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• Blog / Advice

  everyone* knows each other sin limite/ebony affair/cpw psa; class of 2030 discord plug

  

  , and similar circles. These circles tend to intersect and so even if not friends, many are acquaintances. Furthermore, MIT has several programs for ... , and Science) and WISE (Weekend Immersion in Science & Engineering

  • by Victor D. '27
  • April 9, 2026
• Blog / Events

  Class of 2012 Night at the Movies '21,' the MIT Blackjack Team movie, opens this weekend... who's in?

  

  take a picture of you (and any MIT '12s with you) and send it in to me ... people pictured (I'll only publish first names), and any reactions to the ... points if: you are pictured with other MIT '12s (use the admitted students

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 26, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Distractions Don't stress out!

  

  could take your mind off of things for a while? Just in time, the blogs ... , and some friends. You have been warned. Freakangels A beautifully-drawn dystopia set in post-apocalyptic England. Penny Arcade For, by, and about

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 15, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  5 years out What some MIT alumni are doing five years after graduation.

  

  . The highlight for many alums is the "Class Notes" section, a regular ... classmates are, and thought I might share some of it with you. This month, I ... in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, now a a post

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 31, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  first snow it snowed on campus

  

  'll be leaving in a few weeks, along with most of the other students on ... Happy November! Two days ago, it snowed for the first time this fall in Cambridge, MA. Wherever you are in the world, please take a moment

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 1, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Check Is In The Mail As you know from Matt/Ben's blogs, the decisions are in the mail, or as they…

  

  office) and will be making their way to your mailboxes accordingly. (For those of you not familiar with the 24-hour clock, or zero-hour, that's 9 ... automatically begin to spaz as soon as you read this. Don't. Just wait and see

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Olympians, Part 2 This time, I am talking about science olympiads.

  

  with the best and brightest from around the world. I didn't care that I ... , informatics, and biology. In each country there's a selection process to try to ... selecting their International Math Olympiad teams with the AMC and AIME exams

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 22, 2008
• FAQ / First-year application

  How can I explain my special circumstances?

  We understand that everyone has a unique story and that we can ... plenty of room for you to tell us about any special circumstances regarding your school, community, or family, and any other information that you
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fear of Flying Shake the haters off.

  

  words may never hurt me." If only. For a long time, I questioned whether ... other than my potential to do well at MIT. For a little while, I even ... mean, I think we all do. No one wants to get on a stage and forget their

  • by Bryan
  • May 28, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Enigma Gold Star Winners! Don, tell them what they've won...

  

  To follow up on this entry... Thanks for playing Engima Wrapped In A ... , email me (bgnance at mit) your complete name and mailing address and we will send you your gold star. (Please allow 4-6 weeks for delivery.) If

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 17, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Woot! My t-shirt is funnier than your t-shirt.

  

  of linear algebra and eigenvalues for a little bit by blogging. And ... college life and high school life is that getting mail is incredibly ... parents, birthday wishes from my sisters and grandmother, or even things I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 6, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  welcome to new york went to nyc & all i got was this blog post

  

  accepted. With four other girls, I squeezed into a hotel room meant for two. I entered the Broadway lottery and won a ticket to one of the less ... was heavy and luminous around my neck, its weight a promise of

  • by Rona W. '23
  • July 12, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Independence Day Fireworks in Boston Hobbits watch beautiful fireworks from comfort of dorm lounge.

  

    Yesterday for Independence Day I was a hobbit. Cory R. ‘14 and I went out to the deli to get turkey meat and an exciting new cheese, garlic cheddar, which turned out overwhelming but delicious and that was

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Varsity Blogging As mentioned in a previous entry, I made some end-of-year presents for my bloggers -…

  

  As mentioned in a previous entry, I made some end-of-year presents for my bloggers - but I couldn't show you a picture until they'd been ... accepting pictures for this entry (and just added two new ones!).

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 26, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT use my test scores?

  MIT uses a holistic admissions process, so test scores are just one factor among many for evaluating your preparedness for MIT. Test scores are ... , grades, and other examinations. Test scores are not the single factor that
• Blog / MIT Life

  Q&A Round Two Answers to some questions

  

  engineering discipline, and you wanted to use a programming language to do some ... . Adam asked: Wow, only an hour and a half long classes!?!?! Classes vary ... four hours long in some cases (like tomorrow for me). Shen asked: And

  • by Bryan
  • February 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Exponential Decay This entry probably isn't about what you think it is.

  

  translates to a lot of verbiage. And while there's nothing wrong with new posts ... Amazingly, I've been an admissions blogger for a bit over twelve ... lasts for a week. What happens after that? Well, once an entry leaves the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Numbers Sigh.

  

  , and left me in a somewhat disheveled state. There's homework, lab ... - and, for that matter, on me as well: tests, problem sets, untimely ... was a 46, with a standard deviation of 17. Monday night, I checked my

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 5, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Dorms: Baker House A tour of Baker House.

  

  ...sorry I took the photos with a camera phone) Diana: and all grades on every ... moonlights as a rockstar. And now to our regularly scheduled program ... : every floor has three lounges with couches, tables, and whiteboards to

  • by Bryan
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Art in the Infinite, Vol. 2 MIT meets King Koopa.

  

  Like last week, again, the Infinite was outfitted with something from the good ol' days of Nintendo. The small dome with it's very own Mario and pipe. This is my roommate Rob. He willingly accepted my plea to

  • by Bryan
  • December 14, 2005