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• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2016-17 Application Essay Questions For those of you rarin' to go.

  

  As the summer rolls on, we're starting to get a lot of questions from ... 'll answer these questions. Our approach to application "essays" is not a ... different ways, from tackling the world’s biggest challenges to being a good

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • July 26, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Awesome Biology UROP: florescent plants, genomes, metabolomes, big data, puzzles + more! Bonus: A VIDEO!

  

  metabolomic data (two huge data sets with a lot of unknowns), I can start to ... endless memorization and quickly change the topic. But to me, Biology isn ... , and I love using big data to look at the "big picture". Because of this

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • October 25, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  More for Admitted Students What to do now if you've been admitted to MIT.

  

  MIT Portal: Over at MyMIT, you'll find a bunch of stuff only available to ... enter themselves on the guestbook, it's a good way to share your contact ... 're making the best choice for yourself), or to request a deferral/gap year

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Deprotonated I see the way you're split into your ions and you're fully dissociated.

  

  , sorry, but I have one quick question..How do you get to be a blogger on ... officers actually created an application and a committee to determine the '10 ... posted here.) I'm not exactly sure how you get to become a guest blogger

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 22, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Where I Call Home california california cambridge!

  

  morning to a warm weight on my tummy, the little gremlin dog I called ... meaning of what it was to be a child of divorce. I was fortunate enough ... able to look after her kid. To me, she epitomized everything a strong

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 25, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2014 Wait List Decisions Will Be Sent Today

  

  make another decision, but hopefully it's a welcome problem to have. For ... : every year we hope to take students from our waitlist, and we are excited that we are able to admit 28 students this year. Today, at 5PM Eastern

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 15, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  EA Decisions Some facts and figures to put it into perspective

  

  deep applicant pool, combined with a commitment to maintaining equity ... & technology-centered education, combined with a strong humanities program, to ... In a year of record early action applications, 590 students have been

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Events

  My Kind Of Party Consider this your first frat party.

  

  -flops. This night was extra-nice because prior to the "actual" event we had a ... , then you're correct. So this past weekend, my fraternity hosted a party, a soiree if you will. I think the only crazy part of this party might

  • by Bryan
  • September 27, 2005
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Do most students complete a UROP?

  The opportunity to get involved in research as an undergrad is one of the most exciting things about being a student at MIT. The flagship MIT student research program is UROP. When you do a UROP, you find a professor
• Blog / Admissions

  Musings on Colorful Balls (CPW Guest Blog!) from Ramya '14!

  

  ]) Before I write about my experience at CPW, I have a disclaimer to make ... Cormick!) to delicious brunch (thanks Next House!) to a spiffy hack at the Media ... -)meditation room (I found this pretty silver one, and kind of wanted to keep it as a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 13, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Twins Chandler ‘13 and Taylor ‘13 The fifth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  because MIT is such a great school. "When we were deciding where to go to ... . "This is a great new opportunity. We will be exposed to so many new things," said Taylor. "We are going to a school with the best academics and a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 7, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  leaving home, coming home I jump from the train, I ride off alone // help me hold onto you

  

  , over, say, four months, then you have a lot of updates to do. And if you ... , but if you're in a frosh double, you have to vacate it for next year ... into a room I can keep indefinitely if I choose to, and worked to make it

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 25, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Growing Up bringing it back to 2007

  

  relief, I see ;) You see, I wanted to drop in and, you know, tell you a ... 're going to become a Pokemon trainer -- you'll be catching them on your i ... being able to look out onto the Charles and having a public transit system

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 20, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  on body image me in my head, me in the mirror

  

  honest observation about the person you're talking to is supposed to be a ... and bones", which is viewed as a sign of malnourishment. To eat food and to grow fat is a privilege afforded to people who had food in the first

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 23, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  The Art of Trying New Things V.2

  

  and a movie. Everything really has to have a purpose because there are ... class also has us read a variety of different comic books to help us ... short (1- to 5-minute) digital video documentaries: a form of non

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 2, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  “we have the winter olympics at home” the winter olympics at home:

  

  When I say that snow was a statistically significant factor in my choice of MIT, I mean it. I'm on a mission to spread the New England winter ... shenanigans. Exhibit A: On the last day of finals, as if to celebrate the

  • by Allison E. '27
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / Events

  I went outside! *inhales, belts 'for the first time in forever' at the top of lungs*

  

  records for the world's shortest camping trip, but we did get to go on a ... . It's a great way to escape the MIT bubble and get some (literal) fresh ... Seriously, this is a real occasion. People talk about never leaving

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 9, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  danger!awesome firin' mah lazers...at basically any(every)thing

  

  went to danger!awesome. danger!awesome is a laser engraving and cutting ... $28 to make this a so much more dangerously awesome gift. ... Earlier this week I purchased a present for a friend. This friend

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 27, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  16.810 Rapid Design and Prototyping 8 days to build an airplane. Intrigued?

  

  dedicated to LEGOs. I have three brothers, so we racked up quite a few LEGO ... got to do the same thing! Except instead of LEGOs, we started with a ... presentation for 16.810, we made a short video. Here it is for you to enjoy

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Public Art And one fantastic sandwich

  

  campus to the clover food truck to satisfy a craving for their famous soy ... mulch, bushes, brightly colored spring flowers to be planted, and a big ... woman on a crane directed workmen on the ground while pointing out how to

  • by Kris Guay
  • April 26, 2011