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• Blog / Academics & Research

  one weekend in March a play-by-play

  

  'm assigned is about observing [annotation note="splitting of energy levels due ... feeling pretty stressed and mentally out of it for a few weeks so I’m hoping to be calmed by a swim in cold water. Mira tells me about her past

  • by Kai V. '25
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Everyday I’m Trufflin’ But not really since it takes 4 hours

  

  , my plans are greatly dictated by what weather Mother Nature decides she ... kidding everyone... don't worry!) One of the best things about IAP is that you never know what you'll be doing at any given moment of the day. You

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 25, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Avoid spelling errors! The most commonly misspelled words I see on MIT applications.

  

  enrollment") Both of these examples, of course, don't get caught by spell ... activity list, list of honors and awards, self-reported coursework form, or ... look at it yourself. Here is a non-scientific list of the most commonly

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Deep Breaths Perhaps wisdom, perhaps not. See for yourself.

  

  , but I got hit by a jolt of admissions reality just now. 1. The deadline ... I've been reading a lot of the comments about the applications that ... bit of faith and optimism can go a long way. 4. I've tried my hardest

  • by Bryan
  • December 31, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist MIT admitted some applicants from the waitlist today.

  

  years: we notified 30 students by email that they have been admitted from ... offered a spot on the waitlist to just under 400 people, and most of those ... off the waitlist, and wishing them the best of luck at the college they

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT campus lost power! Updates from a blacked-out physics colloquium.

  

  acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) by, for ... hadn't been collected yet) and dashed to 10-250 (one of our big lecture ... .05 (Quantum II) so that's kind of exciting. 17 minutes ago, Professor Moore was

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 29, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Answering your questions

  

  ?" Well, you see, of the 11 undergrad dorms, only one, McCormick, is all ... Living Group). With most of the options being coed, the powers that be need ... ?" Michael Borohovski helped me out by answering: "Anonymous (re: waitlist), in

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 31, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Summer Lovin’ Tell me more, tell me more!

  

  the energy of math for yourself!). Some things to ask yourself as you ... killer term and want to spend a big part of your summer relaxing by the ... cobblestoned plazas and taking in the sights. However, guess what some of the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  (another) postcard from GTL spain and an unexpected crossover with the Edgerton Center

  

  wisdom dispensed by the slew of cruft blogs. Reading them, I can't help but ... energy of the Edventures team: from the conversations I had with them to ... of MIT's pistol class [annotation note="unfortunately I was on the

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • February 1, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s Pi Day, Pi Day the infinite is alive with the buzz of drones, and the 2020s bake pies

  

  monstrosity by our own Holly Hinman (aka queen of tubes) which may shoot a firehose of insulin right through my veins. by admissions' own Holly ... lot of work to do. So, when I arrived on campus, I was pleased to see

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2016
• FAQ / First-year application

  What’s the difference between Early Action (EA)/Regular Action (RA)?

  difference in the review process or criteria used for admission in EA (non ... decision-making process. MIT’s Early Action program is both nonbinding and nonrestrictive. If you’ll be able to complete all testing requirements by the
• Blog / MIT Life

  There is a bench it’s a nice bench

  

  partake in everything new that I could, to funnel all of this energy I had ... the rest of his team. And we talk, for a bit. But he is soon swept up by ... The rhythm sets in. It’s a steady rhythm. Roll out of bed at ten in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 19, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  Go, ninja, go. A four hour tour of Boston, with Gilligan, and the Skipper too.

  

  (water, road closure, medical facilities) paid for by the entry fees of ... better of it by the time he was twenty-five. DID YOU KNOW? Ultramarathon ... pictures and a mile-by-mile recap of what was going on inside my head. Mile

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 24, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  Advice I give others that I don’t follow myself (yet)

  

  . Situations change. If you don’t have the energy for it, that’s fine. You’re fine. Most of the time, the factors are beyond your control, and it isn ... has to be perfect. Sure, quality beats quantity, but the quality of your

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 23, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  More Information on the Waitlist Some answers for those offered a place on MIT's waitlist.

  

  waitlist admissions. All of this is a standard part of the admissions process ... I know that folks on the waitlist have lots of questions; hopefully ... for a class of about 1,075 students this year. Based on our estimates of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Love Affair: 11.027 & New Orleans [by Janet Li '12] Spring break in NOLA.

  

  experienced a procession of hundreds of exultant, flamboyantly dressed Italian ... [by Janet Li '12] A house decked out in Mardi Gras swag in the ... one of the smaller majors at MIT, and it is an absolutely awesome field

  • by ARTalk
  • March 27, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Update Stories from the parties today; more stories, and questions answered, tomorrow.

  

  years of my life with. Good times had by all! ... Tonight, I'll post the first of the reports back from this week ... comments, please leave more of your thoughts from the Parties, or drop me a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Jargon

  

  .i. To be in the process of not doing something.   Smoot - A unit of ... Putting the definition of punt at the end of my last entry got me skimming through the glossary of my current edition of How to Get Around MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Entrepreneurship invasion I love it when students start useful companies.

  

  student who I haven't seen in a long time stops by my office. In the process of catching up, he asks me about how one takes a year off from MIT ... called Dropbox, and I must say I'm impressed by their technology and ease

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The 12 Step Plan don't pack too much, you probably wont use half of it anyway.

  

  questions and plenty resources on campus to help you figure out the details of ... For a lot of you (maybe not all), interning over the summer will be ... to the "freedoms" of college life.  As exciting as these summer

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • July 25, 2011