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• Blog / Challenges

  A Complicated Synthesis Question starting materials include hard decisions and uncertain paths

  

  for the semesters to follow, I can't help but look at the path ahead as ... creates a product that calls for yet another decision to be made. And that ... single morning and coming back to sleep at 2:00 am was doable for the first

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 7, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music Groups at MIT, Pt.2 [by Jessica Noss '14, Guest Blogger] Decision time...

  

  to sing solo! I guess sometimes music groups are just as desperate for ... [by Jessica Noss '14] Unable to choose a single group, I decided to stay in MITWE, MITSO, and Techiya, at least for the first couple weeks. I

  • by ARTalk
  • May 6, 2011
• Blog / Events

  When Friday Arrives… A glimpse into my social life, among other things.

  

  joys of MIT. In actuality, I have much, much more to say - but for now ... awesome feeling. All that's left to finish up this semester is the final paper for my humanities classes (remember Arrowsmith? yeah, it's on that

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 10, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Double legacy ...what my kids will be, since I'm marrying somebody from MIT!

  

  Science -- because what better place is there for two MIT grads to have ... -- plus 18) to change the policy. :-P (For Karen, below: A legacy is an ... my room left except for Adam, and we stayed up all night talking to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ming-fai Fong- Designing an intelligent walking “toddler” robot After learning to sit, bend their knees, squat, and stand, babies can finally gather the…

  

  Science graduate and was looking for a Mechanical Engineering student to ... cherish the memory for the rest of their lives. Senior Ming-fai Fong, a ... work in the Seung Lab at MIT to develop the mechanical design of an

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  More questions

  

  any programs for parents, or is this weekend geared to convincing ... 2: Is there a standardized definition for "best match" to MIT? What is ... a talent that you bring to the admissions process. For music, we have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 31, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why Do We Fall? so that we can learn to pick ourselves up

  

  have to kick it into high gear for my 6.042 exam on Wednesday. I spent ... hours of sleep/studied for 20 hours/went to office hours and still failed ... guide. It's hard for me to admit that my studying is still inefficient

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 26, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  My mom is here! ...and she's critiquing my cheerleading skills.

  

  left my brother (age 16) and my father (still not old enough to cook for himself) back in Ohio to fend for themselves. Perhaps they will have to hunt ... , and I have to write a paper for 21A.260 and a pset for 5.60. And lead a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Doogie Howser, et al.

  

  "special case" questions I get is about younger students looking to apply. Often, phone calls about this to the Office will be routed to me, since I ... a younger age is not the right course for most students, for a select

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seminar Advising There is nothing funny about this entry...but please read anyway.

  

  to shop around for a new one. At first I was actually pretty worried ... the test. In addition, Mr Kennedy kindly agreed to be my reference for ... -frosh, applicants, I work for you! Tell me what you want to know, I'll blog about it

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  Second Semester Schedule + Thoughts A mind-dump of excellent quality

  

  managed to get someone from the writing department to vouch for me so I GOT ... group for TEAL is SUPER GREAT. Big ++. 6.08: Introduction to EECS via ... ’t wait. 21M.600: Intro to Acting. This is kinda just a taking-it-for

  • by Powers '23
  • February 19, 2020
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  Urban Studies and Planning at MIT! On the DUSP: Part 2

  

  to a thousand more questions than the ones I came in looking for ... -oriented development, I’m rest assured DUSP has space for my mixed interests to thrive ... to use computational tools to make positive social impacts. If you

  • by Victor D. '27
  • December 3, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  this is the real life I love in-person MIT eom

  

  can finally (!!!) wear all my funkiest fits for the whole world to see ... Whenever I try to think about the last year, it doesn't feel real. In ... , because it's just so sad and generally emotionally taxing to think about

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • October 9, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Q&A A bit of clarification on being waitlisted.

  

  or major Y declines, are you likely to look for another student like ... this post will be helpful. How does the waitlist work? We are aiming for ... "), we admitted 1715 students. However, it isn't possible to exactly

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2011
• Blog / Announcements

  Welcome our new bloggers! Huzzah!

  

  so much for taking the time and effort to apply. Writing for an ... summer, we are happy to announce our new bloggers! Please give a warm welcome to: Hala K. ‘29 from Michigan, who built not only robots but

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 16, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Flow: Writing Like Yourself *insert prospective 2021 clickbait tagline*

  

  to a prompt. You are not your résumé. Specifically for the MIT ... good fit for the school. Who better to develop your character than you ... similar to flow. I keep the objective at the back of my mind for a few days

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 19, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  Seatbelts, Everyone! Interrupting Radio Silence...

  

  speaks the truth. (for those confused, i must point you to the wikipedia ... ...for a little trip down memory lane. What inspired this sudden ... a week ago, I feel compelled to at least pretend I have some salient

  • by Alina G. '11
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  You Complete Me What makes an application complete for Early Action, and related Q&A.

  

  to help clarify things a bit. Scores: We don't need to have your full ... expect to see first quarter grades. If we need them, we'll call your school ... 're available; this is mostly for the Regular Action selection committee

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 15, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Take Deep Breaths :) Deep breaths.

  

  For now, I'll refer you to this blog entry, but I'll be back. --- All I can really add to that blog entry is that this year, I'm reliving ... to wait for me. I have three months left in my undergraduate career

  • by Bryan
  • March 16, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Numbers, Perfect and Imperfect Math geeking, and a guessing game.

  

  A quick entry, before returning to reading applications... I am ... Euclid. They are also related to Mersenne primes: every Mersenne prime corresponds to exactly one perfect number. If you're even a little bit of a math

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 4, 2007