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• Blog / Admissions

  Waiting (is the hardest part)

  

  envelope (4.125" x 9.5"). As for the admit letter, it is unlikely to be ... 's early acceptance rate so low compared to other selective colleges?" Well, there are two factors at work here. First, we are committed to admitting

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 10, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In the News An NYT article on gifted education.

  

  Times has seen fit to devote more inches to the topic of gifted education ... Talented Youth (CTY). I'm glad to see one of my favorite teachers from my ... cybernetics and himself a prodigy who went to Tufts at 11 and Harvard at 15

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Not in our stars, but in ourselves Or in ourselves not to see our stars... or something.

  

  it a year and a half ago, I knew that the best place to check it out ... , along with Javier '08, I got to the far end of the infinite around 4:02 PM (18 minutes early) and headed up to the third floor to check out the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 12, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I am dumb

  

  Well, it's pouring rain outside, and I managed to get myself up at 8 ... running horribly late because I decided it was too windy to ride my bike ... got to the classroom and discovered that class had been cancelled for

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 25, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Chicken Burrito for the Lab Rat’s Soul Because a personalized blog entry is just like five dollars.

  

  from 10.302: Transport Processes. "There are two ways to look at this... let's do it the harder way." Still, it wasn't a day to remember. I didn ... day requiring some comfort food at the end. I haven't been to Star

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  the runaround a star-studded event twenty years in the making.

  

  birthday, I rarely ever have the opportunity to celebrate my birthday with my friends, so clearly since I had the opportunity to do so this year, I ... soon as I find my camera cable) So Thursday night, we went to Betty

  • by Bryan
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Should I include my ethnicity on the MIT Application? As a minority, how many times have you heard some off-handed comment about someone of…

  

  be hesitant to report your ethnicity because you don't want to be ... rumors to the contrary, being Black, Latino, Native, or any other minority is not enough to get you into any college or university, let alone MIT

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Train in vain Pulling my first official all-nighter of the fall term.

  

  Yesterday, I went to Six Flags New England with Ling '07, Erica '07 ... not too much. You should see MIT students try to split the bill at a ... too timid to ask the waiter for change. It's truly a beautiful disaster

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Theory of Actual Reality

  

  to go to 3.091 (Intro Chemistry, solid state version) today, to see for ... musicals (not to mention a brief mention of MIT). Soon after, we were wading ... transported back to my days as an MIT freshmen: the excitement I felt learning

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 22, 2004
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can a QB Finalist that didn’t rank MIT still apply for RA?

  welcome to apply. Please email us at [email protected] stating that you are a QuestBridge Finalist who wishes to apply to MIT Regular Action ... reached out to us via email. Once you have reached out to our Quest
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an album a day the only new year's resolution i've ever completed

  

  in 2022, I challenged myself to listen to an album every day. I ... listening to music: looking for new songs/albums, actually listening to them ... and fell 100 albums behind by June? would I really be able to devote

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 2, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  The November Rule 2: Electric Boogaloo the one rule you should not break (take it from me, kids)

  

  ="exactly 2 years ago to this day. i am the master of eerie timing"]month into ... -brain freshman year me decided that it was completely okay for me to ignore the ... fucking idea" and to enter a relationship with someone almost done with

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 23, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  how do i button up this coat? a clothing conundrum

  

  , "Rona, you used to dress better in high school. Then you went to MIT." It's true; I used to wake up at five a.m. even though school didn't start until 8:15 because I needed nearly an hour to flat-iron my hair and apply

  • by Rona W. '23
  • March 29, 2021
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  On election day Practicing an applied civic education

  

  voting, and faculty have been instructed to avoid scheduling assignments or exams to help students have more time to vote. For students and staff who live and vote in Cambridge, there is a [annotation note="MIT is, to my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 3, 2020
• Blog / Events

  freshman blogger, sophomore student a reflection on some new and old things

  

  Coming back to campus has been unsettling for many reasons. My ... ’t either).          It’s upsetting to walk past rooms that belonged to ... interested to partake in social activities. Though to be fair, you get what you

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 21, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  FOMO: Fear of Mis-Optimizing ice cream teaches me a thing or two

  

  shoulders sag against the railing behind me and throw my backpack to the ground; it falls with a feeble “clunk.” exhaling, i attempt to mentally ... , returning to my dorm, and sleeping, but a desire to commit to the events on my

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 18, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Expedition New England Travel That is Good for the Soul.

  

  outdoorsy areas to visit around New England. Here is the first one I completed ... coming weeks :) When I got these puzzles, I said to myself that I didn’t just want to assemble one-thousand pieces to see some cartoon image of

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  C’est la Vie In which I describe my summer in words, without photos (yet).

  

  blogs since school ended. To be honest, this summer had been wonderful ... to upload everything yet =/). The Taiwan Phase: May 24, 2008 to July 2 ... the epic 24-hour journey back to motherland Asia. (note: this time

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Post-engagement, pre-Bahamas An exciting week!

  

  First, I want to thank everybody who left their good wishes with regard to our engagement. If you are a person who likes this sort of thing (which heaven knows I do!), feel free to check out my wedding folder -- I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rosalind Franklin and Kent State Two more short book reviews and some news of my summer not (directly) relating to…

  

  then proceeded to get no credit for the whole thing because [fill in conspiracy theory here, usually related to her gender]. History hasn't been kind to Rosalind. I'm ashamed to say that I didn't even realize how good

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 16, 2006