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• Blog / Admissions

  So who is this Laura person, anyway? Hello and welcome to the single coolest blog on the entire admissions website. My name…

  

  embrace that my state is one of the most-often bashed states in the country ... -know-what. Of course there are some crowded cities and sketchy beaches, but a good ... tan, free beach parking, get to ride all the water slides and rides at

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Other CPW CPW guest entry by Sam Range '13

  

  turned out, it was a Boston University fraternity and was understandably ... MIT fraternity whose Thursday-evening cookout was long over, but which ... as a freeway exit ramp and instead veered to the side. Through a long

  • by Bryan
  • May 1, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  ; Plains States 13% South/Southwest 8% West Coast 18% Abroad 13% States ... Least distance traveled: Cambridge, MA The only two US states not represented: Montana and New Mexico The most represented US state: California

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

  Citius, Altius, Mens et Manus In the words of a great woman, "Yay, a hack!"

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The United States won 9 gold medals in the most recent Winter Olympics in Torino. ..and many thanks to Joe '06 for showing up with this photograph at 6:30 in the AM. Bigger? Even bigger

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 28, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT select students for admission?

  The selection process at MIT is holistic and student centered: each application is evaluated within its unique context. No school, state, or regional quotas are applied; neither is preference given to those with alumni
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Starbucks. I'm getting a little too familiar with it.

  

  feels like it's made for college students, what with all the long study ... expected. The high for today is 59 degrees, with a low of 51, and while I ... , thunderstorms, 98-degree days, followed by rain and a 40 degree temperature drop

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 14, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  The First Snow of the Year! Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. Also, what to expect for the…

  

  in January is 36 degrees, the average low is 22 (it's also the coldest month, yay for IAP). - The record low for November is 8 degrees and the ... temperature ever recorded was -18 degrees in 1934. - According to the Old Farmer

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 29, 2005
• Blog / Blog Projects

  i walk through campus and say stuff i cannot vlog to save my life

  

  haven’t actually given an admissions tour in a long time. I ended up ... States), you’ll see the corrections. If that wasn’t bad enough, I used so ... minutes long, and I won’t take offense if you skip around or watch it in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 23, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Centimeters to Inches A Guest Post by the talented Antonella Masini '21

  

  ; Distance is the birthdays through Skype, The long voice notes through WhatsApp, The one million “I miss you” through texts, And the longing for that ... unique place where one meets people from different states as well as very

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • May 4, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  3 / A team effort Roll Tech: Your newest Intercollegiate High Team silver medalists!

  

  this weekend with my partner.[/caption]   For the long weekend, I ... Coast? Mind blown. You bet we also stopped by for some treats."]multi-state

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 12, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Hi, Applicant to the Class of 2021! here, i try to convince you that it's ok to be dazed and confused right…

  

  Hi, Whew, it’s been a long week! But I was thinking today ... state college the next. And I got lots of work here now, but at least I ... sessions and read the admissions blogs. In October, I gave up and had a month-long

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Retrospective Wait, what? I'm done with my first year?

  

  the long classroom hours, choosing to take the IAP EMT class was one of ... organic chemistry may be required): P-sets twenty pages long, my carbon ... arrows, enantiomers, draw all the isomers Transition state, conjugate

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 25, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Aftermath Literally.

  

  longing for the “chill and settled” state-of-mind SSSs had since say ... irrational world is all too important. Don’t be heartbroken for too long – it

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 17, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  The Grandest of Road Trips Reflections on a cross-country road trip, on an international plane flight, on a full bladder.

  

  troubling affliction, particularly on long international plane trips and also ... few interesting observations about this country: -It is a very long ... accurate as stating "Out of all the canyons, the Grand Canyon is the grandest

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 1, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Adventures in Logan Airport In which I attempt to fly back to Florida. Written during a too-long wait in…

  

  general incompetence, my driver’s license states otherwise. According to ... people just assume that we civilians all stand around in too-long lines for ... long weeks, no. We do have lives outside of the Institute, you know. ^_^

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  No Good Deed Goes Unpunished ...in which I introduce myself and set the tone for this "theater of the absurd."

  

  , Delaware and most recently Ithaca, New York. I am a graduate of Norfolk State University (Home of the Spartans!) and the University of Delaware, (Home of The ... recruitment at Cornell University. Fast-forward six years and I'm the new

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’ve Done (this summer) or Why I Haven't Blogged in a Month

  

  veterans, in collaboration with Bowie State University, Maryland’s oldest historically black university. Next week, my mentor and I will travel to Maryland ... transport stops at the Bedford VA, so if I miss the right 62, it’s an hour-long

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 4, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 1 My name is Anna Ho, and I'm here representing the American Astronomical Society.

  

  the US State Department. Anna is another PhD astronomer who decided to ... this point, the Associate Vice President for Research at the University ... are on a one-year cycle. The really long-term arguments are not the way

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 24, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Entry: A Yankee in Cambridge Math, exchange programs, and why we love MIT.

  

  universities really be? This time, that extra perspective is not mine, but that ... 's twice as old as the United States. If I could massively overgeneralize for ... 't want to name anything in particular. But as long as I'm giving advice to

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 1, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Valentine’s Day Special Featuring calculus, people who hate me, and a picture puzzle

  

  familiar universe previously explainable by reason, science, and Stephen ... and curmudgeonry in our observable universe, I've decided to list off ... sorts of MIT-related items, as long as they have the property of being

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 14, 2009