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• Blog / Admissions

  Talking about a difficult subject Answering an FAQ.

  

  much talent and promise could end their own lives. In struggling to make ... and much other research that each year about 10 to 15 percent of college ... and administrators about the need to communicate, support and care for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / Advice

  My MIT Essay Revisions college essay things

  

  come to mind. Generate as much information as you possibly can. Here ... was my duty to give as much as I could to these people. They let us into ... ingredients needed to make a good essay. I was lucky enough to have really

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 22, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT TechTV: Incredible videos from the MIT community YouTube has nothing on us.

  

  I have three final exams this week, so what better time to be ... ://techtv.mit.edu/about/)! If you think MIT students are too smothered with work to let their ... (in Origami) Vol. 1 — (Does Brian look familiar? That’s because I

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 20, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Bloggers invade LA What should Sam and I do in Los Angeles? Suggestions welcome

  

  Break starts today! (Does anyone know if milk is okay past the Sell By ... and I are flying out to Los Angeles today for a one-week stay in the ... instead of a suitcase. On our to-do list so far, we have 1. Roscoe

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 23, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Some Notes Misc. fun stuff.

  

  Today is the first day of final exam week at MIT. [read more: schedule] 800+ students & alums came to Kresge Auditorium last night to ... pirate, though, does earn you bonus points. [read more: TWoP] Marilee was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 16, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does MIT offer conditional admissions?

  MIT doesn’t offer any special or conditional admissions. All first-year applicants fill out the same undergraduate application and meet the same testing requirements.
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Where can I find info on the School of Engineering?

  The MIT School of Engineering is world renowned. Covering everything from ocean engineering to aeronautics, there's something exciting going on in every department, lab, and classroom. There's way too much to
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Coolest Thing I Bet You Didn’t Know Was Math (guest post by YQ L. ‘16) Clickbait title by me, not by YQ, because I really, really, really want you to…

  

  friends as much as from my classes, have been things I wouldn’t expect to be ... —and the tools to make our own new beautiful things. This blog post is about ... rest of this post is by someone who, in addition to being an in general

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 7, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  New York City in which i go to work on some days and eat lots of cheap food…

  

  currently in Manhattan trying to find my bearings and eat as much cheap food ... . After settling in, it feels a lot like MIT--there's so much to do in a ... pored over whatever I could find, usually defaulting to MSNBC or CNN to

  • by Connie H. '15
  • June 15, 2013
• Blog / Classes

  How to build a Tamagotchi and the power of curiosity

  

  electronics to the point of designing them, and that had been something I'd really been wanting to remedy. Specifically, I wanted to learn how to ... was a completely opened ended opportunity to design your own printed

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

  lord, it is time for a blog post the huge semester has gone halfway by

  

  I disappeared into the battlefield of the semester, not to be heard ... to anything like it again. Yet, somehow, sophomore spring got even ... myself, going into junior fall, that I would have to make things better

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 13, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  We’re Up To Date! Tracking your application.

  

  evaluation, the teacher may fax a copy to us. If they need another copy of the ... have received. Now we're really ready to read applications! This is a good time for you to check your application tracking on MyMIT. It will

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 17, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Non-Blinding my junior year(s)

  

  that I need to put in this work now for when I apply to schools this ... Course 18 (mathematics) you need two of these classes to graduate. I really ... last night: my mom was out of town and I needed to get to my math

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 22, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  pebble. The place you want to be is farther than this, right? That’s why it ... Kentaro Miura) There were so many wonderful applicants to MIT this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down some truly great

  • by Decisions
  • December 18, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Campus Activities What to do while not learning.

  

  't have tons of time to do fun stuff. I was digging around on my external hard drive today (which has saved my life more than once, invest in one ... challenge would be a fun activity to partake in. Not familiar with the gallon

  • by Snively '11
  • September 3, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All Over Again Applying to college all over again.

  

  'll be taking the tests, but there's no need to worry or fret. When I ... Four years ago, I started to apply to colleges. Four years later, I ... 've just started to get exposed to interesting topics in bioengineering that

  • by Bryan
  • June 8, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  2,024 liked songs spotify is my favorite social media

  

  , she also really likes penguins, and she’s very similar to another person ... daytime so there was nothing to observe, but I couldn’t stop thinking about what she said, because she read me to filth. Spotify and I have a

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 23, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Super Adventure Club In a little while, I'll be gone.

  

  've told this to basically everybody I saw today and I feel like I'm just recklessly complaining, but here goes: Today I had a to-do list of 23 things to ... our very own Bryan and Anthony. Rather, I'll be going south and west to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s like finding candy in your pocket… MIT in the media - Always a treat.

  

  in my opinion. I'm sure we all fall victim to surrendering minutes and hours to the Internet - aka procrastination. But is it me or are we all getting desensitized to the negative connotation of procrastination so that

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 21, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to Do While Waiting for Decisions Like elevator music, except without the awkwardness of standing next to a stranger whose priorities…

  

  A couple weeks ago someone asked what I did to pass the time while I ... few things I can think of.. Things To Do While Waiting For College ... '80s hair metal. ("Next year I'm going to college, and there we will

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 2, 2006