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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Chalk of the Week chalk art at the welcome center

  

  . Honestly, I'm proud of how it turned out! Inspired by the "Retro ... . Every week, I've been putting chalk art up on one of the boards, as well ... Chalk of the Day). The gig I'm doing kind of extends that part of student

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • July 27, 2022
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does my transcript count as official?

  Transcripts must be sent in by your school counselor or another ... by your registrar’s office, principal/headmaster, or other official ... submit your transcript to us. Please note: If you send us a copy of your
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I send in my transcript?

  All transcripts must be submitted by a school counselor or another ... counselor, your transcript may be submitted by your registrar’s office ... : If you send us a copy of your transcript while we are waiting for your
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Senior Spring a little life update

  

  drinking coffee. This dream was dashed by my hatred of breakout rooms and my ... refund to almost cover one month of rent + a new dresser + a new desk chair ... Finally, finally, I’m in my last semester of undergrad. I need three

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 23, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  The Latest Updates Updates about MyMIT and the EA interview deadline.

  

  students who were affected by the problem. For those of you who are applying ... deadline by which Early Action applicants should contact their Educational ... so yet. The MyMIT hardware failure did not affect the data of the vast

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Busy times

  

  of my favorite freshmen students dropped by together independently of ... For those of you hoping for an Admissions status update, here goes: we're reading applications. Lots and lots of applications. It's been

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 3, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Kindred Spirits or, "Making Friends"

  

  people In Real Life has always kind of freaked me out to some (albeit small ... topic of conversation, and how much sleep I got the previous night. Not that being an introvert is necessarily bad (check out Quiet by Susan Cain

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 19, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The second-to-last first two days of class Having classes 3 days a week rocks.

  

  I was done, though, I had a lot of residual energy to do ... After talking to my friends during the first week of senior year and ... 've realized I may be one of the few people who regularly has days off. This was

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 6, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 1 Yay, power tools! A look at places to find them around campus.

  

  present to you a virtual tour of some of MIT's machine shops. As you can ... , there is a wide variety of places around campus where you can get your hands on some power tools- of the large variety. One of the principle

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice for the MIT Interview keep b r e a t h i n g

  

  Please note that, as of August 2018, our process for assigning interviews has changed (though Elizabeth's other observations remain accurate). A description of the current interview process is posted here.  0

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 6, 2017
• Blog / Personal Projects

  things i’ve made and/or consumed art, movies, shows, and more

  

  couple of days and a maximum of 20 hours. I was off by a factor of ~2.5. I ... ’m reading Anatomy of a Story by John Truby and Warsan Shire’s teaching my ... full of drama and action, I felt a bit underwhelmed by Queen’s Gambit

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • February 28, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  [Joint Post] Chatting with Hank Green, the MIT Commencement Speaker interviewing Hank + sharing student stories!

  

  of the process. He seeks out truth and, when he finds it, he eagerly ... high school years. I recall being floored and inspired by so, so many of ... ="aligncenter" width="300"] !!![/caption] Hank is a man of many passions: science

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • May 24, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  You Are Welcome Here (and at Elmhurst College too)

  

  of educational resources about transgender issues. Check it out. This ... his very first documentary. Of course, I would have loved his ... of teens at his school. It is about gender and how kids are choosing to

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 29, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Countdown to Burnout the clock is ticking

  

  chosen for the feeling, the initial rush of energy until it rapidly decays ... future, coming back to MIT, and feeling a bit lost. He gave me a lot of sage advice, most of which I had wish I wrote down and saved, but I didn

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 12, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  “the worst they can say is no” the costs of trying

  

  fun of by everyone in the grade. You'd exposed your own vulnerability and hadn't even gotten any benefit out of it. And middle school students were vicious. Pretty much everyone has passed through this phase of life

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 10, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  First Day of Classes! Today, the MIT Class of 2014 begins.

  

  Today is the first day of the Fall Semester at MIT, and thus is the first day of classes ever for the MIT Class of 2014. The past couple of ... is addressed by the faculty and MIT President Susan Hockfield. Would

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 8, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Meaning of August It's time for classes, moving, colorful dorm rooms, and new bloggers.

  

  , especially when I'm surrounded by wet paint. (Here's a picture of an elephant ... enough that I can start thinking about the rest of the moving process. I ... starting, summer was over - all kinds of depressing things like that. This

  • by Evan B. '10
  • August 15, 2007
• Blog / Events

  look at the stars hacking mit, six months at a time

  

  ="104682" /] Part 2: T-14 Summer slipped by through the ceaseless flow of meetings and ... , and by the unprecedented time of 7am on a Saturday morning, we had ... Hack ‘23 experience of being carted by Maggie around the Ice Rink (and

  • by Janet G. '27
  • October 17, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  deep talks , strange person

  

  at MIT...and surrounded by my friends. I attribute this to general boredom and copious amounts of free time; binge-watching TV shows alone ... to message and video call different groups of people. Part of it might

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 8, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Dance at MIT!!! [Collab with Ben O. ’19] hip-hop? contemp? bhangra? lion dance? MIT's got it all

  

  overwhelmed by just the sheer amount of stuff that I could do when I got on ... other side of the audition process. Being a member of a team has taught me ... and I just ended remembering almost none of the choreo by the end of the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 30, 2020