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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  I went to a motorcycle festival don’t worry, parents, I didn't see other MIT kids there

  

  Fest, organized by Madhouse Motors every spring. I’d heard of it from ... addressed me, both of us engineers at MIT. It caught me by surprise when some ... , and planned that it would take about a third of the hours it did, so I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 23, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  holidays in boston a photodump for you to procrastinate with

  

  instead of studying for my [annotation note="I'm posting this as I leave for ... lack of any holiday spirit inside of me, I have done a very minor amount of holiday-themed things around campus/Boston to remind us all to have

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 16, 2024
• Blog / Events

  CPW 2008 @ MIT – Awesomeness Guaranteed (Guest Entry) On things that other colleges (namely their dean of admissions) will never letyou do.

  

  ) was designed by Dmitri, a brother of tEp. Star Simpson was also giving ... Information Processing Board) creates all kinds of awesome computing projects at ... of East Campus (which was amazing, by the way).   Senior House

  • by Snively '11
  • April 17, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  falling in love with october swooning over foLiAGe

  

  ’ve never felt so much joy from a season, a mere period of time defined by ... sidewalks, I’m reminded that a different kind of season defined by academic ... record of taking 1 HASS in a semester by taking [annotation note="21W.762

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 24, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2017 Transfer Decisions Will Be Released Today May the Fourth, and also your transfer decisions, be with you

  

  ), I know that this process can be a difficult experience. For those of ... 4th, and you should receive it seconds later through the magic of midichlorians. Our transfer admissions process was quite competitive: 582

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 4, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2015 Transfer Decisions Will Be Released Today May the Fourth, and also your transfer decisions, be with you

  

  ), I know that this process can be a difficult experience. For those of ... 4th, and you should receive it seconds later through the magic of midichlorians. Our transfer admissions process was quite competitive: 489

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 4, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  clay crash course one month of wheelthrowing later…

  

  one of my sessions this week by throwing a little cylinder with a .75lb ... , and one-time workshops, I threw on the wheel for an average of eight ... or the whistling of the city. My destination, Brookline Arts Center

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • February 10, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Failing” at MIT for the record, this isn't

  

  relatively easy years of high school seem to fly by; SAT’s, ACT’s, TGIF’s, BYOB ... list (in condensed paragraph form) of some failures, by MIT’s standards ... again. I threw 90 percent of my energy into other classes, because a

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 2, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  things that make noises for those lost

  

  processes slow. this is anxiety, often a derivative of fear. you may or may ... processing. it can be thought of as many thoughts fighting each other for ... march is a rough month. you are lost, not only in a pile of things to

  • by Anika H. '26
  • March 15, 2023
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT use my test scores?

  MIT uses a holistic admissions process, so test scores are just one factor among many for evaluating your preparedness for MIT. Test scores are evaluated alongside other components of the application such as curriculum
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Freshman App Questions We're happy to help.

  

  read more about our application and admissions process in the Freshman Application section of the site. I am happy to answer your questions (that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 19, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT-vangelion: Behind the scenes! how we made the Pi Day 2023 video!

  

  ? Definitely. But I’m really proud of myself for the outcome! The process itself ... and changed the colors of the text by interpolating between the light ... bunch of pieces (which would be super tedious to do by hand in 2D), I

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 12, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 2) The dog days of summer.

  

  fall semester. Over IAP, I attended a number of lectures put on by the Physics Department. One of them was given by Martin; afterwards, I asked him ... am in the middle of nowhere?). I'll be sending you some processed

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 30, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [joint post] Welcoming you to “Here at MIT” student art in the new welcome center

  

  . The hand-like tree is symbolic of making both by nature and life and by ... designed by the MIT Educational Studies Program. We run a variety of programs ... in time) by drawing scenes of my surroundings or things that I

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 3, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  when apocalypse strikes… on being preemptively torn from my home, living group, and nearly everything i love at…

  

  get the hell out of Dodge by Sunday. I thought it was optional, so I ... regrets. It’s taken a lot of time for me to process my emotions, but I ... This week, hands down, has been the most chaotic one of my life. I

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 16, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  You’ve got questions… ...I've got answers strewn amidst an explosion of other stuff.

  

  process of applying to your institution. I just you to tell me about your ... Graduate." It's full of cool ideas about things to do at MIT and the Boston ... off of it and realize that there's more stuff that I can check off. (For

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  d-d-d-d-drop date late is good sometimes

  

  goblin brain, I’ve sparingly taken advantage of this resource. Nevertheless ... tl;dr: MIT lets you drop subjects basically at the end of the ... Atlanta to attempt to fly back to Boston since essentially all of the

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 27, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes on the Interview It's only going to be as fun as you want it to be.

  

  Please note that, as of August 2018, our process for assigning ... description of the current interview process is posted here.  Here in Cambridge ... are telltale signs - a hint of gold above the treetops, an orange leaf

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 26, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  A salty IAP post Taking a moment to be bitter

  

  SoOoOoOOooooo it’s the most wonderful time of the year: IAP! That time of year where every MIT student can choose to do whatever they ... the crushing guilt that comes with not using every moment of your free

  • by Powers '23
  • January 22, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  January Blues living alone, daily grind, angsty music

  

  , struck by the mental pileup of inconsequential observations that comes with ... when working, I feel like I am wasting time. I miss the manic energy of ... fear: spending my life like i am this month, in a bubble of people who

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 16, 2016