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  The First-Year Application for the MIT Class of 2025 is now live

  

  can describe, in 250 words or fewer, any extenuating circumstances that ... magic words that get you in (or keep you out) of MIT. If you approach this ... I'm writing to announce that the application for first

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 13, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Chocolate!!! The MIT student group The Laboratory for Chocolate Science is featured in today's Boston Globe.

  

  -chocolate potato curry and chicken mole. The couple, who live in Boston, found out ... .mit.edu/chocolatiers/www. Check out a video of the MIT chocolatiers in action at www.how2heroes.com ... postdoctoral biology student. "Now I feel like I can mess with my chocolate a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  the sun sets on another summer only one left yikes

  

  flight to boston. this summer went by weirdly fast but in a way that i can't quite describe. i feel like i've been in LA forever, but i also feel like ... and it's like you're caught in a time loop. i don't know if i like that

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 17, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  are not offering admission, then all I can remind you is that success is ... all worked out okay. I’m closing comments on this blog post to ... students can be found here, with more information about next steps to come in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  in the pursuit of knowledge want to see a MacArthur Genius dancing to gangnam style?

  

  my final draft) In spirit, not much has changed since I wrote that ... "I've always been a knowledge junkie; facts are my hit, and Wikipedia is my dealer." (I was looking through my old computer files and found

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 19, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  39 windows and 2 friends a love letter to simmons's architecture

  

  you can fit a bed in the right half of the room; no, i don't know how ... last year, i lived in simmons hall. simmons is known for many things ... look around myself. i realize again that i live in a building with

  • by Boheng C. '28
  • December 2, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Spotted: A Brass Rat in the Wild? Is this an alumnus hacking McDonald's, or McDonald's hacking MIT? I can't tell

  

  I saw it.     Can you see it?     zoom ... . This is the first rat I've seen in a commercial, though. And it leaves me ... Early this morning I got a text from my friend and former student

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 16, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  at the South Asian Youth Initiative a New Haven adventure

  

  , Sarah S. ’24 and I meet in front of McCormick to head to South Station to ... can hear ‘Hey yo, Westerburg’; on others, I am thinking about literature ... this point, I am scared I'll forget all of this in the morning so I pull

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 22, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  NACAC Conference Wrap-up from the national admissions conference.

  

  are reading this, I hope you'll say a quick "hi" in the comments section ... more about options for international students. Coming in, I knew about ... (behind the camera: Ben) I'm in the office in Cambridge briefly again today

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  i don’t know how to comfort people

  

  i’ve learned that people here rely on each other. in a greuling ... said and done, i feel better. but i don’t know how to do it in ... , not today” or lean their head towards me so i can ruffle their hair a

  • by Anika H. '26
  • November 22, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Info Session Courtesy of Ben Jones

  

  're interested in. You can start a UROP as a freshman, first semester, by just ... out of this country" options. There's a program in Cambridge and Spain ... about housing now, which isn't something I'm willing to touch in a

  • by Snively '11
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students: MyMIT Updated Important and cool new information on MyMIT: check it out now.

  

  the schedule so you can find out when the meeting in your area is ... their MyMIT portal today, including: Class of 2010 Guestbook. Sign in, learn about your classmates, find out who else is from your area and who

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Monteverdi to Mozart: 1600-1800 An organ, three harpsichords, and lots of learning

  

  go listen to concerts in Boston for free. In other words: I've had a ... playing the harpsichord; I've just seen harpsichords in museums. There are ... popularity in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries, and died out around 1812

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 11, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  YO! -yo. Learning how to make more toys!!

  

  that I took here. I learned a ton about the manufacturing process in a hands-on environment. Plus I got to spend a semester hanging out with some ... ...  but more on that later! This blog isn't about the lesson I learned this

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 19, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  INT to the INT to the IN(s)T i3 Videos! woo!

  

  Interactive Introduction to the Institute (i3) (n.) - a DVD you will receive with your next big mailing (scheduled to be sent out early May ... House as 6 different dorms - New House, iHouse, and 4 cultural houses

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  can be a difficult decision to receive, but trust me: it works out okay in the end. Take a deep breath, shake it out, and go crush the rest of ... available in the application portal. To check your decision, login to the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 16, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  How I lost aura points i confess my sins

  

  circadian rhythm out of whack. A few months ago, I was easily putting in ... . I unfortunately lost a handful of aura points in the past several days ... ] Showing my age I used the slang word "slay" in a conversation the other day

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 14, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  there? Well, there's beauty in the breakdown. At 5 AM, I'm leaving Burton ... Philadelphia. After a 6-hour nap, I'll wake up in Philadelphia and prepare to ... around 2 PM in Lancaster, I'll meet up with my friend Shawna, who goes to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  See, I Am! (CI-M) Communication-intensive economics research. (If that sentence doesn't make you want to read this entry, I…

  

  See, I am here! Sorry for the gap in my posting. My CI-M (TLA!! Sam ... CI classes in your major: CI-Ms. I invite you to join me on this ... out my own analysis, and interpreted the results. I not only felt a

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  summer 2021

  

  For the past seven weeks I've been living in Honolulu, Hawai'i with ... culturally rich places in the world. My weekdays were essentially the same. I ... with my roommates and then I'd be in bed by usually 10. And then repeat

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 5, 2021