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  A reminder that there is no advantage to applying Early Action to MIT As always, you should apply when you feel ready

  

  on in the world, it is a confusing time, and I want to make sure it is ... Action. This is a longstanding policy. There is no reason to rush your ... and an aging parent and hasn't been able to get it done yet. Judging by

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 21, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2007: I Got Served, and It Felt Grrreat!! By: Seleeke, '11

  

  , it's the only way to fly. I don't care how you take it, but my CPW ... my way to this area on my stay here. I loved it, and if you ever have ... -so-cute-yet-not-very-intimidating mascot) crowd surfing later in the night? It was the perfect end to a

  • by Bryan
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To ASE Or Not To ASE preparing academically for freshman year

  

  was! Nonetheless, it is done. Looking back to last summer, everything I ... this subject and don't want to spend a semester learning it -- This is ... prefrosh seem to be freaking out over imposter syndrome/is MIT too hard/am I

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • June 26, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Special October Events

  

  . ------------------ Hey, Burton-Conner-ites! Think you know everything there is to know ... Life is good will try to break the Guiness World Record for most lit jack-o-lanterns at the Life is good Pumpkin Festival! In addition to jack

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 24, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What Is This, a Crossover Episode? Jacob Collier and Yo-Yo Ma come to MIT

  

  invited to attend (!!!!). Talk about a crossover episode! It was very much ... ."]multi-instrumentalist[/annotation]/educator known for basically being a modern-day Mozart. That is to say, he’s an ... the whole time. There is definitely much to be desired in the quality

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 23, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The City On A Hill The "M" of " MIT"

  

  consider how important location is to you, and possibly how important it ... shoes to go to school there. Not one bit. But if it was anywhere in ... school case of little town blues - that's just not worth it to me. Hey, we

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / Community Projects

  A Picture is Worth a Thousand Balloons Literally. One thousand. Like, a one with 3 zeros. One times ten to the third.…

  

  ’s nothing to say here, except that it turned out that the air compressor Zach ... used to commemorate Ruth’s return. Ruth's reaction? (I think this is ... , decided to welcome her return with a nice poster:   And a few ballons

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Looking ahead to IAP One more week left to go! Feel the burn!

  

  , IAP is a really great time to start because you can work up to 40 hours ... Turkish roots, where food is used to bring people together) and this class ... world and contracts, pulling the blue piston to the left. The air is again

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 12, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Looked outside my window, and what did I see I probably shouldn't be surprised, but I am.

  

  This is probably one of the last things I was expecting to see when I went to my window to investigate the staggeringly loud noise I heard ... impossible to try and capture it all in a blog. Never fear though, I'll figure

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 3, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  Responses to comments! I answered your questions. Like, fast this time.

  

  or did you contact the coach and (this is going to sound stupid) how ... than/to conner? I hear people say BurtonConner like its one word, and i know people who talk about burton... so is it like adjacent dorms or

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  “I’ve Got 99 Problems… Admissions Is Not One” Really 52, but who's counting? I know that you love numbers, stats and checklists, so…

  

  the cover IS a comic book. Don't quote it. Don't apply to MIT solely ... it's time for me to lighten the mood around here. So to all of you uber ... :       Don't refer to yourself in the 3rd person. It

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 21, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  The First-Year Application for the MIT Class of 2026 is now live

  

  -year undergraduate admission to MIT for the aspiring Class of 2026 is now live. You can ... “bump” to students who apply to MIT during Early Action. There is no ... , or anything else. The right time for you to apply to MIT is when the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 31, 2021
• Blog / Events

  There is such a thing as a free event Collegefest is going on this weekend, go get yourself some free junk!

  

  with a few friends to the Collegefest in Hynes Convention Center (it's next to the Prudential Center.) Admission is free if you have a Student ... then it's not to be missed! Oooh, you can also get a lot of Starbucks and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 17, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Kids These Days Don’t Know How Good They’ve Got It and they need to get off my lawn

  

  , and it is very interesting to see their answers to even relatively ... out about it by going to a place, probably not the place you currently ... something and have access to the Internet, you can Google it, which will

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • October 26, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  Today is a Super Important Day This is kind of a big deal.

  

  spirit. Why yes, it is my 19th birthday. How’d you know? While true, that ... Today is an important day. The end of an era, the beginning of a new one. I know that I, personally, have been counting down to this day for

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 20, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Quick Guide to Adobe Illustrator The very basics, for people who have never used it

  

  teach them how to use Illustrator so I've decided to write a blog about it instead of trying to find time to meet irl. Illustrator is basically MS Paint but better- I mainly use it to make diagrams of my projects, label

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • February 19, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  [Guest Post] This is Junior Lab, not Junior Theory By Jorian B. '25

  

  it is closer to “how”). Initially, I thought that they (the powers ... (and money) to do your own experiment. It is just messing around with a ... -strictly-technical-but-still-necessary skills in 8.13. And it is much easier to balance than 8.13. It is a ton of

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 1, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “This is not a smoking gun for superfluidity. This is a cannon.” Physics Breakthrough at MIT

  

  So today at work, I had a little "free time" so I decided to peruse ... tendency of opening too many windows so my computer crashed and I had to ... pleasantly surprised to find some breaking news. While attempting to

  • by Bryan
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  The train in Spain is ungainly, take a plane I'm an MITblogger, get me out of here!

  

  't figure out what is significant about it other than the fact that it sums to ... is about as well as I can explain it to you, also--basically, they ... four days later, it's still kind of hard to resolve all of these

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 23, 2006
• Blog / Study Abroad

  One Life to Live In which I use the title of a soap opera as a motivational phrase

  

  , it's easier to believe that there was time in-between I spent studying ... you an entry on How To Be Cool and Study Abroad, and it just so happens ... long too tell you, and now it's too late to apply." So, for your

  • by Karen F. '11
  • October 13, 2007