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• Blog / Challenges

  A Texan’s Guide to Surviving a Boston Winter it's possible

  

  ’m smiling in this picture or squinting because i can’t see through my foggy ... you nice and warm. Merino wool can also absorb 30% of its weight worth ... surprised, but your hands can get really cold in the five seconds that you

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 9, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice for the Applicants I was in those stressed and anxious shoes last year.

  

  than I did now that I can look back on and think about the different ways ... internet. The internet can be amazing. I would use the Chromebook my school ... cool things from FLVS or MIT OCW. On the opposite end, the internet can

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • November 24, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  [Guest Post] Dating Is Hard anon has some feelings to share

  

  whatsoever about your love life. However, I do hope someone out there can ... Boston and going to the good ol’ institvte, and I told myself sure, I can ... , and I tell myself that was a great decision, I can do whatever I want

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 7, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  This Day, the Year I Applied what I learned in college about application struggles

  

  ? Defining my senior year by the future of "college." I can’t tell my past ... alternative vision, I'm happy too. Happier? Possibly. In this Universe, I can ... rules still haunt you in your writing. You can’t break them without a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 20, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ Wait list answers to your questions

  

  remain on the wait list. Can you tell me where I am on the wait list? No ... the exact yield will be this year. Can you tell me where my ... over our international quota. If I'm waitlisted, can I still come

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Uncreative Post with an uncreative title

  

  . Mostly, I default to icky canned food and sometimes vegetables. I have become a connoisseur of Campbell’s canned soups. On a good day, I can find a nice stack of canned tuna and powdered mashed potatoes in my room

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 1, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ: Waitlist answers to your questions

  

  remain on the waitlist. Can you tell me where I am on the waitlist? No ... exact yield will be this year. Can you tell me where my application was ... our international quota. If I'm waitlisted, can I still come for

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 15, 2014
• Blog / How to MIT

  Deadlines and Habits Staying sane

  

  whatever else you can dream up. Why would you do this? You love astronomy ... unrelated to the institution you are working at. You can imagine that that ... route back at home) so now run 3-4 miles every few days. I can't always do

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 19, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  FAQ: Waitlist If you have questions about being on the waitlist, read this first.

  

  students will choose to remain on the waitlist. Can you tell me where I am ... impossible to know what the yield will be this year. Can you tell me where my ... our international quota. If I'm waitlisted, can I still come for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Fortune Favors the merits of not working too hard

  

  last week: You can't plan your life out ahead of time. But if you just ... work hard, you can achieve some success. And if you achieve some success ... up on the screen. Most people can't do much about the material

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 5, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  “How to CPW 2012”…a Guide for Parents CPW can be overwheming...a parents' guide to making the most of it.

  

  can provide. Since I am involved with many of the parent events during the weekend it makes sense for me to offer some tips about how you can ... occasionally so I'd suggest you pick an event where you can meet up with your

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 15, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist FAQ Some answers for students offered a place on the waitlist.

  

  those students will choose to remain on the waitlist. Can you tell me ... ;waitlist admit rate" has ranged from 0% to 18%. Can you tell me where my ... our international quota. If I'm waitlisted, can I still come for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT is just another place An article from The Tech - MIT's school newspaper

  

  realization that you can’t do everything some time during the first four terms ... material and concepts. I can always go back to a book to find an equation ... does not work, so we can discover and innovate on the one thing that

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • February 29, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  November 1 Updates The latest from the Admissions Office.

  

  you're reading this. Your EC's contact information can be found ... own forms, the NACAC forms, or the Common App forms. You can submit ... evaluation and transcripts, your school can send these documents directly to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  . The great thing is, these tips can be applied to IAP adventures as well as ... you can't always have internet. Figure out transportation. Well you can't just stay at home all day. Cars are great (minus having to park

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • July 25, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Math. by Joy ‘13 I’m not a complete nerd…but I am convinced that math is a language

  

  written out: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9. And from this we can form ... binary relations are. It’s the way that our computers can interpret what we ... the amount of digits we can commit to our long term memory. Therfore, in

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  Why I’m Baking Cookies Tonight. IAP is a beautiful time to do lots of something or lots of nothing. Or…

  

  I think I can/should do. “Oh yeah, I’ll take 60 units this fall, and ... family’s better parties. You can do these sorts of things when you don ... the MIT crowd. Anyways, I can write a whole entry on french toast in

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 15, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Blogs Featured in NY Times "[N]one of the [other colleges'] blogs match the interactivity and creativity of M.I.T.'s, where they…

  

  the closest you can get to living in the Internet," and Ms. Chinea ... based on fears that we can't control what people are saying," said Jess ... admissions. "Blogs can certainly help humanize the process," Mr. Rodriguez

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 1, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Happy Birthday to m—-suck. I turn 20 and cry tears of blood

  

  day when, instead, you can listen to freshmen who are less jaded and ... uberloads so that I can take time doing the second reason I don't blog as much ... hose." When drinking from said hose, one can be considered hosed. I am

  • by Snively '11
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Questions about Blogging Some friendly advice.

  

  organized with academic work, but I still can't gauge how much time everything ... of what you can do and be involved in. As you go through MIT, you ... time (I've done this too). And that's okay. You can't do everything - but

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 30, 2008