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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Application Cycle Your MIT application is just the beginning

  

  /PhD program yet, but the general plan is in place. So how did this all happen ... is that I made a decision about what I want my life to be like and how I will try to make a difference in the world within my field. Then I

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 1, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admissions Bulletin – RA News, EA Results bang it here for the latest updates and stats

  

  Admissions staff with new and exciting things in your life. How to send us ... : In no particular order: Don't worry. We have your mail. We've been ... 're getting one or two dozen buckets of mail every day. I have built a small

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 7, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Turning the Tide My thoughts on an important report

  

  should I take or activities should I be involved in? There is no one answer ... and recommendations highlighted in the Turning the Tide report, and I ... process, and I thought I would address those topics here. I think there is a

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 20, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Seemingly Stressful Survey The Tech publishes about stress at the institute

  

  mistakes and everything was easy, how would we learn? Anyway, I spent A LOT ... Now I get to mention something cool that I do with my life here! It may have casually come up in the times that I’ve written here that I am

  • by Stanley G.
  • December 7, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Sleep is for the Strong getting through finals week

  

  power through the final in the morning before crashing (I don't know anyone that does that). I can't really tell you how to best learn everything tonight because I don't know you or how you best study. But I can

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 13, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  a house tour of mit sororities! meet aphi, axo, and theta

  

  're interested, I've also talked a bit in the past about what the sorority ... us spend so much time hanging out at our respective sorority houses, I was thinking that I’d take you all on a tour of a few of them! Alpha Phi

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 21, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s like finding candy in your pocket… MIT in the media - Always a treat.

  

  in my opinion. I'm sure we all fall victim to surrendering minutes and ... Tumblrs that post pictures of fresh designs in architecture, etc. Usually I ... to?  - Procrastinating.  I don't blame us. The Internet these days is

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 21, 2012
• Blog / Events

  A Study Break. Or two or three. Or four. I think you get the idea.

  

  underlying theme of lost love. On the other hand, I would reply that it simply ... school. I know I’ve spent my fair share of time in the basement study room ... and I decided to throw an unsanctioned study break in our floor lounge

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Go West, Young Man my mountain travels with yale and brown

  

  state of Montana in attendance. And I do mean "all across": one father and ... ,898 people!! That's insane! I hereby propose a new metric in admissions ... ask this. I've spent my entire life in New England. No one on certain

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 26, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider deferring college for a year.

  

  time right up until Registration Day in September (though I strongly ... coming to mind. But during my years in admissions, I've seen students take ... many of them would be paying for college. I'm not writing to say that all

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’re 18, But You Aren’t Invincible Impressions of my first month at MIT -- both sobering and exciting.

  

  I've been at MIT for just over a month now. It hasn't quite sunk in ... . "Oh my gosh! I'm in college now! I can do whatever I want! Heehee, my ... scare you with this entry. I just think it would be unfair to not balance

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A week in the life

  

  Sorry I haven't updated in a while. This past week has been deathly ... mathematical models of neurons. I spent so many hours in the W20-5 Athena cluster ... structures in my head more than I like resonance structures. But there was a

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Better ways to get around campus as in "better" i mean "objectively worse"

  

  I’m now in my third year at Next House, so the long walk to campus is nothing new. Usually I enjoy the walk, but when the weather sucks or I ... knows how to resurrect dinosaurs. C'mon, it would be cool. Portal

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 14, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview: 10/20 Approaches Some thoughts on the interview, as the EA deadline nears.

  

  , while having the same values, was quite different from the MIT I would ... regular action? Well, the deadline isn't until December 1, but I recommend ... , while you're thinking of it. And I certainly recommend contacting your EC

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House Showers Bring No Flowers They're just really, REALLY bad showers. Like really, REALLY bad.

  

  complain about how her hall's TV only plays in Spanish. I myself found MIT ... that I was certain I would fail, I stepped into the shower to be greeted ... when I wasn't totally jazzed about MIT. I got accepted, and that was

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 3, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Riddles, Research, and Nerds with Power Tools My week.

  

  headquarters was located, and started pitching in. For about the next 48 hours, I ... Us," another friend and I had to learn how to play Tichu, a Chinese ... would you do this to me?" "It looks straight...forward." Josiah '09: "I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 24, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What Is This, a Crossover Episode? Jacob Collier and Yo-Yo Ma come to MIT

  

  't. (Fun fact: I never learned how to whistle before coming to MIT ... . Stuff about how rules are worth making so you can bend/break them (both in ... ’s important dates and logistics. It was all the typical stuff – CPW concert in

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 23, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Barker Engineering Library Where sound goes to die.

  

  in here. Not a day goes by when I am not absorbed by a mass of tourists ... because 30 people are taking a picture of a paper tree in lobby 10 then I ... 't trying to get to class. I now try to be more refined in my photography

  • by Snively '11
  • February 13, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Gobble Gobble Geeks with guns

  

  don't ever blog about what we do. Laura did field hockey, I'm in pistol ... , promptly filling him with little holes. In between turkeys I watched some of ... I sent him down range . . . *taps plays in the background* And this

  • by Snively '11
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] STARS@MIT: A Year in Review By Claire S. '25

  

  ’s been a big year. Check it out! STARS@MIT: A Year in ReviewWhen I was ... for advice in my small town. That’s why I’m so excited to share what ... question—I never had a college fair in my town, either. The only things I

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • April 23, 2025