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• Blog / Admissions

  It’s the middle of November. Do YOU know where your Early Action application components are? How to tell if they are missing, and what to do about it

  

  't get it, I'm reposting the email in its entirey below. This is also good ... tracking page then. Some frequently asked questions: Can I send missing documents to you via postal mail?No — it won't get here in time. I know

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  the best thing i did for myself as a pre-frosh the one where i gush about burton one

  

  resemble the campus I fell in love with, the one I encountered in this same ... .   I feel it when I'm hiding in a dorm room with twenty people, all ... use a second chance.   I feel it when we're in our Associate Head

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • April 7, 2025
• Blog / Residential Life

  Siblings, Scrabble, and Boredom we're bored in the house, and we're in the house bored

  

  clockwise 90 degrees). In this particular raincloud plot, we can see that I ... 'll be given a spot in the dorms"]never see again.[/annotation] I've mostly ... where it would be kept and for how long) or a storage facility in Boston

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 20, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Spring Line-Up, Part 1: Classes Learning Middle English, sketching constellations, holding meteorites

  

  . In college, I think it's important to take classes that are special, in ... -western-culture Medieval texts - with a Medievalist. In the original Middle English. If I ... . This year, my class sizes are roughly 5, 6, 8, 6, and 25. I'm learning

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 3, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Wheels on the Bus Go Round And Round what do you get when you cross the flinstones with public transportation?

  

  [] and a little art? If the hints aren't helping, I guess I can give you another hint. Typically on my commute to work, I read the Boston Metro. It ... letting people ride it around their neighborhoods in the coming months; I

  • by Bryan
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  World’s Best Rib Recipe as advertised

  

  At CPW 2011, I had, hands down, the best ribs I've ever had in my ... ribs I'd ever had in my life. My hunger tore through me. The world went ... , shoving it in my pocket, so I couldn't be identified while I was Food

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 27, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist We have admitted 20 waitlisted students.

  

  students we could take at this time, and which students to admit. I sat in for a day before leaving for Albuquerque and I can tell you that it was ... can then choose to accept our offer (it is an understood part of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Scooper Bowl All you can eat ice cream.

  

  cream. I'm not surprised. As you may have learned from an old entry by ... example, the New York Times called Toscanini's "the best ice cream in the ... as "nation's largest all-you-can-eat ice cream festival." For $7 (kids

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  the Big Rocks are calling and I must go MITOC winter school!!

  

  I thought about writing about walking on Big Rocks in the cold after ... covered by soft ice. But if I can get myself out of the house and into the ... know everything about how to not die in the Big Rocks when it's really

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sleepless Nights And how I've been spending them

  

  that there are only so many hours in the day. I just didn’t do a ... research in CSAIL; I joined a club on campus; and I’m leaving time to keep ... . And I wasn’t quite sure where in my evening the hours for that work were

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 26, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  What I Have Learned From The Early Decision Process At MIT Here are some of the things that impressed me.

  

  international students.   As you can see by the photos, this was a grueling process. I could go through it step by step with you, but Ben's already ... ; The quality of the essays. I was constantly floored by the way so many

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to CPW: Logistics and Planning packing, housing, strategy, and events

  

  . And if I miss something, feel free to ask additional questions in the ... !). Your host will know how much time to allot for you to check in and meet ... works best for you. If applicable, how they can accommodate your

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  On the other side of CPW Being an MIT undergrad during CPW is definitely an interesting experience

  

  I wrote a blog post about how excited I was for CPW last week.  Other ... green building: This really was a terrible event, and I can't believe ... were affected by yesterday's events, and I hope that we can come out of

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 16, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  Discover Exercise and Wellness FPOP a wholesome college experience

  

  can't get into an FPOP, what can I get into an MIT?” I figured DEW was ... ’ve failed the swim test in front of an awkward crowd. Then I’d delay it until ... substance abuse, where I learned that one can earn $30 for a 1.5-hour

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 21, 2017
• Blog / Events

  This Isn’t Goodbye This is see you later.

  

  what symptoms. This is a story about how I survived Family Weekend ... underneath my bed or in the closet, I put on my best MIT gear and made the ten ... this time, I had already been here for two months. I knew how to navigate

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 19, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Our loving, our friends, and our labor This entry is based on Aaron Copland's opera "The Tender Land."

  

  's tempered by the fact that I look so outstandingly bad in all of them. Still ... school on Friday Now, here's what I have to do in the three days I'm home ... succinct, complimentary and distressing e-mail I've gotten in a while from my

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT OpenLabWare: A sneak peak at research @ MIT This new website is sure to change the way that the world thinks about MIT…

  

  , I had worked in a scientific lab, so I knew that these mythical “ ... ways… Last July, I was sitting in front of my computer at work ... ’d be interested in becoming a content creator for OLW. Of course, I

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 13, 2007
• Blog / Events

  eclipse chasing, undergrad edition compilation post by Kano '25, Allison '27, Amber '24, Ali '26, & Audrey '24

  

  , and the cap of my telescope has a hole in the middle that I can open in ... school night at 3:00 am the following day? I planned most of the trip in ... that state for 30s in totality, when then I’d snap back to take a photo

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • April 22, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Trumpeting for Assassins I get to watch each presidential assassination. Live. Over and over again.

  

  that "you better be in the band, dear", and I found that I really don ... I troop downstairs once a day to practice, trumpet in one hand and ... in different ways. I was familiar with these two before Assassins, but

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 26, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living Off Campus I moved off campus last year and rented a house with some friends who were…

  

  've faced since the summer ended: living off campus. I lived in the East ... apartments in Boston, the wheels starting turning in my head, and I joined the ... in on-campus dormitories, even though they can technically join MIT

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 24, 2008