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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Comfort Matters A unique application process

  

  . Therefore, by MIT standards, it is referred to as 10-250 (ten two-fifty). It ... with the AWESOME AMAZING HUGE desk it sports. The desk is mounted to a ... There's not a lot to say about this grey chair. Its desk is slightly

  • by Snively '11
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  uncertainly i am writing a blog post about another song

  

  requested for financial assistance. both were approved. it was a relief to ... -old promise to watch the movie. i thought it was pretty solid. i feel like frozen is one of the films i can remember the animation well enough to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 17, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action versus Regular Action Use this link when you get to the end of the post, you'll understand.

  

  international applicant competition is so intense that it really is important to ... *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... &A" because I'd like to answer your questions. My goal is for this to be the one

  • by Snively '11
  • June 15, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  On APs Trying to clarify the role of AP courses in the MIT admissions process.

  

  take loads of advanced courses because to them gaining knowledge is ... for love of learning is a great reason to do so. In our admissions ... . What makes me sad is when students focus on their studies to the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A Post For Parents, Part 1 The next entry is for the kids...

  

  it is you need a shoe horn to get their heads through the door) This ... . Try as you might, it is impossible to account for all variables or know ... on me this is not the same process that it was just 15 years ago. There

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Questions about Blogging Some friendly advice.

  

  , the transition from high school to MIT is not a straight line - it's a ... designated time for you to explore MIT to its fullest, to test the boundaries ... classes and your tests and your p-sets, how much time everything is going to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 30, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  New Beginnings Roses and Thorns

  

  [/caption] 2. The subway is awesome, boba tea on the other hand… Since I came to ... Harvard’s name, and our guide proceeded to explain why the statue is ... school which at the time had no name, so they decided to name it after him

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • September 16, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  A Mentor to Remember – Patrick Winston (1943-2019) Celebrating Professor Winston

  

  prioritize togetherness (especially in a place like MIT where it is easy to ... feeling when someone is explaining something to you multiple times, but you ... early this morning”.   It’s really difficult for me to process that

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 24, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Picking A Southwest Flight Seat How to Make Flying Bearable

  

  Leg Room. Bound to have terrible neighbours whose goal it is to make ... Row SSS- Super Special Seat (To be explained later, there is only 1 on ... WILL recline their seat as far as it can go, the person to your left will

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 22, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Escaping MIT Maybe if I just get far enough away, my finals will cease to exist!

  

  ’M ON NETFLIX It’s finals week. On Monday I have two exams back-to ... , it came to an abrupt end, and I’ve been left staring dejected at my ... Boston. It's also home to a football field-sized reflecting pool, which

  • by Joel G. '18
  • May 16, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Virtual Fall, Real Performances coming soon to a zoom very near you!

  

  that; it's very difficult to learn new music over Zoom and there were a ... less intimidating for auditioners and easier to connect. MTG is doing ... project! It warms my heart to think of all the art being created right now

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 4, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  October Questions Omnibus 1 More Q, and more A.

  

  project there, is that too trivial to be even considered at MIT? Would it ... to send pictures, is it okay to send pictures after the application has ... . Second, is it okay to send in sat scores after submitting the application

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Process of Psetting And the technicals of technicals

  

  around it. Sometimes the best solution is to just dodge the problem ... The imperative of an Admissions Blogger is to write about life and ... appropriate to blog about their culture. Q: What is a pset, and how to do you

  • by Joel G. '18
  • February 23, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  A way a lone a last a loved a long the An opportunity for heated debate and a cry for revolution.

  

  it was no longer saleable, but still--wouldn't it have been better to ... hamburger, because they were going to throw it out anyway, so what does it ... This weekend I went on a rafting trip down the Kennebec river in mid-to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline With the deadline approaching and the Office of Admissions closed for the holidays, I'll try…

  

  deadline, the longer it will take our records office to process and for it to ... submit your application. If your application is ready to go, click that ... the holidays, I'll try to field some questions here. Please remember

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2008
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  We Stan Matt Parker i'll try not to mention the parker square

  

  like being able to explain what it is I study to other people. And hell ... missing the exact right words for this, but to put it frankly: Calculus felt ... mathematician with a PhD is sitting in their office "researching" how to solve the

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 2, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  the person you are now oversharing on the internet

  

  am very pleased with how this post is going. It's so therapeutic to ... past year. Every time I've been at an airport, it was either to say hello ... , I wanted to stay. Now, MIT represents something a lot more pure. It

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 3, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds VII: Decided? T-minus one day until the reply form postmark deadline.

  

  -analysis - what is important to you?: You may have done one before, or avoided it ... your final choice schools it is probably easier to answer these questions ... side-by-side number comparisons of schools. It is time to focus on the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  When You Yourself Are Far Away Donuts, used books, and some wonderful/terrible recipes you need not try.

  

  Career Fair is a magical time: in addition to the opportunity and the ... Donuts is one of our favorite places in general: it is my and Cory ... with maple bacon); tomato basil, which is absolutely a donut because it

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 16, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Swiss Miss "The archangel Michael descends riding a triceratops."

  

  to #2, and it only went to #94 in Japan. And I am SO SICK OF HEARING IT ... umbrella--it had a big button that you could press to open it, fit perfectly ... according to the above five characteristics--so I opened it, held it in my

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 9, 2006