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• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an open forum for you to talk ... go; whatever you do. Stove-cook your oatmeal and never look back. We

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2020
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an open forum for you to talk ... go; whatever you do. Stove-cook your oatmeal and never look back. We

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A The ones that passed the "lmgtfy" test

  

  look for information on jobs in these fields I find a lot of results ... your situation in Quantum II class. I hope that things even out for you ... gaps in my mathematical background, and I'm way better off for it." How

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sunsets Academics at the other Cambridge.

  

  who is your point of contact for anything that you don't understand in ... scheduled supervision #2 for some day in week 5. However you realize, the day ... once you finish, you don't have to look at it again until you study for

  • by Cambridge
  • November 13, 2007
• Blog / How to Food

  How to Survive in a Cook-for-Yourself Community and why meals plans are terrible

  

  in a cook-for-yourself community. It could be helpful for parents as ... for information about non-MIT meal kits and meal prices in general. The ... not be in the top 5 reasons for choosing a living space. Another

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 10, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I designed a marching band drill for MIT and I didn't even need experience

  

  Marching Mapper is an application for designing marching band drills ... me to choreograph a piece for MIT. The app is surprisingly easy to use, even though I've never been in a marching band (or any kind of band). The

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 15, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  12 / Let’s try law school What's a computer scientist doing in DC?

  

   congestion in real-time, reduce auto fatalities, or plan for transportation ... for years into the future. This means that, in cities with ... warrant if looking to use the data for law enforcement purposes. Further

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • July 17, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  existential cubes a daily encounter with Ernő Rubik

  

  [annotation note="and possibly getting sucked in for hours via the Dangerously ... look forward to every day. I think that’s important. In fact, the “small ... strangely… confining? Like, ah yes, I am putting myself in habit jail for the

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 14, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Jack of Some Trades, Master of Absolutely Nothing feeling mediocre at mit

  

  I'm not an expert in a field that people care about. I always ... Marvel media, looking at the role that MIT plays in the Marvel universe. As ... represents?" And in an instant, my excitement rapidly burned away, leaving

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 12, 2022
• FAQ / International applicants

  What if I’m waiting for my green card?

  current citizen status. In our first-year admissions process, you're considered an international applicant if you're not a United States citizen or ... resident status. If there's a change in citizenship status during the
• Blog / Athletics

  So you want to be a student-athlete? Finding the balance

  

  at 5pm and goes for an hour or two until 7pm at the latest. For both my ... Hi everybody, I play ice hockey in the winter and lacrosse in the ... competing in my sports. I want to share my perspective on the pros and cons of

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 29, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  New York A break from Cambridge.

  

  -Chinatown bus in (guess what) Chinatown bound for New York City. Should you ... sitting with Ben's family in a florescent-lit cafeteria in the middle of an ... indulgent enough to make bacon look like celery. Engrossed in a transcendent

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 26, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  We Made the World We’re Living In, and We Have to Make It Over Envisioning alternative futures

  

  heavier. I spent yesterday in a newsroom, with the weight and force of recent murders in Minneapolis, Baton Rouge, and Dallas rushing in torrents. I spent the day scanning news sources for updates, any updates, and

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • July 10, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Sweet summer song

  

  here. I stayed in Boston for June-July and then traveled and saw family ... . Traveling I traveled a lot this summer. I was in the US for a while and went ... for working in a lab. Copying over from my last post, since I've been

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • October 19, 2024
• Blog / How to MIT

  Parting Remarks Part I: Leaving Marks reciprocal changes

  

  to its end. And I do not want to be just an entry in the registrar ... [/caption]   A brief cameo in an SFS video. Not sure why I did this.   A ... bug for me PLEASE in central square where tosci's used to be PLEASEHi, I

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 28, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reactors are my friends. Four things you would never expect to find in a real MIT laboratory.

  

  , and seared meat, but in this case is responsible for huge, gummy brown ... in an MIT laboratory. Nobody knows how it was even physically ... underwater flame spallation rock drilling for applications in harnessing

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Some Art About Other Art it's super meta

  

  an hour, I was happy. For the first time in months, I had finally ... frustrations are so satisfying. Painting is an exercise in self-discipline. Your ... beyond your skill set. It looks horrible for a couple of hours. More than a

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • February 21, 2023
• Blog / CPW

  I’m nervous to meet you A letter to the prefrosh at the dawn of CP*

  

  in person. I’ve been looking forward to being a Blogger at the “Meet the Bloggers” event for months. The blogs meant everything to me as an ... ’t possible for me. I thought I was absolutely screwed: I would never fit in at

  • by Powers '23
  • April 17, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Countdown To Mail Drop I'll update this post over the course of the day as we get closer to…

  

  . ---------------------------------- 3:00PM It's been snowing like CRAZY for over an hour. Wind, thunder ... Today is mail day. I'll save my emotional post on this topic for a ... in the pre-mailing tasks. The letters have been printed (I held the

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another take on pass/no-record and some other stuff. Hey look, I haven't pontificated about anything in a while.

  

  running around out of control, so I figured I'd put it in an entry by itself ... what pass/no-record will be for you. Personally, I've always believed in ... . Pass/no-record, in my opinion, isn't an announcement that you shouldn

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 10, 2008