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• Blog / Admissions

  Summer Reading What’s in your beach bag?

  

  learned how to eat.” Hmm, it is a good book. But I’m still eating cupcakes ... downtime before school and college application season begins. I don’t know about you, but I love to be reading a few books at the same time

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 4, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  [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 ... semester, I knew I couldn’t stay in all three groups. But I really didn

  • by ARTalk
  • May 6, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT IS … reflections of a bright sunday afternoon

  

  brushless motor. I’ve finally learned how to properly breathe in Yoga. I ... As I look outside the long windows of McCormick Hall’s penthouse ... hits me: I’ve almost made it through two months of MIT! 60 long days

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • October 22, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Belonging Who belongs at MIT?

  

  I'm a little exhausted from answering questions right now, so this is ... I've been sapped of most of my question-answering energy... that or I ... I went over to East Campus for a rush party (and because Random always

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Comfort and College Scared of applying to colleges far from home? Then read this!

  

  the familiar faces you have grown accustomed to? Most importantly, would your parents let you? I began thinking about these questions after I met ... valid issue; I have known many people who stifled their educational

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • November 21, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Stayin’ Classy Workworkworkworkworkwork *deep breath* workworkworkwork.

  

  article, I probably would have laughed at you and walked away), but ... as follows: I agree. Completely. This semester, I'm taking five classes: (1) 5.13 - Organic Chemistry II: I'm one of those weirdos that

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 21, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things that Scare Me 1) Mornings.2) Psets.3) Exams.4) All of the above.

  

  operated on my sense of time, then the concept of "morning" would be applied ... probably never happen. Even more unfortunately, I am a ridiculously heavy ... . And now I somehow have to get up at 7:30 AM five days a week. (If you

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 19, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  My Talk @ Maker Faire a bit about how we see, select, and support makers

  

  month Ceri blogged about the MIT Maker Faire. Earlier this year Dawn and I ... students at MIT, and next week she and I will be presenting about our Maker ... the Maker Portfolio, Dawn gave a talk at Maker Faire Bay Area about how

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 28, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where do Trees Come From?

  

  's excellent STEP program, I am taking two teaching courses this semester. 11 ... how to keep students from cheating on them. Yesterday in 11.125, we ... does that huge increase in mass come from? I want to hear your answers

  • by Kim D. '09
  • February 10, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Blogging Is The Salt Shaker Of My Life thinly veiled platitude included free in box of metaphors

  

  Institvte. It's been a long three days. I don't really care how space ... Though I usually try to avoid being serious on the blogs, I've always felt truly honored to be an MIT admissions blogger, and by 'always' I

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 17, 2011
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if I don’t have a class rank or GPA?

  Please don't be overly concerned about your class rank or GPA (grade point average) or even whether your school calculates them. With our holistic admissions process, we're much more interested in how an applicant
• Blog / How to Human

  “What Should I Bring To College?” (partly) answered my everyday carry

  

  I like to pack light. Maybe it's some combination of old hiking ... once in a while I get questions about what you should pack before heading off to college.  I won't try to cover everything you should bring (if

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 23, 2013
• Blog / Blog Projects

  10 Fun (and REAL) Facts About MIT! Incredibly Correct Facts about MIT!

  

  colony again?” – Anonymous MIT student #924, COOP employee “I have a bad ... effect, since the continuation of Course 25 would have eventually resulted ... facing its wrath. “i'm not lactose intolerant, i just don't like milk

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 1, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  Guest Blog: Operation Overgourd A different kind of pumpkin drop (by Lauren H. '16!)

  

  production mechanisms. (I'm a physics nerd; not gonna apologize for that ... hard to imagine how it could have made the 20-mile trip across the Channel. (After a bit of Googling, I learned that he made the trip at an

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • November 16, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In which I screwed up a lot So a bunch of my blog posts are dead.

  

  are full of broken links. What up, guys. I got a degree from MIT and it has taken me two months to figure out how to fix my broken blog. I am ... links in my posts about the dorm. So yeah, I'm working on it, guys. In

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 26, 2010
• Blog / Announcements

  Class of 2023 Wait List Decisions Released

  

  plan to admit students from the wait list. How many we admit is a ... list is used to manage the uncertainty of knowing how many students will accept the offer, and thus how many beds you have available in residence

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 10, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Thoughts on Snow quick notes from the journal.

  

  waterproof to it as you thought. Silly: how grass looks like a bad shave when ... -brother, hail. Things I'm now very glad I own: (a) hats. (b) scarf. (c). overcoat. (d). sweaters for layering. (e) boots. Things I now wish I own

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hello, strangers. A video, a song, and some doodles.

  

  I... have not been blogging lately. It's too bad, right? Sorry folks, I was just swamped with April, also known as Hell Month&reg. Please don't hate me! Anyway, I also realized it's been a while since I

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 8, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Surprise! Long time no see!

  

  , and a nice walk back from dinner, we ended up back at the dorm and I checked my mail. A postcard! We read it, I showed it to Laura, and then part of her head exploded because she couldn't figure out how I, and only

  • by Snively '11
  • August 29, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Gravity Rides Everything We are gathered here today to allude to rapidly accelerating bouncy balls and The Moon…

  

  important: music, and how I listen to far too much of it. ...what?! I'm not ... idea how it happened. It's about time for an external hard drive. Once I ... I did many things this weekend during CPW: -met you. As I said at

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 17, 2007