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• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Trevor ‘13 The sixth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  Portland, the 6-foot-2, 240-pound teen is a leader in the school wood shop ... college-going students nationally. The MIT-bound teen insists he is "a ... his parents each got laid off in recent years. Dad Scott Zinser is now a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  deep talks , strange person

  

  uncomfortable as you reevaluate your perspectives on a plethora of social issues ... emotionally taxing it is, because I miss deep talking with my friends a lot ... The weird thing about quarantine is that I'm actually being better

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 8, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Students Are Cool: Brian Chan edition These are the kind of people that you will go to school with.

  

  , so you can see what kinds of really fantastic and interesting and great people you will be surrounded by and also see what these people are doing ... MIT.  The honest answer?  THE PEOPLE!  So I'm going to tell you stories

  • by Dr. Dawn '04, MS '06, PhD '11
  • October 15, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Trouble with External Validation Which came first? The admit or the awesome...

  

  your transcript and test scores. You say you're a leader in your school ... validation is both necessary and appropriate. Where I think the use of ... bachelors degrees elsewhere, and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. at Oxford on a

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • January 9, 2012
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Saturday, 12/15/18, at 12:15 PM ET

  

  visit MyMIT and click on the lost password link. There is a similar link ... MIT username and password. In order to verify that you will receive a decision ... enough to tell you, as the title says, we will be releasing Early Action

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 6, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Happy Year of the Pig Photoshop fun for the lunar new year.

  

  sequel of the Star Wars Series!!! :P" -- Aditya, India "That is a ... of a pendulum is ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY independent of the mass hanging ... who entered! Below, you can see thumbnails of the other entries:

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 18, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  He Zigs, He Zags MIT's new video podcast.

  

  four episodes into its trial run, "ZigZag is a periodic video magazine ... ! Hosting is harder than it looks! I have a newfound respect for Jon Stewart ... scripted. You can also check out the first three episodes: Episode 3 has

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Deadline November 1 is the Early Action deadline.

  

  , it can take a week or more to complete all of these steps. The mail is ... possible). And, if you need to send us an update, we can also accept it after ... working to submit your application tonight, how is it going? I wish you all

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Give MIT Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences a Chance Yultide Day 5

  

  space for electives, and you can even take extra classes on a Pass ... ." _______________________________ You may be surprised that MIT has a thriving HASS (Humanities, Arts, and ... Economics, and #9 in Political Science—these are numbers you can show off to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 31, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Bit About Me Growing up on a healthy diet of prime time television and MMORPGs

  

  I'm what you'd call a product of prime time television. In my ... , as I was doing with work coming from other offices. There was a point ... awoke every summer day at about Price is Right (10:00am for normal folks

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 22, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Party pics

  

  . She was also this year's virgin. In this picture, she is wearing a pretty white dress and a crown of black roses, and is being led to the ... hit the floor. Next to her, Mike '09, who I'm sure some of you know as a

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 2, 2005
• Blog / Events

  MIT Open House Well, come on in y'all!

  

  . The program is hosting “Deliver,” a hands-on, interactive activity that ... this activity. If you’ve been following my blog for a while and you ... . Flashback to 2004: a few weeks before high school started, I moved from Texas

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • April 27, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  pathways where do i go from here?

  

  few weeks, my friends and I have been talking about where we were a year ... lived in the dorm, which is a hard truth to internalize. how did only a ... has happened due to quarantine, even if every day with my roommates is a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 23, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2 / Keep Calm and Carry On Getting some much-needed vitamin D on the other coast

  

  . Spooky how fast time is flying by. I'm at this point where I don't want it ... works. Once I start to relax a little bit, it's short-lived, like you ... all-you-can-eat sushi and stuffed myself appropriately. Earlier today I

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 30, 2018
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  What is Weekend Immersion in Science & Engineering?

  WISE (Weekend Immersion in Science and Engineering) is a three-day experience for rising seniors to learn what it is like to be an MIT student. The program is completely free, including the cost of transportation to
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Alternative Semester There are things to click in here.

  

  self - aka we're going to be writing a memoir! The professor is Sherry ... My courseload this semester might look like that of a confused sophomore who is still unsure what course to major in. But the reality is not

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Not all heroes wear capes – but some carry tubes. 2021s are happening

  

  in to decisions.mit.edu. To ensure that you will receive a decision ... . Next week, when decisions are made available, you will need to access decisions.mit.edu and log in using the same username and password that you use

  • by Riri Williams '20
  • March 7, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  The Real Deal no impostors here

  

  , there is a well-documented psychological phenomenon called impostor syndrome. Impostor syndrome, says Wikipedia, is "a psychological phenomenon ... thread on a forum I frequent is subtitled "Everyone Else Feels Like An

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 27, 2012
• Blog / People & Identities

  I Could Never Do it Alone People of a semester, thank you

  

  academically. Therefore, community is virtually required. There's a phrase I hear ... I finished my first semester at MIT. There's so much to write about ... a 45% on the 3.091 final. I could write about the classes I loved. The

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • December 19, 2021
• Blog / Events

  In Transit The people and ideas traversing MIT

  

   MacArthur 'Genius' Grant winner - held a reading of his new book, This is How You Lose ... app essay drafts - is on Google Drive. I am now drafting this in a .txt ... I got on a bus this morning to go home for Thanksgiving, fully

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 22, 2012