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• Blog / Admissions

  But What Are They Really Looking For? My thoughts (advice) on navigating (surviving) the college application process.

  

  full of finding out about the lives of those who are applying to MIT and ... months ahead. Here are a handful of tips I have for anyone who applies to ... . Also make certain you apply to a number of different schools. The chance

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 11, 2014
• Blog / Advice

  SHE CAMPUS ON MY PREVIEW TIL I WEEKEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my freshman cpw post turned east campus love letter

  

  known as CPW) was a whirlwind of constant adventure. What I wouldn’t have ... it was hard not to forget that I had psets for a couple of days. Here’s some of what I got up to!   Name [latex]2^n[/latex] Women: Dorm

  • by Angie F. '28
  • May 6, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Talking about a difficult subject Answering an FAQ.

  

  issues in perspective. While universities are seeing larger numbers of ... dean of students at Yeshiva University and associate professor of ... Kay is professor and chair of the psychiatry at Wright State University’s

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Building 46 ‚ô•

  

  , as of January 15, 2010, happens to be my major. Generally, MIT students declare their major at the end of their first year; however, each December, the registrar sends out letters to some freshmen, offering them

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 18, 2010
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What other student resources are available?

  MIT offers a myriad of health and well-being support resources for students. See the DoingWell site for more info.
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Rediscovering en Plein Air Painting by Elisa X. '26, MEng '26

  

  undergrad degree with the rest of my class in Spring 2026 then with my MEng in ... my horizons and get out of my comfort zone. Over the past three years at MIT, I chased all sorts of side adventures, determined to make the

  • by Allison E. '27
  • September 17, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guide to MIT: Academics requirements, resources, and miscellaneous info

  

  ): there’s at least one on every floor of each residence hall (more than if ... . It is the first installment of the Guide to MIT (coming next: residential system), inspired by the recent comMITment of the Class of 2022

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 6, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  choosing where to go for my younger brother

  

  a woman gets to experience many of the other universes that might ... problem set, and I actually care. No axis of the universe has actually ... together in this universe, to be the collective result of every decision made

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 1, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt 2007 A final report from this year's awesome IAP puzzling solving funfest.

  

  , which led them on a goose chase through the halls of MIT and down into ... wall of fame (of course, since it's Simmons Hall, the wall is curvy): So ... synopsis" of how the Hunt went down: The hunt began with teams gathered in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 16, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Not Farewell After All Hello again!

  

  of you applying this cycle, good luck! If you have any questions about ... current and alumni bloggers in celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the MIT blogs and also to offer an update on my life post-MIT. I graduated

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Autumn Questions Omnibus Answers to questions asked in my blog's comments. And there have been a lot of…

  

  exams in India? 2. Does applying for financial aid hamper our chance of ... isn't part of your curriculum. 2. Applying for financial aid does NOT ... (and other universities) I will have a problem of some sort? (VISA, or

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Blog Action Day Did you ever get the feeling that the Internet is full of nonsense?

  

  Did you ever get the feeling that the Internet is full of nonsense ... , when thousands of bloggers dedicate their blogs to talking about one ... than lolcats...hopefully. This year's theme is poverty, and a couple of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 14, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Balancing Life, School, and… More Life? Gotta start by taking advantage of Veteran's Day to... work... and, more importantly, BLOG!

  

  look at the variety of martial arts MIT has to offer as well. I really ... Ahhhh. Wednesday. Veteran's Day. A day FREE of classes. A one ... the fourth episode of My Girl (one of the best asian dramas out there, w

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • November 11, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to do while waiting for decisions on Saturday Clicking the "refresh" button repeatedly between now and Saturday afternoon is NOT an option.

  

  . Ignore any of those "RECORD NUMBER OF HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS APPLYING TO ... than the "none of the fifteen colleges I applied to will take me because ... This goes out to all of you waiting on tenterhooks for decisions to

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 13, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  mit: it’s complicated confliCTING FEELINGS

  

  philosophy -- it was everything i ever wanted in a university. but i kind of ... hopes of making good impressions but i realize at this point it will all ... old, i live in random hall, and i. am. exhausted. these past two weeks

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 6, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Judd Logan is my homeboy He's amazing, so amazing

  

  Institute of Technology offered a similar deal. So in less than a month Logan ... offers of such magnitude would come to someone like Logan. He did after all ... the quality of people here at The Institute. Judd Logan is yet another

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • July 14, 2010
• FAQ / Afford

  Does MIT provide any academic or athletic scholarships?

  MIT provides financial aid on the basis of financial need only. We don't offer money based on any measure of merit—academic, athletic ... the Institute as an MIT Scholarship, even though we offer it based
• Blog / Admissions

  January Questions Omnibus 1 Some questions answered.

  

  level. I indicated all of this in my application. I am not applying for ... process and selectivity of MIT with University of Cambridge. Is it possible ... , and vice versa. The same goes for any combination of universities: MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Denied by MIT, now a PhD student at the Media Lab

  

  admissions today on MIT FB, and it reminds me of the time when I applied to MIT ... decision day, I unexpectedly hear from students to whom we did not offer ... I did here and here, as proof of what I usually say on Pi Day: If you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 24, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Two households, totally unalike in dignity…” On picking majors and following your dreams, Romeo and Juliet, Twitter, Sherlock, and the future…

  

  . Her parents want her to go abroad to the University of Paris. She’s not ... Chelsea R. ‘15 to talk about one of her favorite classes, Writing for Social Media, and the universe it comes from. I deeply respect Chelsea for

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 21, 2014