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• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Forum for those Not Admitted

  

  With a 17% increase in applications, this year was once again the ... applicants from our amazing applicant pool means that we had to turn away many, many, many incredible students. For those of you who fall into this

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2009
• FAQ / First-year application

  How can I explain my special circumstances?

  ’t possibly cover every “what if” in an FAQ section. The MIT application allows plenty of room for you to tell us about any special circumstances regarding ... feel may be helpful to us in evaluating your application. Every
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I reset my password?

  clicking, “Forgot your password?” You need the email address you used to create your account and date of birth. If you enter and submit these fields correctly, you will be sent an email with a temporary PIN that you will use to
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  Declared My Major :D aw yeah i'm a College Student™ now

  

  need for students to understand both the science and engineering of ... during the spring term of their freshman year. I'm a fairly decisive person ... a deeper understanding of how the brain produces intelligent behavior

  • by Jenny B. '25
  • April 21, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  American Idol? What's going on with American Idol?

  

  Tomorrow is my last final! Hurray! In the meantime, I was just surfing the web (read: procrastinating) when I came across an American Idol article. So, I watched season 1 and some of seasons 2 and 3, but I have

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection: Day Three A beautiful snowy Sunday...

  

  selecting the Class of 2010. While working on a subcommittee with Jenny and Mike '07, we spied out the window some folks playing in the snow in ... have been nice to have been playing outside in the snow with them

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 4, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I hurt myself again And again and again and again.

  

  things. My failings at life from the last couple of weeks include tripping ... myself in the face on the railing, skidding across six (6) feet of ice ... whatever), and repeatedly getting caught on the laces of my badass new shoes

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 9, 2009
• Blog / How to MIT

  Pay it forward I used to have a guilt complex.

  

  've reached the limits of your productivity. Conclusion: (4) is your only option. You figure that the world is over and that you're going to fail out ... form of a TA or professor is not available: we wander through the living

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.

  

  nestled closely to a book full of the phone numbers of every single freshman ... several renovations. What does the bookshelf of an MIT student look like ... Technology Review. The manuscript book is for scratch work on PSETS. How to

  • by Snively '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Tell Me Baby ..what's your story?

  

  week I went to two very incredible shows by two of my favorite bands (not Red Hot Chili Peppers, despite the title of this entry): Of Montreal and ... ! What did YOU do when you got into MIT? Example: I'm Sandy, one of Jess

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 21, 2007
• Blog / Class Projects

  MIT Brings You Unwanted Attention You want to be popular? Really?

  

  different light and expect you to be the expert in everything. Trust me, this isn't true, we aren't the experts on everything. A friend of mine was ... letter he'd sent to MIT regarding this dam. The first letter was all but

  • by Snively '11
  • May 17, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  A waffle house is not a waffle home This is actually an entry about modern Chinese cinema.

  

  of Music The Sound of Music went up against a bye in the first round of the bracket and unanimously lost to it. Sorry, Julie Andrews fans ... whole do-mi-mi, mi-so-so business starts to lose a little of its charm

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  seattle (again) home and away

  

  time, seattle feels like home by now -- i know the way to the churches i go to, and where the bus stops are, and there are a couple ... pie. a few weeks ago we went to see a musical at the paramount

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 15, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We now interrupt our regularly-scheduled programming… I tried getting ahead on my reading assignments but that only lasted so long.

  

  your questions, I feel loved. Special shout-out to my midwest friends. Hope you're surviving the snow! Speaking of snow, we've gotten a ton of it. This morning I got to go to class as it rained ice (yes, ICE

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • February 3, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  YoYoPhones The iPod has nothing on this.

  

  Manufacturing II gave me a taste of the various manufacturing methods including ... -yo...but everyone know that simple isn't always the most exciting. So we thought to ... Before you get all "zomg" on me. This is *not* the iPhone v2. MIT

  • by Bryan
  • May 21, 2007
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  What happens if I’m not selected as a Match?

  choose to accept the offer, or not accept the offer and apply to other ... Action. (All of the MIT test requirements must be completed by November 30 ... . (All of the MIT test requirements must be completed by December 31
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can a QB Finalist who ranked MIT but was not matched still apply for EA and/or RA?

  students, regardless of citizenship. If admitted to MIT through the Quest ... to the College Match Scholarship. ... 're welcome to enter our Early Action or Regular Action cycle. We'll send an
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  And I am telling you I’m going And you, and you, and you, you're gonna love me.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The highest ever cricket batting average of all time ... trying to avoid the deadly ice storm. After that I'll be taking 10.391: Sustainable Energy for the next two weeks. I'm too lazy to link to it right now

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 14, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  We Wear Matching Hats Very nearly one year ago, I wore the hat you're all wearing this week.

  

  it's good enough to take the place of all your future gifts. :-) I was ... The little that is completed vanishes from the sight of one who looks forward to what is still to do. -- Goethe So I spent the Thanksgiving

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 6, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Does MIT offer Army, Air Force, Navy ROTC?

  commissioned from MIT, of whom more than 150 have reached the rank of general or ... MIT is proud to offer Army, Air Force, and Naval ROTC programs on campus. Military training has existed at MIT ever since the Institute