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• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing… Maker Portfolios! Making the world better, one portfolio at a time

  

  project that we've been working on for a while. It's a Maker Portfolio, and ... program. Maybe rebuilding a car with their parents. Maybe it was an entire costume that they designed and created for a play or performance. This was

  • by Dr. Dawn '04, MS '06, PhD '11
  • August 22, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Of Orange Juice and Animal Hats. How the Flintstones failed me.

  

  A week and a day ago, roughly 7:30 pm: Me: Hi Mom! Sorry I haven ... juice in a week and a half. I haven’t really slept in a while. Mom: Sleep ... , and once caught a cold in 90 degree weather. I’m still not sure how that

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • November 22, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans + Peanuts + Crackerjacks i practically pulled another all-nighter, and again, for a non-academic reason.

  

  getting ready for casual Friday at work where I get to wear flip-flops and a ... in time for half-price burgers. After that, I went over to visit with a ... with some friends to talk about the documentary we're producing and then

  • by Bryan
  • July 17, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  P(Happy Chanukah)

  

  ) applications. This afternoon, a less productive time dealing with bureaucracy ... asked of late. I'll address a couple quickly now, and get to some others ... helpful and often quite interesting. But for those of you who left it as

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 17, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  A person can develop a cough. Simultaneously the coldest and hottest entry I've ever written.

  

  boxer shorts. And then he recognizes you. How's that for teacher ... . Considering that I entered lab with my lab kit still unopened and the first ... over the summer, and of course this only increased my appetite for toast

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 6, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  Watch the 2.009 final presentations webcast!

  

  Kresge, MIT's largest auditorium, with overflow rooms and a live webcast ... (Mechanical Engineering) and one of the most famous courses at MIT. For my ... , product design, working within a budget, and gain unifying engineering

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 9, 2019
• FAQ / Transfer

  Can I apply for transfer admission if I’m a first-year college student?

  Yes, because you finished high school and will complete two terms of college by the time you enter MIT in the fall, you are eligible to apply as a transfer applicant. You're not eligible to apply as a first
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  My ML model finished training right after I finished this post technically i *am* doing work right now

  

  Junior year was a milestone for me because it was the first time where I actually got to work with machine learning models. I just got some code to run on my computer for my UROP project this summer, which is

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 20, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Update The Waitlist Committee has finalized decisions and has emailed all waitlisted applicants.

  

  We are writing with a quick followup to Matt's recent entry. The Waitlist Committee has finalized decisions and is currently emailing all waitlisted applicants. A brief overview: Of the 629 students currently on the

  • by Decisions
  • May 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Case of the Disappearing Admissions Officers Where have the Admissions Officers been lately?

  

  , James Bond and Borat. It looks like our early application numbers for ... (and Ben and Nance) been? Reading applications. Lots and lots of applications. It's been hard to find time for much else (like blogging and email

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  it’s only a matter of time a post for the deferred

  

  empty."]a rock inside an empty tin can.[/annotation] For the accepted, I offer my congratulations, and a warm welcome to the MIT community. For the ... This post has been rattling around my brain for a few weeks now, like

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 20, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  IHTFP Warning: Bitterness Ahead! (And why IHTFP can mean so many different things.)

  

  you get to choose where you live and stay with something like a family ... go frolic a meadow somewhere with some bunny rabbits, and strangers ... with a bat." -Christina '10 "It must be finals week!" -Ben Why am I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 20, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  wow. my first three weeks being an actual student actually at mit

  

  most recent 18.01A problem set with a group, and it was definitely ... . (and I got a 93 yesssssssssssss) With all the time I spend on classes ... Friday with a friend, to see Neutral Milk Hotel and The National, which was

  • by Joe B. '18
  • September 19, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  My brother is cooler than me The plight of the less-cool older sibling.

  

  flooded the Student Center and Infinite. I'd almost forgotten what a pre-teen looked like until I saw them navigating the cooridors and poking around ... (parents and students) recognized Ry on campus, and I wasn't even with him

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 23, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  this post are an open forum for those of you who want to talk with us ... you converse civilly and with the best of intentions, even though this may be a difficult time for you, as that is the spirit of these blogs

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Incoming freshmen, come to the Activities Midway tomorrow! Find a group where you can continue your hobbies and try something new.

  

  attention, which means that you will get a lot of free goodies and food. There ... !) and hang out with me =) Also visit the Biological Engineering-Biomedical Engineering Society table (#33) for chocolate mice and skittles, and the Camp

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 30, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  deep talks , strange person

  

  activation energy for doing so was dummy high and because I didn't want to miss ... somewhere after finishing a difficult assignment, and then suddenly it's 6 am ... emotionally taxing it is, because I miss deep talking with my friends a lot

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

  Laundry Lists And other things. Okay, so just the list.

  

  larger room with people I've been hanging out and doing work with since ... allowed in Senior House and no one wants to live with Institute White if ... :30 twice a week (for 24.900 - Intro to Linguistics - which is at 9:30 on

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 9, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Mechanics of Blogging How do I do it?

  

  on all of this and so I'll begin with what's on the forefront of several peoples' minds: Blogging. Whenever I get a brilliant idea and just ... are presented with the dashboard. There isn't a whole lot here, normally

  • by Snively '11
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  You Make The Call So you think you've got what it takes to admit the Class of 2010 to…

  

  diverse class that reflects the values and goals of your institution. For a ... was to show you a controversial play where a penalty has occured and just before you're told how the ref rules, the screen freezes and a voice

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 9, 2005