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• Blog / About Decisions

  [Guest Post] An Overthinker’s Guide to Finishing Your Transfer Application by Warren K. ’27

  

  started at MIT, I’ve had a bunch of folks ask me for application advice ... , Leeward Community College, and the University of Hawaii at Manoa, I had ... ’re on. At this point in the application cycle, most of what you’ve done

  • by Jeremy W.
  • March 4, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Neil Gaiman: The Liveblog "This is a land of fire and dreams."

  

  contemplate yelling "LSC!" but realize that would be kind of rude at this ... . "Right. So this is the lecture. There about 1200 of us here. And at least one of us was still sitting in his hotel room at 4:45, still scribbling

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 23, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer on the West Coast A visit to the west coast to see what life is like on the other…

  

  work at JPL, although not all of them end up staying on Caltech campus ... one that Herbert is working on.  Some of the major projects at JPL ... showed us pictures of space things, a look at the space museum, and an

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 19, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Got any threes? Go fish!

  

  had a crowd of about a dozen Conner 2 residents all staring at a large ... TV. As such, yesterday evening found a large majority of the residents of Conner 2 sitting in the floor lounge, eating Hsin Hsin (a great

  • by Snively '11
  • September 12, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Rats ! Foiled Again !

  

  , staring at the soft eggshell paint of my ceiling and pondering my exam ... selection. Frankly, any number of different actions at any number of junctures ... beginning of college, and I think I’ve gotten pretty good at it, but I regret

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • April 3, 2025
• Blog / How to Food

  food consumed this week, mostly free or: how to get away with rarely cooking

  

  I'm happy to chip away at outside of the blogs, however. This blog is ... lot of things,” to “Uhh… I mean… I certainly did. I actually have no idea what.” At one point I turned to a friend and said, bro, what did I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 24, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  major uncertainty switch 2 A 6-2?

  

  was super excited to take 2.007, which is one of the robotics classes at ... before I even declared Course 2. I was kind of downright horrible at ... ’t dislike physics at all (outside of doing badly on tests, I would say), so I

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 2, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  长大 on family, thanksgiving, and growing up

  

  lot of what I believe reflected back at me. It counts to put in the ... at home. I remember being completely out of place, and wondering why ... to visit my friends at Harvard, I felt even more out of place there. To

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 28, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Spoofy Spooky Stories MIT is ~haunted~

  

  floor of the Infinite. You glance at your phone, to see a 4am Slack ... schedules fall into utter disarray at MIT. While some of my friends never ... starts foaming at the endless piles of t-shirts, water bottles, and fidget

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 31, 2021
• Blog / Personal Travel

  a most beautiful camping trip it's always good to get back to nature <3

  

  It's pretty common at MIT for living groups to take advantage of the ... packed full of sleeping bags, tents, and food. We were headed about 2 ... it kept us warm), and then woke up at 7 am on Saturday to go hiking all

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 17, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2015 Wait List Decisions Will Be Sent Today

  

  , and we know many of you have been awaiting news about our wait list. Today, May 15th - which happens to be the International Day of Families, as well as Teacher's Day in Mexico and South Korea - at 6PM Eastern

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 14, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Wait List Decisions 2013 Is it supposed to be waitlist, wait list, or wait-list? Oh never mind...

  

  know many of you have been anxiously awaiting news about our wait list ... unprecedented, record-breaking percentage of admitted students choosing to enroll at MIT (also known in admissions parlance as the "

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 13, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to my home Feel free to chill in here

  

  fulfilled. Basically, my room is one of my favorite places at MIT, welcome to ... subject at a time. After taking tests, I normally go back to my room to ... the last exam was (just kidding, it's not always bad...just...a lot of

  • by Celena C. '12
  • October 4, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring Break! *frantically waves arms in the air*

  

  middle of April, but here it's at the end of March. Most other colleges ... of our high school friends when we go home. :( But, this is because ... a UROP! I never thought I'd be joining the ~85% of the MIT population

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • March 20, 2009
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if my application is disrupted by a major event beyond my control?

  : Focus on taking care of yourself, your family, your community, and your safety. You will not be penalized in the application process because of delays caused by major disruptions outside of your control. We try to be
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Sorting of the Frosh (MacGregor Style) We don't have a Sorting Hat, but this is how MacGregor does In-House Rush

  

  there are tens of other resources out there for the general process ... , you receive another wave of information including the i3 videos made by ... , when the last of the freshmen are moving onto campus for orientation into

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 24, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Straight from the Dean’s mouth Time magazine readers chat with the MIT Dean of Admissions, Marilee Jones.

  

  with Bruce Poch, Dean of Admissions at Pomona College, to promote their ... 's Hospital of Philadelphia pediatrician. It takes a keen look at the stressors ... at Amazon. Some of your responses: Valentina (Bogota, Columbia): How

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Wanting to Do Everything And Deciding What Parts of Everything I Can Do

  

  like I’ve aged enough in a year at MIT to have gray hairs coming out of ... by so fast,” and other phrases of the sort, I would have a lot of pennies in the month of December. Piles of them. Every single year. But as

  • by Richard O. '28
  • December 31, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  it’s thanksgiving or something and other things happening in my life

  

  at mit mental health, whom have been a really helpful part of my past ... today, of all days, i feel it's appropriate to begin with a land ... 'm writing this post right now is the traditional, unceded territory of the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 26, 2020
• Blog / Summer

  The Summer Before College (what not to do)

  

  Disney Channel paints a perfect image of exactly what it's supposed to look like. Instagram feeds filled with beating rays of sunshine ... . Countless visits to the local diner to savor every last bite of your favorite

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 12, 2019