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• Blog / Events

  Fondue: fun and done A break from admissions at the Fondue party.

  

  long Saturday of working to select the class, I hopped on the Safe ... one of the most anticipated parties of the year, a great MIT tradition. This year, for the first time, the party was preceded by a special

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Day at Stanford University wait, what?

  

  of people do, in fact, look like people, and were created by famous ... . The buildings are built out of tasteful sandstone and, as a bonus, rectangular. Instead of drowning in camera-armed Chinese tourists you should

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 3, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  the Big Rocks are calling and I must go MITOC winter school!!

  

  covered by soft ice. But if I can get myself out of the house and into the ... the promise of skies with no end, soft ice touched only by the wind, and ... cold, and the way the sun disappears by four bothers me a lot actually

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / MISTI

  Another Journey Planned How to go abroad 101

  

  not traveled abroad before, MIT has a ton of resources to fund travel ... trying to “serve the nation and the world”. There are a ton of resources ... at the forces affecting the development of cities around the world. If

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 21, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Anxiety Level: High A play-by-play of emotional diffusion

  

  thought patterns is Hard Work, and by the looks of it you’re not giving it ... anxious. For a little bit now, I’ve been taking stock of my anxiety levels at the end of every day to see if I can find any patterns. I take a

  • by Powers '23
  • July 30, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  how can i keep from singing? a midpoint check-in

  

  , penciling in notes between the lines, and the two hours of rehearsal fly by ... subconscious energy; they take up the part of my brain which is usually busy ... terrain here is bumpier: the past two years, of course, have been marred by

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 22, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Starting over sucks but sometimes you have to do it

  

  robot ram into the wall and destroy bits of itself in the process, we ... 'm running out of time and energy to even get back up? How many more hits can I ... you can't predict how a robot is going to look like by the end of the

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 16, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  real things on tangibility, mistakes, and community

  

  , surrounded by tall, looming pine trees, listening to the tinny sound of the ... the moon by the cardigans, which ended up being one of our favorite ... . the process of tackling these problems and fixing them feels so natural

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 5, 2025
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if my application is disrupted by a major event beyond my control?

  safety. You will not be penalized in the application process because of delays caused by major disruptions outside of your control. We try to be ... If your ability to apply to MIT has been affected by disasters or
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anatomy of a Problem, Part 1 and the power of the few

  

  , especially in the context of limited resources. Limited memory, limited ... largely out of my mind and was brought into focus again by the recent ... implications of winning the majority of individual votes--by a sizable margin at

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 22, 2017
• Blog / Classes

  Misconceptions initial thoughts from a first-gen college student

  

  that I would feel overwhelmed by the sheer amount of STEM in comparison ... I first stepped onto MIT’s campus in the summer of my junior year, and it was my first impression of what college life could truly look

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 30, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  51 Things I Want to Say to 2022s one senior's autumn thoughts

  

  by the Class of 2021's struggles to adjust to the Institute. This post ... pressure to stay by default. It’ll take a lot of communication to get through ... Dear Members of the Class of 2022, It's been an absolute pleasure to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2017! highlight reels from the new year

  

  semester. I celebrate by watching a marathon of intense horror movies. I ... sleep. October 14, 2017 The next round of monthly bills is due: rent ... the sense I got from friends on social media was a general consensus of

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2017
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does MIT prefer public school or private school?

  every type of school: public, private, religious, charter, and home school ... have different resources. It's our job as admissions officers to sift ... MIT. Matt McGann, former Director of Admissions, wrote a great blog
• Blog / Announcements

  For those whose applications have been interrupted by disasters and disruptions providing what information and comfort we can

  

  not be penalized in the application process because of delays caused by ... of my head.  And, most importantly, you will be surrounded by fellow ... applications, educations, and most importantly lives have been interrupted by a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 29, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  We’re Up To Date! Tracking your application.

  

  Our fabulous Records Office team has processed all of the mail we ... processed most December testing by now), and, if applicable, Interview Report ... show what materials we have processed for you. We should have the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning: Lightning Round six eminent faculty on educational technology innovations

  

  The Festival of Learning is an annual event organized by the MIT ... , engage in different modes of thinking, and practice problem solving by ... process of creating an online course for 21G.027 Visualizing Japan in the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 27, 2018
• Blog / How to MIT

  Learn Coding Before School Starts you've got one month left. go!

  

  top of everything else the class assigned. By the end of the semester ... month long IAP course taught by the Office of Minority Education. This ... you many of resources like offering you hosting space where you can

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 2, 2015
• Blog / MISTI

  Art & Science in Paris

  

   inspired by the possibilities for the future of accessible drinking water and centered on a sculpture by the architect Ciro Najle. This internship ... , a cloud-like form made entirely of crochet and developed by the

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 19, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  The last few days of summer I think I spent them well.

  

  day of classes. I therefore had eighteen days' worth of summer to spend. Actually, I take that back. Two of those days were taken up by a wedding (turns out I'm That Person Who Cries For The Entire Ceremony), eight of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 6, 2012