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  Open Thread: Admitted Early

  

  you soon. I know somewhere in the future there's adventure waits for meFilled with mystery and people I can loveI know out there on the road of life, I ... YOU! GOT! IN! Come hang out with us in the comments, you all star

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  rating classes from this semester the good, the bad & the underrated

  

  . Right now, I'm sitting in Hayden Library, watching the sun sink over the ... too early, but I love the aesthetics: children in knit caps, sunshine on ... , and aesthetics are not so interesting. But maybe I'm in a sentimental

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 26, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Still Going… haha... yeah. It's not over for all of us.

  

  ... Hmm I don't know when I was actually planning to hand it in... June 4th ... until Thursday, May 21. It is the absolute last day I can accept a thesis. I am in the office from 1:30 to 5:15 so drop it off sometime between

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 15, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Off to Southeast Asia Even Admissions Officers get to take a vacation sometimes.

  

  Today, I leave for three weeks of vacation in Southeast Asia ... MIT in the comments section of their posts. I'm disappointed that I didn ... will be on August 12th. In the meantime, I'll probably be fighting off

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  DOFMH A sick day from work, where "sick" means "I wanted a day off"

  

  can apply. right after i get my scores? i have 2 more years in ... hooky more than I ever did. But when your mother is begging you to call in ... summer, two of which were Memorial Day and July 4, and I've gone in almost

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  For those impacted by Hurricane Michael (and other disasters) clarifying our policies for applications affected by catastrophic events

  

  , and we'll do what we can to accommodate you in dire circumstances. Take ... America, tropical cyclones (and military conflicts) in the Middle East, and an earthquake in Haiti. And, while our Early Action deadlines are

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 22, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life or something like it Apparently this blog is supposed to be about my life. So here's some stuff about…

  

  I can write some sort of blazingly exotic blog entry full of ... allowed to drop a class without penalty, was last Wednesday, so I'm in all ... class here. But it's kind of nice to know that I can until almost three

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Got Questions? I have answers.

  

  Hey guys - sorry for not blogging in so long! I've been up to all ... . Specifically: finding a UROP for the summer (I'll be working in the Lang Lab ... MIT, I know that many of you are currently in the midst of choosing

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 23, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Disaster Relief .

  

  you can donate directly to the China Relief Fund, here. I hope ... I haven't been able to focus at all today. I didn't really understand ... When I describe Sichuan to people I always mention the food, and the

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 13, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Beacon St. and Marlborough St. Rooftops and flowers on two streets in Boston.

  

  during my MEng, I’ve fallen hard in love with this city—Cambridge, then ... past Saturday, our first warm weekend that I’ve been in town, on a path ... gardens. I love our long, long, daylong and nighttime walks. I love feeling

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 27, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Omnibus Followup: Women in Engineering Melissa asks what the gender ratio is in engineering at MIT.

  

  being a woman in engineering here. I had female friends in all of the ... Engineering), and as far as I can tell, they were all quite happy with their ... Last entry, I covered most of the questions that had been asked, but

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  retreating and proceeding favorite thing about mit's campus? leaving it

  

  'estaloam', which can be stretched to mean 'this soil' in Spanish. As in 'Mira esta loam! Me alegro de que yo viajo por lo menos una vez al mes.' ). I ... week, which was how often I checked before MIT) you'll read: "I am

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • April 13, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  The kindest cut Blog and night and red all over.

  

  MIT. I was gonna blog about classes, but that can wait until tomorrow ... MIT for being so accessible that I can get neosporin even at 1 AM. Mitra ... unsettling interest (just kidding, I love it!) in seeing my spilt blood, here

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 6, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  climbing the wall why so defeatist?

  

  There are a lot of phrases in the english language that can be used to describe me- "athletically inclined" is not one of them. I can ... . Every movement I made- and didn't make- was laced with doubt: I can

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • October 7, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Schnitzer Prize Winners! [by Ken Haggerty '11] Buildings with eyes, a drum for the people, and a house…

  

  difference in reactions. Jaekyung told me that the piece reflects how he feels ... can listen along. I wish there was a mirror, though, so that the ... contributions to MIT life, culture, and academics. In the realm of arts@mit, this

  • by ARTalk
  • May 24, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  When I’m Home Did you enter the PE lottery yet?

  

  mile. Today was the only day I'll be in Harrisburg between June 1st and ... or how much they were on. Last year I stopped watching both shows ... (Sam Standard Time) right now and I need to leave for Boston in less than

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  a spectacle-r weekend exploring the Boston Harbor Islands

  

  islands located off the harbor. You can kayak between them, as students in ... so you can get a spot on the middle deck for the best views. (I arrived ... boyfriend: "I don't know, but I wish I could ride in a boat that's being towed

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 5, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A White Christmas Escaping Boston to go to more snow

  

  't have time to do. But with things lining up now, I can finally take the ... if there are that many sensations in the world that can compare to ... sensation. If you've never been before, I really suggest trying it once in

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 25, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cats!! I love where I live!!

  

  floor in the world is my home. I live on the third floor of the east ... decided to jump out the window. I'm not sure how he got up there, but he did ... East Campus is the best home I could have ever asked for. Dorms at

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 29, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pursuing multiple fields

  

  's a question) if you could tell me how easy it is to double major in two ... literature but I'm concerned that it will be too tough to try to get degrees in ... -major because your three "intellectually coherent unit" subjects can be in your

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 13, 2005