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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Notes From The Middle Of Selection What interdisciplinary fields will exist 100 years from now? What will people be able to…

  

  . I only wish we had room at MIT for more of the amazing people on the ... we offer has grown over time as a result of advancements in science and ... here and over at College Confidential. Haven't had much time to hang out

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist post Answers to waitlist FAQs.

  

  waitlist? We offered 389 applicants -- approximately 3% of applicants -- a ... accept our offer of admission. Some years, we overpredict (as in the past ... the offer of admission from another college before May 1. After May 1

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW at Random Hall! Plus lots of awesome advice from MIT students!

  

  just take a ceiling tile down at Random instead of having to lie on your ... three days felt like the longest three days of my life. My total sleep ... lot. My adrenaline was at an all-time high, fueled by the Institue

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / How to MIT

  “Learning To Learn At MIT” guest post by the plaz

  

  text of Learning to Learn at MIT below: It was the end of my freshman ... first semester at MIT was pass or no record, I was in real danger of ... would lose a semester of time here at MIT. In addition, because of the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 24, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  A day at Seaborg Technologies interning at a nuclear startup in Denmark

  

  questions and comments everyone had. One of my co-workers, Robin, offered an ... tattoo. Christina finds the corpse of a jellyfish and we throw it at each ... The day in question is Thursday, one day before the end of my

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 9, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Now and Then and Maybe Later Tying up loose ends and weathering the calm before the storm we call "Fall Semester"

  

  I can’t speak for the accessibility of research positions at other ... Note: This post will be updated at irregular intervals today ... in a chair in Hayden Library. Although arguably, it’s just a bunch of

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • August 30, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW at Random Hall! While the science gets done, you can build a neat fort with the Settlers drinking…

  

  Hall has a step at the entrance. Don’t trip over it. Tomorrow you should ... recognized me and asked for a sticker because of something I said a year ago ... , if you’d like. What follows are this CPW’s super-exciting events at

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 11, 2013
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining, Dig-Ins and Dives Lady Afeefah travels across campus in search of the best eateries

  

  -you-can-eat dinners that each of the five dining halls have to offer. Which dining hall ... variety of food Maseeh offers. As someone who observes a halal-diet, my ... Although eating at Next House involves a 15 min march to the end of dorm row

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 7, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  at least it’s not covid sick day

  

  on thursday morning, i woke up at 9 am, after only six hours of sleep ... at least had to put some amount of effort into the project. when i ... , and mucus discharged from my faucet of a nose. unsurprising, given what

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 23, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Stories of Senioritis How to Procrastinate

  

  So the four year roller coaster called "Quest for a degree from MIT" has come to a close. And of course, it wouldn't be blogworthy unless there was more of a story than that. So this semester I had just one

  • by Bryan
  • May 31, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  101 Things About Tokyo (Pt. 1) Another IAP. Another Country.

  

  'm really suprised at the number of public toilets there are in Tokyo. Shame ... it. >"< Last IAP, we had 3 hours of class everyday in the ... Japanese couple who loves to travel (the grandmother, at 67 years, is

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 13, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Of Orange Juice and Animal Hats. How the Flintstones failed me.

  

  ’t called in a week. I’ve been kind of hosed. Mom: Are you sick again? You ... , I’ve been taking my vitamins. And I’m on my third carton of orange ... . Like, I had walking pneumonia at least twice in high school, have managed

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • November 22, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  Life Changing Classes at MIT ft. ec-discuss

  

  taking some of these classes in the future, whether on OCW or at MIT ... , and how I look at the world. 6.172 taught me a lot of technical things ... what the magic is at every level. Besides setting one up for plenty of

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 20, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2022 Wait List An update for students who accepted a place on our wait list

  

  upon date by which students reply to offers of admission. Following May 1, we take about a week to determine the state of the incoming class, and ... According to the admissions profession's Code of Ethics and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 8, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Laura Stonehill: Designing Italian Pedestrian Bridges Laura Stonehill spent a summer working at a civil engineering company in Venice, Italy.

  

  the weekends and spent a week at the end of her internship traveling to ... . These were Masters students working as part of their degree. Laura ... program. As the daughter of Italian immigrants, she was very excited about

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2015 Wait List Decisions Will Be Sent Today

  

  decision, including the 52 to whom we have offered admission. At that point ... , 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

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 14, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dear prefrosh, a letter to you

  

  campus. It's this feeling of people at work, constantly thinking and ... incredibly unique to MIT that I didn't really find at any of the other universities I applied to. Everyone at MIT was so open and accepting of people

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 25, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Want To Play Music @ MIT? (informally, that is.)

  

  When I got my first guitar at age 3, I immediately began dreaming of ... look forward to hearing music all over campus, at all hours of the day ... to college - I played solo in coffeehouses, as half of an acoustic duo

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Senior Bucket List, Pt. I Do ALL the things!

  

  -time favorites. When I accepted my offer to come to MIT, one of the first thoughts ... 't realize how important of a role they play in your life until you back at the ... varying degrees of notice (1 day-5 minutes). Left: Well, these guys kept

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 18, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Eye Of The Storm Reflections in the brief moment between the last hours of selection committee and the release…

  

  -decision-release onslaught of comments. It's eerily quiet, which is both nice and unsettling at ... - I can't remember a time in which I was alone here. I hope that all of ... every year.) Having said that, there are of course many of you to whom we

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2008