and answers for waitlisted students.

  

  this post will be quite helpful! How does the waitlist work? We are ... on the waitlist will not be admitted. I hope that you will have another ... estimates of the percentage of admitted students who will attend (known as the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions: Thursday 12/16, 9pm EST On Thursday evening, our admissions decisions will be online.

  

  password. Decisions.mit.edu will be available through the decision date for ... @mit.edu with your full name and mailing address. Admissions decisions will be available exclusively online. Decisions will not be released via email, snail

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 10, 2010
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT EA decisions to be posted Saturday, 12/18/21, 3:14 PM ET i guess the title kind of says it all, huh?

  

  everyone should know: We will be releasing Early Action decisions online ... tracking your application checklist, which will now be turned off. ella: to ... note="please be nice to them also"]admissions team[/annotation]⁠ will be

  • by kellen manning
  • December 13, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection

  

  Quick update: Right now, the "committee room" (room 10-100, converted for the purpose) is very quiet, but in 2 hours it will be abuzz ... understanding, and will make the most fair decision that we can. More updates as

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 3, 2004
• Blog / How to Human

  relearning what i know now or: hi, i learned wrong my entire life.

  

  that my work ethic is going to be the thing that dooms me, and now I just ... suffocating me. The entire flight home I just thought of what it would be like ... time here at MIT that when the moment comes when I need to be on my own

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 22, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  on success, meaning, and time existential musings about big questions with no answers

  

  ’re just things that happen to be more on the mind lately ... colleges, or what life will be like after high school and college. Maybe this ... things in life. i will not be as strong as mike posner in telling you these

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • December 15, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  where is south dakota again? and other fun questions for your south dakotan friends

  

  making culture to its abundant opportunities, I knew it would be the right ... the experience of being confronted with something so radically different ... miss the freedom to be anywhere in town I want in 10 minutes or less by

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 3, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ring Committee Wrap Up For those interested . . .

  

  a 13th member to the Ring Committee. This additional member will be ... new member can be a part of the important decisions that will be made ... go smoothly and that the final Ring Committee will be announced in the

  • by Snively '11
  • June 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Curseroad MIT class roadmaps that shouldn’t exist but theoretically could

  

  senior fall! But unlike the previous roadmap, this one will actually work ... ] alone, it can be a bit overwhelming trying to construct a roadmap of interesting and highly-rated classes while still hitting all the requirements

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 6, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Meetings with Brown & Yale in CA, IL, MI, NV, OH MIT Admissions starts to look forward to the Class of 2013 (!).

  

  Beginning this weekend, MIT will be going on the road with Brown ... Midwest. Details can be found here: brownmityale.org These meetings will be ... England. Of course, we'll also be visiting 70+ cities across the country in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ratification: The Story of the US Constitution History @ MIT

  

  available prominently at major booksellers like the soon-to-be-history Borders ... If you are at all following the news, you'll know that the US Congress just raised the debt ceiling, after a protracted deeply partisan

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 4, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Home! I'm back in the US after three weeks in Asia.

  

  After a long vacation in Southeast Asia, I'll be officially back in the swing of things tomorrow. It will be a little strange to be back (and for so many people to be speaking English), but I'm excited to begin

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  New York Trips that we went on with Arts Scholars!

  

  the biggest perks of being an Arts Scholar is getting to go on an all ... going to be our [annotation note="The first time was when we saw Natasha ... planes that had to be detoured to their city's airport in the days

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 5, 2020
• Blog / MISTI

  alone in cologne homesickness, better late than never

  

  ventured out into the unknown. But that thrill has to be earned somehow. It has to be earned through fear. If I dig a little deeper, into the less ... lean into the fear, I’ll ultimately be glad I did. I remember as a kid

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • June 26, 2025
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Becoming a better programmer and why i'm excited about software engineering

  

  , yes. But to be honest, coming into the internship, I wasn't sure what ... level is, the larger your work can be. Five-paragraph essays are at the ... to be? I only needed to break down the task to the level of my highest

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 24, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  The MIT Application is now available! You can now access the MIT freshman application at MyMIT.

  

  announcements, this will likely be the place for such communications. Please ... different parts of your application. On your MyMIT site, you will find the ... with each recommendation letter. You will submit your part of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2010