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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let It Bleed There will be an answer, let it bleed.

  

  middle of it, in the process missing the first hour of our ultra ... DID YOU KNOW? Bonsai Kittens were a hoax started by MIT students ... but think of the time in high school that my friend Allison was giving

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 5, 2006
• Blog / Residential Life

  [Guest Post] All About the MIT Panhellenic Association how some MIT students found their "home under the dome"

  

  Recruitment: a series of conversation-based recruitment events sponsored by ... of Theta is because I feel lifted up by everyone around me. Almost like ... corners of the world, we’re all connected by our values and love for our

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 27, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why I do too much stuff at MIT 1)My mom doesn't have a problem with it.

  

  Near the end of winter break, I was sitting in an uncomfortable ... the latest issue of Blender magazine (Bright Eyes and Rilo Kiley in the top 25 albums of 2007?! Come on, Blender.), when it occurred to me that

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 13, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  BREAKING NEWS! Find out about your life of pi

  

  Mar 7, 2013 Yesterday, researchers from the MIT - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution found several bottles and their enclosed contents washed up on the banks of the Charles River. It seems that famed tiger

  • by Richard Parker
  • March 10, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  The CPW Weather Machine Strikes Again a frivolous day in the sun and grass

  

  -making process (the part where he explains his thoughts leading up to using vinegar to slow the breakdown of pectin in the potatoes is pretty cool). As

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 18, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  A few quick answers The skinny.

  

  international applications, in parallel to the selection of domestic applicants

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Changes To Your MyMIT Account The no-online-notification thing may change in the future, but unfortunately not this year.

  

  A quick response to some of the questions we've been receiving: you won't notice any change to your MyMIT account until we're confident that everyone has had a chance to receive his/her decision via mail (or telephone

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Everybody’s Reading Applications!

  

  It's definitely the busiest time of the year for application reading (hence the low post count this week... luckily Mitra has a couple new entries recently to keep folks entertained and informed). While I was busily

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  THE FINAL FANTASY 7 REMAKE IS OUT since 6/15/15, i have literally lived for this moment

  

  Those of you who have been following me on the blogs for a while - or ... qualify what exactly about it has stuck with me for ~40% of my life - the ... times[/annotation], played all of the prequels/sequels that [annotation

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 16, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  Today, some of our applicants learned conclusively that we will not be able to offer them admission to the Class of 2029. The comments on this post are an open forum for those of you who want to talk with us

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Check Is In The Mail As you know from Matt/Ben's blogs, the decisions are in the mail, or as they…

  

  of 1300 GMT the decisions were at Boston's South Station (the main post ... those of you not familiar with the 24-hour clock, or zero-hour, that's 9 ... this year is 12% down from 14% last year. I know that many of you will

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  International Selection Day 1

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... a selection committee meeting: it was the first day of international ... conclude selection of the international class. Relatedly, I had a great

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 5 and a day off (kinda)

  

  fantastic applications, the highlight of the day (for me) was my making mango ... Castle (one of 13 Indian restaurants within a mile of MIT, according to ... . Tonight, I'm going to a screening of the Oscar-nominated short films at the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Don’t believe everything that you read

  

  Someone emailed to me a funny post from one of those rumor ... admission council very well. They have a criteria of 5 things, and if you achieve 2 of the 5 you are in. 1. USAMO 2. ISEF 3. 1600 4. 4.0 (unweighted

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every class I’ve taken at MIT RANKED!

  

  . However, I was pleasantly surprised by the approach of the teaching staff ... product and the process of designing my own circuit board has taught me so ... my class tier list, some stats, and my four-year roadmap of classes

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 26, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  The Undecideds VI: The Undiscovered Country Even more undecided students' questions & answers.

  

  dot edu. You haven't answered by question in any of the past few ... hours, they've picked up and answered all of my questions. What if I don ... form supposed to be postmarked by May 1 or received by May 1? The form is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Waitlist, 2009 Within the next few days, we plan to make waitlist offers to complete the Class…

  

  (it is an understood part of admissions that some people will shuffle ... . But now, as a high number of admitted students have chosen to enroll, we know that we will need to enroll only a relatively moderate number of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 13, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist News Within the next week, we plan to admit approximately 35 students from the waitlist.

  

  is an understood part of admissions that some people will shuffle ... . But now, as a high number of admitted students have chosen to enroll, we know that we will need to enroll only a relatively small number of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Feeling Energized Watching the sun rise signals that it's time for bed.

  

  design project for one of my classes, 2.005, where we had to design a ... equations in Latex. 20 pages of chicken scratch later and a solid 1.5 weeks ... report where I derived equations about the natural oscillation, center of

  • by Bryan
  • December 7, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Twenty thousand paper cuts and twenty thousand leaves

  

  next few days I used my laptop for my morning alarm instead of my phone ... for its front desk, it was only one of the packages I had ordered, and ... friend let me borrow one of their chargers, which didn't really work

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 13, 2020